Obituaries

Body age 107 of Broken Bow, passed away peacefully on June 4, 2025. In her own words, Edna wrote: “Born Nov. 29, 1917, to Franklin Homer and Theresa (Tracy) Augusta Keim on a farm near Bruning in Thayer County. I was the second oldest of eight children - four boys and four girls.

Body Mary Ellen (Smith) Cooley passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Nov. 5, 2024, in Melbourne Beach, Florida at the age of 99.

Body Lane R. Nansel, 89 of Kearney, passed away Friday, May 30, 2025, at Kearney Regional Medical Center in Kearney. Memorial services were held on Tuesday, June 3, at the First Lutheran Church in Kearney. The burial followed the service at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Callaway.

Body age 84 of Broken Bow, passed away on May 10, 2025, at Bergan Mercy Hospital. Kay Janice (Robertson) Nelsen was born to William and V. Irene (Overgard) Robertson at her grandparents’, George Robertson’s home near Callaway, on July 5, 1940.

Body Joyce Augusta (Haring) Bonde, 94, joined her Lord and Savior on March 5, in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Clarence Wesley and Clara Lucetia (Monie) Haring gave birth to Joyce on Nov. 22, 1930, on a farm near Riverton.

Body Shirley Ann Schoenrock, 92 of Wahoo, formerly of Callaway, passed away on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at Saunders Medical Center and Long Care surrounded by her loving family. Shirley was born Dec.

Body Mona M. "Mickey" Gavin, 85 of Callaway, peacefully passed away on April 22, 2025, after a short battle with cancer, surrounded by family in her room filled with love and prayer. Mona was born on Jan.

Body of Callaway, passed away on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Callaway Good Life Center surrounded by her loving family. Nadia was born in Kearney on Sept.

Body 97, passed away on Feb. 1, 2025. Gene was born on Oct. 8, 1927, in Oconto, to Daisy Klein and Edd Klein. He grew up on a farm during the Great Depression, a time that shaped his resilience and hardworking spirit.