Grant, Nebraska Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Grant, Nebraska & Surrounding Areas
Hope Minyard
Sep 26, 2015
Hope Minyard, age 92 of Sutherland, passed away Saturday, September 26, 2015 at the Sutherland Care Center. Hope was born November 23, 1922 at Weatherford, Oklahoma to William and Opal (Brown) Mericle. Hope graduated from Weatherford High School. On September 16, 1940, she married James "Jim" Minyard at Clinton, Oklahoma. While Jim served in WWII, Hope worked as a welder...
Klinton Schlake
Sep 23, 2015
Klinton Ervin “Klint” Schlake passed away unexpectedly at the age of 79, September 23, 2015, at Northern Colorado Medical Center in Greeley after suffering complications from a broken hip, diabetes, and pneumonia. Born October 2, 1935 to Ervin and Anna Schlake in Big Springs, Nebraska, Klint was welcomed by his parents, and two sisters. His outgoing personality, kindness and realism...
Karen K. Thurin
Sep 15, 2015
Karen Kay Nelson Thurin was born November 19, 1941, at Palisade, Nebraska, to Floyd and Lavona Nelson. While Karen was an infant, her family moved to Des Moines, Iowa, where they lived for four years. In March 1945 the Nelson family returned to Palisade, Nebraska. Karen graduated from Palisade High School and from Nebraska Wesleyan University with a degree in...
Rodney Walrod
Sep 10, 2015
Rodney Everett Walrod was born on July 30, 1958 at Grant Nebraska. He was the youngest of 6 children born to Everett and Elaine Cox Walrod. Rod spent his early years on a farm northwest of Grant. When he was 10 years old the family moved into Grant. He attended school in Grant and later he received his G.E.D. Rod...
James "Mike" Templeton
Sep 8, 2015
James R. Templeton, known as Mike to friends and family passed away at home September 8, 2015. Mike was born March 16,1933, the third child of William and Delphine Templeton, at home on Verbeck Island in the Allegheny River near Warren, PA. He grew up there, going to elementary school in Stoneham, PA and High School in Warren, PA. He...
Roma L. Strawder
Sep 5, 2015
Roma Strawder, age 72 of Wallace, passed away Saturday, September 5, 2015 at Aurora, CO. Roma was born November 2, 1942 at San Antonio, TX to Don and Veva (Washburn) Melton. Following her father's military service, they returned to Melton Ranch southeast of Wallace. Roma graduated from the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis. While attending school in Curtis,...
Larry L. Larsen
Aug 19, 2015
Larry L. Larsen, 72, of Burnet, Texas died August 19th, 2015 at St David's Hospital, Georgetown, Texas. He was born on October 12, 1942, in Perkins County Nebraska, to Lawrence William and Florence Belle Phair Mickels. Following his graduation from Grant High School in 1960, Larry served in the US Air Force until his honorable discharge in 1964. He later...
Michael D. Kosmicki
Aug 15, 2015
MICHAEL D. KOSMICKI, 57 of Grant, NE, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2015 at the Perkins County Community Hospital. Mike was born January 5, 1958 at Grant, NE to Adolph and Violet (Hastings) Kosmicki. He farmed and ranched on the family farm south of Madrid for many years. He was married to Penny Jenkins (Lee) on January 6, 1979 and...
Shirley V. Aylward
Aug 10, 2015
Shirley V. Aylward, age 79 of Dickens, passed away Monday, August 10, 2015 at Loveland, CO. Shirley was born July 18, 1936 at Wallace, NE, to Freeman and Virginia (Smith) McConnell. She graduated from Wallace High School in 1954 and went on to attend Kearney State Teachers College. Shirley taught school south of Grainton and Dickens for a couple of...
Pinky Clemens
Aug 2, 2015
LYLA JANIECE (PINKY) CLEMENS, 81 of Wallace, NE, passed away Sunday, August 2, 2015 at the Perkins County Community Hospital. Pinky was born May 4, 1934 at Gordon, NE to Albert and Ima (Shepard) Hebbert. She graduated from high school at Curtis, NE in 1951. On August 31, 1952, she married Jerome Clemens at Gordon, NE. The couple made their...
John S. Lenhart
Jul 27, 2015
JOHN S. LENHART, 53 of Roscoe, NE, passed away Monday, July 27, 2015 South of Roscoe, NE. John was born April 12, 1962 at Grant, NE to Loland "Dick" and Julana (Brown) Lenhart. He graduated from Grant High School. On January 24, 1989, he married Lydia Loop Las Vegas, NV. The couple made their home in Roscoe their entire married...
Joyce Long
Jul 20, 2015
Joyce Long was born on December 16, 1924 at Madrid Nebraska. She was the 2nd of 3 daughters born to Ward E. and Ruby (Mann) Bullock.. Joyce grew up in Madrid where she attended school, graduating from Madrid High School in 1942. Joyce attended Nebraska Wesleyan in Lincoln for 2 years where she received her teaching certificate. She taught school...
Lynn Schumacher
Jul 7, 2015
Lynn Schumacher, 74 of Grant, passed away July 7, 2015 at the Grant Hospital. Lynn was born April 29th, 1941 in Danville, Illinois to Clarence and Veda (Morrison) Vollman. She graduated from Danville High School. Lynn's family eventually moved to Hawaii, where Lynn attended the University of Hawaii. Lynn met her future husband, Ken Schumacher, on a blind date while...
Dean A. Lagler
Jul 5, 2015
Dean August Lagler was born on January 21, 1945 at Grant Nebraska. He was the 2nd of 4 children born to Faldean and Agnes Berends Lagler. Dean was baptized into the Lutheran faith on February 11, 1945 by Pastor Reddel and was confirmed on May 17, 1959. Dean grew up on the family farm northwest of Grant and attended country...
Gladys M. Wood
Jul 1, 2015
GLADYS MARY WOOD, 97, longtime Wallace resident, departed from this life Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at the Sutherland Care Center. She was born May 23, 1918 to August and Theresa (Schnitzer) Sullentrup north of Grainton, NE. She attended rural school in the Grainton area before graduating from Grainton High School. On November 24, 1938 she married Harold Spencer Wood. Gladys...
Royston E. Gloy
Jun 28, 2015
Royston Edward Gloy, 74, of rural Grant, Nebraska passed away on June 28, 2015 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. Royston was born September 1, 1940 in Ogallala, NE. He was the first of three children born to Harold and Zelma (Pankonin) Gloy. Royston attended rural elementary school and graduated from Perkins County High School with the class of...
Richard "Dick" Schack
Jun 22, 2015
Richard John “Dick” Schack was born in Spaulding Nebraska on February 26, 1923. He was the 3rd of 6 children born to John Ernest and Ora Elsie Sronce Schack.Dick grew up in eastern Nebraska until 1933 when he moved with his family to a small farm outside of Grainton. It was here that he was met the love of his...
Ella Mae Delancey
Jun 12, 2015
Ella Mae DeLancey was born on December 7, 1929 at Ogallala Nebraska. She was the youngest of 5 children born to Elmer and Elsie Salmon Ochsner. She grew up on the Ochsner farm north of Grant where she attended rural school for a couple of years. In the 3rd grade, Ella Mae attended school in Grant. She later graduated from...
Donna Mae Bishop
Jun 3, 2015
Donna Mae Bishop was born on February 5, 1929 northwest of Grant Nebraska. She was the oldest of two children born to Walter and Ethel Whips Brown. Donna attended rural school District #73 north of Grant until her 8th grade year when she attended school in Grant. She graduated from Perkins County High School in 1946. Donna was married to...
Ruby Porter
May 16, 2015
Ruby Porter was born on December 29, 1920 at her parent’s farm home, north of Elsie Nebraska. She was the oldest of 2 children born to Edgar and Stella Thompson Cunningham. Her brother, Wayne, was 6 years younger than Ruby. Ruby attended school through the eighth grade at country school District 23 where her mother and later three of her...
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