All Obituaries

Christine O. Wolfe-Yeager, age 51, of Grainfield, Kansas, passed away at her home on April 5, 2021.  She was born in Cambridge, NE on August 20, 1969 to Gale W. and Mary R. (Culver) Wolfe.  She was nine years old when she and her three siblings moved from north of Wilsonville, NE to Cambridge.  Christine attended Cambridge Public School, graduating in 1982.  She then continued her education at both McCook and North Platte Community Colleges...

MARBLE, Steven Dale 7/16/1953 – 3/11/2021 Preceded in death by parents, Eugene and Evelyn (Stalnaker) Marble Survived by son, Craig Marble (Kristi) and their children, Brody and Brooklyn; fiancée, Joyce Prendes and her children, April, Christopher and Daniel; sister, Sharon Marble; niece, Kay Moore Visitation: Friday, March 19 from 10:30 am - 12: 30 pm at Lifegate Church, 726 S 55th St, Omaha, NE Celebration of Steve's Life: Friday, March 19 at 1 pm, also at church Steve...

  Lana Louise Kester of Oxford went to be with her Savior on March 2, 2021. She was 80 years old. Lana was born on June 8, 1940 in Chicago, IL to Dr. Howard L Kester DVM and May Louise (mayo Kester.  The first few years of her life were spent in Cambridge, NE, Little Rock, AR and Silver Springs, MD. Her father was a Federal Veterinarian and in the Army.  The family moved to Cambridge when the WWII ended.  They moved to the family farm near Orafino in Frontier...

Delores “Dolly” M Sauers age 90 of Indianola, NE passed away at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital on February 16, 2021.  She was born on August 10, 1930 in Pittsburgh, PA, to William and Mae (Howell) Morrow.  Dolly grew up in the Pittsburgh are graduating high school from Stowe High School in 1947.  On December 11, 1948 she was united in marriage to John Joseph Sauers in Winchester, VA.  John preceded her in death on September 2, 2002.  To this...

Robert E. Niemeier, 98, died on (February 4th, 2021) at Providence Place Memory Care in Hastings, Nebraska. He was born on August 2nd, 1922 to August H. Niemeier Sr. and  Mathilde (tenBensel) Niemeier in Holbrook, Nebraska. He grew up in the area and graduated from Holbrook High School in 1940. Robert enlisted in the United States Navy in October of 1942. He served as a radioman on an LCI (G) amphibious assault ship during WWII in the Pacific,...

Ardyth Ann Banzhaf, 80, a longtime resident of Orafino, Nebraska, went to be with her Heavenly Father on January 29, 2021. Ardyth Ann Oehlerking was the fourth child born to Alvin and Lily (Schroeder) Oehlerking on December 17, 1940 in Omaha, Nebraska. She graduated from Murdock High School in 1958 and Westmar College, located in LeMars, IA in 1962. She taught school at Jeffers Public School, Jeffers, Minnesota from 1962 to1964 and South High in Omaha from 1964 to 1965. She was a substitute...

Phillis Rose Brown age 98 formerly of Cambridge, passed away at the Holdrege Memorial Homes on January 4, 2021.  She was a twin, born at home near Norman, Nebraska on January 19, 1922 to Christian and Agnes (Larsen) Sorensen.  Phillis attended country school and later graduated from Cambridge High School in 1940.  On February 7, 1945 she was united in marriage to Joseph Robert “Bob” Brown.  The couple made their home southeast of Cambridge.  Phillis was...

Donna F. Wier age 94, passed away at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook on December 20, 2020.  She was born in Furnas County near Cambridge on November 27, 1926 to Orva B. and Josephine (Hietmann) Trosper.  Donna was united in marriage to George Wier in Norton, KS on July 6, 1946.  George preceded her in death on May 9, 1988. Donna was a lifelong resident of Cambridge.  She was a member of the Eagles Lodge of McCook and the Congregational...

Mavis Lorraine (Railsback) Ohlson, age 94, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2020 at Arapahoe Good Samaritan Nursing Home.  Mavis was born on October 1, 1926 on a farm in Norton County Kansas ½ mile from the Nebraska line to John “Lloyd” and Leona C. (Palmer) Railsback.  Mavis attended country school in Norton County through eighth grade.  Since there was no local high school, she then lived with her paternal Aunt Grace and her husband Lyle Young for four...

Kathryn Nadine Van Meter age 88 of Cambridge, NE passed away at the CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney on December 14, 2020.  She was born in Sheridan County, Kansas near East Saline, to Willard and Lula (Bunch) Hilburn.  Kathryn attended and graduated from Hoxie High School in 1950. On September 13, 1952 she was united in marriage toa Archie Nejdl.  To this union three children was born: Sylvia, Erlene and Tim. Archie preceded her in death in August of 1984.  The...