Obituaries

Memorial Service for Harlin D. Welch, age 88, of Ainsworth, NE will be held on Friday, November 1, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. in the Ainsworth United Methodist Church. Military Honors are to be conducted there by Ainsworth American Legion Post #79. Inurnment will occur at a later date in the Ainsworth Cemetery. Harlin Welch passed away Friday, October 25, 2024 at the Sandhills Care Center in Ainsworth.

God welcomed Michael Lee Schelm home on October 8, 2024. He was surrounded by his father, mother, and sister at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, ID, after an unexpected health issue occurred one week after his 53rd birthday.

Brandon K. Kenner was born April 18, 1985 in Ainsworth, NE to Paul K. and Ronda D. (Rose) Kenner, of Thedford, NE. Brandon got his first horseback ride at one week old. His daddy totally enjoyed it and they never slowed down. Brandon was soon joined by two brothers, Derek and Ty after moving to Wood Lake, NE.

Memorial Service for Michael “Mike” Lee Schelm, age 53, of Idaho Falls, ID will be held on Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. in the Ainsworth Evangelical Free Church. Inurnment will take place at a later time in the Ainsworth Cemetery. Michael Schelm passed away Tuesday, October 8, 2024 in the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls.

Kathryn (Kay) May (Arnquist) Whipple – beloved wife, mother and nana – was born in Duluth, MN on October 25, 1942. She passed away peacefully on October 10, 2024.

Phyllis Georgia Boller, 82, of North Platte, NE passed on to her heavenly home Sunday, October 13, 2024 at The Maples at Centennial Nursing Center. She was born on March 13, 1942 in Ainsworth, NE the daughter of Elmer and Augusta (Wheeler) Mizner.

Funeral Services for Carol P. Larson, age 82, of Ainsworth, NE will be held on Friday, October 25, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. at the Evangelical Free Church near Ainsworth. Burial will follow in the Grandview Cemetery at Long Pine, NE. Carol Larson passed away on Friday, October 18, 2024 at Cottonwood Villa in Ainsworth.

Funeral Service for Brandon Kyle Kenner, age 39, of Wood Lake, NE will be held on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. CT at the Cherry County Fairgrounds in Valentine, NE. Interment will follow in the Mt. Hope Cemetery at Wood Lake. Brandon Kenner passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2024 in the Methodist Hospital in Omaha, NE.

Charlotte Helen Linnerson Beck, 85 years old, born December 14,1938 in Nance County, NE, passed June 20, 2024 in Greeley, CO. She was born to Charlotte “Lottie” Olson and Oscar Linnerson.

Calton Lewis Bretz, 69, of Billings, MT died peacefully at home on October 4, 2024 from pancreatic cancer. He was born on August 16, 1955 in Ainsworth, NE to Nial and Gabrilla (Billie) Bretz.