All Obituaries

Wayne L. Jacobsen, 87, of Tecumseh, Nebraska, passed away September 14, 2021 at the Good Samaritan Center in Beatrice, Nebraska.  He was born to Albert and Musie (Maranello) Jacobsen on November 21, 1933 at Murdock, Nebraska. As a child, Wayne, went by "Bus", which was short for Buster.  His family still call him that today. Wayne went to school in Murdock, NE, before joining the Army in 1956.  He was stationed in Germany, where he was a pistol sharpshooter...

Roger D. Ray, former Tecumseh and Kearney, Nebraska resident, passed away Tuesday, September 21, 2021 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Roger was born August 7, 1940 to Lee and Mary Ann (Ballard) Ray in Tecumseh, Nebraska. Roger attended Tecumseh Senior High where he was a football letterman and FFA treasurer, graduating in 1958. He went on to receive his Bachelor of Science in Education from Peru State College and later earned his Master’s Degree in Education from Kearney State...

Jason Adam James, 43, of Des Moines, Iowa passed away on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa.  He was born December 1, 1977 in Omaha, Nebraska, to Denis and Kristine (Binder) James.  They lived with Grandmother Beth Binder on the family farm near Table Rock, Nebraska.  In his young years, Jason lived in Shenandoah, Iowa and Colorado.  In December of 1984, Jason and his mom moved back to the farm in Table Rock and Jason...

Charlene E. Hippen, 83, of Lewiston, Nebraska, passed away Friday, September 17, 2021 at her home at Lewiston, Nebraska. She was born February 20, 1938 to L. H. Lovitt and Marguerite Hause, Lovitt,  Searcey, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.  She was the second of five children. They lived in Scottsbluff for approximately 6 years and then moved to a farm near Tecumseh.  Charlene attended rural elementary school at District 44.  She...

Raymond William Pettinger, 98, of Burchard, Nebraska was born on October 2, 1922 to Joseph and Anna (Fitz) Pettinger in Pawnee County, Nebraska.  Raymond was the sixth of nine children.  Raymond grew up helping his family on their farm.  He graduated from Burchard High School  in 1941.  Raymond continued working on the farm until he was called to serve his country as an Army MP in WWII from 4/2/1945 to 12/13/1946.  Following the war,...

Dr. Larry Eugene Fleck, Jr. was born on May 24, 1965, in Pawnee City, Nebraska to Larry Eugene Fleck, Sr. and Gayelon Marie (Rohrs) Fleck. He passed from this life on Wednesday, July 21, 2021, in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 56 years. Larry was raised in St. Mary, Nebraska and went to school in Sterling, Nebraska and graduated as the valedictorian of the Sterling High School Class of 1983. He was married on June 8, 1985, in Tecumseh, Nebraska to Lynette Sue (Bartels) Fleck. To...

Stanley Edward Osterhoudt, 71, of Tecumseh, Nebraska, passed away May 27, 2021 at his home in Tecumseh, Nebraska.  He was born to Edward and Ruth (Pratt) Osterhoudt on May 16, 1950 in Kingston, New York.  He attended schools in New York before his entrance into the U.S. Marine Corps on July 31, 1967.  He served his country during the Vietnam Conflict in active duty until transferring to the Marine Corps Reserves in 1971.  He was honorably discharged from...

John Allen Rist, 73, of Humboldt, Nebraska was born on January 27, 1948 in Humboldt, Nebraska to Louis G. and Marjorie (Baker) Rist.  He was raised on a farm southwest of Humboldt and attended school in Humboldt.  John was proud of his heritage.  He was the fifth generation of a Swiss family that came to Humboldt in 1856.  Now there are seven generations who have lived in Nebraska and he was named after his great-grandfather, John Rist.  John graduated from...

On January 22, 1933, in Lincoln Nebraska, Harold ‘Hal’ Chase was born Glenn Harold Chase Jr., the son of Glenn and Sadie Ann Chase and grandson of one of the early settlers of Pawnee City, Nebraska. Being in the heart of the great depression, the Chase family sold and bought businesses moving from Nebraska to Colorado to Kansas and settling on a farm in the Pawnee City area. Harold attended a one-room school in Summerfield, KS.  He went on to attend Wentworth Military...

Burt would like to let you know that his work here is done and Heaven is now where he makes his residence! He received a call with the sort of offer no one can resist. This assignment comes with a huge sign-on bonus, all the benefits a person dreams of, and a blessed reunion with family and friends he has not seen in a while. His new mission takes him to a wonderful place where he will be busy socializing, hunting trophy white-tailed deer, and raising the juiciest tomatoes for Heaven’s...