All Obituaries

Beckham “Beck” J. Hale passed away Sunday, December 20, 2020 in Omaha at Hospice House. Death took only a minute, but he lived 95 years, so we will be celebrating that life. Beck was always kind, never met a stranger and had a great sense of humor. The last words I heard him speak was “thank you” to one of his nurses. Beckham was born May 4, 1925 in Roca, Nebraska to Mabel Tally Hale and Crittenton Beckham Hale and graduated from Firth High School. He served as a...

Bobby Gene Folden, 78, of Beatrice, NE passed away at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Lincoln, NE.  He was born August 5, 1942, in Red Cloud, NE. Bobby moved to Beatrice at the age of 15 and joined the U.S. Air Force several years later. After serving in the Air Force, he moved to Red Cloud for a short time to help his mother before moving back to Beatrice. Bobby married Stella Lyons on May 12, 1962; they were married until she passed away Jan 4, 1983. On Dec. 31, 1988, he married...

Calvin James Roland, 14 years of age, of Beatrice passed away unexpectedly on Friday, July 23, 2021. He was born on August 15, 2006 in Lincoln to Shawn and Jennifer (Lowe) Roland. Calvin was currently a student at Beatrice High School. He enjoyed music, fishing, cars, video games, YouTube, his nephew Huxxlee and spending time with family. Calvin is survived by his mother, Jennifer Brown and husband Nate of Beatrice; fathers, Shawn Roland and significant other, Heather Ritchison of Lincoln,...

Bridget Diane Barker, 50 years of age, of Filley passed away unexpectedly Friday, July 23, 2021. She was born on June 22, 1971. Bridget started dating Patrick Barker in high school and they later married. She worked hard all her life, always having a job working places like American Tool, Denny’s, K & B Tobacco Outlet and currently in production at Accuma Corporation. Bridget enjoyed going to the casino, fishing, husker football and especially the time with her children and...

Stephanie Kay Smith, 53 years of age, of Beatrice, passed away Thursday morning at her home after a 5-year battle with cancer. Stephanie loved life even on her darkest days.  She loved her family, her family pets, decorating her home, tending flowers in her yard and trying new recipes. Especially, she loved teaching and was the Middle School English Teacher at Lewiston Consolidated School. She was proud of the fact that she had earned her Master’s Degree and always stressed to her...

Dr. James LeRoy Nedrow, 79 years of age, of Beatrice passed away on Friday, July 2, 2021, at Anthem Senior Living in Anthem, Arizona. He was born in Wenatchee, Washington on May 5, 1942, to the late Mildred R. (Grush) (Nedrow) Fritz and Dale L. Nedrow. Jim was raised in Falls City and graduated from Falls City High School, received a degree from Northwest Missouri State University, and advanced degrees from The Southern College of Optometry, and Seattle Pacific University. He served in the...

Virgil Lloyd Garton, 79 years of age, of Diller passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. He was born on July 26, 1941 near Diller to Daniel and Jennie (Lottman) Garton. Virgil was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Diller. He grew up near Diller and started helping on the farm at an early age as he was milking cows and driving a tractor at the age of 8. Virgil graduated from Diller High School at 16 years old in 1958 and attended Fairbury Junior...

Pamela Jean Watts, 76 of Beatrice, NE passed away July 6, 2021, at CHI Health St. Elizabeth in Lincoln, NE.  She was born November 18, 1944, in Beatrice. Pamela married Robert “Buck” Watts in Papillion, NE, they were married 51 years.  She worked for a short time at Lincoln Mattress, then for Formfit, Swingsters, and retired from Neapco in 2011.  She enjoyed going to work an hour early so she could drink coffee, smoke, and talk with her co-workers. Later in life...

David Lee Schindler, 74 years of age, of Odell passed away Friday, July 2, 2021 at CHI Health Nebraska Heart in Lincoln. He was born on August 1, 1946 in Tilden to Adolph and Elizabeth (Kerkman) Schindler. Dave was baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Elgin. He attended St. Boniface Catholic Elementary School and graduated in May of 1964 from St. Boniface Catholic High School. Dave farmed from 1964 to 1992 and married Linda Kathryn Kluthe on June 20, 1970 at St. Boniface...

George “Mike” Michael Lampe was born on December 1, 1953 to George and Leila (Broadstone) Lampe in Beatrice. Mike, as he was known by family and friends, “walked to the beat of a different drum.” He attended school in Beatrice. Family remembers him as a kind and loving man; and perhaps a little ornery on occasion. In high school, he worked for Bell’s Western Wear. Mike, with his horse Penny, did barrel racing in 4-H. He even did a little rodeo bull...