Carol was born Karen Kay High Hawk to Abel Iron Rope Sr. and Vera High Hawk in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, where her parents were working in the potato fields at the time. She grew up in Alliance, Nebraska with her siblings: Rita, Edwin, Crystal, Abel Jr., Darlene, Peter, and Sandor. She worked the fields hauling bales, harvesting and sorting potatoes, and working in the fields of beets and beans. She met the love of her life (and sometimes the bane of her existence—laugh) Tillo Herrera with

Frances Thyne, loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, September 24, 2019.

Frances was born November 19, 1921, to Iver and Florence (Buckley) Lingwood in Crawford, Nebraska.

Frances Lingwood married Robert Bachmann in 1940. She later married Bill Thyne in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado.

Frances worked for Dr. Owen for 20 years as a medical assistant in Hay Springs and Gordon. This was the beginning of caring for others

Pat Douglas Hebbert, age 61, of Ashby, Nebraska passed away, Tuesday, September 24, 2019, at Monaco Care and Rehabilitation Center in Denver, Colorado.

Memorial Services will be held, 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 5, 2019, at the Ashby Congregational Church in Ashby with Kevin Burton of Scottsbluff, Neb., officiating. 

The family chose cremation. Interment will be held in the Ashby Cemetery. 

Memorials are suggested to the Grant County Rescue Squad: P.O. Box 164-Hyannis, NE

On the morning of September 11, 2019, Judy Ryan of Chadron passed away at the age of 62. Judy was born in Chadron to Allen “Pat” and Rita Baker.

Judy was a hard worker and a happy person. She lover her Guernsey cows, birds, dogs and cats. She was known for her butter making and good cooking. Judy was an avid gardener and canned many quarts of vegetables. She liked feeding the birds, and taking care of her yard and home. Judy was a wonderful person that was loved and will be missed

Don Edward Rager, a Wellington, Kansas, resident for 54 years and a loving father, grandfather and great-grandfather passed away on Thursday, September 19, 2019, at Ascension Via Christi - St. Francis in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 94.

Don was born the son of Arthur Wayne and Selena Rachel (Kyles) Rager on Saturday, January 24, 1925, on a farm four miles South of Gordon, Nebraska. It was here that Don was raised by his mother after his father passed away when he was only one and a half

Thomas Malmberg died September 4, 2019, in Amberg, Germany. Tom, known as Joe to his older siblings, is survived by Charlie, Jack, June, Nancy and Sally. A reputation for being ‘ornery’, Joe would lock himself in the pickup to postpone attending country school. School for him was what had to be endured before he could practice his ice skating skills with his sister, Sally. At one time or another he worked as a ranch hand with his dad, Emil, and each of his brothers in the Sandhills

Kenneth H. Leach passed away on August 1, 2019, at Cascades Living Facility, Grass Valley, Calif. He was 93. He was born on August 27, 1925, near Merriman, Nebraska.

Ken is survived by his wife, Delores; his children, Christopher Blum (Norma), Martha Blum, Louisa Lucie-Smith, Janet Bailey (Steve), Marsha Burch, and Karen Anderson (Jeffrey); fourteen grand-children, Nick Bailey, Christopher Bailey, Samantha Bailey, Anna Burch, Gavin Burch, Luke Anderson, William Anderson, Jordan Anderson

Ruth JoAnn (Kockrow) Pauly passed away on September 14, 2019, at Sanford Ava’s Hospice House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, at the age of 87.

JoAnn (as she preferred to be called) was born on October 4, 1931, to Raymond and Lillian Kockrow in Fairbury, Nebraska. The family lived on several farms before purchasing a farm near Rushville, Nebraska in 1945. JoAnn attended high school there, graduating in 1947. After high school she attended Chadron State College for one year and earned an