Betty Lou Dudgeon was born on October 31, 1933, in Hebron, Nebraska to Edward and Virginia (Johnson) Valek.  She passed on April 6, 2021 at the age of 87. Betty was baptized on April 21, 1946 at the First Christian Church in Hebron.  She attended Belvidere Public School. She was united in marriage to Eugene Dudgeon on February 14, 1951. They were blessed with five children, Jacqueline, Cynthia, Teresa, Michael and Sandra. The family spent three years in Grand Island and then...

Loetta Norene (Worm) Raatz was born to Eldon and Anna (Erdmann) Worm on September 10, 1928 in Hebron, Nebraska.  She entered into her Lord and Savior’s arms on April 2, 2021 at the age of 92.  Loetta was united in marriage to Paul Raatz in September 1950 and was blessed with one child, Robert Alan.  Following the death of Paul, she married Albert Raatz in January 1974. She graduated from Hebron High School and soon began her life-long career as a Social Services Worker...

Norma Louise Hoops, the daughter of Henry and Annetta (Bartels) Graue, was born on August 28, 1928, on the family farm in Republic County, Kansas.  She was one of the six children born to her parents.  She departed this life on March 29, 2021, at Providence Place in Hastings, Nebraska, at the age of 92 years.  She was baptized on September 16, 1928 at St. John Lutheran Church, Chester, NE by Rev. C.A. Reimnitz.  She was confirmed at the same church on April 6, 1941, by...

Constance Eloise Cogger, 82, Southern Shores, NC passed away September 3, 2020. She was born on July 8, 1937 in the Hildreth, Minden, Nebraska area. Connie was the daughter of Reverend Henry Dumler and Elsie Margueritte Paulsen, sister to Kenneth Dumler, Martin Dumler, Corinne Weyhrich and Elsie Holtzen. She will be forever remembered by her older brother Richard Dumler; husband Bill Cogger; daughters Janine Macomber, Julie Robinson, and Caroline Francese and their spouses Paul, Rex and...

Kripal Janice E. March 31, 1928 to March 6, 2021 Janice Brown Kripal daughter of Truman Brown and Wilma Geisler Brown was born March 31st 1928 in Hebron Nebraska.  She passed from this life at Thayer County Hospital on March 6th, 2021 at the age of 92 years.  Janice was baptized in Hebron at Grace Lutheran and later confirmed at the Sandy, Oregon Lutheran Church.  She attended school in Gresham Oregon, and Hebron Nebraska.  She graduated from Hebron High School with the...

Janice Elaine (Tambke) Schultz, 69, of Ruskin, Nebraska, passed away peacefully March 2, 2021, in her home with family by her side.  She was born to Harold and Joan (Crane) Tambke in Hebron, Nebraska on October 7, 1951.  After attending Deshler Public School through fourth grade, she finished school in Ruskin, graduating from Ruskin High School in 1969.  She attended college at Kearney State College and the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Janice was baptized at Sacred...

Eugene Alex Dudgeon was born on June 5, 1932, on a farm near Carleton, NE to Alexander and Sarah (Steyer) Dudgeon.  He passed away on February 8, 2021 at the age of 88 years. Gene was baptized on June 15, 1951, at the United Church of Christ in Belvidere.  He attended elementary school at Coon Ridge School and High School in Carleton. He was united in marriage to Betty Lou Valek on February 14, 1951. They had five children, Jacqueline, Cynthia, Teresa, Michael and...

Joe Keim will be remembered as someone who never slowed down in his later years -- partly because he never went anywhere very fast. He always had a destination and he always had one more thing he had to get done. But his destinations and his chores never got in the way of taking time for anyone: family, neighbors, and friends. And, for Joe Keim, a stranger was simply a friend he didn’t know yet.   Joe Keim passed away on January. 29th, 2021 on his farm near Davenport, Nebraska at...

Sue Ellen McCubbin Mosier was born April 6, 1946 in Fayetteville, Arkansas to William and Mary Sue McCubbin. The family moved to Verdigre, Nebraska in 1951, then to Nelson a year later.  She went to Nelson school until 6th grade then they moved to Davenport where she graduated in 1964. She then went on to Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital School of Nursing for 2 years where she graduated in 1967 as a registered nurse. On September 3, 1966 she was married to her high school sweetheart...

Irene Rosa Fintel, was one of six children born to Henry & Hannah (Collmann) Peters, on February 12, 1926 in rural Hardy, Nebraska. She passed away on December 28, 2020 at the age of 94 years, 10 months and 16 days. She was baptized on February 28, 1926, at St. Peter Lutheran Church, rural Byron, by Pastor C. W. Seybold and confirmed on May 5, 1940, at St. John Lutheran Church rural Byron, by Pastor L. C. Lentz. Irene attended School District 87 rural Deshler. She was united in marriage...