All Obituaries

Ruth Agnes (Paul) O’Donnell, 70 years of age, of Beatrice passed away Sunday, January 16, 2022. She was born on May 26, 1951 in Auburn, Nebraska to Clinton and Esther (Shepard) Paul. Ruth moved with her family from Shubert, NE to Beatrice in 1964. She attended Beatrice High School and graduated with the class of 1969. Ruth married Gary O’Donnell on March 4, 1972 at the Christian Church in Beatrice. They were blessed with two sons; Scott and Brian. Ruth worked at the Busy Bee...

Richard “Dick” Baxter Appleget, 86 years of age, of Beatrice was born on May 25, 1935 in Beatrice, Nebraska to Millard D. and Neva F. (Huber) Appleget. He was raised in Beatrice where Dick received all his schooling.  On June 12, 1960, Dick was united in marriage to Dorothy Benash in Beatrice.  The couple spent their married life together in Beatrice except from 1969-1977 when they lived in Council Bluffs, Iowa.  Dick worked for the Board of Public...

Leon “Lee” L. Jensen, 88 years of age, of Beatrice passed away Sunday, January 9, 2022 at Beatrice Community Hospital in Beatrice. He was born on October 29, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to John and Julie (Buehler) Jensen. Lee served his country in the United States Air Force from March 6, 1953 to March 5, 1957 as a ground power equipment engineer. He married Rebecca Hawkins in October of 1962. Lee worked several jobs including as a mechanic at Montgomery Wards, as an owner of...

Willard Lee Workman, also known as “Will” or “Whale”, 77 years of age, of Beatrice passed away Sunday, January 9, 2022. He was born in Wymore on May 23, 1944 to Tharen and Lucille (Gade) Workman. Willard served his country in the United States Navy in nuclear submarine parts service for 22 years. He retired and lived in Hawaii for 20 years before coming back to Beatrice in 2001 to take care of his parents and stayed after their passing. Willard enjoyed golfing and...

Arthur “Scott” Albritton, 72 years of age, of Beatrice passed away Saturday, January 8, 2022. He was born on August 3, 1949 in Sarasota, Florida to James and Florence (Head) Albritton. Scott graduated from Junction City High School in Junction City, Kansas in 1969 and earned an associate degree in Hospitality from Southeast Community College in Beatrice. He married Charla Brown on June 11, 1983. Scott worked for American Tool for 28 years and was a cook for Blue Rivers Area...

Mark Wendel Clausen, 96 years of age, of Beatrice passed away Saturday, January 8, 2022. He was born on September 27, 1925 in Beatrice to Alfred “Al” William and Carolyn Susan (Hiatt) Clausen. Mark graduated from Beatrice High School. He married Mary Irene Roberts on Christmas Eve in 1950. Shortly after, they moved to Chicago, Illinois to run a United Rental Store. After a couple of years, they returned to Beatrice where Mark and Mary ran the Yellow Cab, Trailways Bus Depot and...

Donald “Don” VanEperen, 83 years of age, of Filley passed away on Monday, January 3, 2022. He was born on March 26, 1938 in Holland to Orval and Johanna (Wieskamp) VanEperen. Don graduated from Sterling High School in 1956. He married Glenda Fritzen on August 7, 1966 in Beatrice. Don worked in food and tobacco general sales for over 50 years and several years at Exmark in Beatrice. He was a member of American Lutheran Church in Filley and served on church council, and a past...

Esther Maxine (Maschmeier) Schimenti, 96 years of age, of Beatrice passed away on Monday, January 3, 2022 at Beatrice Community Hospital. She was born on March 18, 1925 in Beatrice to John and Nora (Jurgens) Maschmeier. Esther was baptized at rural Emmaus Church also known as the Maschmeier Church. She attended country schools and graduated from Beatrice High School in 1942. Esther taught country school in 1943 and for several years after. She married John Schimenti on November 15, 1948 in...

Teri Lynn (Renker) Spencer, 65 years of age, of Beatrice passed away Sunday, January 2, 2022 at CHI Health St. Elizabeth in Lincoln. She was born on September 22, 1956 in Lincoln to Dale and Linda (Pegans) Renker. Teri graduated from Lincoln High School. She worked in property management in Los Angeles, California and Lincoln, as a retail supervisor at Dollar General and as a baker at Sun Mart. Teri enjoyed cooking, music, video games, binge watching movies and old TV shows, playing piano...

Shirley Mae (Brauch) Nickeson, 91, died on Monday, December 27, 2021. She was born on September 19, 1930 in Oketo, Kansas to Irvin and Henrietta (Novotny) Brauch. At the age of two, the family moved to a farm near Diller. There she spent her childhood and attended a rural school for 8 years. Shirley graduated from Diller High School in 1947. After her graduation, at age 16, she taught at a rural school southeast of Ellis for 3 years. On August, 21, 1949, she...