Gladys Irene ten-Bensel Bird Lauhead passed away peacefully on April 22, 2025. She was born on February 18, 1931, in the “Little Brown House” in Arapahoe, Nebraska, to Frank and Florence (Heinen) tenBensel. Gladys graduated from Arapahoe High School in 1949, where she was an active member of the choir—a passion for singing that stayed with her throughout her life.

A Celebration of Life Service for Ed Wood will be held on Friday, May 2, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. CST at the Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege, Nebraska, with Retired Pastor Stan Murdoch officiating. Casual attire is requested by the family. Interment will follow at the Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, Nebraska.

Bradley Dean Sides was born on December 30, 1978, in Cambridge, Nebraska to Pat and Janice (Fimple) Sides and passed away on April 12, 2025, at his home in Seward, Nebraska at the age of 46 years, 3 months and 13 days. Brad was baptized on February 25, 1979, at St. Catherine’s Church in Indianola, Nebraska.

Danuel Lee Ruf, better known as Danny or Ban, was born on August 23, 1954 to Manuel and Margalee (Lyons) Ruf in McCook, Nebraska. He passed away at his rural Wilsonville home on April 14, 2025 at the age of 70.

Leonard “Sonny” Gipe, Jr., 78, of Holbrook, passed away at his home on April 18, 2025. Visitation was held Wednesday evening, April 23, 2025 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM at Lockenour- Jones Mortuary in Cambridge.

Danny Ruf, 70, of Wilsonville, Nebraska, passed away at his home on Monday, April 14, 2025. Services are pending at this time.

Larry Joe Fuller, son of Kenneth and Myrtle (Ritz) Fuller, was born on the Ritz farm north of Wilsonville, Nebraska on Oct 27, 1942, and passed away April 4, 2025, at Kearney Regional Hospital, from heart failure.

Oscar Blaine Peterson, passed away on April 10, 2025, just two weeks shy of his 103rd birthday, at Gothenburg Health. Born in Ingham, Nebraska on April 23, 1922 to parents Oscar and Josie (Brown) Peterson.

The Honorable Don R.Venhaus died April 8, 2025 with a sharp mind that outlasted his iron tough but failing body, weeks before his 92nd birthday. Born in the tiny town of Cambridge, Nebraska with little means and no indoor plumbing, he was raised on land that provided the food his family grew and caught. He was a notoriously poor student who graduated high school as one of ten from the class of ’51. He attended the University of Nebraska on a football scholarship, which was forfeited by his campus antics and an abysmal GPA. He then entered the Army, where he spent some of the best days of his early life as a physical fitness sergeant at Fort Leonard Wood.

Cynthia Jan Johnson (Davenport, Payne) Mother, Grandmother, Sister, Cousin, Friend and proud Veteran of the USMC, Nebraska native, lover of horses, reader and gardener; passed away suddenly while gardening on the 30th of March 2025 at the age of 76.