Obituaries
HARLAN -- Shirley Welker, 68, Harlan, died February 16 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Services will be held Monday, Feb. 25 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. Family will greet friends Sunday, Feb. 24 from 4-8 p.m. at Pauley Jones...
HARLAN -- Shirley Welker, Harlan, died Saturday, Feb. 16 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. She is survived by her brother, Robert Schwarte, and sister, Tami (Bill) Stiinn. Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.
SHELBY -- Karen K. Brockmann, 78, Shelby, died Saturday, Feb. 16 in Harlan. Services will be held Thursday, Feb. 21 at 11 a.m. at United Lutheran Church in Shelby with burial in the Shelby Cemetery. A prayer service will be held Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral...
HARLAN -- Sally J. Burmeister, 76, Harlan, died Thursday, Feb. 14 in Omaha, NE. Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 23 at 11 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan. Family will greet friends Saturday from 9-11 a.m. at the church. Burmeister is survived by her husband, James...
ELK HORN -- Funeral services for Allan Larsen, 93, Elk Horn, were held Thursday, Feb. 14 at 11 a.m. at Elk Horn Lutheran Church in Elk Horn. Burial was in the Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery. Larsen died Monday, Feb. 11 at home in Elk Horn. Ohde Funeral Home in Kimballton was in charge of...
NEW YORK, NY -- Anthony Lee Haney, 37, died at his home in New York City, on February 4. He is survived by his mother, Sandra Haney of Harlan, father, Stewart (Tony) Haney of Irwin, sister, Amanda Haney of Louisville, KY, grandmother Lois Haney of Apache Junction, AZ, uncle Steven Haney of...
WESTPHALIA -- Jane Clara Goetzinger, 73, Westphalia, died February 7 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Services were held Monday, Feb. 11 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia with burial in the St. Boniface Cemetery at Westphalia. Goetzinger is survived by...
HARLAN -- Merlene “Bill” Brue, 89, Harlan, died February 5 at Elm Crest Retirement Community. Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 9 at 1 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Irwin with burial at a later date. Visitation is Saturday from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the church. Brue is...
ELK HORN -- James George O’Keefe, 69, Elk Horn, died February 5 at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn. Services will be held at a later date. O’Keefe is survived by his mother, Pauline O’Keefe, of Huntley, WY; wife Phyllis O’Keefe of Elk Horn; son James J. O’Keefe of Portland, OR;...
FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ -- Norma Jean Pycha, 72, Fountain Hills, AZ, formerly of Defiance, Omaha, and Blair, NE, died February 4. Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 9 at 10 a.m .at Messinger Funeral Home in Fountain Hills with interment at the Bohemian Cemetery of Omaha at a date to be...