Eldon Cozad
Oct 3, 2017
Eldon F. Cozad was born on Sept. 16th, 1920 to Grace (Simms) and Bert Cozad in Merna NE. After 97 years, Eldon departed this earth and joined Harriett, his wife of 65 years, October 3rd, 2017. In 1939 Eldon graduated from Wood Lake High School. He married Harriett Simons of Sparks, NE, on June 3rd, 1943 in Valentine, NE. Twin...
Merlin Lee Anthony Scholtes
Oct 1, 2017
Mass of Christian for Merlin Scholtes age 82 of Valentine will be held on Thursday, Oct. 5 at 10:00 AM MT at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Nenzel. Burial will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery. Visitation will be on Wednesday at 3:00 PM at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines. Rosary will be recited on Wednesday at 7:00 PM MT at...
Connie Vanauken
Sep 30, 2017
Memorial service for Connie VanAuken age 54 of Valentine will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 11:00 AM at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines. No Visitation will be held. Mrs. VanAuken passed away on Sept. 30 in Valentine. Survivors Children-Brandon Kelly Brain Wharton Levi Hollenbeck Amanda VanAuken Mother-Myrna Flynn Sisters-Deb Kelly Christine Sherman
Elsie L. Fowler
Sep 28, 2017
Elsie Lorraine Battershaw was born on October 8, 1949 in Tilden, NE to Fred and Beulah (Fox) Battershaw. She attended school in Burwell and Valentine, NE. Elsie married her best friend and soulmate Gary Fowler on August 23, 1969 in Valentine, NE. They were blessed with two children, Courtney Shane and Lori Lynn. Elsie and Gary spent the next 48...
Clinton L. Bachelor
Sep 23, 2017
Clinton Lyle Bachelor was born in the Valentine Hospital to Orin and Frances (Grow) Bachelor on January 23, 1933. He lived on the Bachelor –T ranch near Merriman until 1939 when his family purchased a ranch in the Littleburg, S.D. area where he remained most of his life. He attended the O'Brian School through the eighth grade and attended Valentine...
Dorothy Darnell
Sep 21, 2017
Dorothy passed away Thursday, September 21, 2017 at the age of 88. She was born in Pawnee City, Nebraska on May 30, 1929 to Harry and Florence Bourne. Dorothy was raised in the Humboldt area and her family eventually moved to Grand Island, Nebraska in 1946. Dorothy graduated high school in Grand Island in 1947. Her early years were not...
Wanda M. Sazama
Aug 30, 2017
Wanda Sazama, 83, passed away at her home east of Mission, SD on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. She was born February 6, 1934 to Everett "Slim" and Freda (Whipple) Hull in Rosebud, SD. While growing up Wanda lived in Parmalee and Central City in SD and in Butte, MT. She attended elementary school in Parmalee, SD and Butte, MT and...
Emma M. Mckee
Aug 29, 2017
Emma Mae was born at Carter, SD to Richard (Dick) and Margaret (Maggie) Rugge- Schmidt on May 22, 1921. She made the journey to her eternal home on August 29, 2017 at the age of 96. She lived in the Carter, Hidden Timber, Mission and Wood areas growing up. She graduated from grade school and spent her young life working...
Twila N. Dewing
Aug 24, 2017
TWILA NADINE MANN DEWING WAS BORN TO GEORGE AND MYRTLE MANN IN COLOME SOUTH DAKOTA ON APRIL 9TH, 1926. SHE PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 24TH, 2017. PRECEDING HER IN DEATH WAS HER HUSBAND, BUD DEWING, SON, RICHARD GROOMS, PARENTS, GEORGE AND MYRTLE MANN, SISTERS, ISABEL NEWLAND, LELA DAVIS, PERCY FOWLER, AND DORTHY BRICKMAN AND BROTHER, GEORGE MANN JR. SURVIVORS INCLUDE...
Eldina Maxine Eickhoff
Aug 21, 2017
Eldina Maxine (Jeitz) Eickhoff Obituary Eldina Maxine Eickhoff of Valentine, Nebraska went to be with the Lord on August 21, 2017. Eldina was born on July 28, 1922 in Capa, South Dakota to Elsie and Bruno Jeitz. She spent a good portion of her life living in South Dakota where she graduated from Black Hills State Teacher's College. Later she...
Richand Graeff
Aug 16, 2017
Richard (Dick) Graeff went to be with the Lord on Wednesday August 16, 2017 at Great Plains Medical Center in North Platte, Ne. after a bout with cancer. He was 81 years old. Dick was born on December 4th, 1935 at Valentine, Ne. to Arthur and Nellie Graeff. He was raised on the ranch near Crookston, Ne. and that is...
Reynold "Rey" E. Darnell
Aug 12, 2017
Reynold (Rey) Eugene Darnell passed away on August 12th, 2017 at Bryan East Community Hospital, Lincoln, NE after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease. Reynold was born on August 30th, 1924 in David City, NE where he grew up on the family homestead near Garrison, NE. After graduating from high school in 1941 at the age of 16, Reynold joined...
Danny E. Vavra
Jul 28, 2017
Daniel (Danny) Elmer Vavra was born January 27, 1935 to Anton and Rose Vavra at their homestead near Swett, South Dakota. His oldest sister delivered him in the basement of the home his dad built. Danny was the youngest of 5 children and enjoyed his childhood on the farm. He attended Swett school until the 8th grade and attended high...
Dale Wendt
Jul 11, 2017
Glenn "Dale" Wendt was born on August 13, 1931 to Theodore William Wendt & Hulda Marie "Galinat" Wendt/Luedtke on the Wendt homestead in Hoskins, Nebr. He attended rural school district 49 in Wayne Co. through 8th grade. He then attended 1 year of high school at Hoskins & had to quit when his brothers went to war, to help his...
Helen M. Raubach
Jul 1, 2017
Helen M. (Kellar) Raubach was born at home on the ranch East of Crookston, Nebraska July 11, 1919 to Enoch and Beda Kellar. She had two brothers, Monroe and Calvin, and a sister, Elaine. She graduated from Crookston High School in 1935 and attended Chadron State College for two years. When she returned, she worked for Dr. Chester Johnson in...
Gordon G. Mcleod
Jun 29, 2017
Gordon Gilmore McLeod was born August 26, 1921 to Gilmore and Helen (Pickering) McLeod. He grew up on the ranch and attended country school, then high school in Curtis, Nebraska and Great Falls, Montana. After high school he engaged in ranching with his father. Gordon married Virginia Dare December 30, 1951. Two children were born of this union, Gary (Rose)...
Audrey G. Engel
Jun 26, 2017
Funeral service for Audrey Engel age 81 of Valentine will be held on Friday, June 30 at 10:00 AM at St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Valentine. Burial will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Valentine. Visitation will be on Thursday, at 5 PM at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines. Mrs. Engel passed away on June 26 at the Oxbow Living...
Jack Harp
Jun 14, 2017
Jack Edward Harp was born September 28th, 1950 in Valentine, NE to Alice (Havemann) and Carmen Harp. Jack grew up on a farm in Hidden Timber, SD on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. Jack went to McCormick and Klein Schools for elementary. He graduated from Todd County High School in 1969. He worked various jobs, including the Cheese Plant in Mission,...
Tony W. Benda
Jun 6, 2017
Anthony William Benda, or as we all know and love him, Tony, died June 6, 2017. He was born to Robert and Mary Lois (Culver) Benda October 3, 1954, in Britton, SD and was the third child born to this union. When Tony was about one-year-old, the family traveled to Edgemont, SD where Tony's dad was employed at the uranium...
Christine Lee Qualley
Jun 6, 2017
Christine (Christie) Lee Qualley's work here is done. After her recent retirement from the Cherry County Clerk's office, where she worked for 30 years, she received a call from "The Big Boss" on the evening of June 6th, in the home of her daughter and son-in-law, at the young age of 66 and was given an offer she couldn't refuse...
