May 25, 1961March 22, 2026 Chip Brown, 64, of Elm Springs, AR passed away at home on Sunday, March 22, 2026, following a year-long battle with cancer. He had the privilege of spending his final days surrounded by friends and family along with plenty of laughter, good food, storytelling, hugs, tears, letters, and tributes.

Wayne W. Keller, 93, of Eustis, passed away March 15, 2026, at Cozad Community Hospital.

Funeral services for Ronald M. Lyon were held on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Evangelical Free Church in Holdrege, NE, with Pastor Murray Jones officiating. Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery in Holdrege.

Carol Arlene (Harrold) Theobald, age 95, of Beaver City, Nebraska, passed away on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at the Beaver City Manor, Beaver City, Nebraska surrounded by family. She was born July 30, 1930, to Pearl and Mabel (Goodwin) Harrold at the family home in Spring Green Precinct, Furnas County, NE.

Trenton Anthony Roskop, 19, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, passed away on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. He was born on July 18, 2006, at Kearney, Nebraska to Dennis and RayAnn Roskop.

Theresa Ann Townsend, age 72, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at home in Beaver City, Nebraska. She was born in Ellinwood, Kansas on April 28, 1953, to Leo Michael Hines and Eleanor Catherine Hines (Hoffman).

Gunnar Bradley Charles Blaschko, age 3, of Kearney passed away peacefully in his parents’ arms on February 23, 2026 at Children’s in Omaha, NE. A Mass of Christian Burial was held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at Prince of Peace Catholic Church with Father Scott Harter officiating. A visitation was held 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Monday at O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney and one hour prior to the service at the church. The service was live streamed through the church at https://youtube.com/ live/iZJYz0d-Q-s Gunnar was born on October 13, 2022 at UNMC in Omaha, NE at just 26 weeks gestation.

A graveside service for Denise R. White will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2026, at 11:00 a.m.

Derald Wayne Deselms, a barber, munitions plant employee, postal service worker, veteran and faithful host of family gatherings for six decades, died Feb. 9, 2026. He was 87. He was born on June 12, 1938, with his twin brother Harold on a farm in Furnas County near Edison. They were the last of six children born to Leo Deselms and Jennie (Stevens) Deselms.

Connie June Graning, age 85, of Holbrook, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, at Beaver City Manor, Beaver City, Nebraska. She was born September 24, 1940 to Frederick Wilhelm and Evelyn Lucille (Foster) at Fritzer Memorial Hospital, Oxford, Nebraska.