John Joe Novotny passed away July 22, 2021, at the age of 82 at Rapid City, S.D. He was born on April 18, 1939 to Adolph and Albina (Koupal) Novotny. He was delivered by a midwife in Martin. He was the youngest of 6 children. As a young child his parents and 5 siblings, Dorothy, George, Jane, Larry and Dorine moved to a farm south of Gordon, Neb., in 1940. Just before Christmas in 1941 they moved to the farm 3 miles east of Batesland that they had purchased. His grandmother Anna Novotny also

Naomi Larson Bussinger, 83, of Gordon, passed away Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at Gordon Memorial Hospital with her family by her side.

Naomi was born December 20, 1937, in Bassett, Neb., to Garfield and Lena Larson. She graduated from Rock County High School in 1956, and was united in marriage to Marvin Bussinger on July 23, 1956, in Bassett, Neb.

Naomi and Marv moved to Pinedale, Wyo., where they worked at a hunting and fishing camp. Naomi was the cook and Marvin was the wrangler. They lived in

Sharon J. Maltbie passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at Parkview Assisted Living in Rushville. Sharon was born on July 13, 1943 to Aletha & John Case in Chadron, Neb. where she grew up and attended school.

After her high school years, she attended beauty school, married, and had two children. Eventually, Sharon moved to Pueblo, Colorado where she met the true love of her life, Darius Maltbie. They were united in marriage on May 12, 1977. Despite Darius being a big Oklahoma

Sheryl Ann Tiensvold-Dean passed away suddenly but peacefully March 11th, 2021 at the age of 76. She is preceded in death by her parents Mary and Howard Tiensvold of Rushville, NE, sister Marilyn Kay and brother Leroy H Tiensvold. Sheryl is survived by her 4 daughters and 7 grandchildren. Daughter Marni Kurtz and husband Greg of Sammamish, WA,  Lanie Dean Griffin of Walnut Creek, CA, Andrea Beyer of Murrieta, CA whom she lived with these past 11 years,  Shannon Dean and husband Alex

Funeral services for Dolores Kutschara will be held on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 10:00 AM at the United Methodist Church in Hay Springs, Nebraska with Pastor Paul Smith officiating. 

Dolores Mae Kutschara, 90, of Hay Springs passed away at Heritage Estates in Gering, Nebraska. March 14, 2021 after her battle with cancer. Dolores was born in Rushville, Nebraska on May 25, 1930 to Leonard and Hattie Ross, she was the 5th child born to this union of 10 children.

She graduated from

Virginia (Ginger) Mae (Tiensvold) Ragsdale, age 80, passed away in Mesa, Ariz. on March 20, 2021.

She was born in Rushville, Neb. on August 17, 1940 and was the second daughter of Hiran and Loretta Tiensvold. Ginger graduated from Rushville High School and later attended a business college in Denver, Colo. She then moved to Helena, Mont. and work at the Union Bank. Ginger met her husband of 57 years, Gordon Ragsdale, in June of 1962. They were engaged in July and married on August 3 of the

Judith A Taylor (Bolek) was born March 30, 1944 to Joseph and Edna Bolek in Rushville, NE. 

Judy was finally reunited with the love of her life on April 2, 2021. Her beloved husband of 51 years (June 1, 1963) Jack Taylor, died in 2014, and Judy spent the last six years talking about how much she was looking forward to seeing him in heaven.  Together they lived out most of her life in the Sandhills on ranches.  After retiring, they moved to Ogalalla to be involved with their

Connie J. McNare, 62, of Merriman, NE, passed away Thursday, March 4, 2021 at Bennett County Hospital in Martin, SD.

Connie was born July 7, 1958, in Gordon, Nebraska to Raymond and Joy (Holeman) Weimer. She received her early education in country schools near Merriman and later graduated from high school in Martin, SD in 1976. Connie attended Chadron State College for a few years before returning to Martin where she worked in the laundry department at the Bennett County Nursing Home and