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Donald Phillips
Sep 24, 2011
Funeral service for Don Phillips age 85 of Valentine will be held on Wed. Sept. 28 at 11:00 AM at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines in Valentine. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery in Valentine. Visitation will begin at 10:00 AM on Tuesday at Sandoz chapel of the Pines. Mr. Phillips passed away on Saturday at the Cherry Co....
Allen Brott
Sep 23, 2011
Funeral service for Allen Brott age 78 of Valentine will be held on Wed. Sept. 28 at 2:00 PM at the Presbyterian Church in Valentine. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery in Valentine. Visitation will be at 1:00 PM on Tuesday at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines. Mr. Brott passed away on Friday in Lincoln. Survivors Daughter-Pam Buethe of...
George Drinkwalter
Sep 14, 2011
Funeral service for George Drinkwalter age 81 of Cody, will be held on Monday, Sept. 19 at 2:00 PM at the United Methodist Church in Valentine. Burial will follow at the Prairie Lawn Cemetery in Cody. Visitation will be on Sunday at 1:00 PM at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines in Valentine. Mr. Drinkwalter passed away on Wed. at Regional...
Michael L Benzing
Sep 7, 2011
Funeral service for Michael Benzing Jr., age 25 of Wichita Falls, TX and formally of Valentine, NE, will be held on Friday, Sept. 16 at 10:00 AM at the Methodist Church in Valentine. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery in Valentine. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the church. Michael passed away on September 7...
Chet Herron
Sep 5, 2011
Funeral service for Chet Herron age 76 of Wood Lake will be held on Saturday, Sept. 10 at 2:30 PM at the Wood Lake Union Church in Wood Lake. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery in Wood Lake. Visitation will begin Friday, at 1:00 at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines. Mr. Herron passed away on Monday in Seward, NE....
Betty Ruth Fischer Quigley
Aug 27, 2011
Betty Ruth Yeast Fischer Quigley was born on November 27, 1920, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Harold and Helen Yeast. After graduating from high school in Valentine where she grew up, she went to secretarial school and then worked for the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II. On March 30, 1951, she married Harold Fischer and they lived on...
Blaine Sokol
Aug 25, 2011
Shannon Blaine Sokol was born December 26, 1943 to Shannon and Hazel Porath Sokol in Valentine, Ne. He passed away on August 25, 2011 at the Pine View Good Samaritan Center in Valentine at the age of 67. Blaine attended school in Kilgore and graduated from Kilgore High School. After graduation, Blaine ranched with is father on the Sokol ranch...
Schuyler Kevin Beauchman
Aug 24, 2011
Funeral service for Schuyler Beauchman age 18 of Rosebud, SD will be on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 at the Veteran's Building in Rosebud. Burial will follow at Lakota Cemetery north of Mission, SD. Schuyler passed away on Aug. 24 in Rosebud, SD.
Carolyn Janice Swanson
Aug 13, 2011
Carolyn Janice Swanson Carolyn Janice Swanson was born on July 29, 1938 to Jenus Swanson and Theresa (Reimers) Swanson in Valentine, Nebraska. After six years of fighting breast cancer, she departed this life on August 13, 2011, at the age of 73. Carolyn spent her early years on the family ranch southeast of Valentine. After a few years of living...
Mayde Beel
Aug 1, 2011
Obituary – MayDe Pearl (Johnson) Beel MayDe Beel passed away peacefully in her sleep on August 1, 2011, at the age of 97. She is survived by three daughters, Judy McGuire of Valentine, Bonita Parks of Ord, and LaVeta (Delbert) Sargent of Bethany, Oklahoma; by two sisters, Marcella Welke of Wood Lake, and Annetta Johnson of Dallas, Texas; and by...
Dorothy Fish
Jul 31, 2011
Funeral service for Dorothy Fish will be on Thursday, Aug. 4 at 2:00PM at St. Charles Catholic Church in St. Francis, SD . Burial will follow at St. Charles Cemetery. Wake is Tuesday and Wednesday at Digmann Hall in St. Francis.
Margaret Ann Murphy
Jul 16, 2011
Mass of Christian burial for Margaret Murphy age 77 of Valentine will be held on Wednesday July 20th at 10:00 AM at St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Valentine. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery in Valentine. Rosary will be recited at 7:30 on Tuesday at the Church. Visitation will begin at 3:00 on Tuesday at Sandoz Chapel of the...
Sharon B. Thorne
Jul 1, 2011
Sharon B. Thorne was born September 9, 1946 in Carlton, Minnesota to Joseph F. and Eleaner (Hall) Thorne. She worked as a singer and a homemaker for many years. Survivors include her daughters, Amber Glo Fry of Los Angeles, California and Kim Jade Fry of Washington, D.C.; mother Eleaner Thorne of Golden Valley, Minnesota and one brother, Stephen Thorne of...
Donald C. Peterson
Jun 30, 2011
Donald C. Peterson, 80, a lifelong resident of Cherry County, NE was born February 3, 1931 at Valentine, NE to Clarence A. and Ruby (Howard) Peterson. He passed away on June 30, 2011 at the Ainsworth Care Center. Don was raised on the family ranch north of Kilgore, NE. He graduated from Kilgore High School in 1948. He was drafted...
Joseph Edward Cowboy
May 30, 2011
Joseph E. Cowboy passed away May 30, 2011 near Crookston, Nebraska. A wake will be held Monday, June 6th at St. Agnes Hall in Parmelee, South Dakota. Funeral service will be held at 12:00 Noon; June 7th at St. Agnes Hall in Parmelee. Burial will follow at Holy Innocents Cemetery in Parmelee.
Kenneth Douglas Sharp
May 25, 2011
Kenneth D. Sharp of Valentine, Nebraska passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at Cherry Hills Estates at the age of 82, surrounded by his family. Services will be held Monday, May 30 at the United Methodist Church in Valentine, NE with Pastor Tom Lucas officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery in Valentine on Tuesday, May 31 with Pastor...
Darlene Joyce Hutchinson
May 20, 2011
Darlene Joyce Green Hutchinson was born on July 28, 1932 to Everett Green and Fern Ulrich Green at their ranch home north of White River, SD. She passed away on May 20, 2011, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Funeral services are scheduled for May 27th at 1:30 pm at the United Methodist Church in White River. Sandoz Chapel of the...
Dorothy Eleanor (Cumbow) Kreycik
May 3, 2011
Dorothy Eleanor (Cumbow) Kreycik was born to Fredrick A. and Alice (Shaul) Cumbow on April 4, 1925 in Valentine, NE. She married Jack S. Kreycik on June 19, 1945 and they made their home on the Kreycik ranch near Wood Lake, NE where they raised their four children. Dorothy passed away May 3, 2011 at Pine View Good Samaritan Center...
Dale Dewayne Thompson
Dec 2, 1950
Dale Dewayne Thompson was born April 12, 1932, in Norden, NE, to Mabel (Phillips) and Earl Thompson. He welcomed brother Gene in 1933 and sister Carol in 1936. The family made their home during his youth in Norden, Sparks, Ainsworth, & Valentine, NE, and Sundance, WY.
Dale and his brother, Gene, joined the Army together on March...
Norman "Bud" & Mary Fischer
Jul 16, 1905
Norman Louis Fischer
Norman "Bud" Louis Fischer of Pierre, SD, passed away peacefully on September 28 at 3:45 a.m. in Fargo, N.D. surrounded by loved ones. "Norm" was born August 14, 1929 in Sioux City, IA, to Robert Fischer and Mary Pfanstiel and lived on a farm outside of Osmond, NE. His family lost the farm during...
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