Grant Tribune
May 2008

Wilma PHILLIPS was born on Jan. 29, 1916 at Elsie, NE to Roy and 
Hattie Miller Witt. Married to Aaron Royse in June of 1937 in North Platte, NE. 
Aaron died in 1941 and Wilma moved back to Elsie. Married Gus Nelson in 1948 
and they continued to live in Elsie. Gus died in 1963 and Wilma was married to 
Dean Phillips in 1968. Wilma died in Kearney, April 30, 2008. She had reached 
the age of 92. In addition to her parents and two husbands, she was preceded 
in death by three sisters, Winifred Ourada, Grace Peugh and Lu Nelson; one 
brother, Leslie Witt; one stepson, Allen Phillips and one stepsister, Marjorie Brinkley.
Funeral services were held May 3, 2008 at the Ogallala Church of Christ. 
Burial was in the Paxton Cemetery. 

Darrell J. STARK, 79, of Bellevue, NE., died May 1, 2008, resulting from injuries 
sustained in a car accident. Born on May 1, 1929, youngest son of Elizabeth 
and Hans Stark near Brandon, NE. Preceded in death by his parents, brother
Lowell Stark, and sister Virginia Stoughton. Funeral services were held 
May 5, 2008 at the Assumption Church in Omaha. Interment was also in
Omaha at Calvary Cemetery. 

Chase Michael JONES, six-day-old son of Russ and Stephanie (Long) Jones 
died April 28, 2008 at his home in Commerce City, Colo., from complications 
of brain development during the pregnancy. Committal services were held 
May 2, 2008 at the Grant Cemetery. 

A memorial service for Carolee OLDS who died on May 4 2008 in Grant, Neb., 
was held on May 15 at 11 a.m. at the Bullock-Long Funeral Home. Burial of 
cremains in the Grant Cemetery. Bullock-Long Funeral Home is in charge 
of arrangements. 

Roma DAIGGER was born on Dec. 21, 1912 at Venango, Neb. She was the 
sixth of seven children born to John and Clara Watkins Morton. Married to 
Ralph Daigger on Nov. 21, 1936. She died May 8, 2008. She had reached 
the age of 95. In addition to her parents and husband, Roma was preceded 
in death by two brothers, Eddie and Maurice Morton; and four sisters, Verna 
Sanders, Eunice Russell, Ilva Nowak and Arlene Morton. Graveside services 
were held May 12, 2008 at the Madrid Cemetery. 

The committal of the cremains of Gordon TEGNELL (Theone Kent's brother-in-law) 
held on May 18, 2008 at the Grant Cemetery. Bullock-Long Funeral Home is in 
charge of local arrangements. 

LaRetta Gay BREWER was born Sept. 26, 1956, in Grant, Neb., to Milo and 
Margie (Clark) Rowley. She passed away May 16, 2008, at her home in 
Oberlin, Kan., at the age of 51. On Nov. 22, 1972, LaRetta married Lonny 
Brewer in Imperial, Neb., where they made their home. Her father, Milo, 
preceded her in death. Inurnment graveside services were held at Mount 
Hope Cemetery in Imperial, May 20, 2008. Liewer Funeral Home of 
Imperial, Neb. and Pauls Funeral Home of Oberlin-Selden, Kan. were 
in charge of arrangements. 

Eunice HASENAUER was born Aug. 25, 1919 at Romance, Mo. 
She was the oldest of 10 children born to Charles and Beulah Welch Pace.
The family moved to the Wallace, Neb., community by covered wagon in 1926. 
Eunice was married to Herbert Hasenauer on Nov. 28, 1935 at the Hasenauer 
farm at Somerset. Herb died in 2002. Funeral services were held May 19, 2008 
at the Wallace United Methodist Church. Interment was in Wallace Cemetery. 

Nancy June (Smith) CHITTENDEN, resident of Cedar Park, Texas, died 
May 3, 2008 at the age of 76. Nancy was born in Lincoln, Neb., on 
June 11, 1931 to John and Nellie Smith. She graduated from Hickman 
High School in 1946, then majored in voice and piano at UNL in Nebraska. 
Nancy met Leonard in college and they were married in Tecumseh, Neb., in 1950.
Preceded in death by her first child Linda Ann Kilibarda on April 3, 2008. 
Graveside services were held at Ft. McPherson Cemetery in Maxwell, Neb. 

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