Obituaries

Joyce M. Pittack, a fifty-five-year resident of Grays Barbor, died on Monday, September 12, 2022. She was born in Naches, WA. Her folks moved back to Nebraska where she attended school in Long Pine and graduated from high school in Bassettt, NE. Joyce attended Norfolk Junior College and received an AA degree in teaching.

Larry L Hespe was born December 11, 1945, to Gus and Mabel (McIntosh) Hespe; their world was never the same. Larry lived life well and to the fullest. He met his first wife, Margaret Hambek, in 1965, and to that marriage, four boys were born, Lance, Luke, Morgan and Marshall. A busy family he did have, it kept him busy working at Champlin Service Station in Gregory, SD, and trucking for various businesses.

Susan D. Hulshizer, age 65, of Kearney, NE, passed away Monday, September 26, 2022 at her home.

Navonne “Vonnie” Unell Selma Knapp was born on March 11, 1937 in Royal, NE to Harry and Mildred (Erickson) Knapp. She was the oldest child of four, having two sisters, Carol and Gaylene, and one brother, Kirk. She passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on September 20, 2022 at Rock County Hospital Long Term Care in Bassett, NE at the age of 85 years.

On Saturday, September 17, 2022, John F. (Jack) Callaway, loving husband and father of three, passed away at the age of 79, at Brown County Hospital.

A memorial services for Ruth C. Goodrich, age 78 of Long Pine, NE, will be held on Monday, October 3, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. at the Ainsworth United Methodist Church. A Private Family Inurnment will follow in the afternoon in the Mt. Hope Cemetery at Springview, NE. Ruth Goodrich died September 16, 2022 at the Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth.

Memorial services will be held at a later date for Ruth C. Goodrich, age 78, of Long Pine, NE.

Josephine Ella Sorenson, 85, of Big River, CA was born on March 1, 1937, in Ainsworth, NE to Floyd M Keller and Ella C. Nielsen-Keller.

A graveside memorial service for Aynsley C. Haller, age 87 of Bassett, NE will be held on Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. in the Bassett Memorial Park Cemetery. Aynsley Haller died August 22, 2022 in his home at Bassett.

James Albert Lurz, Sr., 79 and Gladyce Lucille (Iodine) Lurz, 75 Memorial services for James Albert Lurz, Sr. 79, and Gladyce Lucille (Iodine) Lurz (Thornton) 75, of Ainsworth, NE will be held at 1:00 p.m.