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.

A Memorial Service for Tony E. Thulin will be held on Friday, April 18, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.

Larry Fuller, 82, of Arapahoe, Nebraska, passed away Friday, April 4, 2025 at Kearney Regional Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. Cremation was chosen and Larry’s wish was to have no public service and a committal in the Wilsonville Cemetery at a later date is being honored.

Jon Christian Youngquist, beloved husband, father and Grandpa, passed away after battling Parkinson’s disease, on March 27, 2025, surrounded by his family at the Beaver City Manor, Beaver City, NE at the age of 86. He was born February 24, 1939, to Joseph and Lela (Christian) Youngquist in Oxford, Nebraska.

Ruby McCann Hays Martin was born January 16, 1928, and died of natural causes on April 4, 2025. Ruby is survived by her children, Colleen Hays of Kearney, Nan (Gene) Sayer of Kearney, Jamie (Polly) Hays of Kearney, Dan (Kathy) Hays of Elkhorn, Shawn (Maira) Hays of San Diego, 15 grandchildren, and a number of greatgrandchildren and great great-grandchildren.

Vernelle M. Schultz, 92, passed away August 14, 2024 in Elkhorn, NE where she had resided since 2017. She was born on August 5, 1932 at her Grandpa and Grandma Brestel’s ranch north of Moorefield, NE, to Harry V. Mercer and Ardath M. (Brestel) Mercer.

Roger LeRoy Linner, age 61, passed away on Sunday, March 23, 2025, at his home in Beaver City, NE. Roger was born on November 15, 1963, in Norton, Kansas. He was the twelfth child born to Harold and Annabelle (Maret) Linner of Beaver City, Nebraska.