Obituaries

Barbara A. Kotalik

Barbara A. Kotalik

Barbara A. Kotalik

Barbara Ann Kotalik, 77, of Blue Springs, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 after a hard fight against an incurable illness, surrounded by her loving children. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 8th at First United Methodist Church of Blue Springs.
Marcellin Agnes Kalin Little

Marcellin Agnes Kalin Little

Marcellin Agnes Kalin Little

Marcellin Agnes Kalin Little, 93, of Beatrice, NE passed away October 30, 2020 at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Beatrice, NE. She was born January 28, 1927 in a farm home near Burchard, NE to Emil and Agnes Gyhra Kalin.
Robert E. Reist

Robert E. Reist

Robert E. Reist

Robert E. Reist was born to Ed and Pauline (Hildebrand) Reist in rural Nemaha County Kansas on October 7, 1931. He passed away on Thursday, October 22, 2020 in Lincoln. He graduated from Bern High School in Bern, Kansas in 1949.
Clifford Leroy Bock

Clifford Leroy Bock

Clifford Leroy Bock

Clifford Leroy Bock passed away October 2, 2020.He was born in Pawnee City, Nebraska, on June 4, 1930, son of Mabel (Heuppelsheuser) and Leslie Bock. Devoted husband of 59 years to the late Norma Bock (nee Johnson), his highschool sweetheart whom he married May 6, 1951.
Independent

Independent

Independent

Apparently, my grandson showed an independent streak the other day. My daughter had worked late and was still tired when the Little Man got up and wanted to get dressed so she told him to pick out his own clothes. So he did.
Deacon Robert Emil Puhalla Sr.

Deacon Robert Emil Puhalla Sr.

Deacon Robert Emil Puhalla Sr.

Deacon Robert Emil Puhalla Sr., 73, of Grand Island, entered Heaven’s gates, on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at CHI Health-St. Francis. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM Friday, October 16th at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

Diane Sue (Kinghorn) Bausch

Our sweet wife, mother, and grandmother, Diane Sue (Kinghorn) Bausch, entered her heavenly home on October 2, 2020. Diane was born on July 9, 1946 to Wilbur and Marjorie (Bouwens) Kinghorn at the Auburn Hospital in Auburn, Nebraska.
Lowell Dean Fahsholtz

Lowell Dean Fahsholtz

Lowell Dean Fahsholtz

Lowell Dean Fahsholtz, 82, of Firth, Nebraska formerly of Summerfield, Kansas passed away on September 29, 2020 at a Lincoln hospital. He was born on May 13, 1938 outside of Linn, Kansas to George and Martha Fahsholtz. He married Ladonna Kay Lange on September 7, 1958 in Linn, Kansas.
Dorothy “Dot” Mae Gilbert

Dorothy “Dot” Mae Gilbert

Dorothy “Dot” Mae Gilbert

Dorothy Mae Fellers Gilbert was born October 8, 1924 in Table Rock, Nebraska to Victor and Grace (Johnson) Fellers. She passed away on September 23, 2020 at Pawnee City, NE. Dot attended school in Table Rock, and graduated in 1942.
LaVerne H. Speckmann

LaVerne H. Speckmann

LaVerne H. Speckmann

LaVerne Henry Speckmann, only child of Henry and Freida (Knippelmier) Speckmann, was born April 9, 1935 on a farm outside Johnson, Nebraska. LaVerne was baptized and confirmed at Martin Luther Lutheran Church by Rev. W. F. Freuhling.