Obituaries

Beverly Joy Kimball Schaffert

5 days ago By News Staff

Beverly Joy Kimball Schaffert, age 74 of Callaway, passed away Friday, May 15, 2026, at the Callaway Good Life Center surrounded by family and friends. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, May 23, at 10:30 a.m.

Linda Louise (Pitkin) Black

5 days ago By News Staff

will be held on Friday, June 19, at 11:00 a.m. at Trinity Evangelical Free Church in Holdrege, with Pastor Murray Jones officiating. A private inurnment will be held at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Callaway.

Janice L Loghry, 79

3 weeks ago By News Staff

of Callaway, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 23, 2026, at Callaway District Hospital, with her family by her side. She was born March 8, 1947, in Callaway, the only child of Bernard and Harriet (Maze) Kolbo.

Wilber “Bill” Steve Benjamin, age 102,

1 month ago By News Staff

passed away on April 6, 2026, in Callaway. Bill was born on Aug.

Floyd Ray Bauer, 86

1 month ago By News Staff

Floyd Ray Bauer was born in the family’s rural farmhouse near Zearing, Iowa, to Harold and Arlene (Frohwein) Bauer on Aug. 19, 1939. He passed away Feb. 17, 2026. He was a hardworking farm kid with three brothers, Merle, Roger, and Wayne. In high school he excelled at playing the trumpet, basketball, and baseball.

Charles Maze Myers

1 month ago By News Staff

Charles Maze Myers went to be with his Lord on April 4, 2026, surrounded by his family, at the age of 101 years and 17 days. He was born on March 19, 1925, to Troy and Ruth (Maze) Myers at Callaway. He spent his entire life around Callaway. He graduated from Callaway High School in 1942. He farmed with his Dad and brother, Bob.