Norma Mae Schulz
Dec 31, 2012
Funeral service for Norma Schulz age 90 of Valentine will be held on Saturday, Jan. 5 at 2:00 PM at the Berean Church in Valentine. Visitation will be on Fri starting at 2:00 PM at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines in Valentine. Norma Mae Ryschon Schulz was born June 9, 1922 in Cherry County, Valentine, NE to Joseph and Rena...
Elanor May Kolessa
Dec 11, 2012
Eleanor M. Hartman was born February 25, 1923 in Crookston, Nebraska. She was one of five children born to William and Viola (Wiseflog) Hartman. She married John Roy Kolessa on June 3, 1939 in Valentine. They were blessed with three children. Eleanor worked very hard for many years as a waitress for several Valentine restaurants. Her greatest joy was her...
Lois Anna Simmons
Dec 5, 2012
Lois Anna was born to Robert and Margaret (Conger) McCormick on September 5, 1923 in Valentine. She joined an older sister, Marie and later Albert was born to complete the family. They farmed and ranched in Keya Paha County between Sparks and Norden. The McCormick children attended Happy Hollow School. Robert and Margaret established the Happy Hollow Presbyterian Church. When...
Charles Wesley Mcnare
Nov 14, 2012
Funeral service for Charles McNare age 88 will be held on Monday, Nov. 19th at 1:00 MST at the Eli Wesleyan Church in Eli, NE. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery in Valentine. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the funeral at the church. Mr. McNare passed away Wed, Nov. 14th, 2012 at Pine View in Valentine, NE....
Millie Stoner
Nov 5, 2012
Millie Leone Stoner was born July 4, 1925 at Lakeview, SD was one of six children born to Isaac and Gertrude (Dykstra) Risseeuw. She weighed 3# and was so little that her mom could put her wedding ring around her wrist. She was so tiny that they kept her in a shoe box by the stove to keep her warm....
Jack E. Monroe
Oct 24, 2012
Funeral service for Jack Monroe age 83 of Valentine will be held on Saturday, Oct. 27th at 10:30 A.M. at the United Methodist Church in Valentine. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery. Visitation will be on Friday starting at 1:00 with family present from 5-9. Mr. Monroe passed away on Wednesday at the Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth. He...
Fr. Carl Ferris
Oct 20, 2012
Fr. Carl Ferris was born in Valentine, NE to Fallo (Fud) and Rose (Farach) Ferris on August 17, 1922 – residents of Cody, NE, and born again in Baptism to God at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Nenzel, NE. He attended elementary schools at Immaculate Conception parochial school in Rushville, NE and made his First Holy Communion there. He also attended...
Donald Mcpeak
Oct 17, 2012
Funeral service for Don McPeak age 85 of Valentine will be held on Friday, Oct, 26 at 10:00 AM at the Second Wind Church in Valentine. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery in Valentine. Visitation will be on Thursday, Oct. 25 at 1:00 PM at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines in Valentine. Mr. McPeak passed away on Wed. Oct...
Geraldine "Gerry" Vavra
Oct 15, 2012
Geraldine (Gerry) Marie (Byrne) Vavra was born June 9th, 1941 to Howard and Helen (Hockenbary) Byrne in Kadoka, South Dakota. Gerry was the oldest of 7 children and enjoyed life on the farm where her father worked before her folks bought the Vetal Store and Post Office in Vetal, South Dakota where she helped with the store and her younger...
Jill M. Quade
Sep 30, 2012
Memorial service for Jill Quade age 48 of Nenzel, NE will be held on Saturday, Oct 6 at 11:00 AM MT at the Cody High School Gym in Cody, NE. Mrs. Quade passed away on Sunday at her home east of Nenzel. Survivors Husband-Howie of Nenzel, NE Daughters-Kim Kuefler of Valentine, NE Melissa Quade of Valentine, NE Tara Quade of...
Glenda R. Krueger
Sep 23, 2012
Funeral service for Glenda Krueger age 77 of Valentine, NE will be held on Saturday Sept. 29 at 10:30 AM at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Valentine. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery in Valentine. Visitation will be at noon on Fri till 6:00 PM at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines in Valentine. Mrs. Krueger passed away on Sunday...
Paxton Jeanette
Sep 2, 2012
Jeannette went home to be with her Lord, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012 at the age of 91, after a short illness at the Cherry Co. Hospital in Valentine. She was born Sept. 29, 1920 in Mullen, NE to Enoch Phipps and Sylvia Meredith Phipps. She moved to Valentine at the age of 17 to help her mother raise her brothers...
Isabel Rose Schaefer
Sep 1, 2012
Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling from glen to glen, and down the mountain side The summer's gone, and all the roses falling 'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide. As the lyrics of her favorite song, "Danny Boy," describe, the summer has gone and the roses have fallen. On September 1, 2012, the...
Ph Young
Aug 30, 2012
PH Young was born on March 14, 1926 to Phylander and Stella (Crowe) Young. He attended elementary school at the Ralph Baker ranch south of Valentine and graduated from Valentine High School. He was drafted into the Army and served until receiving a medical discharge. PH then returned home where he met and married Beverly Louise Hall on November 22,...
Walter Heinert
Aug 23, 2012
Walter C.D. Heinert the son of Chris and Annetta (Reister) Heinert was born April 5, 1923 at the Heinert home in rural Parmelee, South Dakota. He was baptized in the Lutheran faith on April 15, 1923 and was confirmed on September 5, 1937. Walter attended Reis School from first through eighth grade and then attended Parmelee High School for two...
Curtis Hughes
Aug 22, 2012
Curtis A. Hughes son of Charles and Maple (Rhoades) Hughes was born in White River, South Dakota on September 24, 1932. He attended elementary school in White River and graduated from Valentine High School. Curt served his country in the United States Navy. He was inducted May 28, 1951 and was honorably discharged May 23, 1955. Curt married Alice M....
Raygene Poignee
Aug 8, 2012
Funeral service for Raygene Poignee age 74 of Crookston with be held on Monday, Aug. 13 at 10:00 AM at the Zion Lutheran Church in Crookston. Burial will follow at Mount Cemetery in Valentine. Visitation will be at 9:00 AM on Monday at the Church in Crookston. Mr. Poignee passed away on Wed. at the Cherry Co. Hospital. Survivors Daughters-Anita...
Mildred Teaford
Aug 7, 2012
Mildred Catherine Teaford, 93, formerly of Burwell and Cody, Nebraska, died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in the Louisville Care Center at Louisville. Mildred was born the youngest of 15 children at the ranch home west of Cody, Nebraska, on March 16, 1919, to Benjamin and Mary (Carpenter) Hale. Her parents had migrated from eastern Kentucky to southern Missouri where Ben...
Colleen Joyce Gifford
Aug 5, 2012
Colleen Joyce Nelson was born on July 16, 1929, at St. Mary's Hospital in Sparta, Wisconsin, to Clarence Nelson and Alberta Douthit-Nelson. Due to the illness, and early death of her mother, she made her home on the Rockland, Wisconsin, dairy farm with her grandparents, Charlie and Susie Nelson, who she loving called Mama and Bubba. Within the first 18...
Dr. Godfrey L. Loudner
Aug 2, 2012
Dr. Godfrey Lambert Loudner, an enrolled member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and son of Godfrey L. Sr. and Claudiana Gladys Prue Loudner was born in Ft. Thompson, Buffalo, South Dakota on September 30th, 1942, and passed away August 2, 2012 at home, Rosebud Sioux Reservation, Mission, Todd County, South Dakota. Godfrey attended schools in Rapid City, South Dakota....
