Obituaries
Dorothy Marie Rieke
May 3, 2024
Dorothy Marie Rieke (Wilberger), 93, was born on October 19, 1930, in Julian, NE, in the house her grandfather helped build. Growing up on a farm meant raising chickens and riding horses, an activity she loved.
Dorothy graduated from Nebraska City High School and started teaching in a rural schoolhouse at age 16. Later, she received her bachelor's and...
Tracey Ann Drier
Apr 22, 2024
Tracey Ann Drier (Guillemette), 66, passed away peacefully on April 22, 2024, in the arms of her loved ones, at her family home of 40 years in Auburn, Nebraska.
Tracey was born on February 20,1958 in Taunton, Massachusetts, to Roger and Emma Guillemette, and was the eldest of three children. She was raised in North Dighton, Massachusetts and attended...
Kent L. Dorste
Apr 7, 2024
Kent Leon Dorste, son of Clarence J. and Elma (Weddle) Dorste, was born December 4, 1945, in Kansas City, Missouri. As a young boy, Kent’s family moved to southeast Nebraska, where he would attend rural school through the 5th grade and graduated from Stella High School in 1963. After high school, Kent went on and earned a bachelor's degree...
Patricia "Penny" Martin
Apr 7, 2024
Patricia Ann Mayall, daughter of Tex Leroy and Theresa (Miedl) Mayall, was born February 6, 1960, in Gardena, California. One of five children, she grew up and went to school in California.
Penny, as she was known by many, married Jessie Martin on August 31, 2014, in Auburn, Nebraska. The couple made their home in Auburn, and their family...
Sue Ann Ervin
Mar 23, 2024
Sue Ann Ervin was born July 22, 1967, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Nebraska City, Nebraska to John and Veronica (Vollman) Riddle.
Sue was known to be a hard worker and spent some years working at Armstrong Cabinets and Ariens in Auburn, Nebraska. She is also remembered for having been there to help family members in their time of...
Gene Bridgewater
Mar 22, 2024
Wallace Eugene Bridgewater, one of three children of Wallace James and Harriett Ann (Rhoades) Bridgewater, was born March 15, 1941, in Auburn, Nebraska. Gene grew up in Brownville, Nebraska, where he went to school until transferring and graduating from Nemaha High School.
Gene married Connie Groff, and the couple was blessed with the birth of Brad, Daniel, Kenneth, Tracy,...
JoAnn (Taylor) Rohrs
Mar 10, 2024
JoAnn Taylor Rohrs passed away peacefully Sunday, March 10, 2024, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Nebraska City, Nebraska.
JoAnn was born on a farm near Peru, Nebraska on October 31, 1933. She was the daughter of Opal Pearl (Mills) and Roy Ralph Taylor. Two brothers, Eugene Taylor and Raymond Taylor were to be blessings in her life.
JoAnn attended...
Teresa L. Garver
Mar 6, 2024
Teresa L. Garver, age 64 of Auburn, passed away at her home Wednesday, March 6, 2024.
Survivors include her sister and brother-in-law Susan and Andy Stoner of Brownville; cousins Debbie Reilly and Candy Reilly; other relatives and friends.
A graveside funeral service and committal will be Wednesday, March 13, 2:00 p.m. at Prairie Union Cemetery near Shubert. Visitation will be at...
Gary L. Vaughn
Mar 5, 2024
Gary Lynn Vaughn, one of two children of Maurice L. and Gwendolyn Joy (Hays) Vaughn, was born September 22, 1959, in Omaha, Nebraska. He grew up and attended school in Auburn, Nebraska and attended the Auburn Christian Church.
Gary held various jobs throughout his life. While in Auburn he worked at Tri-Pac Cabinets for 13 years. He lived...
Lois Mae Riggins
Mar 1, 2024
Lois Mae Riggins, one of three children of John and Anna (Fahrenholz) Rippe, was born February 17, 1934, on a farm west of Brock, Nebraska. Lois was baptized and confirmed at Faith Lutheran Church in Talmage. She attended Charter Oak School through the 8th grade and graduated from Brock High School as the class valedictorian.
On December...
E. Pauline (Myers) Ballue
Feb 29, 2024
Elma Pauline Myers, one of four children of Edwin and Hazel (Vice) Myers, was born April 2, 1931, in Peru, Nebraska. She attended country school before transferring to the public school in Brownville, Nebraska.
On June 5, 1948, Pauline was united in marriage to John E. Ballue in Auburn, Nebraska. They made their home in Brownville and would be...
Vonda Kay McCracken
Feb 26, 2024
Vonda Kay (Palmer) McCracken, one of three children of Jerry L. and Mary M. (Hanner) Palmer, was born January 31, 1966, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. She grew up and attended school in Kimball, Nebraska.
On June 14, 1987, Vonda was united in marriage to Terry McCracken in Bushnell, Nebraska. They made their first home in Bushnell, and were blessed with...
Michael E. Mason
Feb 19, 2024
Michael Edward Mason was the only son of three children of Gaylord and Martha (Smith) Mason. Born June 8, 1948, in Humboldt, Nebraska, Mike grew up in the Stella area where he went to school, graduating in 1966 from Stella High School.
Mike entered the United States Army in August of 1967 and was stationed in Germany in...
Edward "Ed" Gauchat
Feb 17, 2024
Edward (Ed) Gauchat was born on October 16, 1933 on the family farm just South of Brock, NE. Ed was one of three children of Frederick Louis, Sr. and Henrietta (Jeanneret) Gauchat. Ed was baptized at the Brock Methodist Church and attended school in Brock, graduating from Brock High School in 1952.
After high school, Ed attended the University of...
Christina Lee Unruh
Feb 16, 2024
Christina Lee Upton Unruh was born in a blizzard on March 10, 1948, at Mercy Hospital in Independence Kansas. The eldest of two daughters born to Edwin and Alberta (Dikeman) Upton, Christina was raised in Independence where she graduated Independence High School in 1966, attending Independence Community College thereafter.
On September 25, 1967, Christina married Michael Unruh at the First...
Elaine (Ebeler) Schnipkoweit
Feb 15, 2024
Elaine Elsie (Ebeler) Schnipkoweit, one of four children of Marvin and Phyllis (Seid) Ebeler, was born July 23, 1957, at Pawnee City, Nebraska. Elaine grew up attending school in Auburn, Nebraska and graduated from Auburn High School with the class of 1975.
In 1975, Elaine was united in marriage to Larry Cole. They would be blessed with two children:...
Phyllis Joan Reeves
Feb 12, 2024
Phyllis Joan Reeves, one of six children of Ralph and Mildred Frances (Able) Groff, was born December 7, 1946, in Auburn, Nebraska. She attended Fairview School near her home through the 8th grade, went to Auburn High School for two years, and graduated from Peru Prep in Peru, Nebraska. She then earned a business degree at Peru State College.
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Amber Dawnelle Booth
Feb 6, 2024
Amber Dawnelle McMichael, daughter of Alan Eugene and Vonda (Safley) McMichael, was born January 21, 1983, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She attended various schools in Missouri as she was growing up.
In 2013 Amber married Kraig Booth in Auburn, Nebraska. They made their first home in Auburn, and their combined families grew to total five children. The...
Ronald "Ike" Eickhoff
Feb 4, 2024
Ike (Ron) Eickhoff, 80, passed away on February 4th, 2024 surrounded by his family at Good Samaritan Society-Auburn. Ike (Ron) was born in Falls City, Nebraska on December 9,1943, to Marvin and Clara Eickhoff. Ike grew up in rural Dawson, until 1948, when the family moved to the Johnson/Auburn area. He attended Johnson Public School, graduating in May of...
Dale "Spike" Kalkwarf
Feb 2, 2024
Dale “Spike” Kalkwarf, age 65, of Auburn, passed away Friday, February 2, 2024, in Auburn. He was preceded in death by his parents Loren and Mary Ann (Tummond) Kalkwarf; parents-in-law Tim and Marion Gill; brother Tom Kalkwarf; sister Susie Urbach; brother-in-law Robert Petracek; brothers- and sisters-in-law Timothy (Colleen) Gill, Norma Gill, Kathyrn Bojanski, Robert Hostetler, and Teresa Lynn Gill.
Survivors include...
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