Obituaries | Ainsworth Star-Journal

Annabelle (Thayer) Hale

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Graveside services for Ann Hale, 85 of Merriman, NE will be held April 27, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. MST at the Merriman Memorial Cemetery, Merriman, NE.

Maynard E. Harr, age 93 of Ainsworth, NE, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, April 6, 2024. He was born on December 16, 1930 in Ainsworth, NE to Maynard O. Harr and Edythe I. (Cassel) Harr.

Benjamin Chester Fink

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Benjamin “Benj” Chester Fink, 72, of Elsmere, NE was born to Chester “Eugene” Fink and Dana Ruth Milleson Fink on March 5, 1952 in Broken Bow, NE. Benj passed away April 5, 2024 at Kearney Regional Hospital, Kearney, NE.

Thomas O. Strand

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Thomas Oli Strand was born on February 1, 1961, to Shep and Elizabeth (Slattery) Strand in Ainsworth, NE and passed away on March 24, 2024, at the Winner Regional Hospital in Winner, SD. Tom grew up in Ainsworth and in 1983, he married Patsy Denny of Newport, NE.

Maynard E. Harr

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Funeral Service for Maynard E. Harr, age 93, of Ainsworth, NE will he held on Friday, April 12, 2024 at 10:30 a.m.

Robert “Bob” Franklin Brady, 80

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Robert “Bob” Franklin Brady, age 80, of Springfield, NE passed away on March 28, 2024 at his residence. He was born on July 31, 1943 in Ainsworth, NE to Dr. Rolland Brady and Helen Shrimpton Brady. Bob married Jacqueline L. Walter on June 12, 1966 in Benkleman, NE and she survives.

Carole M. Witt, 79

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Word has been received of the death of Carole M. Witt, age 79, of Valentine, NE. Carole Witt died Friday, March 29, 2024 in her daughter’s home at Valentine. Memorial Services will be held at a later date with inurnment in the Ainsworth Cemetery.

Mary E. Daniels, 91

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Mary Elizabeth (Harris) Daniels was born in 1932 in Rogers, AR to Samuel Roger and Cora (Williams) Harris. She passed away on Monday, March 25, 2024 at the Rock County Hospital Long Term Care in Bassett, NE at the age of 91 years, six months and 19 days.

Dionne Gilespie, 89

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

A Memorial Mass for Dionne Gillespie, age 89, of Norfolk, NE will be 10:30 a.m. on Friday, April 5, 2024, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Norfolk. Reverend Brett Jamrog will be celebrant, with burial in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Norfolk.

Nellie E. (Jackson) Johnson

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Nellie (Jackson) Johnson was born to R.A. (Dick) and Josephine Maye (Wheeler) Jackson on a farm southeast of Ainsworth, NE on May 3rd, 1929 and passed away March 15th, 2024 at the Sandhills Care Center.