The home will then be sold to an income qualified family.

This week has seen Nebraska plunge into the deep freeze, prompting many area schools to start Christmas break a day or two earlier than originally planned. Students in Callaway are getting a head start to the break as well; however, Superintendent Bryon Hanson said that is not due to weather but actually to work being done on the roof. Callaway Public School dismissed their students at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 20, and the kiddos will return to class on Tuesday, Jan. 3.

The following death announcements appeared in the Callaway Courier between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2022: Carmine Louise (Johnson) Fay, age 49 of Mullen, died Dec. 30, 2021. Carmine was born Sept. 5, 1972.

George William Niles, 87, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho died Oct. 16, 2021. George was born April 6, 1934, in Callaway.

Rosemary Elizabeth Benger, 100 of Kearney, died Jan. 1, 2022. Rosemary was born Sept. 2, 1921, at Omaha.

Roger Lange of Olathe, Kansas died Dec. 7, 2021. Roger was born July 22, 1938, in Callaway.

Leola M. Schaad, 92 of Callaway, died Jan. 7, 2022. Leola (May) Schaad was born on June 5, 1929, at Broken Bow.

John C. Conroy, 93 of Oconto. died Jan. 11, 2022. John was born Oct. 1, 1928, at the family home near Lomax.

Royce E. Norman, 69, died Jan. 19, 2022. He was born in Heber City, Utah on Dec. 15, 1952.

Valaretta King died Sept. 3, 2021. She was born June 4, 1929.

Cheryl S. Franssen, 71 of Callaway, died Feb. 2, 2022. She was born on Dec. 5, 1950, in Broken Bow.

Hope Muriell Williams, age 102 of Kearney, died Feb. 6, 2022. Hope was born May 7, 1919, on a farm nine miles north of Overton.

Mark Edward Pandorf, 68 of Callaway, died Feb. 9, 2022. Mark was born May 3, 1953, in Callaway.

Lois M. Oman, 95 of Callaway, died Feb. 26, 2022. She was born on Sept. 29, 1926, in rural Callaway.

Robert Lee Lutjemeyer, 85 of Gothenburg, died March 5, 2022. He was born July 22, 1936, in Gothenburg.

Richard Lowell “Dick” Henderson, 90, died Feb. 19, 2022. He was born on March 5, 1931, in Broken Bow.

Patricia Porter, age 81 of Broken Bow, died April 5, 2022. Patricia Ann Porter was born Nov. 23, 1940, in Callaway.

Loretta Schneringer Leach died April 27, 2022. She was born July 18, 1933, near Callaway.

Kevin Douglas Fahnholz, 49 of Lake Worth, Florida, died May 13, 2022. Kevin was born on Oct. 31, 1972, and raised in North Platte.

Graveside services for Gail E. (Woody) Woodward were held June 24, 2022. Gail “Woody” Everett Woodward was born Aug. 9, 1945, in Callaway.

Edna Mae Tompkin Wilson, 99, died June 18, 2022. She was born Jan. 13, 1923, at Lomax.

Betty Mae Halouska, 79 of Callaway, died July 11, 2022. Betty was born on July 20, 1942, in Ogden, Utah.

Calvin F. Dittmar of Oconto, died July 19, 2022. Calvin was born Nov. 2, 1930, on the family farm near Oconto.

Richard D. “Rick” Coons, 64 of Kearney, died July 28, 2022. Richard was born on May 17, 1958, in Whitesburg, Kentucky.

Aldon L. Unruh, 84 of Callaway, died Aug. 17, 2022. He was born on Jan. 30, 1938, in Enid, Oklahoma.

Dallas M. Rigler, 80 of Callaway, died Sept. 13, 2022. Dallas was born on Jan. 14, 1942, in Oak Park, Illinois.

Jerald L. Cantrell, 88 of Callaway, died Sept. 15, 2022. Jerald was born April 29, 1934, at Anselmo.

Nathan Rosentrater, age 39 of Arnold, died Sept. 21, 2022. Nathan Allen Rosentrater (Rosy), was born in Callaway on March 1, 1983.

Nona Leibhart, 93 of North Platte, died Sept. 4, 2022. Nona was born June 27, 1929, on the family farm southeast of Arnold.

Scott Remund, 62 of Arnold, died Oct. 7, 2022. Scott was born on Aug. 26, 1960, in Huron, South Dakota.

Marvin Mason, age 87 of Broken Bow, died Oct. 11, 2022. Marvin Dee Mason was born Nov. 23, 1934, in Broken Bow.

Ruth Edna Carlson, 95 of Gothenburg, died Oct. 16, 2022. Ruth was born June 25, 1927, and raised near Eustis.

Dr. Tony R. Pitkin, 88 of Callaway, died Oct. 27, 2022. He was born June 23, 1934, in rural Callaway.

Gary “Kumbo” Edward Kumm, 60 of Callaway, died Nov. 17, 2022. Kumbo was born Sept. 4, 1962, in Plainview.

Alex W. Schneider, 89 of Callaway, died Nov. 26, 2022. Alex was born July 15, 1933, at his paternal grandparents’ home in Cozad.

Barbara L. Nansel, 88 of Kearney, died Nov. 29, 2022. Barbara was born June 29, 1934, in Alliance.

Dorothy Alice Sheets, 86 of Callaway, died Dec. 6, 2022. Dorothy was born Aug. 24,1936, southwest of Arnold.

Norman L. “Pete” Robertson, 85 of Gravois Mills, Missouri, died Nov. 29, 2022. He was born July 4, 1937, at Oconto.