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Arnnie R. Robinson
Nov 21, 2014
Graveside service for Arnnie Robinson age 84 of Valentine will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 1:00 PM at the Norden West Cemetery in Norden. Visitation will be on Tuesday starting at 1:00 PM at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines in Valentine. Mr. Robinson passed away on Nov. 21 in Wahoo, NE. Survivors Daughter-Teresa Burnett of Lincoln, NE Son-Kenneth...
Pam J. Ward
Oct 26, 2014
Memorial service for Pam Ward age 66 of Valentine will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, November 1st at the Presbyterian Church in Valentine. In liew of flowers the family requests memorials be made to the Pam Ward Memorial. Mrs. Ward passed away on Sunday at the Cherry Co. Hospital in Valentine. Survivors Husband-Bill of Valentine Daughter-Michele Conine of Dallas,...
Debra Jo Neiffer
Oct 25, 2014
Debra Jo (Scott) Neiffer was born March 26, 1955 in Lincoln, NE to Jack and Bethine (Smith) Scott of Ashland, NE. At nine months of age the family moved south of Cody, NE. Here Deb was baptized at Nenzel Methodist Church. She attended grade school several places in South Dakota, including Long Valley, and also in California. She graduated from...
Merlin E. Ritchey
Oct 22, 2014
Merlin Ritchey, 84, departed this life on October 22, 2014 at his home in Valentine, NE. He was born Feb 16, 1930 in Fairmont, NE to Frank and Edith (Klein) Ritchey. He was the youngest of nine children, including two brothers and six sisters. He grew up in Fairmont, and graduated from Fairmont High School in 1947. He worked odd...
Delbert K. Mundorf
Oct 19, 2014
Funeral service for Delbert Mundorf age 80 of Wood Lake will be held on Thursday, Oct, 23 at 11:00 AM at the Wood Lake Union Church in Wood Lake. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery in Wood Lake. Visitation will be on Wednesday at 4:00 PM at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines in Valentine. Delbert Keith Mundorf, age 80,...
Arthur J. Morgan
Oct 15, 2014
Arthur Joseph Morgan, son of Jennings and Helen Morgan was born in Winner, SD on May 7, 1926. He passed away at the Cherry County Hospital on October 15, 2014. Art attended grade schools in Winner, St. Francis and Littleburg, SD. He graduated high school in Mission, SD in 1944. After high school, Art spent one year working on the...
Donald D. Risseeuw
Oct 5, 2014
Donald Dean Risseeuw, age 84, passed away on October 5th, 2014, at Pine View Good Samaritan Center. He took his last breath surrounded by his five children. Funeral services have been set for Thursday, October 9th, 2014, at United Methodist Church in Valentine with interment to follow at Mount Hope Cemetery. Don was born October 30, 1929, in Lakeview, SD,...
Ellen Poignee
Oct 2, 2014
Funeral service for Ellen Poignee age 87 of White River will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 11:00 AM at the Zion Lutheran Church in Mission. Graveside service will follow at 2:00 PM at Mount Hope Cemetery in Valentine. Visitation will be on Monday, Oct. 6 from 11:00 AM till 9:00 PM with prayer service at 7:00 PM at...
James Irwin Higens
Sep 11, 2014
James Irwin Higens son of Earl and Margaret LaVon (Carter) Higens was born February 11, 1932 in Bloomfield, Iowa. Jim joined the United States Marine Corp. on February 26, 1948 and was honorably discharged on September 20, 1957. He then began working as a heavy fire equipment operator for the California Department of Forestry Services. He worked for the Department...
Frederick Ray Purdum
Sep 4, 2014
Fredrick "fred" Ray Purdum age 84 of Valentine passed away on Thursday, Sept. 4 at the Cherry County Hospital in Valentine. Fred was born Sept. 8, 1929 in Whitman, NE to Earl and Fredia (Cook) Purdum. He graduated from Seneca High School in 1948, after graduation he went directly into the Marine Corps. He served in the Korean War and...
Millie May
Aug 30, 2014
Millie Swystun May was born October 17, 1918, in Lansing, Michigan. Her parents, Kataryna and Wasyl Swystun, had each immigrated to the United States from the Ukraine a few years before. Millie's early years were spent attending school in Lansing, where she graduated from Central High School in 1935. In later years, she was fond of telling her children that...
Archie Tate
Aug 30, 2014
Archie Tate, 96 years old of Valentine, NE passed away Saturday, August 30 at the Great Plains Health Hospital in North Platte, NE. Archie Henry Tate was born August 5, 1918 at his parent's ranch southwest of Crookston, NE to Henry and Minnie (Strickler) Tate. Archie was the 3rd oldest of 10 children born to his parents. He attended the...
Delma Gladys Gregersen
Aug 5, 2014
Obituary of Delma G. Adamson – Gregersen November 29, 1917 - August 5, 2014 Delma was born the first child to Walter and Delania Adamson in Lake, NE on Thanksgiving Day, November 29, 1917 where she was raised with her younger brother, Elvin, on the old Diamond Bar Ranch south of Nenzel. She received her elementary and junior high school...
Louise Downing
Jul 25, 2014
Funeral service for Louise Downing age 93 of Valentine will be held on Tuesday, July 29 at 2:00 PM at the Baptist Church in Valentine. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery in Valentine. Visitation will be on Monday, July 28 at 5:00 PM at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines. Mrs. Downing passed away on July 25 at Pine View...
Roy Breuklander
Jul 24, 2014
Funeral service for Roy breuklander age 88 of Valentine will be held on Monday, July 28 at 2:00 PM at the Presbyterian Church in Valentine. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery in Valentine. Visitation will be on Sunday, July 27 at 10:00 AM at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines. Roy Elbert Breuklander was born May 9, 1926 in Valentine,...
Ralph Longcor
Jul 22, 2014
Ralph James Longcor was born July 30, 1943 to Ralph George "Mike" and Zeta (Grooms) Longcor in Valentine, Nebraska. His parents brought him home to the family ranch in the Littleburg/Hidden Timber area of Todd County, South Dakota. Ralph grew up on the family ranch riding horses, doing chores and getting into his share of mischief. As a youth, he...
W. Dwayne Rupe
Jul 17, 2014
William Dwayne Rupe was born on October 3, 1927 in Bloomfield, IA to William Alfred and Icle Collins Rupe. He Passed away on July 17, 2014 at the Cherry County Hospital in Valentine at the age of 86. Dwayne attended Elementary and High School in Bloomfield Iowa. Later he attended the National Institute of Dry Cleaning. In 1946 he enlisted...
Phillip Harlan Knudsen
Jul 13, 2014
OBITUARY Phillip Harlan Knudsen 521 West 3rd street Valentine, Ne 69201 Phill passed away peacefully at his residence on Sunday, July 13th 2014 from natural causes. Phill was born in Kearney, Ne on August 9th, 1950, the first of five children. At an early age, "Butch" moved to Valentine Ne with his parents, Harlan and Colleen Knudsen where he attended...
Alma Bolden
Jul 7, 2014
Funeral service for Alma Bolden age 101 of Valentine will be held on Thursday, July 10 at 2:00 PM at the Presbyterian Church in Valentine. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery in Valentine. Mrs. Bolden passed away on Monday at Pine View in Valentine.
David K. Vanwinkle
Jul 5, 2014
David K. Van Winkle, was born on June 30, 1936 to Ira and Gladys Van Winkle in Valentine, NE. David was the first born son of five children. David passed away on Saturday, July 5, 2014 at Pine View Good Samaritan nursing home in Valentine, NE. David attended grade school at the ABC school on the Niobrara River south of...
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