Roger Brougham, of Cambridge, passed away on May 2, 2026 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. He was 89 years of age.

A funeral service for Don M. Spangrud was held on Friday, May 1, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Oxford, NEwith Pastor Eric Soure and Pastor Duane Duley officiating. Interment followed at the Oxford Cemetery in Oxford with Military Honors provided by the Oxford American Legion Post #219 in conjunction with the United States Army Funeral Honors Team.

Cooper Lynn Wendland, age 21, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, April 19, 2026. He was born on March 7, 2005 to Jamie and April (Linner) Wendland at the Holdrege Phelps Memorial Hospital.

Peggy Klocke, age 67, of North Platte, NE passed away on April 26, 2026. She was born on August 6, 1958 in McCook, NE to Keith and Harriet (Harrison) Klocke.

Patricia Ann Guerrero (Donovan) 74 years old, passed away after a yearlong fight with cancer that she handled with grace and dignity on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at the Beaver City Manor, Beaver City, NE. Daughter of Paul Lucius Donovan and Shirley June Donovan, was born July 15th, 1951, in Leadville, CO where her father Paul worked in the Climax Mine. Pat is the first of five children Jeanette, Jim, Debbie and John. At a very young age she had undergone an experimental heart surgery and recovered exceptionally. Pat was also a caretaker for her younger siblings on the family farm while her parents worked the sugar beet fields in Hudson, CO until the kids were all old enough to help work the fields. She learned to cook meals and bake while overlooking her siblings and preparing meals for her family.

Sutton, NE, resident Gwendalyn Alyce Ochsner, 78, went to be with her savior Sunday, April 12, 2026, at her home surrounded by her family in Sutton, NE. Funeral services were conducted at 10:00 a.m., Friday, April 17, 2026, at the Stockham Community Church in Stockham, NE, with Pastor Rick Bartek officiating.

Sheldon “Doc” W. Spickelmier, 82 of Curtis, Nebraska passed away on April 7th, 2026 at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Hospital in Aurora, CO after a two year battle with a spinal cord injury.

Deanna Jean “Dee” Chandler, age 65, passed away peacefully from complications of diabetes on April 6, 2026, at University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. She was born in McCook, Neb., on August 20, 1960, to Gary A. and D. Jean (Nelson) Schick and spent most of her childhood in the Curtis, Neb. area. Her introduction to the work world was as a cook at the Raider Inn in Curtis, because at fourteen, she was too young to be a waitress.

Garrett “Gary” Hoefs, age 90, formerly of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, at Mary Lanning Hospital in Hastings, Nebraska. He moved to Hastings in 2021, to be closer to family due to Arapahoe Nursing Home closing down.

Rebecca S. Bletscher, age 76, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away in her home on April 2, 2026.