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Sunday night the St. Stephen’s Altar Society hosted their annual Fall Harvest Soup Supper. Tables were decorated with fall leaves, pumpkins and gourds for fall. Soups and desserts were served and many delicious homemade items were for sale in the Country Store. Those who donated items are in parenthesis. Prize winners were: Split the Pot- Loren Ostdiek Kid’s Raffle- two tricycles (donated by Landmark Implement)-Sutton Sanson and Delaney Mazour Cornhole Toss (Faimon Electric)- Keith Kohmetscher Fishing Pole (Faimon Electric) -Nancy Hoelting Sim...
The Red Cross will be back to Nelson in two weeks, from 9 to 3 p.m., Friday, Nov. 12. It will be exactly eight weeks since the Red Cross was in Nelson. Therefore, if you donated then, you are again eligible to donate. Can you spare less than an hour out of your busy day? Appointments are highly recommended. Walk-ins will only be taken if there is an opening. You can schedule online at www.redcross blood.org or call Sally Uhrmacher at 402-225-4292 for assistance. First timers are always needed. You’re never too old to start! Go ahead and get t...
Florists across central United States will gather more than 20 tons of food for those in need Nov. 8 through 13. Dubbed “Caring Rose Week,” the stores are deeply discounting bouquets of one dozen roses and accepting canned goods as partial payment. Florists in each community designate a food-distribution charity in their area. The canned goods collected are distributed to feed those within the community who cannot otherwise meet their nutritional needs. Coming at the onset of seasonally cold weather, the program helps food-distribution pro...
Sandra Borden, Brodstone Memorial Hospital's long-time chief financial officer who recently retired after 45 years of service, was honored with the Nebraska Hospital Association (NHA) Meritorious Service Award this past week. The Meritorious Service award recognizes the long-term contributions of members to the association and their individual hospitals. This award recognizes longevity and breadth of service of an individual, not only to their facility, but to health care in the state. During...
Former Nelson resident Mary F. Garvin, 59, died Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, at Harvard Rest Haven. Rosary will be 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, at Butler Volland Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Hastings with Father Denton Morris officiating. Burial is at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings. Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m., Friday with family present from 6 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour prior to service at the church....
Sandra Sue Nelson, the daughter of Frankie Dean and Stella Maxine (Montgomery) Hall, was born on Aug. 11, 1961, in Superior, Neb. She died on Oct. 21, 2021 at Agrex, Inc., at Superior, at the age of 60 years, 2 months, 10 days. Sandy attended Superior Public Schools graduating from Superior High School with the Class of 1979. She furthered her education at Cloud County Community College. She married Kendall Nelson on Oct. 16, 1982, and to this union two sons were born. Sandy was employed at...
The funeral for Darin L. Koepke, 53, Hadar, was at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27, at St. John's Lutheran Church in rural Pierce. The Rev. Jacob Tuma officiated with burial in Zion East Lutheran Cemetery in rural Hoskins. Visitation was from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Stonacek Funeral Chapel in Norfolk. Darin, a mentor to many and a friend to all, died Oct. 21, 2021, at BryanWest MedicalCenter in Lincoln, surrounded by his "three girls," his loving spouse and two beautiful daughters. Born on Feb. 3,...
Candy L. Sanders, 63, daughter of Robert Allen Dyke and Lucille (Allen) Dyke was born Nov. 4, 1957 at Lee Summit, Mo., and died Oct. 20, at Republic County Hospital, Belleville. Candy was united in marriage to Albert Sanders on Dec. 31, 2002. She was a CNA and had worked at Belleville Health Care Center and Country Place Living. She was preceded in death by her father, Robert Allen Dyke, and one brother, Terry Dyke. She is survived by her husband, Albert Sanders of Belleville; mother, Lucille Nester; three daughters: Mrs. James Turnage (Kimberl...
Friends in Superior have learned of death last week of Kathie Jensen, a resident of Vacouver, Wash. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Beck and a former resident of Superior. A family member said it appeared her heart gave out after a combination of health issues. A former employee of The Superior Express, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Jensen. Both were members of the Superior High School Class of 1968. At the time of his death, he was the manager of the Superior Utility Department....
Diana Dale (Dilley) Goebel, 86, died Oct. 17. She was born Sept. 4, 1935, at Lebanon, Kan., to Thelma (Rice) and Orville Dilley. She received her formal education attending Cora country school and graduated from the Lebanon High School. She was united in marriage with Junior Dean Goebel on Feb. 8, 1955, and settled in Red Cloud to make their home. After the Korean War and some time later, they were blessed with a daughter, Barbara Jean, and brought her home on Easter of 1966. On Feb. 3, 1974, Diana became a single parent with the death of her...
Larry Siebenneicher, 62, son of Eugene and Vera (Koerwitz) Siebenneicher was born on Feb. 12, 1959, in Deshler. He died Oct. 16, 2021 in Lincoln, Neb. Larry was united in marriage to Kristine Benker on March 4,1978. Larry worked at Reinke Manufacturing for 32 years. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, riding motorcycles, time with family and experimenting with new foods with his grill and smoker. Larry was preceded in death by his parents and an infant brother. He is survived by his wife, Kris Siebenneicher; daughter, Mrs. Cody Peterson (Shawna) of...
Donna J. Pruitt, 94, daughter of James H. Lewis and LoRee L. (Eliott) Lewis was born Feb. 19, 1927, at Newton, and died Oct. 15, at Republic County Hospital, Belleville. After graduating from Belleville High School in 1945 and graduating from the University of Kansas, Donna worked for two years in interior design in Kansas City, Mo. She was united in marriage to Melvin A. Pruitt on Sept. 28, 1952. After their marriage, Melvin and Donna lived in Corpus Christi, Texas, for a year. She and her husband returned to Belleville where she worked for...
Richard H.W. Degner, 95, of Hebron, the son of Richard H. and Wilhemina (Rosenkoetter) Degner was born June 2, 1926 in Hebron. He died Thursday, Oct. 21, at Mary Lanning Health Care in Hasting. Richard grew up on a farm by Friedensau, attending school and graduating from Deshler High School with the Class of 1944. He was inducted in the United States Army March 22, 1945, during WWII. He was honorably discharged Nov. 19, 1945. After returning from the service, he was employed by the Soil Conservation Service and helped plant Nebraska National...
Mary Beth (Reiss) Bruning was born on a farm near Belvidere, on April 14, 1929, to Paul and Amy (Babka) Reiss. Midwife Mary Spickelmier was set to do the delivery, but since Mary was breach, Dr. Bancroft was summoned from Hebron. Dr. Bancroft traveled on an unpaved, muddy Highway 81 arriving just in time to deliver Mary. Brother Walter Edward joined the family in 1933. Mary’s younger years were filled with joy and adventures as she,brother Walt and cousins Ed and Leonard Babka and Lucy Kerl were often up to no good...or “responsible pla...
Roderick “Rod” D. Goff, 57, died Thursday, in Ellsworth, Kan. He was born May 11, 1964 in Beloit, to Benjamin and Irene (Russell) Goff. Rod was the on-site manager of Carrico Implement in Ellsworth. He married Betsy Thompson in Ellsworth on Feb. 14, 2019. Rod is survived by his wife, Betsy of Ellsworth; brother, Curt Goff of Beloit; and sister, Mrs. Dale Walls (Yvonne) of Colorado. He was preceded in death by his parents and sisters, Erma Jean Goff, Sondra Hyman and Brenda Goff....
Raymond J. "Pete" Princ, 95, entered into rest on Thursday, Oct. 21, at his residence in Lebanon, Kan. He was born on June 12, 1926, to John and Anna (Svaty) Princ. He was a 1944 graduate of Lucas High School. He was a star athlete who participated in all sports. He was an avid sports fan. He liked fishing any day in any weather. He enjoyed seeing his children, grandchildren and great- grandchildren play in all sporting events. Raymond served in United States Army during World War II. He was in...
Thirty-two Class D-2 Eight Man Football teams began their journey in the State Playoff system last Thursday. Among those 32 teams there were four games where the lower seeded team won. Unfortunately, for Lawrence- Nelson players and fans, the Raiders were not among those four. Their matchup with the number one rated team in Class D-2 (Sandhill-Thedford) ended the football season for the L-N Raiders as they suffered a loss to the tune of 20-60. With the game played in Dunning, Nebraska, the S-T team took little time to prove they are the top...
Timing is the key. They say it is hard to beat any team three times in a season and we’ve seen plenty of examples of that over the years. However, we get a whole new chance this year. The Class D-2 Sub-District tournaments began Monday evening and L-N played and defeated Wilcox-Hildreth 3-0. The 4-team tournament had Silver Lake as the No. 1 team and they played the No. 4 seed, Franklin. Well, Franklin defeated Silver Lake and the L-N Raiders get to play Franklin Tuesday night for the Sub-District championship. And . . . guess what . . . it i...
The L-N Lady Raiders finished the regular season of volleyball last week with a victory over Franklin. The 3-0 win gave the girls a won/loss record of 15 wins, 14 losses on the season. They prepare to play in the Sub-District tournament this week. The Franklin game, however, looked good. Different team members stepped up in different categories to complement each other and secure the win. For example: Attacking: Emma led the team with 11 Kills as she was good on 20-24 attempts; she was closely followed by Kara Menke with 21 of 23 good hits for...
The Rock Hills Cross Country team ran the regional meet at Centralia Lake on Saturday. Ninety young men lined up to run the course on a cool Saturday morning. Freshman, Trystyn Reynolds placed 39th running the course in 20:35. Freshman Kobi Bowers placed 44th finishing the race in 20:52. Senior Kit Wagner finished his senior season with a season best of 23:40 placing 78th. Even though the Rock Hills team did not individually qualify for state this year, the future is bright for the Rock Hills...
The three members of the Rock Hills High School cross country team attempted to qualify for the state meet Saturday over the 5K Centralia Lake course in Centralia. Trystyn Reynolds and Kobi Bowers, freshmen, joined senior Kit Wagner for the race. Reynolds placed 39th with his time of 20.35. Bowers took 44th place with his time of 20:52, Wagner posted his fastest time of the season, 23:40, for 78th place. There were 90 runners in the filed....
The Rock Hills High School football team closed out the regular season portion of their schedule with a 52-6 loss to St, John’s-Tipton at Beloit Friday. The game was called with 10:07 remaining in the third period because of the 45-point mercy rule. The loss left the Grizzlies with a 1-6 record for the season along with one cancellation. The Grizzlies travel to Linn, Thursday, for D11 cross-district play off game. Kick off time is set for 6 p.m....
The topsy-turvy season of the Rock Hills High School volleyball team concluded Saturday with their elimination from post-season play with their two-set loss, 9-25 and 13-25, to Thunder Ridge to Osborne Saturday at the first round sub-state qualifier. The Grizzlies split their final regular season matches at the Lincoln triangular last Tuesday. Rock Hills swaept wilson, 25-18 and 25-8, in two sets. Thye fell to Lincoln in three sets, 15-25, 18-25 and 20-25. The team ended 2021 their season with a 6-13 record. Danica Frost and Lauren Whelchel com...
The two runners who qualified for the state cross country meet from the Superior High School boys and girls cross country teams, Laci Kirchhoff and Hunter Mazzulla, competed in the 5K race over the Kearney Country Club course at Kearney Saturday. Mazzulla, a freshman, finished in 81st place in the 133 runner field with his time of 19:33.8. Kirchhoff, a junior, took 72nd place in the 125 runner field with her time of 23:40. It was her first season competing in cross country....
The Superior High School volleyball team took second place at the Southern Nebraska Conference tournament when they fell to Class C-1 Fairbury, 25-21, 25-23, 18-25 and 18-25, at Milford Thursday. The Wildcats opened sub-district play at Superior Monday. They swept Sandy Creek in three sets, 25-16, 25-19 and 25-8. They faced off against Sutton in the final round of sub-district play Tuesday, at Superior. Results of the match were unavailable at press time. Shayla Meyer topped the Wildcats kill...
