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Verna Jane Lewis, 79, of Burr Oak, died Sept. 26 at Superior. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, Oct. 1, at Highland Cemetery, near Northbranch. Friends may call or stop by from 4 to 8 p.m.,on Thursday at the Megrue-Price Funeral Home, Superior....
Juanita Mae Boley, 91, died peacefully at home Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, in Salina, Kan. Juanita was the youngest of 10 siblings. On Aug. 11, 1930, she was born at home in rural Valley Falls, Kan., to John William Strawn and Luella Jane (Grahem) Strawn. Juanita married Louis Raphael Boley on June 17, 1953, at Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Topeka. They were happily united in marriage for more than 65 years. He proceeded her in death. Together, they were blessed with five children:...
Robert D. Todd, 80, was born at Lincoln, Neb., to Chester D. and Dorothy (Bell) Todd. He died at his home in Jewell, Kan. Robert attended rural school by Ash- land, Neb., and graduated from Waverly High School. Robert then went on to attend and complete his bachelor's degree from University of Nebraska, Lincoln,. Robert Married Loretta (Bryant) Todd on the Aug. 22, 1965. Robert taught school, managed several co-ops, drove semi-trucks and enjoyed making things from wood and metal at his own...
A funeral for Linda L. Swenson will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at the Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege, Neb., with Pastors Tim Swenson and Jeff Kimberly officiating. Interment will follow at the Prairie Home Cemetery in Holdrege. Linda Lou Swenson, 74, of Holdrege, died, Sept. 25, 2021, at the Bryan Medical Center in Lincoln, Neb. Linda was born in Red Cloud, Neb., on July 31, 1947, the fourth of eight children, born to Emil and Ada (Smith) Sidlo. She received her...
Jason David Kussman, 46, died peacefully in his sleep on Sept. 20, at his home in Hardy. Jason was born on June 27, 1975, in Hastings to David Earl Kussman and Deborah (Helms) Kussman. He graduated from high school in Belleville in 1993. He was united in marriage to Shannon Stacy Patterson on Dec. 23, 1999, in Nelson. To this union three children were born, Haley, Brice and Brent. Jason worked most of his life farming and enjoyed putting up hay. He did custom swathing and baling for numerous...
Myron Henry Peters, age 85, was born Aug. 14, 1936, at the farm near Byron, Neb., to Henry and Edna Peters. God called Myron to his eternal resting place with Him on Saturday, Sept. 25, while at the home he was born in. Myron was baptized into Christ Jesus on Aug. 30, 1936, by Pastor L. C. Lentz at St. John's Lutheran Church near Byron. He confirmed his faith on March 18, 1951, by the Rev. Karl Graff. His confirmation verse was II Corinthians 12:9. Myron attended rural country school near Byron...
Charles H. Jacobson, 96, died Tuesday, Sept. 21, at the Good Samaritan Society's Superior home. He was born in Formoso, Kan., to Henry Elza and Harrietta Grace (Kinsey) Jacobson. He graduated from Montrose High School. He married Virginia M. Walker on March 16, 1983. She preceded him in death on Dec. 24, 1994. He was a lifelong farmer. He was affectionately known as "The Mayor of Montrose" and was a member of the United Methodist Church. He served on the soil conservation board and local...
James "JD" Baltzell, 52 of Paxton, died Sept. 21, at the Ogallala Community Hospital. JD was born Aug. 20, 1969, at Goodland, Kan., to Otis (Jim) and Billie (Morland) Baltzell. He attended school at Wauneta before graduating from Paxton High School with the Class of 1989. JD married Lisa Still on March 16, 1991, at Paxton. JD worked for Titan Industries for several years before eventually taking a job at Nebraska Public Power District in warehouse inventory. He would later work at Claas before...
The Superior High School girls golf team keeps on rolling to success. The Wildcats took second place at the Fullerton Invitational last Tuesday. The 18-hole event was played over the Pawnee Hills Golf Course. Superior took second place in the nine team field with a score of 406. The four lowest team member scores are used to compile the team score. There were 42 golfers entered in the event. Emma Henderson led Superior with her round of 97. That was good for the fifth place individual medal. Hal...
The Superior High School football season picked up their third win of the season with a 24-0 win over the Sandy Creek Cougars at Superior Friday. The win improved the Wildcats season record to 3-2. Superior scored all the points it would need in the second quarter. The defense performed at a high level throughout the game and sealed the win. Dane Miller completed four of his nine pass attempts for 67 yards. Jacob Meyer snagged two receptions for 38 yards. Aiden Humphries nabbed one pass for 17...
It was a rough outing for the Superior Wildcat volleyball team as a strong Class C1 Fairbury Jeffs squad handed them a four-set, 13-25, 25-22, 25-20 and 26-24 loss at Superior last Tuesday. The Wildcats played above their class at the Adams Central Invitational at Hastings Saturday. Superior swept Class B Gering in two sets, 31-29 and 25-19. The Class C1 Malcolm Clippers swept Superior in two sets, 16-25 and 18-25. Another Class C1 school, the Broken Bow Indians, also swept Superior in two...
The Superior High School girls and boys cross country teams competed at the Franklin Invitational, at Franklin, last Tuesday. The boys varsity team finished in eighth place in the 15 team field over the 5K course. Hunter Mazzulla led the Wildcat harriers with a 17th place finish with his time of 20:27.27. Brett Miller came in 20th with his time of 20:45.14. Gavin Ekstein took 34th place with his time of 22:10.58. Luka Benjamin finished in 67th place with the time of 27:08.49. There were 72...
The Lawrence-Nelson volleyball team split a pair of games at their triangular match at Nelson last Tuesday. The Raiders handed the Fillmore Central Panthers a three-set, 25-21, 23-25 and 25-21 loss. The Raiders then fell to Thayer Central in two sets, 21-25 and 13-25. The Silver Lake Mustangs swept the Raiders in three sets, 23-25, 20-25 and 21-25, at Nelson, Thursday. The Raiders were in opening round action at the Hastings St. Cecilia tournament Tuesday with results unavailable at press time....
There are times when if you can't say something nice, it is best to say nothing at all. This reporter will just mention Kenesaw 75, Lawrence-Nelson 6. That was the score of Friday's Kenesaw-Raiders game Kenesaw held a 47-6 lead at the half. They added 14 points in each of the final two quarters. The 35 point mercy rule was in effect for the second half. The clock ran continuously with few exceptions such as team and injury time-outs and penalties. Krayton Kucera completed eight of 28 passes for...
Ouch . . . That hurt . . . Go play one of the best Class D-2 teams in the state and you need your best effort and performance. And . . . that didn't happen for the L-N Raiders Friday during their trip to Kenesaw to play a team in the top four (NSAA point standings) in the State Class D-2 rankings. To simplify the report of the game, a person could say the Raiders were taken advantage of in the kicking game and gave Kenesaw "short fields" for most of the game and they knew what to do with that ad...
Once again a tough schedule has tested the Lady Raider from L-N. Last week games were two again Class C-2 team and a greatly improved D-2 team. The ending of the week saw the girls with a season record of eight wins and eight losses as they cross the half way mark of the year. L-N hosted all games last week with a triangular on Tuesday and a single game on Thursday. L-N – FILLMORE CENTRAL: 25-21, 23-25, 25-21: Each Set had its own personality. SET 1: Score was tied seven times in the first half...
