Darlene L. Thornton
May 25, 2017
Memorial service for Darlene Thornton age 81 of Valentine will be held on Thursday, June 1 at 10:00 AM at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines. Inurnment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Thornton passed away on May 25 at Pine View Good Samaritan Center in Valentine. Darlene Lois (Senglemann) Thornton was born in Valentine Nebraska on Jan 22 1936...
Alfred "Bud" Fisher
May 11, 2017
Mass of Christian Burial for Alfred "Bud" Fisher age 91 of Valentine will be held on Thursday, May 18 at 11:00 AM at St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Valentine. Burial will be at a later date. Rosary will be recited on Wednesday, May 17 at 7:00 PM at the Church. Visitation will be on Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Sandoz...
Minnie Fay Smith
Apr 30, 2017
Funeral service for Minnie Fay Smith age 88 of Valentine will be held on Friday, May 5 at 11:00 AM at the United Methodist Church in Valentine. Burial will be at a later date in North Dakota. Visitation will be on Thursday, May 4 at 4:30 PM at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines. Mrs. Smith passed away on April 30...
Joy M. Qualley
Apr 15, 2017
Joy Marilyn (Hollers) Qualley was born in Cody, Nebraska on October 14, 1940 to Florence and Basil Hollers. She received her early formal education as District 180 - Cutcomb Lake. Joy graduated from Cody High School and then attended the National College of Business in Rapid City, SD. Joy was a rancher first and foremost, so taking care of the...
Iris June Chubb
Apr 3, 2017
Iris June Miller was born June 27, 1929, at their home near Belmont, Nebraska, to Glen and Amy (Tollman) Miller. She received her early education at Belmont School. She graduated from high school in Crawford, Nebraska in 1947. She married her high school sweetheart Leo F. Chubb on July 8, 1951 while Leo was home on leave from the army....
Eunice M. Quick
Mar 22, 2017
I'm glad I didn't know the way it all would end, the way it all would go. Our lives are better left to chance. I could have missed the pain, but I'd have had to miss the dance. The Dance - Words and Music by Tony Arata There was an anniversary waltz in heaven on March 22, 2017, as Eunice...
Urban Vanderwey
Mar 15, 2017
Urban Pierre VanderWey was born April 9, 1924 to John and Grace (Eringa) VanderWey at home in Lakeview, SD. As a child, Urban was an adventurous spirit. He was known to disappear on horseback to go for a swim at the Minnechaduza Creek, or to go camping. Urban also showed his ingenuity at a young age. He taught himself many...
Barbara L. Gale
Mar 11, 2017
Barbara Lou Gale, departed this life and entered into the presence of Jesus on March 11, 2017. Barbara was born to Jake and Edith (Mitchell) Kime in Cornish, Colorado on May 17, 1927. The Kimes bought a ranch North of Whitman in the Sandhills of Nebraska when Barb was two years old. Barb grew up there, playing and doing chores...
Lucille Mccormick
Mar 6, 2017
Lucille Marie Foster McCormick of Valentine, NE. passed away Monday evening March 6th, 2017 at Good Samaritan Society-Pine View in Valentine at the age of 85. Lucille was born December 16th, 1931 in Valentine to Melvin and Isa (Bunker) Foster. She was the oldest of three siblings, two girls and one boy. She graduated from Valentine High School in 1949...
William "Bill" Bishop
Mar 3, 2017
A longtime Valentine resident, William Vernon "Bill" Bishop, passed away March 3, 2017, at Pine View Care Center. He was 85. Bill was born October 16, 1931, in Valentine to Guy and Mildred (Shelbourn) Bishop. He attended elementary and high schools in Valentine, graduating in 1949. During the Korean War, Bill enlisted in the U.S. Navy serving for 4 years....
Nellie D. Rhoades
Feb 25, 2017
Nellie Dora Breuklander Rhoades was born June 26, 1923 to Henry and Mary Breuklander in a house that still stands at 223 West 2nd Street in Valentine, NE. Nellie passed away February 25, 2017 at Pineview Good Samaritan Center. When she was three years old the family moved into a log house south of Sparks, NE. Nellie attended the Rocky...
Wendell Leeper
Feb 24, 2017
Wendell Leeper, 72, of Valentine Nebraska died Friday February 24th in Broken Bow Nebraska. He was born April 18, 1944 in Gordon Nebraska to William and Lola Leeper. He attended school in Merriman Nebraska where he graduated from in 1962. Wendell worked for numerous ranchers in the area and spent his free time hunting and fishing all throughout the Sandhills...
Jeanette Audrey Hoffmann
Feb 24, 2017
Jeanette Audrey (Johnson) Hoffmann of Nenzel, Nebraska passed away on Friday, February 24, 2017 at Countryside Care in Gordon, Nebraska. She was born on July 20, 1934 to John and Margaret Johnson in Burwell, Nebraska. She was the oldest of 9 children. After attending several elementary schools, she graduated from Ainsworth High School. She was married to Russell E. Laughlin...
Shirley A. Bachelor
Feb 21, 2017
Shirley Ann May Bachelor was born on December 25, 1934 to Lyle and Lucille Hangle May in Council Bluffs, IA. She passed away on February 21, 2017 at Pine View Good Samaritan Center in Valentine at the age of 82. Shirley graduated from Valentine High School and was an avid reader. For most of her adult life, Shirley was a...
Betty Lee Carr
Feb 2, 2017
Funeral service for Betty Carr age 93 of White River was held on Sunday, February 5 at 2:00 PM at the White River United Methodist Church in White River. Burial was held on Monday, February 6 at 11:00 AM at Mount Hope Cemetery in Valentine. Visitation was on Sunday at the church before the funeral. Mrs. Carr passed away on...
Lois Irene Lien
Jan 30, 2017
Lois Irene Schmidt was born November 23, 1933 to George and Mildred Schmidt at the farm in Todd County, South Dakota. She attended Midway Grade School and graduated from Winner High School in 1952. Lois married Johnny Lien on May 1, 1955. They made their home in the Littleburg area of South Dakota and ranched in this area until 1963...
John "Jack" E. Carr
Jan 27, 2017
John Earl (Jack) Carr, Jr. joined the big round-up in the sky on January 27, 2017. After a brief stay in the hospital, he peacefully passed in the presence of family. John was born on December 24, 1924, to ranchers John Sr. and Pearl Carr of Hidden Timber. Pearl boarded the train alone for the ride to Ainsworth, Nebraska to...
Maybelle Carr
Jan 22, 2017
Patience Maybelle Brechbill Carr passed away January 22, 2017 at the age of 101 years and six months at Pine View Good Samaritan home in Valentine NE. Maybelle was born July 22, 1915 in Valentine NE to Rosie Miriah Jelly and Jacob Brechbill. She attended Sparks school and St Mary's high school in O'Neill, NE, graduating in 1933. She was...
Kenneth E. Cochran
Jan 14, 2017
Kenneth Earl Cochran son of William Joesph and Edna Grace (Meier) Cochran was born January 17, 1927 in Denver, Colorado. He attended elementary school at the Presbyterian Church School and graduated from East High School in Denver. Kenneth was inducted in the United States Air Force on August 11, 1946 and honorably discharged on February 16, 1949. He was a...
James L. Colburn
Jan 12, 2017
James (Jim) Leslie Colburn was born on October 7, 1928 in Valentine, Nebraska to Frank Leslie Colburn and Harriet Elizabeth (Stevenson) Colburn. Jim died on January 12, 2017 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska at the age of 88. He attended grade school through high school in Valentine and was a member of the 1946 football team that went undefeated and unscored upon...
