Body Funeral Services for Branda K. Wohlgemuth was held on Friday, January 8, 2021, at 10:30 a.m. at the Trinity Evangelical Free Church in Holdrege, NE with Pastor Daren Popple officiating. Interment followed at the Moses Hill Cemetery, rural Loomis, NE.

Body Funeral Services for Loretta Y. Broeker was held on Monday, January 11, 2021, at 10:30 a.m. at Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege, Nebraska, with Chaplain Kathy Doiel officiating. Interment will follow at the Oxford Cemetery, at Oxford, Nebraska.

Body Rowan Randall Rabe, 6 years of age, of rural Bertrand, Nebraska, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, January 3, 2021, at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Funeral Services are pending with the NelsonBauer Funeral Home in Holdrege, Nebraska.

Body Donna Rae Bailey, 8o, of McCook and formerly of Arapahoe, passed away December 31, 2020 at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was born to Edward “Ted” Charles and Olive Delphine (Keller) Smith on November 26, 1940.

Body Wesley W. Esslinger, 92, of Lexington, Nebraska passed away on Monday, December 28, 2020 at Lexington Regional Health Center.

Body Owen Willis Brainard, 95, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2020 at the Elwood Care Home. He was born on April 7, 1925, in Lincoln, Nebraska to Willis and Florence Brainard. He grew up in Lincoln and was an active Boy Scout, earning his Eagle Scout Award.

Body Phillis Rose Brown age 98 formerly of Cambridge, passed away at the Holdrege Memorial Homes on January 4, 2021. She was a twin, born at home near Norman, Nebraska on January 19, 1922 to Christian and Agnes (Larsen) Sorensen.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.