A service honoring Bill Leach’s life was held on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. at Curran Funeral Chapel with Pastor Brian Jenkins from First Baptist Church of Oxford, NE officiating. A celebratory remembrance gathering immediately followed at Westside Lanes in The Spare Room. The family asked all guests to dress in Bill’s favorite style – casual. Wear your bowling shirt, umpire attire, softball jersey, or the Billy standard getup of gym shorts, t-shirt, and slide sandals.

Willard “Gayle” Woodruff, 96, of Kearney passed away Thursday, March 30, 2023 at his home with his family by his side, Funeral Services will be 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 8, 2023 at the First Presbyterian Church in Kearney with the Rev.

Cathleen JoAnn Weber, age 92, of Beatrice, Nebraska, formerly of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, March 23, 2023 at the PEO Home in Beatrice. She was born May 6, 1930, in Arapahoe, NE to Ralph Lewis Cox and Kathleen Jennie Cox.

Marilyn Jeannene Carroll, 87, passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in Loveland, CO- At that time, she left her sister-in-law Norma Carroll, her children Laurie and her husband David Hasenburg, Lisa and her husband Dan Green, and Mark and his wife Jodi Carroll, along with 9 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.

Norma Jemi Carroll, 91, passed away Saturday, September 10, 2022, in Loveland, CO. At that time, she left her niece Laurie and her husband David Hasenburg, niece Lisa and her husband Dan Green, and nephew Mark and his wife Jodi Carroll.

Franklin D. Carroll, 86, passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2019, in Fort Collins, CO. He leaves his wife of 64 years Marilyn (Englert) Carroll, his sister Norma Carroll, his children Laurie and her husband David Hasenburg, Lisa and her husband Dan Green, and Mark and his wife Jodi Carroll, along with 9 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.

Rosalie “Rose” Desmond formerly of McCook passed away at the Good Samaritan Society in Oberlin, KS on Monday April 3, 2023. Friends may leave online condolences at herrmahhfh.

James Richard Bryan, loving husband, and father of two, grandfather of four, went to be with his Lord and Savior on March 15, 2023, at the age of 77. Jim was born on May 24, 1945, to Mabel (Zoerb) and Richard Bryan in San Luis Obispo, California. He grew up in the Callaway/ Oconto, Nebraska area, raised by his mother and stepfather, Barney Ward. Jim graduated from Callaway High School and then went on to get his Bachelors of Animal Science at the University of Nebraska. While at university, he met the love of his life, Dixie Miller. He always said that it would be a cold day in hell before he married and on December 28, 1968- it was, with three feet of snow on the ground and more coming down. They started their life together in Lincoln but soon moved to Cambridge, Nebraska as he got the position of Ag Representative Loan Offi cer at the First National Bank. After banking, he began farming and ranching with Dixie’s father in Wilsonville, Nebraska. He did this for many years enjoying what he had grown up with. He moved his family to Lexington, Nebraska in the late 80’s, where he once again worked as a loan officer at American charter then at IBP/ Tyson working in quality control before finally retiring.

Billie L. Dutton, 77 of Kearney passed away Monday, March 20, 2023 at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Memorial services were held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney. The family received friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Ann Marie (Christensen) Mock of Holbrook, Nebraska passed away on March 18, 2023 at Porter Hospice in Denver, Colorado. Ann was born on March 22, 1942 to Arnold and Eva Marie (Rojewski) Christensen in St.