Obituary Listing

Dec 29, 2021

A memorial, celebration the life of Marilyn Bishop age 91 of Valentine will be held on Friday, April 6, 2022 at 10:00 AM at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines.  Inurnment will follow at Harmony Cemetery north of Valentine.  Ms. Bishop passed away on Dec. 29, 2021 in Valentine.

Survivors

Sisters-Jean McMindes

Sharon Bishop...

Dec 28, 2021

Constance E. Hand, 80

Constance Elizabeth was born to Walter (Shorty) and Elizabeth (Hudnall) Weber on Valentine on April 29, 1941.  Connie had an older sibling, Bonnie (Weber) Guest.

Connie began her education at Plainview School in Kilgore, and graduated from Kilgore High School in 1958.  She then went on to graduate from...

Dec 14, 2021

Eletha Louise was born to Leonard and Agnes (Kaplan) Sharp near Sparks, NE on May 15, 1937.

She attended school in Valentine.

On January 7, 1956, Eletha married Herbert Lurz at his mother's house in Valentine.  They made their home north of Valentine where they were engaged in ranching.  This marriage was blessed with two...

Dec 12, 2021

Martha Joann was born to John and Rose Marie (Langer) Simons in Valentine, NE on June 5, 1939.  Martha was the youngest of nine children and the only one born in a hospital.

Martha started her education at the Sparks school.  Her family moved to Valentine in 1946 where she attended 2 nd thru 8 th grades...

Dec 5, 2021

Florence Grace Breuklander was born in Sharon, Ohio on April 30, 1931, to Everett and Ocie (Cunningham) Spear. She came to Nebraska by train at the age of three with her father and two older sisters, Jessie and Mary.  Mrs. Sarah Davis received her and cared for...

Dec 3, 2021

Hope Delores Kalblinger, age 95 of Valentine, passed away December 3, 2021 at North Platte Care Center. Hope was born on March 6, 1926 in Valentine, NE to Lawrence and Georgia (Taylor) Engles. She grew up in the area and graduated from Valentine High School.

She was married to Clinton William...

Dec 3, 2021

And now these three remain; faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13

Taryn Lanay Tinant, age 15 of Valentine, Nebraska, passed away on Friday, December  3, 2021 at Children's Hospital.  Her parents lovingly held her hands as Jesus took her home.  She was also born in Omaha, Nebraska on April...

Nov 26, 2021

A private family Graveside service for Betty Gebhart age 96 of Valentine will be held on Dec. 2, 2021 at Mt. Hope in Valentine.  Mrs. Gebhart passed away on Nov. 26, 2021 at the Sandhills Care Center in Ainsworth.

Survivors

Sons-Larry of Valentine

Gary of Valentine

Nov 25, 2021

Memorial service for Barbara Vaughn age 82 of Valentine will be held at a later date in Valentine.  Mrs. Vaughn passed away on Nov. 25, 2021 in Sutherland, NE.  Inurnment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Valentine.

Sons-Jerry

Steve

Brother-Tommy Vawser

Sister-Sandra Leetsch

Nov 23, 2021

Mary Louise Parker Shipley was born June 13, 1924 in Winner, SD to Arthur and Martha (Sommerfeld) Parker. Mary was the youngest of nine children. She attended 1 st and 2 nd grades in a rural Winner school, then the family moved to the Littleburg Community where she attended the Wade School and Littleburg School.

Mary was...

Nov 23, 2021

Otto M. FRAUEN

Otto was born on June 8, 1923 as the third child of Jacob and Bertrice Fern Rector Frauen on the ranch he called home for 98 years 10 miles northwest of Norden, NE in Keya Paha County.

Otto married Ruth Loraine Foster on October 12, 1949, at the Methodist Church...

Nov 15, 2021

Isla Dawn Drinkwalter was born December 11, 1933 in Cody NE to Wallace and Isabell Hamit. She died November 15, 2021 in Cody, NE. She grew up in the Kilgore area. She attended school in Kilgore and went on to college at Chadron Normal School. She met George in January 1953 and they were married August 22, 1953. They...

Nov 15, 2021

Hugh Wilber was born to Carl and Gertrude (House) Wilber on April 8, 1929 in Gordon, NE.  He passed away on November 15 at Pine View Good Samaritan Center in Valentine. The family  moved to Valentine when Hugh was a year old. He attended school in Valentine where he was a player on the 1945 undefeated,  unscored upon football ...

Nov 14, 2021

Patsy Ann Mansour was born March 6, 1939 in Valentine, Nebraska.  Patsy was the second of three daughters born to Michael and Eva Mansour.  She grew up in Valentine where she attended elementary school and graduated from Valentine High School.

Patsy married Blaine Benson on August 24, 1963 in Broken Bow, NE.  They made their home in...

Nov 14, 2021

Cowboy's Story

James Ryan Sexson was born February 16, 2009.  He surprised us all with his arrival, bursting his way into this world after a long day of hauling cattle home from stalks.  I drove all day on icy roads as a part of the hauling crew.  I never suspected that, in the wee hours of the...

Nov 12, 2021

MERLE CHARLES SHELBOURN

Merle Charles Shelbourn, 75, passed away on November 12, 2021 at his home in Valentine, NE.

Merle was born November 6, 1946 in Valentine, NE to Donald and Ida Rose (Hagedorn) Shelbourn. As a young boy, he grew up on the family ranch in South Dakota, seven miles north of Crookston, NE....

Nov 5, 2021

Funeral service for Mark Mulligan, age 56 of Thedford will be held on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, at 11:00 AM at the Open Bible Church in Dunning.  Burial will be held at a later date.

Mark Joseph Mulligan was unexpectedly called to his heavenly home on November 5th, 2021, at the age of 56. He was with...

Oct 19, 2021

Edith Mae (Shelbourn) McCormick, was born March 9 th 1926 in Valentine, Nebraska and passed away October 19 th 2021 at Community Pride Care Center in Battle Creek, NE.  Edith was the fourth of five children born to Walter and Mable (Pont) Shelbourn.  Edith attended Kewanee grade school near her home and graduated from Valentine High School in 1943. ...

Oct 15, 2021

Warren "Keith" Stotts was born May 8, 1959, to Warren W & Vi Stotts in Martin SD. He was the third of five children. They lived in Cody, Ne during his childhood years where he worked on the family ranch & attended Cody-Kilgore Unified Schools. They later moved to Valentine where Keith attended & graduated from Valentine Rural High...

Oct 14, 2021

Susanne Dorothy (Littau) Mundorf of Saline, Michigan passed away peacefully on October 14, 2021 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She had a strong faith of eternity in Heaven through Jesus Christ's salvation. Susanne was born to John and Magdalena (Hoffman) Littau on September 3, 1936 in Valentine, Nebraska, the eleventh of twelve children. She grew up in rural South Dakota...