Valentine Midland News
June 4, 2008
DECEASED:  Donald Luke Datus
BIRTH:  Sept. 28, 1923, Kilgore, NE
DEATH:  May, 2008
SERVICE:  
BURIAL:  Kilgore Cem., Kilgore, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, August 'Bill' and Rommie 
Victoria (Hoffman) Datus; grandparents, Henry and 
Mary (Landgarf) Deters and Mathias and Martha Jane 
(Coleman) Datus;  brother, John Wesley 'Jack' Datus; 
and sisters Mary Grace, Ruby Ruth Scoville, Audree Dickerson.
 
Valentine Midland News
June 4, 2008
DECEASED:  Jack C. Billings
BIRTH:    Aug. 17, 1924, Springview, NE
DEATH:  May 23, 2008, Lingle, WY
SERVICE:  
BURIAL:
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Harry and Oma 
(Jeffords) Billings; wife, Mildred Wiley; and 
brother, Cecil Billings.
 
Valentine Midland News
June 11, 2008
DECEASED:  Donald H. Guest
BIRTH:   Sept 16, 1931, Council Bluffs, IA
DEATH:  May 28, 2008 Kilgore, NE
SERVICE:  June 2, 2008, United Methodist 
Church, Valentine, NE 
BURIAL:  Kilgore Cem., Kilgore, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Hugh and 
Minnie (Phillips) Guest; and brother, Bob Guest.
 
Valentine Midland News
June 11, 2008
DECEASED:  Charles Dale Henry
BIRTH: May 17, 1921, Tekamah, NE
DEATH:   May 20, 2008, Sonora, CA
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  son, Greg Henry
 
Valentine Midland News
June 11, 2008
DECEASED:  James Milton Hanna
BIRTH:  Jan 2, 1961, Valentine, NE
DEATH:  May 28, 2008, Omaha, NE
SERVICE:  June 4, 2008, Thedford High 
School, Thedford, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  grandfather, Don 
Hanna Jr. and Bernice and Ford Riecker.
 
Valentine Midland News
June 11, 2008
DECEASED:  Barbara Rose Philamalee
BIRTH:  Dec. 24, 1930, Hemingford, NE
DEATH:  June 2, 2008, Valentine, NE
SERVICE:  June 6, 2008, St. Nicholas 
Church, Valentine, NE
BURIAL:  Mount Hope Cem., Valentine, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Joseph and Frances Sokol; 
husbands, Rex Hutchinson and James Wickham; sons, 
David and Jimmy Wickham; brother, Richard Sokol; 
sisters, Darlene Engles and Betty Kellar.
 
Valentine Midland News
June 11, 2008
DECEASED:  Althea I. 'Alfi' Amack
BIRTH:  Dec. 18, 1956, Valentine, NE
DEATH:  May 27, 2008, Chadron, NE
SERVICE:  June 6, 2008, Chamberlain 
Chapel, Chadron, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Lloyd D. and 
Marjorie I. (King) Tryon
 
Valentine Midland News
June 18, 2009
DECEASED:  Herberta 'Herbie' Daniels Ritenour
BIRTH:  Nov. 22, 1916, Valentine, NE
DEATH:  June 9, 2008, Broken Bow, NE
SERVICE:  June 13, 2008, Our Saviour Lutheran 
Church, Broken Bow, NE  
BURIAL:  Shady Rest Cem., Beaver Lake, Cherry Co., NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Herbert Albert 'Hub' and 
Lizzie Elizabeth (Hays) Daniels; husband, Jack Ritenour; 
son Terry Dell Ritenour; and grandson, Evan Lyle Ritenour.
 
Valentine Midland News
June 18, 2008
DECEASED:  Betty Mae (Hickman) Mendenhall
BIRTH:    Nov 3, 1931, Wood Lake, NE
DEATH: May 10, 2008, Longmont, CO
SERVICE:  May 16, 2008, First United Methodist 
Church, Longmont, CO
BURIAL:  Foothills Gardens of Memory, Longmont, CO
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, William Carl and Hazel 
Beatrice (McNare) Hickman; sister, nadine Cowen; her 
brother, Warren Hickman; and ex-husband, Keith 
F. Mendenhall.
 
Valentine Midland News
June 18, 2008
DECEASED:  Clifford W. 'Smokey' Jensen
BIRTH:  Feb. 19, 1932, Murdo, SD
DEATH:  June 1, 2008, White River, SD
SERVICE:  June 11, 2008, White River Community 
Event Center, White River, SD
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, William and Agnes 
Jensen; sister, Janet Jensen Krogman; daughter, Julie 
Jensen, and son, Mark.
 
Valentine Midland News
June 18, 2008
DECEASED:  Dennis Carlyle Phillips
BIRTH:  May 10, 1947, Valentine, NE
DEATH:  June 2008
SERVICE:  June 6, 2008  Sandoz Chapel of 
the Pines, Valentine, NE
BURIAL: Mount Hope Cem., Valentine, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Harold and 
Leona Phillips.
 
Valentine Midland News
June 18, 2008
DECEASED:  Lynda Louise 'Beanie' Hollenbeck
BIRTH:    Dec. 8, 1947, Ainsworth, NE
DEATH:  June 8, 2008, Ainsworth, NE
SERVICE:  June 12, 2008, United Methodist 
Church, Ainsworth, NE
BURIAL:  Grandview Cem., Long Pine, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Lyle 'Jack' and 
Dorothy E. Jones; husband, Larry; brother Keith 
Jones; and mother-in-law, Vera Hollenbeck
 
Valentine Midland News
June 18, 2008
DECEASED: James Robert Dunham
BIRTH:  Feb 25, 1923
DEATH:  June 2, 2008
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  Parents Elmer and 
Myrtle Francis Dunham.
 
Valentine Midland News
June 18, 2008
DECEASED:  Arnold Wright
BIRTH:  Apr 6, 1915, Thedford, NE
DEATH:  Oct 21, 2007 Ainsworth, NE
SERVICE:  June 21, 2008, United Methodist 
Church, Mullen, NE
BURIAL:  Cedar View Cem., Mullen, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Arlington and 
Lola (Clark) Wright; wife, Esther 'Blondie' Phillips Wright; 
brother, Marvin Wright; sisters-in-law, Arlene Wright and Marjorie Wright
 
Valentine Midland News
June 25, 2008
DECEASED:  Connie J. Knuth
BIRTH:  Feb. 14, 1945, Bayard, NE
DEATH: June 12, 2008, Ainsworth, NE
SERVICE:  June 16, 2008, Congregational United 
Church of Christ, Ainsworth, NE
BURIAL:  Ainsworth Cemetery, Ainsworth, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  parents, Richard and 
Mildred (Butler) Walker, two sisters, and one brother.
 
Valentine Midland News
June 25, 2008
DECEASED: Robert M. Halferty
BIRTH:  Dec. 18, 1923, Des Moines, IA
DEATH:  June 7, 2008, Valentine, NE
SERVICE:  June 13, 2008, Holmes Funeral 
Home, Valentine, NE
BURIAL:  
PRECEDED IN DEATH:  first wife, Phyllis L. 
Yenter Halferty

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