M. Marlene “Marty” Utterback, age 77, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. She was born on September 22, 1943 in Benkelman, Nebraska to Clarence and Treva (Byerly) Hoover.

Dennis Ray “DJ” Jauken, age 71, of Holdrege, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at Christian Homes in Holdrege, Nebraska with family by his side. He was born on July 11, 1949 at Holdrege, Nebraska to Bill and Orpha (Cress) Jauken, the oldest of 3 children.

A Funeral Service for Richard K. Foster was held on Tuesday, June 1st, 2021, at 1:30 p.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Stamford, Nebraska with Pastor Thalia Woodworth officiating. Interment followed at the Stamford Cemetery in Stamford.

Dale L. Stanley, age 86, passed away at Community Hospital in McCook, Nebraska, on May 16, 2021. Dale was born October 20, 1934, in Lincoln, Nebraska, and adopted at nine days of age by Eldon and Margaret (Lomax) Stanley. Dale was raised and spent most of his life on the family homestead southeast of Wilsonville. Dale graduated from Wilsonville High School in 1952.

Mitchell “Mitch” James Soucek age 63 of McCook passed away with his wife and mother by his side on May 27, 2021, at the CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born in Hastings, NE on August 25, 1957, to James and Joan (Wratten) Soucek. Mitch attended and graduated from Bladen High School in 1976.

Robert “Bob” Gerald Newcomb passed away Sunday, May 30th, 2021, at the age of 93 at the Bertrand Nursing Home, Bertrand, Nebraska. He was born July 12, 1927 at the family homestead north of Cambridge, Nebraska in Frontier County to Edward and Grace (Baker) Newcomb. He was the fourth of five children for Edward and Grace.

Mrs. Janet Stalder, age 66, of Beaver City, NE passed away with family by her side on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at her home in Beaver City after a courageous battle with brain cancer.

Carolyn Ann (Michals) O’Brien passed away on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at the Beaver City Manor with her daughters by her side. Carolyn was born on March 24, 1939 to Henry E. and Grace (Gilpin) Michals on a farm outside Wilsonville, Nebraska. She graduated from Wilsonville High School in May, 1956 and married Leon O’Brien on July 26, 1956 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Cambridge. To this union four daughters were born.

Susan (Sue) Elizabeth Sharp of Rancho Viejo, Texas passed away at her home on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at the age of 79. She was born on November 21, 1941 to Francis Hill Smith and Laura Louella (Frasier) Smith in Washington DC. Sue grew up in Beaver City, Nebraska, where she attended elementary school and some high school. She received her GED from Colby Community College, Colby, Kansas, and then received her Licensed Practical Nurses license (LPN) from Colby Community College. She married Lyle E. Hutchens of Hendley, Nebraska on July 25, 1959 and to that union had two children, Mark Derren and Dana Marie. She later divorced and then married William (Bill) T. Sharp of Norton, Kansas. on August 17, 1985. After Bill’s death she then married John Dunkle of Rancho Viejo, on August 1, 2009. She loved woodworking, collecting and refinishing antiques, guns and shooting, costume making for the Camille Playhouse, and traveling the world. She was a mother, wife, nurse, pilot, scuba diver, daredevil, musician, poet, seamstress, and craft maker. Sue was preceded in death by her biological father Francis, her mother Laura, and step-father Clifford Clements; her step sister, Deanna and half sister, Ruth Marie; husbands, Bill Sharp and John Dunkle. She is survived by her two children, Mark Hutchens of Beaver City, Nebr.; Dana (Hutchens) Paxton of Norton, Kan.; her first husband, Lyle Hutchens of Hendley, Nebr.; her three sisters, Carol Ann Sweeney of Denver, Colo.; Jo Webb of Beaver City, Nebr.; and Mary Margaret Rozanski of Silver Spring, Md.; and brother, Wayne Frazier Clements of Highlands Ranch, Colo.; two stepsons, Jim (Lida) Sharp of Norton, Kan.; and Tom (Maya) Sharp of Houston, Texas; three step-daughters, Colette (Mick) Miller of Norton, Kan.; Jane Warren; and Evelyn (Rick) Heilbrunn; six grandchildren; Carah Lozo, Jade and Dine Hutchens, Wiyanna Burge, Shylo Jones (Treyton) and Althea (Tia) Paxton. Nine great grandchildren; MeLeah and Addison Lozo, Marley and Idris Hutchens, Aariah Kersch, Kinsley Burge, Gauge Paxton, and Rowan and Quincy Jones, with one more on the way. Many stepgrandchildren and step great-grandchildren. A memorial service will take place on Sunday, May 30 at the Bullseye Event Center in downtown Norton, Kan. starting at 2 p.m. A family burial of her ashes will take place following the service at the Norton Cemetery. Following the burial, everyone wanting to come share stories about Sue’s life is invited to a meal at the Event Center around 4 p.m. In lieu of flowers it is asked that donations be made payable to The Norton County Hospital at 102 E. Holme Street, Norton Kansas 67654 or to the Wounded Warrior Project at P.O. Box 758516 Topeka, Kansas 66675-8516 or to The Sharp Scholarship Fund, 6882 Tenaza Drive, Brownsville, Texas 78526.

Celebrate the lives, cherish the memories. Warren (Feb. 6, 2021) and Pauline (Nov. 26, 2020) Harper. Visitation will be Friday May 28, 2021, 3-6 p.m. at Wenburg Funeral Chapel, 652 Main Street, Arapahoe, NE. Memorial service will be Saturday, May 29, 2021, 11 a.m. with meal at 4 p.m., at Island (East of Edison, south on Road 432, 1st road south past Turkey Creek). Wenburg Funeral Home of Arapahoe, Nebraska is in charge of arrangements. Condolences and personal reflections may be left at wenburgfuneralhome.com