U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
Carol Young
Carol J. Young, 60, of Grand Island died Sunday, March 14, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Apfel-Butler-Geddes Funeral Home. The Rev. Eric Ford will officiate. Burial will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to the family.
She married
Edgar A. Young on March 17, 1962, at Milbank, S.D.
Cleta Hendricks
BROKEN BOW -- Cleta Faye Hendricks, 94, of Broken Bow died Tuesday, March 16, 1999, at Sandhills Manor Nursing Home in Broken Bow.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Govier Brothers Chapel in Broken Bow. The Rev. Cliff Reynolds will officiate. Burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery at Callaway.
Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to the Prairie Pioneer Center in Broken Bow.
Mrs. Hendricks was born on July 22, 1904, at Queen City, Mo., to Robert Franklin and Dora Maude (Martin) Boggs. She moved with her family to Oconto in January 1919. They settled on a farm near Lodi, and she attended the Lower Lodi School.
She married
Rollie Hendricks on Feb. 6, 1923. They lived at Lodi for a year and then moved to a farm two miles south of Callaway. They bought a farm eight miles south of Callaway in 1926 and lived there until 1964, when they retired and moved to Broken Bow. Mr. Hendricks died in January 1986.
Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks enjoyed traveling around the United States during their retirement. They spent their winters in Avon Park, Fla., for 16 years.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Broken Bow, the World War I Ladies Auxiliary Barracks 2376, the Widows of World War I in Broken Bow and the American Legion Auxiliary of Callaway. She had been a charter member of the Callaway HHH Club since 1928.
Survivors include four sons, Kenneth of Lexington, Walter of Broken Bow, Orin of Cozad and Richard of Callaway; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Mona Jorgensen of Lincoln, Marg (Finley) Shuster of Nyssa, Ore., and Alma van Nortwick of Grand Island.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by four sisters and four brothers.
Harry Larson
ST. PAUL -- Harry W. Larson, 96, of St. Paul died Wednesday, March 17, 1999, at the Howard County Hospital.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in St. Paul. The Rev. Larry Leper will officiate. Burial will be in Elmwood cemetery at St. Paul.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Jacobsen Funeral Home in St. Paul.
Memorials are suggested to the family or the hospital.
More information will appear later.
Robert Reimers
ST. PAUL -- Robert L. Reimers, 61, of St. Paul died Wednesday, March 17, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island.
Services are pending with Peters Funeral Home in St. Paul.
George Kontos
SHOW LOW, Ariz. -- George Kontos, 77, of Show Low, Ariz., died Sunday, March 14, 1999, at Virginia's Guest Home in Show Low.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Rita's Catholic Church in Show Low.
A rosary will be said at 6 p.m. Thursday at St. Rita's.
Mr. Kontos was born on April 16, 1921, at Wahoo to James and Cecelia Kontos. He graduated from Fullerton High School and St. Paul Business College.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1945 as an aviation radioman during the Okinawa and Philippines battles during World War II. After his return home from military service, he was in business with his father in Fullerton.
He entered the U.S. Postal Service as a railway mail clerk in Omaha in 1948. Mr. Kontos transferred to the Denver regional office, where he became a transportation specialist manager responsible for 15 states. He later was assigned to Arizona to inspect transportation problems at local post offices. He retired in 1980.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret; one daughter, Paula of Colorado; one son, Robert of North Carolina; two granddaughters; and a sister-in-law, Mayme Appel of Grand Island.
He was preceded in death by one brother, James Jr.
Leonard Palacz
Leonard E. Palacz, 91, of Grand Island, formerly of Wood River, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002, at Park Place Nursing Home in Grand Island.
Services are pending with the Apfel Funeral Home of Wood River.
Hazel Urwiller
Hazel A. Urwiller, 92, of Grand Island died Monday, Feb. 11, 2002, at Wedgewood Care Center.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Pauls Lutheran Church. The Rev. John D. Russell will officiate. Burial will be in the Grand Island City Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Kleine Funeral Home with the family receiving friends from 5 to 7 p.m.
Memorials are suggested to the church or donor's choice.
Mrs. Urwiller was born Aug. 21, 1909, at Grand Island to Robert and Dora (Schimmer) Shipton. She was a granddaughter of Martin Schimmer, an early Hall County pioneer settler. She grew up in rural Hall County, attending District 4 and 23 schools and graduating from Grand Island Senior High in 1928. After high school, she worked as a secretary for the Chamber of Commerce and Gunn Oncaly Coal Co.
She married
Clyde W. Urwiller on Aug. 31, 1930, in Grand Island. From 1942 to 1947, she was a secretary for the chief engineer at the Cornhusker Ordinance Plant. She then became a homemaker but also worked with her husband on many homes he built and helped with the painting and finishing.
She was a member of St. Pauls Lutheran Church since 1928, Grand Island Woman's Club since 1949, Liederkranz, Hall County Historical Society and Elks Auxiliary. She volunteered for Grand Island Red Cross bloodmobile and was active in Naomi Circle, ELCW and United Church Women.
She enjoyed cooking and often provided food and served for funerals and special occasions at St. Pauls Lutheran Church. She was an avid gardener, keeping up her flower gardens until 1998 when her health forced her to quit. She also enjoyed playing bridge and crafts and, in her early years, fishing and golfing.
Survivors include two grandsons, Brad L. Harder and wife Sharon, who was her caregiver, of Grand Island and David B. Harder and wife Kathy of North Platte, and four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1990, a sister, Lorraine L. Shipton, a brother, Samuel M. Shipton, and a daughter and son-in-law, Beverley M. and Harold Harder.
Lorene Daddow
LOUP CITY -- Lorene Daddow, 90, of Loup City died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2002, at Howard County Community Hospital in St. Paul.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Higgins Funeral Home in Loup City. The Rev. Carl Jantz will officiate. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery in Loup City.
Visitation will be from 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to the family.
Mrs. Daddow was born Oct. 19, 1911, at Mound City, Mo., to Silas L. and Cynthia E. (Marcum) Portis. She attended Wiggle Creek Consolidated School near Loup City, graduating in 1929. She attended Kearney State Bachelors College.
She married
Glenn Daddow on May 23, 1934, in Austin.
Survivors include two sons, Dennis of Hotchkiss, Colo., and Kirk of Ames, Iowa; three grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and a sister, Mildred Jack of Loup City.
She was preceded in death by her husband and four sisters, Esther Collins, Hazel Hansen, Izel Sheehan and Fern Wever.
