Valentine Midland News
April 2, 2008
DECEASED:  Florence 'Floss' Jensen
BIRTH:  Mrch 15, 1916, Cadiz, OH
DEATH:  March 17, 2008, Merriman, NE
SERVICE:  March 21, 2008, Gordon American 
Legion, Gordon, NE
BURIAL:  Gordon Cem., Gordon, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Hugh M. and Mary 
Estell (Bargar) Jamison; husband, Ever Jensen; son, Gary Jensen; 
brothers, Floyd and Clark Jamison; and sister, Donna (Paul) Anderson.
 
Valentine Midland News
April 2, 2008
DECEASED: Wayne Rudolph Porath
BIRTH:  April 15, 2008, Valentine, NE
DEATH:  March 18, 2008
SERVICE:  March 22, 2008, Presbyterian 
Church, Valentine, NE
BURIAL:  Mount Hope Cem., Valenetine, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Rudolph and Alma (Ohlmann) Porath; 
brothers, Marvin, Edgar, Hugo, Reuben and Harlan.
 
Valentine Midland News
April 2, 2008
DECEASED: Orley Frank Helberg
BIRTH:   Dec. 2, 1924, North Platte, NE
DEATH:  March 22, 2008, Ormond Beach, FL
SERVICE:  March 28, 2008, Lincoln Memorial 
Funeral Park, Lincoln, NE
BURIAL:  Lincoln Memorial Park, Lincoln, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Seth and Edith Pearl (Doran) Helberg; 
wife, Larine; brothers, Neil and Larry; sisters, Virginia Jensen, Betty  
Osborne, June Helberg, and Clara Marie Lane.
 
Valentine Midland News
April 2, 2008
DECEASED:  Ruby Stedry
BIRTH:  July 26, 1914, Valentine, NE
DEATH:  March 2008, Phoenix, AZ
SERVICE:  March 27, 2008, Trinity Episcopal 
Church, Norfolk, NE
BURIAL:  Prospect Hill Cem., Norfolk, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Alexis Merril and Jennie 
(Howard) Charbonneau; husbands, Merit J. Christopher and 
Frank L. Stedry; niece, Pauline M. Barnett; and nephews, William 
H. Barnett and Dorwin Charbonneau.
 
Valentine Midland News
April 2, 2008
DECEASED:  Laura Marie Malone
BIRTH:  Sept. 16, 1941, Valentine, NE
DEATH:  March 4, 2008, Lincoln, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Melvin and Matilda 
Paxton; husband Lee Homan; and Val Paxton.
 
Valentine Midland News
April 2, 2008
DECEASED:  Audrey E. Lich
BIRTH:  May 11, 1923, Valentine, NE
DEATH:  March 18, 2008, Grand Island, NE
BURIAL:  March 24, 2008, Grand Island City 
Cem., Grand Island, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Byrd and Maude (Melton) Ward; 
husbands, Emil Benes and Kermit Lich; son, Clark Benes; two 
brothers, Allen and Melton Ward; and seven sisters, Mina Leisey, 
Grace Stevenson, Helen Carter, Alice Lurz, Wren Carstens, Frances 
Lurz, and Velma Ward.
 
Valentine Midland News
April 2, 2008
DECEASED:  Willis Walter Ohlmann
BIRTH:  March 8, 1938, Crookston, NE
DEATH: March 11, 2008, Crookston, NE
SERVICE:  March 14, 2008, Our Savior Lutheran 
Church, Crookston, NE
BURIAL:  Mount Hope Cem., Valentine, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Walter and 
Margaret (Weisflog) Ohlmann.
 
Valentine Midland News
April 2, 2008
DECEASED: Marion Thomas Lein
BIRTH:  April 26, 1922, Valentine, NE
DEATH:  March 22, 2008, Valentine, NE
SERVICE:  March 26, 2008, Zion Lutheran 
Church, Valentine, NE
BURIAL:  Mount Hope Cemetery, Valentine, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Theodore J. and Minnie 
(Leithoff) Lein; wife Lydia Mae Kellner Lein; brother, Edward 
and one infant grandson.
 
Valentine Midland News
April 9, 2008
DECEASED:  Darrell William Zwisler
BIRTH:  
DEATH:  Feb. 15, 2008, Conroe, TX
SERVICE:  March 15, 2008, St. Paul Catholic 
Church, Englewood, TX
BURIAL:  Garden Park Cem., TX
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  father, Gerald J. Zwisler; 
grandparents, Gerald and Minnie (Foster) Woods.
 
Valentine Midland News
April 9, 2008
DECEASED:  Sigmund Gustave Theodore 'Pete' Hahn
BIRTH:  March 23, 1923, Millboro, SD
DEATH:  April 3, 2008, Lusk, WY
SERVICE:  St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Lusk, WY
BURIAL:  Lusk Cem., Lusk, WY
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Edward and Esther (Bartz) Hahn; 
sister, Margaret M. Boje; brother, Robert Hahn; and 
daughter, Bonnie (Daniel) Wright.
 
Valentine Midland News
April 9, 2008
DECEASED:  Edward Wade Davenport
BIRTH:  August 18, 1915, Valentine, NE
DEATH:  April 3, 2008, Valentine, NE
SERVICE:  St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Valentine, NE
BURIAL:  
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Clyde and Minnie (Wade) 
Davenport; wife, Pauline Ruth Cumbow; brothers, Richard 
Lee and Robert James Davenport.

Valentine Midland News
April 16, 2008
DECEASED:  Howard Arthur McCormick
BIRTH:  Dec. 15, 1921, Valentine, NE
DEATH:  April 7, 2008, Valentine, NE
SERVICE:  April 12, 2008, Presbyterian Church, Valentine, NE
BURIAL:  
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, James Arthur and Ida Mae (Brewster) 
McCormick; siblings, Eva Thomas, Maybelle Garner, Charles, Harley, Walter, 
and twins, Wendell and Leonard A., and granddaughter, Megan McCormick.
 
Valentine Midland News
April 16, 2008
DECEASED:  Dwire Dator Goodwin
BIRTH:  March 12, 1937, Stuart, NE
DEATH:  April 6, 2008, Scottsbluff, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH: parents, Ira D. and Elsie Goodwin
 
Valentine Midland News
April 16, 2008
DECEASED:  Lloyd Lee Green
BIRTH:  April 18, 1925, Valentine, NE
DEATH:  April 7, 2008, Valentine, NE
SERVICE:  April 11, 2008, Methodist Church, Valentine, NE
BURIAL:  Mount Hope Cem., Valentine, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Thomas and Jesse (Frush) Green;  
three infant siblings; brothers, Clarence, Bill, Donald, Harry, ad Orville; 
sisters, Mabel Howe, Mae Gebhardt, Edna Farron, Dorothy Wilson Kromi, Betty Gipe, 
Bertha Scripter, Dossie Cranford Shaw, and one grandson, Shawn Lee Green.
 
Valentine Midland News
April 23, 2008
DECEASED:  Richard Derrall Garner
BIRTH:  Aug. 18, 1936 Valentine, NE
DEATH:  April 12, 2008, Valentine, NE
SERVICE:  April 17, 2008, United Methodist 
Church, Valentine, NE
BURIAL:  Mount Hope Cem., Valentine, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Frd and Maybelle 
(McCormick) Garner;  and son, Rich.
 
Valentine Midland News
April 23, 2008
DECEASED:  Donald Gene Fox
BIRTH:  Sapt 17, 1931, Newport, NE
DEATH: April 10, 2008, 
SERVICE:  April 14, 2008, Rock County High 
School, Bassett, NE
BURIAL:  Bassett memorial Park Cem., Bassett, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, L. G. and Mabel (Dorsey) Fox; 
son, Kevin; brothers, Glenn and Howard; sisters Dorothy and Lenora.
 
Valentine Midland News
April 23, 2008
DECEASED:  Mildred Pauline Osburn
BIRTH:  Jan. 1, 1016, Macedonia, IA
DEATH:  April 15, 2008, Valentine, NE
SERVICE:  April 18, 2008, Chapel of the Pines, Valentine, NE
BURIAL:  Mount Hope Cemetery, Valentine, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Frank William and Cora Elizabeth 
(Martin) Smith; husbands, Hans Johnson and Ervy Osborn; 
sisters, Evelyn M. Burton, S. Marjorie King; brother, Donald B. 
Smith; and 3 great grandchildren.
 
Valentine Midland News
April 30, 2009
DECEASED:  Stanley E. Jordan
BIRTH:  June 28, 1921, Rapid City, SD
DEATH:  April 5, 2008, Lincoln, NE
SERVICE:  April 9, 2008, Sheriday Lutheran 
Church, Lincoln, NE
BURIAL: Lincoln Memorial Park, Lincoln, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Edward and Hattie 
(Hartman) Jordan; and three brothers.
 
Valentine Midland News
April 30, 2009
DECEASED:  Earl S. Irish
BIRTH:  July 5, 1929, Brocksburg, NE
DEATH:  April 20, 2008, Grand Island, NE
SERVICE:  All Faiths Funeral Home, Grand Island, NE
BURIAL: Cremation
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Earl and Zelma (Sharp) Irish; 
sister, Ramona Ratliff; a infant daughter, Kellie K. Irish and 
daughter Marlys Jean Brindisi.
 
Valentine Midland News
April 30, 2009
DECEASED:  Isabell J. Hamit
BIRTH:  1912
DEATH:  April 11, 2008, Shafford, KS
SERVICE:  April 16, 2008, Minnis Chapel, Stafford, KS
BURIAL:  Fairview Park Cem., St. John, KS
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Thomas and Pearl (Jackson) 
Miles; son, David, daughter, Judy Crawford, and two grandsons.

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