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Wilma Kenan
Jan 4, 2021
Public graveside service for Wilma Kenan age 90 of Valentine will be held on Monday, Jan. 11 th at 1:00 PM at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Public visitation will be on Sunday, Jan. 10 th at 2:00 PM at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines. Mrs. Kenan passed away on Jan. 4 th in Gordon, NE.
Survivors
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Robert Lee Witt
Dec 22, 2020
Robert Lee Witt was born January 18, 1943 in Ainsworth, NE to Walter and Grace (Tays) Witt.
Bob passed away on December 22 nd at the Cherry County Hospital in Valentine
Bob graduated from Ainsworth High School in 1961. After graduation Bob moved to Riverside California where he studied Art. He later returned to Ainsworth...
Carol Nelsen
Dec 3, 2020
Carol Marie Miller Nelsen was born in St. Edward, Nebraska on February 8, 1923 and passed away at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home in Hay Springs, Nebraska on December 3, 2020. Carol was born February 8, 1923 in St. Edward, Nebraska to Oliver and Jennie Miller. She graduated from St. Edward High School and afterward attended technical school for clerical...
Delores Woodward
Nov 27, 2020
Memorial service for Delores Woodward age 64 of Valentine are pending at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines. Mrs. Woodward passed away on Nov. 27 at her home in Valentine.
Survivors
Daughter-Jaida Woodward of Valentine, NE
Janet Grabher
Nov 21, 2020
I was born in Mason City, NE on September 9, 1934 and later moved to Douglas, WY before my parents purchased the ranch south of Valentine, NE in 1942 where Bob and I live today. I attended a one room country school and entered High School as a freshman in Valentine, NE. After graduation I attended Loretta Heights College...
Mary Jean Mcgaughey
Nov 21, 2020
Mary Jean was born November 24th, 1926 to Olin Arthur and Inez Reike Ravenscroft in Blairstown (Benton County), Iowa on the family farm. She had six older brothers: Willis, Myron, Francis, Donald, James, and Calvin; and a younger sister Ruth was born in 1931. In 1930, Olin and Inez Ravenscroft and their growing family migrated from Iowa to the...
Claudia Sharkey
Nov 12, 2020
Claudia Rae Sharkey was born to Claude and Violet (Whitcomb) Cornish on July 15,
She was the middle of three children: Bill, the oldest, and Phyllis, the youngest. She wasborn on the family farm in rural Lakeview (Todd County, SD) where she lived her entire
wonderful and full life.
Claudia went to...
Kevin Joe Bennett
Nov 11, 2020
Kevin Joe Bennett was born on June 29, 1962 in Valentine Nebraska to Ed and Judy (Hitchings) Bennett. He passed away on November 11, 2020 at the university of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
Kevin attended country grade school near Wood, South Dakota, middle and high school in Valentine where he graduated in 1980.
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Bill Schmit
Oct 31, 2020
William Michael "Uncle Bill" Schmit was born June 26, 1929, to John Schmit and Gertrude (Schaefer) Schmit. Uncle Bill was born on the Schmit Ranch in the home he lived in for his entire 91 years. He was so proud of that! He attended school in Nenzel through the 10 th grade and then worked on the family farm. ...
Pat Wiechelman
Oct 30, 2020
Pat Wiechelman age 69 of Valentine passed away on Oct. 30 th at her home. No services are planned.
Survivor
Husband-Jack of Valentine
Sons-TJ of Valentine
Scott of Valentine
Daughter-Lace y Mundorf of Wood Lake, NE
Brother-Tom Green of Lincoln
Tonya Mehrens
Oct 29, 2020
Tonya was born in Valentine NE, To Marcy and Ed Stewart on May 20th, 1976. She passed away on October 29th, 2020 in Kearney Ne, After a courageous battle with cancer. Tonya lived life to the fullest. Through her life she lived in various towns. From Las Vegas to Valentine Ne. During her adventures in life she touched several...
Donald Adams
Oct 25, 2020
On October 25, 2020, Donald Eugene Adams passed away in Chadron, NE with his daughter at his side. He was 88 years old.
Don was born April 15, 1932, to John and Barbara (Edwards) Adams and was the youngest of two sons. Don grew up on a ranch south of Cody, NE and graduated from Cody High...
Bill Joseph
Oct 20, 2020
William Robert Joseph passed away on October 20…., 2020 at his home in Valentine. Known widely as Bill and to many friends and family as Bill Bob, he was a fixture in the local community. Bill was born to John & Gloretta "Toots" Joseph on October 7, 1937 in Valentine, Nebraska. He enjoyed his early years with older siblings...
Ron Andrus
Oct 17, 2020
Ronald John Andrus passed away October 17, 2020 at Sanford Health Care Center in Vermillion, South Dakota with his wife Karen by his side. Ron was born to John and Ruth (Schrunk) Andrus on Sept. 8, 1940 in Atkinson, Nebraska. He had an older brother Ralph and a younger sister Karen (Ormesher). He attended Atkinson High School and graduated...
Dorthea Cook
Oct 16, 2020
Dorthea L. Cook was born to Vincente & Mamie Lopez on August 15, 1932 in Valentine, Nebraska. Dorthea was called home on October 16, 2020 at Parkside Manor, Stuart, Nebraska. Dort was the youngest of nine children in the Lopez family. She attended Valentine Elementary school and Valentine High School graduating in 1950.
On November 21, 1966...
John K. Rupe
Oct 9, 2020
John Kevin Rupe was born April 3, 1957 in Dubuque, Iowa. John died October 9, 2020 at the Cherry County Hospital of heart failure. John had a unique sense of humor that he inherited from his father, Dwayne Rupe. John's view on life always left a smile on your face, a chuckle in your heart, and a shake of...
Roy Huff
Oct 5, 2020
Memorial service for Roy Huff age 71 of Valentine are pending at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines. Mr. Huff passed away on Oct. 5 th at his home in Valentine.
Survivors
Wife-Lorri
Daughter-Brendyn McBride
Son-Jay
Sisters-2
Bruno Schlueter
Oct 4, 2020
Graveside service for Bruno Schlueter age 97 of Valentine will be held on Friday, Oct. 9 th at 2:30 PM at the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Valentine. Visitation will be on Thursday, Oct 8 th at 4:00 PM at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines. Mr. Schlueter passed away on Oct. 4 at Pine View in Valentine.
Survivors...
David Ward
Oct 3, 2020
David Albert Ward was born February 24th, 1951 in Gordon Nebraska to Delbert and Phyllis. He grew up on a ranch until his father moved back to Valentine in 1958 to a four room house with a wood stove and an out house just north of town. He would wake up during the winter with frost on his blanket...
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