All Obituaries

Roberta “Ann” Kerns, 74 years of age, of Beatrice passed away Saturday, September 19, 2020 at The Kensington in Beatrice. She was born on February 4, 1946 in Boonville, Missouri to Robert and Lillian (Cox) Drew. Ann was a legal secretary for over 25 years. She enjoyed reading her bible, lifetime movies and murder mysteries. Ann is survived by her daughter, Michelle Keylon of Beatrice; grandchildren, Christopher Chambers and wife Nichole Myers of Fairbury, Alexus Gerdes and...

Richard L. Drewes, 86 years of age, of Beatrice, formerly of Plymouth passed away Friday, September 11, 2020 at The Kensington in Beatrice. He was born on July 3, 1934 in Fairbury to Louis and Lena (Lucking) Drewes. Richard graduated from Plymouth High School in 1953. He served his country in the United States Army National Guard where he was involved with artillery and had commendation medals as a marksman in pistol and rifle. Richard married Carlene Rosecrans on June 2, 1968 in Odell. He...

Rhonda R. (Snyder) Weise, 57 years of age, of Beatrice passed away Thursday, September 10, 2020 at Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center in Beatrice. She was born on November 19, 1962 in Beatrice to Furman and Shirley (Aden) Snyder. Rhonda graduated from Beatrice High School in 1980. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Peru State College. Rhonda married David Weise on June 8, 1984 in Beatrice. She was currently a social worker at the Beatrice State...

Carl E. Newman, 56 years of age, of Beatrice passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at Homestead Village in Beatrice. He was born on May 17, 1964 in Lincoln to Ronald and Verna (Nemechek) Newman. Carl graduated from Lewiston Consolidated Schools in 1982. He served his country in the United States Army from May 2, 1985 to March 28, 1988. Carl studied Computer Engineering at ITT Technical Institute in Houston, Texas. He was very outspoken and comical and enjoyed computer games,...

Carol Jean (Yockel) Wilson, 84, was born in Liberty, Nebraska on January 18,1936 to Fred and Polly (Atkins) Yockel. Carol passed into heaven on September 9, 2020 at Bryan West Medical Center in Lincoln, NE due to the Covid-19 virus. Carol graduated from Wymore High School in 1955 and Carol married Floyd O. Wilson, on January 19, 1957 in Wymore, Nebraska. She lived in the Wymore/Blue Springs area most of her life, until moving to Beatrice seven years ago to be closer to her family. Carol was...

Daryl L. Scheele, 80 years of age, of Plymouth passed away Monday, September 7, 2020 at Jefferson County Health and Life in Fairbury. He was born on March 17, 1940 in Daykin to Carl and Minnie (Marschman) Scheele. Daryl graduated from Daykin High School in 1957. He married Kathleen “Kathy” Kirk on October 17, 1965 in Daykin. Daryl drove a fuel truck for Farmers Cooperative in Plymouth for 30 years. He also worked at Plymouth Electric and was active with the Plymouth Volunteer...

Walter Eugene Applegarth, 84, of Beatrice, Nebraska, passed away Monday, August 31, 2020 following a cancer diagnosis just two weeks earlier.  Funeral services will be held Saturday, Sept 5th at 10am at the Finish Line Church of the Nazarene in Beatrice. Family will greet friends Friday, Sept 4th from 5pm-7pm at the church.  The funeral on Saturday will be live-streamed on the Facebook page of Dennis Applegarth. Walt was born in Morrowville, Kansas on June 6, 1936 to John and Ruby...

Virginia A. Pethoud, 83, Falls City passed away August 24th, 2020. She was born on May 8, 1937 to Kenneth and Marjorie (Coleman) Pelton. Virginia graduated from Beatrice High School in 1954. On January 30, 1955 she married Marvin Pethoud in Beatrice. Marvin passed away on December 13, 2008. They moved to Aurora, Colorado in 1959 where Virginia was employed at Lowry’s Air Force Base. In 1972 the family moved to Mitchell South Dakota where Virginia was employed at the Johnson...

Charles J. Maguire, 86 years of age, of Beatrice passed away Monday, May 4, 2020 at Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center after battling COVID-19 and pneumonia. He was born on February 26, 1934 at the Lutheran Hospital in Beatrice to Glen and Gertrude (Buckholz) Maguire. Charles was a lifelong member and graduated from St. Joseph Catholic Church and School in Beatrice in 1953. After graduation, he worked at the Beatrice Ford garage with his father and then at Store Kraft...

Marjorie L. (Powell) Williamson, 90 years of age, of Lincoln, formerly of Beatrice passed away Monday, August 24, 2020 at the CountryHouse Residence in Lincoln. She was born on February 14, 1930 in Superior to Ralph and Elizabeth (Springer) Powell. Marjorie graduated from Beatrice High School in 1948 and married John Williamson that same year on July 4. She was a homemaker all of her life. Marjorie enjoyed volunteering at the Bargain Box, golfing, bowling and playing cards. Marjorie is...