Obituaries

Word has been received of the death of Lori Ann Jeffers, age 49, of Ainsworth, NE. Lori Jeffers passed away recently at her home in Ainsworth.

Lorideen (Deanie) May (Bejot) Larabee was born to Jesse Francis and Leah Ida (Primmer) Bejot on April 3, 1938 in Ainsworth, NE. She died May 20, 2024 in Ames, IA, 86 years old.

James R. “Jim” Stucker, 71 of Kearney, NE, formerly of Elm Creek, passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. A celebration of life was held Saturday, May 18, 2024 at O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney. Inurnment will be held at a later date.

May 12th - May 18th, 2024 Sunday, May 12th Issued a citation to a Nebraska driver for driving an unauthorized motor vehicle within city limits without flags or registration. Received a report regarding the unauthorized use of pasture for cattle grazing.

Mickey “Mick” Mark Goodrich was born September 17, 1944, in Ainsworth, NE and passed away on December 6, 2023, in the Rock County Hospital. Mick was the youngest child born to Milo and Florence Goodrich of Sparks, NE where his parents ranched. He went to school at the small schoolhouse that supported the local area and then moved to Springview, NE during his high school years living with his grandparents Huber and Carrie Goodrich.

Emogene Whitten, devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend, sewed a life legacy of family, Christian service to others, creativity and a fun element of spunkiness. She entered her heavenly home on Thursday, May 9th, after a short battle with cancer. The threads of her life began November 16, 1930 in Rayville, MO, born to Eula Beryl Happy and Robert Edwin Happy. She was the middle child with brothers, Bob and Norm, all close in age. All three were born at home on the farm just behind the church. They attended the Turnage grade school where all three siblings rode Tony, the pony, to school. Her parents divorced when she was young, and family values of hard work and independence were stitched closely by their mother and maternal grandparents, Ora (Hankins) and Jesse Ann Turnage. For a while, they all lived together in a two-bedroom house. Emogene and her mother shared the extra bedroom; the boys took turns sleeping on the sofa or living room floor.

Margaret Ann Wales was born February 26, 1949, in Ainsworth, NE to Benjamin Hartgrave and Maxine Ewing. She departed this life unexpectedly at her home in Inavale, NE on May 8, 2024.

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Sharron Evonne Jochem, 84 of Ainsworth, NE, passed away on May 7, 2024, at the Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth, NE. Sharron was born on May 5, 1940, in Kearney, NE.

A Memorial Visitation for Emogene Whitten, age 93 of Ainsworth, NE, formerly of Omaha, NE, will be held on Thursday, May 16, 2024 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Hoch Funeral Home in Ainsworth. Emogene Whitten passed away May 9, 2024 at her residence in Ainsworth. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Omaha, NE.