James "JD" Baltzell

James "JD" Baltzell, 52 of Paxton, died Sept. 21, at the Ogallala Community Hospital.

JD was born Aug. 20, 1969, at Goodland, Kan., to Otis (Jim) and Billie (Morland) Baltzell. He attended school at Wauneta before graduating from Paxton High School with the Class of 1989.

JD married Lisa Still on March 16, 1991, at Paxton. JD worked for Titan Industries for several years before eventually taking a job at Nebraska Public Power District in warehouse inventory. He would later work at Claas before relocating to Lawrence, Neb., where he worked as a maintenance director at Kingswood Court Assisted L...