Grant, Nebraska Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Grant, Nebraska & Surrounding Areas
Clayton F. Sparks
Oct 18, 2021
CLAYTON F. SPARKS, 98, of rural Elsie, passed away Monday, October 18, 2021, at his home. Clayton was born February 2, 1923, at Elsie, Nebraska, to Ira and Margaret E. Sparks. He graduated from Elsie High School. In November of 1944, Clayton entered the US Army, serving as a paratrooper in the Philippines during WWII. On February 20, 1944, Clayton...
Loretta Kauffman
Oct 15, 2021
Funeral Services for Loretta J. Kauffman, 81, of Grant, Nebraska, formerly of Kalona, will be held on Saturday, October 23, 2021, at 10:30 a.m. at East Union Mennonite Church. The service will be available via Livestream at the Beatty Peterseim Facebook Page. Burial will follow at the East Union Cemetery. The family will greet friends on Friday, October 22, 2021,...
Elke Peterson
Oct 11, 2021
ELKE I. Peterson, 60, of Grant, passed away October 11, 2021, at the Perkins County Hospital in Grant. Elke was born September 27, 1961, at Frankfurt, Germany, to Lindol Swofford and Ingeborg (Diehl) Swofford. January 1963, they moved to Colorado with brother Mark Swofford and sister Liane Clark. She graduated from high school in Aurora CO in 1979. She went...
William D Palu
Oct 11, 2021
William "Bill" Palu of North Platte passed away October 11, 2021, in North Platte. Bill was born November 12, 1948, at Julesburg, Colorado, to Clarence Joseph and June Ellen (Benson) Palu. He graduated from Wheatland High School. In 1969, Bill entered the US Navy, where he worked as a mechanic. Following his discharge from the Navy, Bill returned to Perkins...
Harold B Zimmerman, Jr
Oct 9, 2021
Harold B. Zimmerman Jr, 56, of Madrid, passed away October 9, 2021, at Great Plains Health in North Platte. Harold was born June 29, 1965, at Easton, Maryland, to Harold and Patricia (Moxey) Zimmerman Sr. On July 20, 1986, Harold married Sharon Yost in Wisconsin, and their union was blessed with three children, Ryan, Dalton, and Karalee. The family moved...
William L "Bill" Sullivan
Sep 28, 2021
Bill Sullivan, 94, passed away September 28, 2021. He was a lifelong resident of Wallace, Nebraska, until he moved to retirement living in Imperial in 2020. He lived his life in the warm community of a small town, where he took joy in knowing others and being known very well. He was born November 7, 1926, at his grandparents' farm...
Mildred Keleman
Sep 27, 2021
MILDRED KELEMAN, 59, of Grant, NE, passed away Monday, September 27, 2021, at the Perkins County Hospital in Grant. Millie was born in Germany to Melvin Earl and Beatrice (Machholz) Jahnke. She attended school in California. As a girl, Millie moved between California and Hawaii, where she had lived with her sister, Dee. In 1988, Millie married William Keleman, and...
Carole Gardner
Sep 22, 2021
Carole Gardner, 86, of Wallace, passed away Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at her home in Wallace. Carole was born April 7, 1935, at Denver, Colorado to Francis and Dixie (Mansfield) LaLonde. She attended school in the Denver Area. On April 5,1957, Carole married Lawrence E. Gardner. The couple made their home in the Denver area until 2002 when they moved...
Roberta M Russell
Sep 20, 2021
Roberta Russell entered her eternal rest on her 84th birthday, September 20, 2021. Born September 20, 1937, to Robert & Leota Johnson, they made their home north of Elsie. On December 8, 1955, she married Duane Russell, and they had four daughters, Carol (Rick) Eiserman of Prescott, AZ; Donna (Denny) Richards of Sun City West, AZ; Linda (Craig) Schriner of...
Gladys Tharp
Sep 15, 2021
Gladys Irene Tharp was called to the Lord on September 15, 2021, at the Golden Hours Convalescent Home. Gladys was born on April 13, 1920, to Elmer and Hazel Kent in Imperial, NE. She was married to Charles Tharp on October 9, 1938. During their 66 years of marriage, they went to dances, played cards, went golfing, traveled, and went...
David Hilferty
Sep 5, 2021
David Hilferty, 76, of Madrid, passed away Sunday, September 5, 2021, at the Perkins County Hospital in Grant. David was born October 8, 1944, at Grant, Nebraska, to Charles and Helen (Andersen) Hilferty. He graduated from Madrid High School with the class of 1963, where he was a stand-out athlete. David graduated from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln with...
Lucille M. Erlewine
Aug 22, 2021
Lucille Mae (Manning) Erlewine, 94, passed away August 22, 2021, at Life Care Center of Stonegate in Parker, Colorado, while under hospice care. She was born on October 15, 1926, in Central City, Nebraska, to Leroy and Faye Manning. She shared her childhood home on the farm five miles southwest of Central City with her younger sister, Rosemary, and first...
John Logsdon
Aug 9, 2021
John Logsdon, 75, passed away at the Perkins County hospital on August 9, 2021, surrounded by family. John Douglas Logsdon was born to Wayne and Lillian (Gengenbach) Logsdon at the Colglazier Hospital in Grant on May 15, 1946. He was baptized in Zion Lutheran Church and grew up on the Logsdon farm 2 miles west, and 5 miles south of...
John R. Potts
Jul 31, 2021
JOHN ROZELL POTTS, 70 of Grant, passed away Saturday, July 31, 2021, at home. John was born April 25, 1951, at Omaha, to Dr. L.C. and Royce (Walters) Potts. He graduated from Grant High School with the class of 1969. He went on to attend college in Denver and Sterling earning money as a promising door to door accordion salesman....
Wilma Deford
Jul 31, 2021
Wilma Mary Teresa (Otterstein) DeFord, 97, of Grant, Neb., passed away Saturday, July 31, 2021, at the Perkins County Hospital in Grant. Wilma was born February 3, 1924 at Plattsmouth, Neb., to Richard and Mary (Bulin) Otterstein. At the age of seven Wilma lost her mother to Tuberculosis. Her mother's death was very hard on her and her brothers. In...
Donald Hansen
Jul 19, 2021
Donald "Don" Hansen of Grant, NE passed away surrounded by family on July 19, 2021 at Perkins County Hospital in Grant, NE at the age of 86. Don was born in Filley, NE to Charles and Mildred (Cornelius) Hansen on June 5 th 1935. When he was 5 years old he moved to Beatrice, NE with his mother and sisters,...
Frances Jean Reed
Jul 17, 2021
Frances Jean Reed, 86, of Juniata, NE, formally of Grant, passed away on July 17, 2021, at Mary Lanning Health Center in Hastings. Frances was born June 18, 1935, at Ogallala, Nebraska, the sixth of seven children to Floyd A. and Anna C. (Schmeidel) Kuskie. The family resided northwest of Grant, and Frances attended District #43 rural school. She graduated...
Catherine "Kay" Larsen
Jul 15, 2021
Catherine "Kay" (Mather) Larsen passed away on July 15, 2021, at her home. Kay was born on May 3, 1936 to Richard Mather and Ada (Potter) Mather in Plummer, Idaho. As a toddler, she moved to Imperial, Nebraska and then to the family farm near Lamar, Nebraska, where she lived with her family including her maternal grandmother Minnie and her...
Eris Lee
Jul 15, 2021
Eris Virginia Lee was born on December 28th, 1923 to parents Henry and Mada (Hand) Beck in Omaha Nebraska. Eris was surrounded by family as she peacefully left this earth on July 15, 2021 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa Oklahoma. Eris was spindly in stature and missed school often because she was a sick child. While small in physique,...
Hazel Gimeson
Jul 15, 2021
Hazel Gimeson, 84, of Grant, NE, passed away Thursday, July 15, 2021, at the Perkins County Hospital in Grant. Hazel was born May 1, 1937 at Almena Kansas, the third of four children to Elisa F. and Mayme A. (Picraux) Courtain. When Hazel was five, the family moved to Oxford, NE and she lost her mother at age 8, she...
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