Honoring the Lives of Loved Ones

Celebrating the Memories and Legacy of Those We've Lost with Compassion and Respect in Gothenburg, NE

James Cunning

James Cunning

May 30, 2012

James R. Cunning, 83, of Gothenburg, Nebraska died May 30, 2012 at Gothenburg Memorial Hospital in Gothenburg, NE. Jim was born June 18, 1928 at Hopkins, MO to Ray and Nettie (Peve) Cunning. Soon after his birth, his family moved to Gothenburg, NE where he grew up and graduated from Gothenburg High School. Jim enlisted in United States Air Force...

Thelma Vogel

Thelma Vogel

May 29, 2012

Biography

Thelma Marina Lehmkuhler Vogel, 97, of Gothenburg, NE died May 29, 2012 at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg, NE. Thelma was born on June 10, 1914 to John and Anna Marie Christensen Lehmkuhler at the family home close to the Methodist Church on Garfield table southwest of Arnold, NE. She lived in the Arnold, Tallin and Gothenburg area. She...

Ardis Harwick

Ardis Harwick

May 23, 2012

Ardis Mae Harwick, 96, of North Platte, formerly of Curtis, NE; died May 23, 2012 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. She was born May 8, 1916 in Lincoln County, NE, daughter of Bruce Isaac and Bernice Alma (Stinnette) Dempcy. She attended country school at Sleepy Hollow District 4 north of Moorefield. She then attended and graduated...

Michael Sayer

Michael Sayer

May 13, 2012

Michael Patrick Sayer, 63, of Gothenburg, Nebraska, died May 13, 2012 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE; following a courageous battle with cancer. Mike was born March 17, 1949 at McCook, NE to David and Betty Sayer of Cambridge, NE. He grew up on the family farm and graduated with the class of 1968. He enlisted in the Air...

Robert Brown

Robert Brown

May 7, 2012

Robert "Bob" Joseph Brown, 70, resident of North Platte and formerly of Curtis, died May 7, 2012 surrounded by family at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. Bob was born on a farm near Stockville, Frontier County, NE to Kenneth and Leona Mann Brown. Second of three children, Bob graduated from NCTA in Curtis after attending school K-10...

Darline Price

Darline Price

May 6, 2012

Darline Price, 91, of Gothenburg, Nebraska, died May 6, 2012 at Stone Hearth Estates in Gothenburg, NE. Darline Deardoff Price was born in Lebanon, NE on March 14, 1921 to Orion Levern Deardoff and Ebba Louise Carison. She lived in Oxford, NE. until she was three yrs old and her mother passed away. Darline and her father O.L (he was...

Mildred Hayden

Mildred Hayden

May 1, 2012

Mildred "Jean" was born April 9, 1926 to Daniel Lewis Hayden and Dora Mae Russell Hayden in McCook, NE. She departed this life on May 1, 2012 at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg, NE where she had resided for the past three months. Jean attended the Nebraska School for the Blind in Nebraska City. As a child, she learned to...

Robert Magee

Robert Magee

Apr 29, 2012

Robert "Scott" Magee, 56, of Curtis, Nebraska, died April 29, 2012 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center, North Platte, NE, as the result of an auto accident. He was born January 27, 1956 in McCook, NE, son of Leland John Magee and Geraldine Evelyn Magee. Scott entered the US Army in 1978, but due to his father's failing health, he...

Bonnie Bauman

Bonnie Bauman

Apr 25, 2012

Bonnie June Bauman, 82, of Gothenburg, Nebraska, died April 25, 2012 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE. Bonnie was born June 4th, 1929, at Gothenburg to Alvin and Winifred Ruth (Davis) Mannon. She grew up in Gothenburg and graduated from Gothenburg High School. After high school she married Kenneth Ray Bauman at the United Methodist Church on August 1st...

Twila Bortner

Twila Bortner

Apr 17, 2012

Twila L. Bortner, 85, of Maywood, Nebraska, died April 17, 2012 at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg, NE. She was born April 6, 1927 to Frank Louis and Alda P(Smith) Ruppert and lived most of her life in the Curtis and Maywood vicinity. She grew up on the family farm south of Maywood and attended the Buff View School near there....

Winford Easton

Winford Easton

Apr 16, 2012

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Verneta Werkmeister

Verneta Werkmeister

Apr 14, 2012

Verneta Belle Werkmeister, 87, of Curtis, Nebraska, died April 14, 2012 at Golden Living Center in Cozad. Verneta Werkmeister was born on August 24, 1924 to Fred & Mollie Kugler six miles South West of Wellfleet. She attended Ash Grove country school through the eighth grade. She graduated from NSA High School. She married Arthur Werkmeister on June 22, 1942...

Earl Hopkins

Earl Hopkins

Apr 14, 2012

Earl R. Hopkins, 93, of Farnam, Nebraska, died April 14, 2012 on the farm South of Farnam. He was born October 2, 1918 in Farnam, NE, to William Edwin and Maude Gertrude (Horn) Hopkins. Earl grew up in Farnam and graduated from Farnam High School. Following high school he enrolled in the US Army on Aug. 2, 1940. He...

Bonnie Stephens

Bonnie Stephens

Apr 4, 2012

Bonnie Marie Stephens, 84, of Gothenburg, Nebraska, died April 4, 2012 at Gothenburg Memorial Hospital in Gothenburg, NE. She was born July 21, 1927 in Gordon, NE, daughter of Clida J. and Florence A. (Glover) Cunningham. Bonnie grew up at Gordon, NE and graduated from high school there. She lived in Gordon, Rushville, Norfolk and Gothenburg. She married Johnie...

Florence Lindekugel

Florence Lindekugel

Apr 1, 2012

Florence Kathrine Lindekugel, 94, of Gothenburg, Nebraska, died April 1, 2012 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE. She was born April 1, 1918 in Gothenburg, NE, daughter of Oscar and Nellie (Blede) Sandstrom. Florence lived in Gothenburg until 2nd grade, family then moved south of Brady. She graduated from Brady High School in 1935, and then attended Kearney Normal...

Wendell Turnquist

Wendell Turnquist

Apr 1, 2012

Wendell "Max" Turnquist, 86, of Gothenburg, Nebraska, died April 1, 2012 at the Grand Island Veteran's Home in Grand Island, NE. Max was born March 10, 1926 in Gothenburg, NE on the Turnquist Farm, son of Godfrey Elam and Edith Lillian (Johnson) Turnquist Lindberg. Max grew up in the New Hope & Etna area and graduated from Gothenburg High School....

Burton Beck

Burton Beck

Mar 24, 2012

Burton N. Beck, 86, of Gothenburg, Nebraska, died March 24, 2012 at Linden Court in North Platte, NE. He was born January 5, 1926 in Gothenburg, NE, son of Nels and May (Ostergard) Beck. Burton grew up on the family farm north of Gothenburg, and attended Southwest Custer County grade school. He graduated from Gothenburg High School in 1943. After...

Arthur Polak

Arthur Polak

Mar 21, 2012

Arthur "Art" Joe Polak, 94, of Gothenburg, NE died March 21, 2012 at Linden Court in North Platte, NE. Arthur Joe Polak was born February 11, 1918 to Frank and Mary (Skucius) Polak at Munden, KS, where he attended school and farmed until he was inducted into the United States Army in February 1941. He married Lucille Moravek on May...

Bobbi Loostrom

Bobbi Loostrom

Mar 18, 2012

Bobbi Jo Loostrom

March 18, 2012 - March 18, 2012

Bobbi Johanna Loostrom, infant daughter of John and Melodie (DenOuden) Loostrom was born and died on March 18, 2012 at Methodist Women's Hospital in Omaha, NE. Bobbi Jo leaves her family who love her - including her parents John and Melodie; a sister Katie; her grandparents Mark...

Ronald Meester

Ronald Meester

Mar 18, 2012

Ronald Eugene Meester, 64, of North Platte, Nebraska, died March 18, 2012 at his home in North Platte following a battle with COPD and Emphysema. He was born June 16, 1947 in Gothenburg, NE; son of Walter J. and Hannah (Johanning) Meester. He grew up in Gothenburg and attended Gothenburg Public Schools. Ron had many different jobs throughout his life,...

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