Obituaries

Wayne Edwin Mattern was born March 8, 1935 at Hyannis, NE and passed away on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at the Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth, NE at the age of 86 years. He was the son of Don and Hazel (Burgess) Mattern, and was a brother to sisters Patricia Van Winkle and Judith Hearn.

Ruby Mae Weston Graham was born on September 7, 1943, to John Earl and Joella (Ellis) Weston in Ainsworth, NE. Ruby attended grade school at the Cottonwood School which is located in the yard at the Weston Ranch.

Eva O’Dean Coleman, age 89, formerly of Ainsworth, passed away Thursday, July 8, 2021, at Memorial Community Care in Aurora, NE. Eva O’Dean, the daughter of Ike and Gladys (Lane) Barnes, was born on December 12, 1931.

Beverly Jean (Brainard) Shaul, 91, of North Platte, NE, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family at the home of her daughter on Wednesday, July 7, 2021 in North Platte, NE. She was born June 29, 1930 in Newhelina, NE at aunt Julia and uncle Theodore Christian’s home.

Duane Dean Lewis was born on September 29, 1938, to Ellis L. Lewis and Charlotte H. (Gaskins) Lewis in Ainsworth, NE. He attended Brown County schools through grade school and graduated from Ainsworth High School with the class of 1957. In high school he participated in band, chorus, football and track. He was a member of the National Honor Society.

Mildred Alice Painter was born on May 30, 1920 to Lambert and Violet Jerred. She passed away June 26, 2021 at the Parkside Manor in Stuart, NE at the age of 101.

Memorial services for Wayne E. Mattern, age 86 of Ainsworth, will be held at a later date.

Sadly on May 27, 2021, Beverly Lou Miller lost her battle with cancer at the age of 73. Beverly, or Lou as her husband Mike called her, is loved and missed by her husband, two children, two in-law children and four grandchildren.

Ella Mae (Scofield) McIntosh, age 87, of Broken Bow, NE passed away June 25th, 2021, at Brookestone View in Broken Bow. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at Govier Brothers Mortuary in Broken Bow. Burial services were held at the Broken Bow Cemetery. Online words of remembrance and condolences can be left at www.govierbrothers.com.

John Patrick LeMay was born in 1949 at the American Military Base in Guayaquil, Ecuador to Wilfred Herman and Violeta Elena (Allen) LeMay. He passed away at the Sandhills Care Center in Ainsworth, NE on June 28, 2021 at the age of 71 years, from complications of a broken hip.