Body Delvin Lawson was born October 3, 1948 in Cambridge, Nebraska to Frank E. and May E. (Phillips) Lawson. He passed away peacefully Sunday July 14, 2024 at Tri Valley Health System surrounded by loved ones.

Body Gale Wayne Wolfe was the second of two sons born to Howard “Roscoe” Wolfe and Avis (Scott) Wolfe. He was born on October 9, 1939 at home northeast of Wilsonville, Nebraska in the same house built by his great-uncle, Asa Wolfe and where his mother had been born.

Body Raymond W. Geiger, 89, passed away Monday, July 1, 2024 at Kearney Regional Medical Center.

Body Vernon D. Bletscher, age 85, of Arapahoe, passed away at his home on July 6, 2024, surrounded by his three girls Rebecca, Nancy, and Becky.

Body Harvey Marvin Ficken, age 94, passed away on Monday, July 1, 2024 at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. He was born on May 24, 1930, to John and Johanna (Noltensmeier) Ficken at their rural home in Frontier County, Nebraska. He was the youngest of a family of five.

Body A Funeral Service for Margaret H. Wendell will be held on Friday, July 12, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. at the Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege, Nebraska, with Chaplain Kathy Doiel officiating. Interment will follow at the Wilcox Cemetery, Wilcox, Nebraska.

Body Oralene Marie (Hall) Winchell, age 80, passed away in the early hours of Saturday, July 6, 2024, after a short losing battle with cancer. She was born in Mitchell, Nebraska on September 24, 1943. Daughter of Oral and Pansy (Trauernicht) Hall.

Body Sylvia D. Betz Schurr of Eustis passed away Saturday, July 6, 2024 at Elwood Care Center at the age of 88. Sylvia was born July 15, 1935 at Eustis, Nebraska to Herman and Erna (Fiene) Hablitzel. She graduated from Eustis High School with the class of 1953.

Body Kenneth Earl Cox, age 81, of Stamford, Nebraska passed away at his home on June 29 th , 2024. He was born on May 20, 1943, to Kenneth P. and Lucille (Knajdl) Cox in a farm house in rural Custer County.

Body A Funeral Service for John Z. Ivey will be held on Monday, July 1, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. at Bethel Lutheran Church in Holdrege, Nebraska, with Reverend Jan Gluth King officiating. Interment will follow at the Prairie Home Cemetery at Holdrege.