All Obituaries

Gary J. Joseph passed away at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital on October 14, 2021.  Gary chose cremation with Mass of Christian Burial on October 30, 2021 at 11:00 AM with Rosary recited at 10:30 AM. A private family inurnment will be at a later date.  Memorials may be left to the St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.  Friends may leave on-line condolences at lockenourfh.com.  A full obituary will appear upon family approval.

       Mary was born on November 1st, 1939, to Jay and Doris (Meisner) Ruppert, in Quick, Neb., and passed September 28th, 2021, at the age of 29 and a half. (She quit counting after that!)      Mary attended grade school in Quick. When she entered middle school, she stayed in the dorms at Curtis.  While there she worked to help pay her way until she graduated high school. After high school she worked as a phone operator until she met and...

     Dale Edward Allen, age 80, of Bartley, Neb., passed away at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital on Saturday, September 25, 2021.  He was born on the family farm in Frontier County, Neb., what is now Trail 7 at Medicine Creek Reservoir, to Clarence and Eleanor (Anderson) Allen. Dale attended rural school and graduated from Cambridge High School in 1960.       On November 11, 1962, Dale was united in marriage to Phyllis “Jeanie” Brown...

Joel Clarence Petersen, passed away on September 12, 2021, at the age of 61, at the Fairmont Nursing Home in Fairmont, Nebraska. Joel was born on September 13th, 1959, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Jerry and Anastasia Petersen. Joel was born with Downs Syndrome and during this time, Jerry and Annie were proud to raise him themselves in their loving home. In January of 1960, the family moved to a farm in Cambridge, Nebraska, where Joel spent his childhood. Joel had one brother, Tim, who was...

Joy A. Feeken, age 93, of Cambridge, passed away at the Beaver City Manor, on Sunday, August 29, 2021.  She was born to Theodore “Ted”  and Eunice (Moore) Ohlson in Red Willow County near Bartley, on the family homestead, on January 15, 1928. Joy attended the Sunnyside school for part of her elementary schooling.  She attended and graduated from Cambridge High School in 1945.  Joy had passed her normal training classes and taught...

   Norma J. Wymore, age 87, of Cambridge, passed away at the CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney on Monday, August 26, 2021.  Norma Jean Wymore was born November 5, 1933, in Atwood, Kansas.  She was the oldest of five siblings and was a very good sister to brothers Donald, Marvin, sister Alice and baby brother Daniel.  Family was so very important to her and she spent much time with her siblings throughout her years.  In the last...

Paul D. ten Bensel, age 92, of Cambridge, passed away at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, August 18, 2021.  He was born on the family farm south of Cambridge, on October 18, 1928, to Henry J. and Millie (Thompson) ten Bensel.  He attended and graduated from Cambridge High School in 1946.  Paul was drafted into the United States Army and served with the 8th Corps of Engineers in the Korean Conflict for four years.  He was Honorably...

   Jean M. Witte, age 91, of Cambridge, passed away at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital on Sunday, August 8, 2021.  She was born near Orafino, Nebraska, on October 27, 1929, to Theodore “Ted” and Eunice (Moore) Ohlson.  Jean attended and graduated from Cambridge High School in 1947.  On August 31, 1949, she was united in marriage to Gerald “Jerry” Witte in Cambridge at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.  The couple would...

September 25, 1931 - July 27, 2021  Pat was born in Cambridge, Nebraska on September 25, 1931. At birth she was adopted by George and Ella Minnick. She grew up on the family farm until her parents moved them into town so Pat could attend the local junior high and high school. While at Cambridge High, Pat sang in the glee club. She also played trumpet in the school band. Pat graduated from high school in 1949. At home, while her father George played the fiddle, Pat...

Lucille Marie (Horinek) Stevens died peacefully in Loveland, CO on July 21, 2021.  Lucille joined her husband of 70 years, Ernest Stevens, only a few weeks following his death.  She was a wonderful mother to 4 children, and a beloved grandmother to 6 grandchildren and 1 step-grandchild. Lucille was born on July 7th, 1927 (with twin sister Helen) in Stratton, NE. The sisters spent the first 2 years of their lives living in a sod home on the prairies of northern Kansas.  She...