All Obituaries

Arla Mae (Stevens) Pearson was born on May 20, 1925, to Lisle and Mildred (Henderson) Stevens on a farm north east of Cambridge. She attended elementary school at Red Top School, Rural District No. 73 and graduated from Cambridge High School in 1942. Arla Mae taught in rural area schools for three years. In May of 1945, she traveled to Alameda, Calif., where her high school sweetheart, Donald W. Pearson was in the Navy and stationed at Alameda Air Base. They were married on May 2, 1945....

Lois Marie Berends passed away at the age of 88 on Saturday, December 21, 2019 at C.A Mues Good Samaritan Center, Arapahoe, Nebraska.    Lois was born on October 14, 1931, at Everly, Iowa, to parents Ernest and Irene (Snell) Mohni.  On March 10, 1951 she was united in marriage to Leslie Everett Berends at Ocheyedan, Iowa. To this union three children were born. Les and Lois began their life together...

Mildred Jane Farr, age 97, of Kearney, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at St. Luke’s Nursing Home in Kearney. Mildred was born  to parents, Orva and Josephine (Heitmann) Trosper, on June 30, 1922, on a farm south of Cambridge, Nebraska and grew up the third child of 13 children.  Mildred attended a country school south of Cambridge.  While at home, she helped with child rearing some of her younger siblings in the family as the older children often do...

C. Thayne Emrich, age 89. 0f Indianola, NE passed away at the Cambridge Memorial hospital on Friday, November 15, 2019. He was born in indianola, NE on December 14, 1929, to Floyd Joseph and Wilma (Kerst) Emrich.  Thayne attended Indianola schools, but quit school to help on the family farm. He later went on to get his GED, an accomplishment of which he was extremely proud. Thayne served his country in the US Army. He was Honorably Discharged on October 24, 1959.  He enjoyed...

Raymond Durner age 89  of Bartley, passed away on November 8, 2019 at the Senior Living Choices in Curtis, NE.  Raymond was born June 3, 1930 in Frontier County to Fred and Evalina (Halley) Durner.  He was one of seven children.  He grew up on their farm a few miles south of Stockville, NE. On September 14, 1952 Raymond was united in marriage to Barbara Allen.  They spent their married life on the family farm before moving to Indianola, NE in...

Connie Lee Downey, of Indianola,  passed away Monday, November 4, 2019 at Tri Valley Health System, Cambridge, Nebraska.  She was 74 years old. Connie was born on January 9, 1945 to parents, Cecil and Elsie (Wolfe) Laverack.  She graduated from Cambridge High School with the class of 1963. In 1963 she was united in marriage to John Fries.  To this union five children were born.  Connie was a busy homemaker and mother.  John preceded...

Kenneth E. Nelson Sr. was born in McCook, NE to Bernard and Pauline Nelson on November 5, 1951. He passed away on October 30, 2019 in Fort Morgan, CO. Ken grew up in Cambridge, NE where he graduated from high school in 1970. He then moved to Denver, CO where he attended college. Ken married his wife and soul mate, Betty (Roy) Nelson in 1971. Ken worked as a mechanic most of his life, and retired as a mechanic, tow truck operator/owner of Allied Towing in Idaho Springs, CO in 2008, then...

Robert J Sumner JR age 68 of Cambridge, passed away at his home on October 23, 2019.  He was born April 15, 1951 in North Adams, MA to Robert Sr. and Shirley (Perras) Sumner.  Robert enlisted in the Army in 1972 and was Honorable Discharge in 1976 He was married Karen Depuy on July 16, 1988 in North Adams, MA.  The couple moved to Nebraska three years ago from Delaware.  Robert enjoy putting puzzles together and fishing.  Robert was a loving husband and father and...

James “Jamie” Lawless of Oxford, NE passed away at the CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE 0n October 4, 2019.  HE was born in McCook on November 17, 1985 to Gregg and Constance ( nèe Brown) Lawless.    Jamie started life with challenging heart defects. All through his life you wouldn't know it, as he was a fighter and never quit.  As a child Jamie loved tools, cars and trucks. As a toddler he would collect wood for Gregg.  He...

Norma Kay Banzhaf age 76 formerly of Cambridge passed away  on September 24, 2019 at Emerald Nursing Home in Cozad, NE after a long battle with Alzheimers.  She was the youngest daughter born to Chet and Lucille (Kubik) Lamb on March 11, 1943.  Norma attended school in Cambridge and graduated with the Class of 1960. Norma was united in marriage to her high school sweetheart, Marvin Banzhaf on November 26, 1960.  To this union they had one daughter, Shauna. ...