Robert LeRoy Ruppert, age 82 of McCook, died January 3, 2021. He was born on April 18, 1938 to Jay and Doris (Meissner) Ruppert at Quick, NE (Frontier County). He married Velma Jean Speth on December 26, 1957 whom he was married to for 63 years.

A Private Family Mass of Christian Burial for Phyllis M. Hanson will be held on Saturday, January 9, 2021, at 10:30 a.m. at the St. John’s Catholic Church in Smithfield, Nebraska with Father Thomas Lux as Celebrant. Interment will follow at the Robb Cemetery at rural Gosper County, Nebraska.

Donna F. Wier, age 94, passed away at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook on December 20, 2020. She was born in Furnas County near Cambridge on November 27, 1926 to Orva B. and Josephine (Heitmann) Trosper. Donna was united in marriage to George Wier in Norton, KS on July 6, 1946.

Mavis Lorraine (Railsback) Ohlson, age 94, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2020 at Arapahoe Good Samaritan Nursing Home. Mavis was born on October 1, 1926 on a farm in Norton County Kansas 1/2 mile from the Nebraska line to John “Lloyd” and Leona C. (Palmer) Railsback.

Beverly Julienne (Stapp) Goltl went to be with the Lord December 24th, 2020 at home surrounded by the family who loved her so much. She was born March 5th, 1941 in Farnam, NE to Myrlin and Lula (Adkisson) Stapp.

B.J. Morris, age 77, of Stamford, Nebraska, departed this life on Monday, December 14, 2020, at home surrounded by his wife and two daughters. He was born on March 6, 1943 near Honey Lake, Missouri to Burnnie J. and Sylvia Muriel (Wilmoth) Morris.

Janice Marie Schmeeckle(Brown) was born September 26, 1948 to Wallace and Reva Brown(Geer) in Holdrege NE, and departed this life on December 20, 2020 at her home in Elwood after a battle with cancer.

Graveside Services for Donald K. “Don” Paulson will be held on Friday, January 8, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. at the Craig Cemetery at Craig, Nebraska with Reverend Wes Hafner officiating. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at a later date.

Kathryn Nadine Van Meter, age 88, of Cambridge, Nebraska passed away at the CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney on December 14, 2020. She was born in Sheridan County, Kansas near East Saline, to Willard and Lula (Bunch) Hilburn. Kathryn attended and graduated from Hoxie High School in 1950.

Elaine Velma (Hurtt) Sidles, 104, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook.