All Obituaries

Dale Ivan Kasparek, 77 years of age, of Plymouth passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center in Beatrice. He was born on August 8, 1941 in Beatrice to Lewis and Lillie (Bohlmeyer) Kasparek and was a lifelong resident of Plymouth. Dale graduated from Plymouth High School in 1958. In 1964, Dale joined the United States Army and was stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington where he served as a medical corpsman at the military hospital. He married Violet...

Pauline Sue Lawson, 72, Beatrice, NE passed away, Friday, March 22, 2019 at Beatrice Health and Rehab. She was born September 9, 1946, at the Beatrice Mennonite Hospital, the 3rd of 4 children of Darwin and Alma Hutchison. She had three brothers; Gerald, Darwin and Lonnie. Pauline graduated from Lewiston High School in 1964. It was her life’s dream to marry and raise a family. In pursuit of her dream she married Clark Lawson on September 26, 1965 and together they had four children,...

George William Oakes, 47 years of age, passed away Sunday, March 17, 2019. He was born on September 30, 1971 in Denver, Colorado to Ronald and Debra (Widman) Oakes. George graduated from Beatrice High School in 1990 and received an Associate’s Degree in Automotive Technology from WyoTech. He married Amber Engelman on December 18, 1992. George worked for over 20 years at Carriage Motors, Beatrice Public Schools and most recently for Accuma. He was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in...

June Ella (Schnase) Martin, 84 years of age, of Beatrice passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center in Beatrice. She was born on June 1, 1934 in Omaha to Robert and Gertrude (Riese) Schnase. June graduated from Hastings High School in 1951 and married Richard “Dick” Martin on January 22, 1953. They moved to Beatrice in 1960 where they owned and operated Martin Optics before moving to Arizona after Dick’s retirement in 1982. She was a...

  Janeen Alice (Kemper) Kleine, age 58 of Beatrice Passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, March 5, 2019.  She was born June 19, 1960, to Harold & Bette (Kinaman) Kemper in Beatrice, Nebraska. She attended Wymore Southern High School and graduated in 1978. Janeen married Steve Kleine on February 20, 1981, and recently celebrated their 38th wedding anniversary. Janeen began her working career at Tempo, then Jack and Jill, and was working as the 911 Radio Dispatch Operator for...

Clara “Phyllis” (Holt) Anderson, 92 years of age, of Beatrice passed away Monday, February 25, 2019 at Pawnee County Memorial Hospital in Pawnee City. She was born on November 7, 1926 in Bancroft, Kansas to Forrest and Grace (Heffner) Holt. Phyllis was raised in rural Kansas and graduated from high school at Wetmore, Kansas. She continued her education receiving her teaching certificate from Emporia State Teachers College in Emporia, Kansas. Upon graduation, Phyllis married...

Robert Lewis Winslow, 97 years of age, of Beatrice died Thursday, February 21, 2019 at Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation. He was born on November 10, 1921 in Blue Springs to Bruce and Edna (Morris) Winslow. He attended Union School through the 8th Grade. Robert served his country in the U.S. Navy from 11/29/1939 to 1/5/1946, was a Pearl Harbor Survivor and served on the destroyer USS Helm. He enjoyed eating out and being on the go. Robert is survived by his son, Dan of California;...

Manuel Micheal Neher, 1 month, 22 days, of Beatrice passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2019. He was born on December 28, 2018 in Lincoln to Isaac and Klynne (Martinez) Neher. Manuel enjoyed being around people, getting attention, love, affection and especially cuddles. Manuel is survived by his parents, Issac and Klynne; brothers, Abel Portrey, Edward Smith; grandparents, Rhonda Martinez of Beatrice, Randy and Kari Smith of Blue Springs, Corrina and Tom Williams of Beatrice, Galen Neher of...

Helen Elsie (Pavlik) Vetrovsky, 95 years of age, of Holmesville passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at Beatrice Health and Rehabilitation. She was born on April 1, 1923 west of Wymore to Frank and Vlasta (Grossman) Pavlik. Helen completed 1st through 8th grade at Plainview Country School, located 1 mile north and ½ mile west of her house. She graduated from Odell High School in 1941 and attended UNL. Helen taught country school from 1941 to 1943 at Banner County School District 7...

Shirley A. (Bucher) Graham, 82 years of age, of Beatrice passed away with family at her side on Thursday, February 14, 2019. She was born on September 17, 1936 at Fort Crook in Omaha to her Army Veteran of 32 years father, Clifford and Myrtle (Fuller) Bucher and she grew up in Pickrell where she attended grade school. After grade school, she attended Beatrice High School and graduated with her class of 1955. Shirley met and married her husband to be for her entire life, Maurice...