Obituaries

Dean Charles Honnen was born on August 28,1935, to Oscar and Blanche (Kenyon) Honnen. He passed away peacefully in Lincoln on August 30, 2020 at the age of 85 years, 2 days. Dean was a Letter Carrier for the U.S. Postal Service for 29 years and was a Lifetime Member of the National Association of Letter Carriers. He was also a faithful serving member of the Havelock United Methodist Church.

Joanne Gracey passed away December 26, 2019 at the Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth, NE at the age of 90. She was born to parents Archie R. Parr and Lois (Tooker) Parr on July 10, 1929 in Merna, NE. After graduating from Merna High School in 1946, Jo (as she preferred) married Herbert Staab and had a son, Michael. She worked for Northwestern Bell for several years, living in Broken Bow. In 1953, she married Ralph D. Gracey and had two sons, Mark and Cameron.

Florence Colleen Carrier was born on December 31, 1941 in Valentine. Ten children in the family, she was the ninth child born to Harley D. and Charlotte Alta (Emmons) Carrier. Florence passed away on August 31 at Pine View Good Samaritan in Valentine.