A Funeral Service for Richard D. Johnson will be held on Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Holdrege, Nebraska with Reverend Dr. Mark Crist and Pastor Troy Vandament officiating. Interment will follow at the Prairie Home Cemetery, at Holdrege.

Rollie Carter, age 84, of Aurora, NE passed away on Thursday, September 16, 2021, at his home following a yearlong battle with metastatic lung cancer. Funeral Services were held at 10:30 a.m.

Doris Irene Howey, age 94, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Friday, September 17, 2021 at the C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center in Arapahoe, Nebraska. She was born on February 23, 1927 in Harlan County, Nebraska to Roy and Loretta (Hoppe) Snyder.

Robert “Bob” Dale Wood, 87 of Fort Shaw, passed away unexpectedly September 4, 2021 at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Gorder-Jensen Funeral Home and per Bob’s wishes there will be no services at this time.

Joel Petersen age 61, formerly of Cambridge passed away at the Fairview Assisted Living Facility in Fairmont, NE on September 12, 2021. Memorial Services are pending. Friends may leave on line condolences at lockenourfh. com. Lockenour Jones Mortuary entrusted with arrangements.

A Funeral Service for Paul D. Englund will be held (today) Thursday, September 16, 2021, at 10:30 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Holdrege, Nebraska with Reverend Dr. W. Kirwin Stewart, Jr. and Pastor Murray Jones officiating. Burial rites will be conducted by the Masonic Lodge. Interment will follow at the Moses Hill Cemetery in rural Phelps County, Nebraska with Military Honors provided by the Martin-Horn American Legion Post #66 of Holdrege and the U.S. Army Funeral Honors Team.

Paul A. “Punky” Norden, Jr., 65, of Oxford, Nebraska, formerly of Lexington passed away unexpectedly on Monday, September 13, 2021 at Phelps Memorial Health Center in Holdrege.

Steven L. Sunblade, 64 years of age, of Kearney, Nebraska, passed away on Saturday, September 4, 2021, in Kearney.

A Private Mass of Christian Burial for Margery L. Hoxmeier was held on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Orleans, Nebraska with Father Maurice Current officiating.

M. Elaine Stagemeyer Lueders, age 83, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, formerly of Holbrook, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, September 4, 2021 at the Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge, Nebraska. She was born February 15, 1938 in Cambridge, Nebraska to Guy E. and Lela E. (Remington) Fetters. She was baptized at the Baptist Church in Cambridge. She grew up south of Holbrook, Nebraska and attended country school close to home. She would then attend Holbrook High School and graduate with the class of 1955. She married Joseph W. Stagemeyer on June 20, 1957 at the First Baptist Church in Holbrook. She worked as a cook at the school and as a clerk in the village office, both in Holbrook. She also worked at the C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center in Arapahoe in the laundry department and then helped at the HoJo’s Restaurant in Holbrook. Her husband Joe passed away on August 16, 2007. She then married Glen Lueders and they later separated.