A memorial service for Alice M. Dietz will be held on Monday, August 17, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Holdrege, Nebraska, with Reverend Kenton Birtell officiating.

Delores Marie (Misterek), age 93, of Elwood Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 after a short illness. She was born September 3, 1932 in Ellsworth, Kansas to Byron and Louise (Debban) Misterek.

Teresa Jo Lawson was born December 10, 1970, in Imperial NE, to Delvin and Virginia (Cochran) Lawson. She passed away Saturday, August 1, 2026.

Ernest Wade “Tater” Lange of Curtis, NE passed away August 2, 2026 at 62 years old, peacefully at home after a long battle of End Stage Renal Disease. He fought long and hard. He showed us all courage and bravery.

Donnell “Don” Henry Vonderfecht was born April 12, 1939 in Denver, Colorado, to Floyd and Alene (nee Dorow) Vonderfecht. He passed away at home on August 2, 2026.

A Memorial Service for LaVerna M. Wieland will be held on Saturday, August 8, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Oxford, Nebraska, with Pastor Brian Jenkins officiating. A private family inurnment will be held prior to the service at the Hendley Cemetery, Hendley, NE.

Cathy M. Kumm, 59, of Norfolk, Nebraska, formerly of Edison, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on July 28, 2026, in Omaha, Nebraska, after a short battle with cancer.

A Funeral service for Judy Weisheit was held on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Stamford, Nebraska, with Pastor Thalia Woodworth and Reverend Dr. W. Kirwin Stewart, Jr., officiating. Interment followed at Stamford Cemetery, Stamford.

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Tracy Kennicutt, who left us too soon on July 20, 2026, at the age of 53. Born on September 10, 1972, in Cambridge, Nebraska to Melvin and Paula Kennicutt.

Patricia Cox was born in Liberal, Kansas in the early 1950’s; during her early childhood her family relocated to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she continued to live until early adulthood. In the early 1970’s she married and relocated with her new family to Nebraska.