Western Nebraska Observer - Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First

Tommy Mackland (Tom) Southard, 84, of Kimball, Nebraska, passed peacefully, with family by his side, on December 6, 2020 at Great Plains Health in North Platte, Nebraska. Tom had a short bout with...

Viola F. Jelinek, 96, died at the Venice Florida Regional Hospital on Tuesday, December 15, 2020. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, June 19, 2021 at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with...

Wayne E. Lukassen, 88, of Kimball, died at Kimball Health Services on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at St. Joseph's Catholic...

Darrel Dean Fox of Gering passed away on June 2, 2021. A Celebration of Life will be planned at a later date. Online condolences may be made by viewing Darrel’s Memorial Page at...

Charles (Charlie) W. Goins, 76, of Skiatook, Oklahoma, died on Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at Hillcrest Heart Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with his loving wife, Beverly, of 52 years by his side. Charl...

Deborah Trofholz Albertson, 66, of Gering, went home to heaven on May 16, 2021 surrounded by her loved ones. Services were Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 11 a.m. at the Zion Evangelical Church in...

Betty L Zeilinger, 89, of Kimball, ended her battle with ALS on Sunday, May 23, 2021. Funeral services were at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Kimball with...

Beverly Ann Atkins passed away on May 14, 2021 at Kimball Health Services after a protracted bout with multiple myeloma cancer. A graveside service for family and church members will be held at...

Donald D. Maxted, 91, of Kimball, died at Kimball County Manor on Friday, May 14, 2021. Funeral services for Don were held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at Trinity United Methodist Church in...

Guy F. "Jeff" Bush, age 85, passed away of natural causes Thursday, May 5, 2021 in Kimball. A Memorial service will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Saturday, May 22 at the Light Memorial Presbyterian Church...

Mary Della Gerner passed away peacefully in the company of her family on May 7, 2021, at Hospice of Laramie, Wyoming. She is survived by her daughter, Debra Bastian (Christopher), her son Tim...

Carol L. Dunegan, 81, of Kimball, died at Kimball Health Services on Thursday, May 6, 2021. Cremation has taken place and graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, May 14, 2021, at the...

On Sunday, May 2, 2021, Kimberly Page Hill (Schneider), or Schneid, passed away in Loveland, Colorado, at the age of 52 surrounded by family and close friends. A funeral service will be held...

Hazel Madora McDonald, age 99, of Ogallala, NE, formerly of Arthur, went to be with her Lord and Savior and loved ones on Friday, April 23, 2021, at Indian Hills Manor with her loving family by her...

On Sunday, March 14, 2021, Dustin Wallace, loving son and brother, passed away at the age of 39 at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas after an extended illness. Dustin was born in Scottsbluff,...

Robert M. Hill, 75, of Kimball, died in Englewood, Colorado on Sunday, February 21, 2021. Cremation has been held and memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 27, 2021, at St....

William (Billy) D. Olsen Jr., 68, passed away on March 4th, 2021 in Wellington, CO. He was born October 21, 1952 in Kimball, Nebraska and raised on the family farm in Banner County, Nebraska by parent...

Antonia C. Bourlier, 94, of Kimball, died at Kimball Health Services on Monday, March 1, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in...

Florian F. Brown, age 88 of Nebr. City, NE passed away on Friday, February 26, 2021 at his home. Florian was born on May 31, 1932 in Rawlins County, KS, the son of Frank J. and Frances (Barenberg) Bro...

Dolores L. Harms, 84, of Kimball, died at the Kimball County Manor on Saturday, February 27, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, March 5, 2021 at St. John's Lutheran Church...

William (Bill) Henry Hotes was born October 30, 1929, on the family farm near Bloomfield, Nebraska, the eldest son of Henry Herman Hotes and Doris Alice Scheele. He departed this life to join his Lord...

Eileen "Edith" (Neal) Sell, 80, went to be with her Heavenly Father on February 14, 2021, at her home in Gering, Nebraska, surrounded by her family. Visitation will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on...

Patsy Lou Kasten, age 89, of Potter, NE passed away in Sidney on Tuesday, February, 9, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, February 18, 2021 in the St. Paul's Lutheran Church...