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...
Dorothy L. Hazen
Jan 11, 2017
Funeral service for Dorothy Hazen age 84 of Valentine will be held on Saturday, Jan. 14 at 11:00 AM at the Presbyterian Church in Valentine. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery. Visitation will be on Friday at 6 PM at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines. Mrs. Hazen passed away on Jan 11 at the Cherry County Hospital. In Lieu...
Erma "Trudy" Paxson
Jan 10, 2017
Erma Gertrude Froman was born September 13, 1921 to George William "Bill" and Frances Evelyn "Eva" (Taylor) Froman at their family home seven miles southeast of Valentine which they had purchased in 1916. The family moved to the Thatcher area and lived there from 1922 to 1926 while her father was a section foreman for the railroad. They then moved...
Marvin John Copeland
Jan 9, 2017
Funeral service for Marvin Copeland age 55 of Valentine will be held on Thursday, Jan. 12 at 2:00 PM at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines. Burial will follow at the Sparks Cemetery. Visitation will be on Wednesday at 3 PM at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines. Mr. Copeland passed away on Monday at his home in Valentine. Survivors Mother-Betty of...
William R Renning
Jan 8, 2017
William (Bill) Ross Renning passed away January 8, 2017 in his home at Cherry Hills Estates Assisted Living Facility in Valentine with family by his side after a battle with cancer. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa on June 9, 1936. His childhood years were spent between Des Moines, Long Beach, California and Kadoka, South Dakota. After graduating from...
Richard Lee Hand
Dec 30, 2016
Richard "Dick" Lee Hand passed away on Friday, December 30, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Society residence in Valentine, Nebraska. He was 83 years old. Dick was born in Todd County, South Dakota, on July 19, 1933. He was the 3rd son of 7 boys born to the late Cyrus Glen Hand and Martha Irene Grantham. He graduated from Kilgore...
Harland G. Schemm
Dec 19, 2016
Harland George Schemm, age 84, passed away on December 19, 2016 at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, CO. Harland was born on April 6, 1932 at home in Todd County, SD to George and Marie (Paus) Schemm. He was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith at Calvary Lutheran Church at Midway (Todd County), South Dakota. He was...
Ross N. Brockley
Dec 16, 2016
Ross Nelson Brockley was born in Valentine, NE to Ole and Margaret Brockley on Sept. 2, 1929. He attended grade school and high school in Valentine and graduated with the class of 1947. Ross worked on Main St. in Valentine for over fifty years. During high school he worked at Kerr's Grocery Store and at McDonalds Clothing Store. After graduation...
June Fischer
Dec 14, 2016
The Fischer family bids a loving farewell to June Fischer of Colorado Springs, who died on December 14, 2016. June Avonne Graybiel was born on June 17, 1922, in Neligh, Nebraska. She was the youngest of four children of Inez and Alvin E. Graybiel. June trod local stages as a girl, singing in the high school choir, acting in school...
Dema N. Hollenbeck
Dec 7, 2016
Funeral service for Dema Hollenbeck 95, of Clearfield, SD will be held at 10:30 A.M. Saturday December 10th at the United Methodist Church in Valentine, NE. Burial will be at the Winner City Cemetery in winner, SD at 3:00 P.M. Mrs. Hollenbeck passed away December 7th at Pine View Good Samaritan Home in Valentine. She is survived by son Glen...
Jack W. Flynn
Dec 6, 2016
Memorial service for Jack Flynn 38 will be at 10:00 A.M., December 12th at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines. Jack passed away December 3, 2016. A visitation will be held from 2;00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Saturday December 10th at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines. He is survived by his Mother Myrna Flynn of Valentine and 3 sisters; Deb Kelley,...
Gladys Vander Wey
Nov 29, 2016
Funeral service for Gladys Vander Wey age 87 of Lakeview will be held on Saturday, Dec. 3 at 10:00 AM at St. Charles Catholic Church in St. Francis. Burial will follow at Conley Flat Cemetery south of Eli. Visitation will be on Friday, Dec. 2 from 5-9 PM at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines. Mrs. Vander Wey passed away on...
Hildegard M Schemm
Nov 26, 2016
Hildegard Schemm age 99 was born at Pierce, NE, May 29, 1917 and passed away, Nov. 26, 2016 at Parkside Manor in Stuart, NE. She was the oldest of 5 children born to Fredrick and Dora (Grimm) Lehmann. Hilda was baptized into the Lutheran faith as an infant and was confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Mission, SD. She married...
Charlie H. Riley
Nov 20, 2016
Charlie H. Riley, 95 Charlie Hopkins Riley was born April 30, 1921 on a small farmstead north of Valentine, Nebraska to Alva and Hazel (Hopkins) Riley. He was baptized into the holy Christian church. Charlie was one of ten children and, after losing his father when he was twelve, he and his brothers and sisters helped their mother with seemingly...
