Mar 22, 2014

Rose B. Sterner , 101 years of age, of Franklin passed away Saturday, March 22, 2014 at her home in Franklin, Nebraska. She was born on June 9, 1912 in Red Cloud, Nebraska to Louis and Mary (Jelinek) Vavricka.

Rose attended Blue Hill High School and Hastings College. She worked as a secretary for an insurance company...

Mar 11, 2014

Gerald Delmar Yelken, age 85 of Franklin, Nebraska, passed away on March 11, 2014 at the Golden Living Venter in Franklin. He was born January18, 1929 on the family farm in Spring Valley, near Riverton, to Dieke and Louise Folkers Yelken.

Gerald grew up in Spring Valley, attended Pleasant Ridge School District 60 through 8th grade and...

Jan 29, 2014

Jack Monroe Blank, of Franklin, Nebraska, was born July 24, 1939, at Lincoln, Nebraska. He was adopted by John C. and Lottie Elizabeth (Schurmer) Blank, and died January 29, 2014, at the Franklin Memorial Hospital, Franklin, Nebraska, at the age of 74 years, 6 months, and 5 days. Jack attended Franklin School, and was a great athletic during his...

Jan 24, 2014

Marilyn Maxine (Kugler Erickson) Chisholm was born March 3, 1933 at her grandfather Daniel E Dyers farm 5 ½ miles from Franklin, Nebraska, to Alma Dyer Kugler and Melvin Leo Kugler. She only weighed 2lbs. but survived due to the intelligent coaching of her grandmother Dyer, and loving care of her mother and cousin Esther. Marilyn grew up under...

Dec 5, 2013

Lloyd Francis Vauthrin was born on February 12, 1923 at the farm house of his parents, Martin and Ruth (Metzger) Vauthrin northwest of Topeka, Kansas. He departed this life on December 5, 2013 at the age of 90 years, 9 months and 16 days. He was preceded in death by his parents, Martin and Elizabeth Vauthrin; son, Ronald Vauthrin;...

Nov 26, 2013

Katherine Elaine "Kathy" (Schmidt) Walker was born February 9, 1952, at the Webster County Hospital in Red Cloud, Nebraska, to Gene Schmidt and Anna H. (Bienhoff) Schmidt, and departed this life on November 26, 2013, at the Golden Living Center, Franklin, Nebraska, at the age of 61 years, 9 months, and 17 days. Kathy was baptized in the Lutheran...

Nov 11, 2013

Alice Eileen Anderson, of Golden Living Center, Franklin, Nebraska, passed way Monday, November 11, 2013, at the age of 85 years. Alice, daughter of Earl Edwin and Edna Pearl (Dean) Rubendall was born August 13, 1928, at Oberlin, Kansas. In Alice's young years the family moved to a farm near Hoxie, Kansas, where they endured the dust storms of...

Nov 3, 2013

Doris Yvonne Roberts departed this life on Sunday, November 3, 2013 at Longmont United Hospital in Longmont, Colorado. She was 82 years old. Doris was born on March 21, 1931 to the proud parents of William Lawrence and Anna (Thomas) Butterfield. She was born on a farm on the south side of Bloomington, Nebraska. Although growing up on the...

Oct 26, 2013

Ethel Irene (Trambly) Sanger was born on February 28, 1921 in Franklin, NE. She was one of 5 children born to Ephraim and Rena (Lynch) Trambly. She attended and graduated from Franklin Public School in 1938. She later attended the Nebraska State Teachers College in Kearney. Ethel was baptized in the First United Methodist Church of Franklin. She was...

Oct 10, 2013

Arnold Lee Dell Johnson, 92 years of age, of Franklin, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, October 10, 2013, at Golden Living Center in Franklin, Nebraska . He was born on April 8, 1921 in Campbell, Nebraska to John and Mabel (Schenk) Johnson. Arnold attended school in Campbell and graduated high school before attending Kearney State College, where he earned a...

Sep 23, 2013

Elmer F. Adam, the son of Marie (Frerichs) and Walter Adam, was born on May 15, 1919 in rural Macon, Nebraska area. He passed away on September 23, 2013 at Bethany Home at the age of 94 years, 4 months, 8 days. Elmer was baptized on May 29, 1919, at Macon, Nebraska, and he was confirmed on April 14,...

Aug 6, 2013

Mardel Irene Hughes was born February 8th, 1931, as the first of four children to Anna (Schnoor) and Francis Farrell. She attended grammar school and graduated from Franklin Schools. She went to Cosmetology school in Omaha and earned her degree. Mardel married Bernerd Baxter and had one child Colleen Baxter born May 1, 1957. Together they lived in Kearney,...

Jul 28, 2013

Keith Lewis Long (June 13, 1920 - July 28, 2013) Keith L. Long was born June 13, 1920, in Stella, Missouri, to Lewis and Ola (Patton) Long. He was the second child of six children. The family moved from Stella to Franklin in 1935 during the depression. After graduating from Franklin High School, in 1939 he moved to Tonganoxie,...

Jun 22, 2013

Hunter Todd Schnuerle, 19 years of age, of Bloomington, Nebraska passed away Saturday, June 22, 2013 from a motor vehicle accident near Naponee, Nebraska. He was born on March 15, 1994 in Kearney, Nebraska to Todd and Paula (Pichler) Schnuerle. He was baptized in May of 1994 at the Naponee Wesleyan Church. Hunter graduated from Franklin High School in...

Jun 1, 2013

Roy George Loschen passed away from this life on Saturday, June 1, 2013, at the Colonial Villa, Alma, Nebraska, at the age of 88 years, 2 months, and 17 days. He was born March 15, 1925, on a farm outside of Macon, Nebraska, to Foka and Maude (Getchel) Loschen. Roy was baptized at St. Pauls Lutheran Church, April 5,...

May 31, 2013

James Robert Moore (Jim) was born June 14, 1944 in Holdrege, NE to Roy and Edna (Scheve) Moore. He died on Friday, May 31, 2013 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE at age 68. He began school at Lone Star School District 50 then attended Bloomington Public School and Franklin Public School (Jr/Sr year) graduating in 1962. He...

Apr 13, 2013

Jeffrey R. "Jeff" Billiar, 58, of Upland passed away Saturday, April 13, 2013 at Franklin County Memorial Hospital in Franklin after an accident. He was born on February 25, 1955 in Ames, Iowa to Dr. Robert and Shirley (Jensen) Billiar. Jeff grew up in South Sioux City, Nebraska. He graduated from South Sioux City High school in 1973. After...

Apr 11, 2013

Ralph Allen Stout II, 77 years of age, of Red Cloud, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2013 at his son's home in Inavale, Nebraska. He was born on February 20, 1936 in Wilbur, Washington to Ralph Allen, I and Elizabeth (Mills) Stout. Ralph was a graduate of Franklin and earned a Bachelor's degree from Chino College, Chino, California,...

Mar 18, 2013

Lyle Junior Stover (Franklin, Nebraska) was born February 16, 1929, in Naponee, Nebraska, to Leonard F. and Edith (Richter) Stover, and died March 18, 2013, at Franklin County Memorial Hospital, Franklin, Nebraska, at the age of 84 years, I month, and 2 days. Lyle had one brother, Lemoine Stover. He was baptized in the Catholic Church in Naponee, Nebraska,...

Mar 3, 2013

Betty Lorene Tooyak , 56, of Franklin, Nebraska, was born July 24, 1956, in Fairbanks Alaska, to Dora Evachuck Tooyak-Weston, and left for her journey to the heavens on March 3, 2013, at the Franklin County Memorial Hospital, Franklin, Nebraska. She graduated Highland High School in Thornton Colorado, and enrolled at Denver Institute of Technology, and earned a Degree...