Gerald (Jerry) Charles Meyerle, Sr. passed away peacefully in Lincoln, Nebraska on January 12, 2026 at the age of 95.

Virginia “Ginny” Bortner was surrounded by her family when she passed away at the homeplace north of McCook on Friday morning, January 2, 2026, after suffering from Alzheimer’s for ten years. She was 70 years of age.

Arlene Newcomb, 93, of Bartley passed away Monday, December 29, 2025, at Highland Park Retirement Community in McCook. Arlene Marie Gramm was born on the family homestead north of Bethune, Colorado on September 20, 1932.

Adelaide Fay Unger, formerly of Stratton, passed away on Friday, January 2, 2026 in Columbus, Nebraska. She was 73 years of age.

Kirk Nixon, a longtime resident of Holdrege, passed away on Saturday morning, January 3, 2026 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in Mc-Cook. He was 63 years of age.

Roland Lee Cooksley, age 96, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, December 25, 2025 at the Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska. He was born on May 7, 1929, at Broken Bow, Nebraska to John & Thelma (Skinner) Cooksley. He grew up in the Sandhills ranching.

Barbara Claudine Osiecki, age 89, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at the Beaver City Manor, Beaver City, Nebraska. She was born on Nov. 7, 1936 at Adams County, Iowa to Lowell Rush and Eva Margaret (Spring) Wilson.

Edward Lynn Richard was born March 18, 1949, to Vearl and Dorothy (Haines) Richard in Stratton, NE when his parents were traveling home to Parks from a shopping trip. He was the fourth son of a family of five boys and one girl.

Barbara Pfeiffer (Binder), of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed quietly in her sleep in the latenight hours of Sunday, December 21, 2025, finally free from the pain a mortal coil can impart. She was 87.

MiHeCha McConnell passed away Thursday, December 18, 2025 in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was born on January 10, 1940 in Seoul, South Korea. She married Larry Elvin McConnell in 1970 in Seoul. Larry preceded her in death in January 1972. She is survived by their daughter, Julia Ann, son-in-law Kenneth L. Krenk, and grandson Spencer Reid McConnell Krenk.