James Howard Powers passed away Jan. 12, 2021, at his home in DeWitt with his family at his side. James was born March 16, 1928, to Kenneth and Blanche Powers at their home south of DeWitt near … more

Susan Marie (Slama) Johnson, 43, passed away Jan. 7, 2021, at Lakeside Hospital in Omaha.  Susan was born in Friend on July 16, 1977. She attended Evergreen School District 25 from grades … more

David Sinn, age 53, of Wilber, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, at the Wilber Care Center. He was born April 21, 1967, in Lincoln, to Rosemary Notaro Walhstrom. He graduated from Beatrice … more

Norman E. Fritz, age 84, of Wilber, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. Norman was born on the family farm on April 1, 1936, to Edward and Rose (Vosika) Fritz in Saline County. He graduated from … more

Stephen "Steve" Sunday, 68, of Wilber, (formerly of David City), died Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, at Bryan LGH West in Lincoln. Steve was born April 17, 1952, in Lamar, Colorado, to William and Frances … more

James V. Cain Jr. died Dec. 8, 2020, of Covid-19 related illness at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff at the age of 95. For the past 15 months, he had been living at the Western Nebraska … more

Adela Smisek, age 100 years, was born on a farm near Swanton to Ed and Valesta (Jelinek) Karl and passed away at the Wilber Care Center on Dec. 8, 2020. She attended school and graduated from … more

Clarice Filipi, age 79, was born Jan. 15, 1941, in Firth to Richard and Ethel (Hoover) Bouwens and passed away at her home in Crete on Dec. 8, 2020. She was raised on a farm by Firth. She was … more

Albina “Abby” (Zoubek) Vacek, 93 was born on a farm five miles north and half a mile west of Western on Sept. 9, 1927, to John and Albina Zoubek. She attended Swan Valley School … more

Dorothy Lillie (Vidlak) Opocensky was born in Swanton on June 5, 1923, and passed away in Sherwood, Oregon, on Nov. 14, 2020, at age 97. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Opocensky, … more