Articles from the February 4, 2021 edition
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Kaitlen Riley
On Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, Kaitlen Elizabeth Riley, loving daughter, sister, aunt, and friend, died at age 19. Kaitlen was born on Aug. 22, 2001 to Troy Riley and Terry Riley. Kaitlen graduated from...
Jackie Myers
Jacqueline Myers, the daughter of John and Jessie (Mellick) Kramer, was born on Oct. 9, 1933 in Nelson, Neb. She died Feb. 1, 2021, at the Marquis Place of Concordia at Concordia, Kan., at the age of...
Joe Keim
Joe H. Keim will be remembered as someone who never slowed down in his later years - partly because he never went anywhere very fast. But, he always had a destination and he always had one more thing...
Dorothy Meltzer
Dorothy M. Meltzer, 92, died Saturday at the Smith Center Health and Rehab Center in Smith Center. Daughter of Forrest “Hap” and Estelle (Thompson) Winslow, she was born March 12, 1928, in Esbon. She was preceded in death by her parents; and two bro...
Stasha Spitler
Stasha Leora Loring Spitler, 101, died Jan. 30. She was born Oct. 15, 1919, the only child of Ed and Daisy Ann (Fuller) Loring on a farm south of Scandia. She attended Dist. 88 grade school and graduated from Scandia High School with the Class of 193...
Susan Lieb
Susan Marie Lieb, 71, the daughter of Ewell “Andy” and Barbara Anderson was born on Sept. 6, 1949, in Pomona, Calif. She grew up in California, and graduated from Lynwood High School. She then attended California State Polytechnic College in Pom...
Virgil Zade
Virgil Edward Zade died last Wednesday at his home in Red Cloud. He was born Dec. 6, 1936, and was the eldest child of Edward and Ketturah (Lain) Zade. Soon after his birth the family moved to Red Cloud. Virgil attended the Red Cloud Schools and grad...
Gary Gunn
Gary Lee Gunn, 74, died Jan. 26, 2021. Gary was born Nov. 1, 1946, in Edgar, Neb., to Gayle and Arlyne Gunn. As a child, Gary could be found outside – riding horses, helping on the farm, fishing, playing with cousins and working hard to keep his sist...
By My crazy life
Not a whole lot is happening around here, just the normal. messy house, unruly children, work, bills, laundry...nothing eventful to speak of. I’m still not feeling myself. Waiting on doctors to call back is as eventful as watching the grass grow in t...
Bernard Whitehead
Bernard D. Whitehead was born Feb. 3, 1934, in Franklin, Neb. He died Nov. 26, 2020, in Plainfield, Ill. Bernard was a 1952 Nelson High School graduate. After graduation, he joined the US Navy and served from 1952 to 1956. He cared for his country...
Editor's Notebook
Regular readers of this column know I grew up in a house that wasn’t much more than a stone’s throw from my father’s business. The house was designed so my father could keep a close watch on his business. There was even a switch within reach of hi...
