Ruth Irene Hammond-Ash, age 96, of Alma, Nebraska passed away peacefully Saturday, January 20, 2024, at Harlan County Health System Hospital, Alma, Nebraska. She was born January 8, 1928, in Ainsworth, Nebraska, the youngest and only daughter to Elmer Thomas and Mary Amelia (Robins) Allison.

Beverly Ann Grady (Anderson), age 86, of Lincoln, Nebraska passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at The Country House in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was born at home in Wilsonville, Nebraska on November 18, 1937, to John Macdonald “Mac” &Mildred (Adkins) Anderson.

Ralph Daniel Gugliotti, age 77, of Oxford, Nebraska passed away on Friday, January 12, 2024, at Grand Island VA Medical Center, Grand Island, Nebraska. He was born on September 21, 1946, at Waterbury, Connecticut to Louis &Grace Earlene (Studabaker) Gugliotti.

“Trish” Houser, age 72, passed away at the Bertrand Care Center in Bertrand, NE on January 20, 2024. Trish ran the Medicine Creek Lodge at Harry Strunk Lake in Cambridge from 1987 to 2011.

Aug 30th 1964 - Dec 30th 2023 Born in McCook, Nebraska on the 30th of August 1964, Michele Gerkman was the daughter of Melvin and Joyce Nicholson. She graduated from Beaver Valley High School in 1982 where she excelled in academics, band, and athletics.

Vaughn Earl Cross, 92, passed away January 14, 2024 at the Sublette County Nursing Home in Pinedale, Wyoming. He was a longtime resident of Pinedale, Wyoming and a former resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming.

A funeral service for Hans G. Stickel will be held at 11:00 a.m.

LaVada Kaufman, age 91, passed away on Sunday, December 17, 2023. She was born in Beaver City, Nebraska.

Dolores Corrin Oelkers left her earthly home on January 10, 2024, at the age of 93, in Elwood, Nebraska. She spent her entire life in the Elwood and Eustis area, whether it was at her birthplace, on the farm, at her home in Elwood, or in the Elwood Care Home & Assisted Living where she took her last breath and joined Jesus and her husband in her new heavenly home.

Emma Geraldine “Geri” Fisher, age 93, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Monday, January 8, 2024 at the Beaver City Manor, Beaver City, Nebraska. She was born northwest of Oxford, Nebraska on the family farm to George and Myrtle (Johnson) Baily on February 11, 1930.