Obituaries
ELKHORN, NE - Dennis John Kenkel, 78, died Tuesday, June 26 here. A Rosary was held at 4:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Earling on Thursday, June 28, followed by family greeting friends from 5-8 p.m. and a 7 p.m. wake service. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, June...
OMAHA, NE -- Katherine Gaul, 52, Omaha, NE, died June 24 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Services will be held Saturday, June 30 at 10:30 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Earling. Visitation is Saturday, June 30 from 9-10:...
OMAHA, NE -- Katherine A. Gaul, 52, Omaha, NE, died Sunday, June 24 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Survivors include her sisters Laurie Dunlap of Narraganset, RI, and Kristine (Thomas Kurtz, Sr.) Gaul of Portsmouth. Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home...
DENISON -- LaVere Mae Andersen, 82, Denison, died June 24 at Eventide Lutheran Home for the Aged. Services will be held Tuesday, June 3 at 10 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca. Visitation will be held Monday, July 2 from 9 a.m.-8 p.m....
PORTSMOUTH -- Mary Ella “Mitz” Wilke, 81, Portsmouth, died June 20 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Services were held Monday, June 25 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth. Wilke is survived by her husband, Gary Wilke, of Portsmouth; sons David Wilke...
HOUSTON, TX – Margaret (Nielsen) Metcalf, 85, died March 22 in Houston.Family and friends are welcome to attend the memorial service at the gravesite on Saturday, June 23 at 2 p.m. at the Harlan Cemetery.Metcalf is survived by sister Karen Galet and her husband Ed Galet of Cupertino, CA; nephew...
HARLAN -- Daniel Coy Emerson Riley, 25, Harlan, died June 18 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, June23 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan. Riley is survived by mother Barbara (Kivland)Riley of Harlan and father Brian...
HARLAN -- June E. Schaben, 62, Harlan, died Monday, June 18 in Omaha. A memorial Mass will be held Tuesday, June 26 at 11 a.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance with burial of ashes in the St. Peter’s Catholic Cemetery in Defiance. Family will greet friends Tuesday from 10-11 a.m. at the...
AVOCA -- Douglas Keith Hester, 60, Avoca, died May 31 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Services will be held Friday, June 22 at 11:30 a.m. at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Walnut. Visitation is Friday from 9:30-11 a.m. at the church. Hester is survived by brothers Richard...
PORTSMOUTH -- Mary J. Springman, 74, Portsmouth, died June 18 at Elm Crest Assisted Living. Services will be held Saturday, June 23 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth with burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery at Portsmouth. Visitation is Saturday from 9-11 a.m. at...