Chester "Chet" Warnick
Nov 4, 2026
Chester “Chet” Warnick, age 69, of Columbus, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2026 at the Columbus Community Hospital.
Mass of Christian Burial is 10:30 a.m. Monday, November 9, 2026 at St. Isidore Catholic Church. Visitation is Sunday 3:00-6:00 p.m., followed by a 6:00 p.m. Vigil service at St. Isidore Catholic Church. Interment is in All Saints Catholic Cemetery.
Chester Warnick was born...
Donald Gasper
Nov 4, 2026
Donald Louis Gasper passed away peacefully at his home in Lindsay, NE on November 4, 2026.
Mass of Christian Burial is 10:30 am Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Lindsay. Visitation is 4-7 pm Monday. There will be a 7:00 p.m. vigil service Monday evening all at the Church. Interment with military honors will be in the...
Karen Siemek
Nov 4, 2026
Karen S. Siemek, 76, passed away peacefully at Brookstone Acres on Wednesday, November 4th surrounded by her family after a long battle with ALS.Mass of Christian Burial is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 11, 2026, at St. Isidore Catholic Church in Columbus. Visitation is 5:00-7:00 p.m. Tuesday followed by a 7:00 p.m. vigil service all at the church. Visitation will Continue...
Elizabeth Zakrzewski
Nov 5, 2026
Elizabeth “Betty” Zakrzewski, 83, passed away while surrounded by her loved ones on Thursday, November 5th at Brookestone Acres in Columbus.
Mass of Christian Burial is 11:00 a.m. Thursday, November 12, 2026 at St. Isidore Catholic Church. There will be a 5:00 p.m. Vigil service Wednesday, followed by visitation until 7:00 p.m., all occurring at the Church. Interment is in All...
Andrea Rozman
Nov 5, 2026
Andrea Rozman, age 62, died Thursday, November 5, 2026 in Central City, NE.
Visitation is 3:00-6:00 p.m. Thursday, November 12, 2026 at McKown Funeral Home.
Andrea Joan Rozman (Buggi) was born on August 29, 1964 in Indiana. She later grew up in Wisconsin before traveling across the country and eventually making Columbus her home. Andrea was a care free spirit who touched...
Jerome Gabel
Nov 5, 2026
Jerome (Jerry) Gabel, 84, of Columbus, passed away Thursday, November 5, 2026 at his home in Columbus.
Mass of Christian Burial is 10:30 a.m. Friday, November 13, 2026 at St. Isidore Catholic Church. There will be a 5:00 p.m. Vigil service Thursday, followed by visitation until 7:00 p.m., all occurring at the Church. Interment is in All Saints Catholic Cemetery.
Jerome Gabel...
Bethel Jean Powers
Nov 7, 2026
Bethel Jean (Norris) Powers, 98, of Silver Creek, Nebraska, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on November 7, 2026, just two months shy of her 99th birthday.
Funeral service is 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 14, 2026 at Silver Creek Methodist Church. Visitation is Friday 4:00-6:00 p.m. at Silver Creek Methodist Church. Interment is in Silver Creek Cemetery.
Bethel was born on January...
Joseph Rosenbaum
Nov 2, 2026
Joe passed away peacefully at home on November 2nd in Monroe, Nebraska. He was surrounded by love, with his wife and son by his side.The family will receive friends from 2:00-4:00 p.m. on November 21, 2026, at McKown Funeral Home.
Joe was born in Vancouver, Washington, on October 1, 1971, to Raymond and Beverly Rosenbaum. He grew up in Battle Ground,...
Margaret A Peterson
Nov 4, 2026
Margaret Ann Peterson, age 89, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at Columbus Community Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 7, 2026, at Augustana Lutheran Church, with Celebrant Chase Cherry officiating. The family will receive friends from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial will follow at Valley View Cemetery in Genoa.
Margaret Ann Peterson...
Carol Drozd
Nov 3, 2026
Carol passed away Tuesday, November 3rd at Edgewood Memory Care.
Mass of Christian Burial is 10:30 Thursday, November 12, 2026, at St. Anthony Catholic Church. Visitation is Wednesday 4-7 pm with a 7:00 pm vigil service at the McKown Funeral Home. Interment will be in All Saints Cemetery.
Carol A. (Dunham) Drozd was born November 8, 1941, in Oxford, England to John...
Samuel "Sammy" Nahorny
Nov 3, 2026
Samuel Christopher Michael Nahorny, 18, of Columbus, Nebraska, passed away on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, following a long and courageous journey with childhood cancer.
Because Sammy has touched so many lives through love, kindness, inspiration, and the work of Sammy’s Superheroes, which raises funds for childhood cancer research, the family respectfully requests that the Vigil Service be attended in person by...
Edward Herdzina
Nov 3, 2026
Edward Larry "Ed" Herdzina, 76, of Columbus, Nebraska, passed away on November 3, 2026, surrounded by the love of his family.
Mass of Christian Burial is 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 7, 2026, at St. Anthony Catholic Church. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Friday. There will be a 7:00 p.m. vigil service all at St. Anthony Catholic Church. Visitation will continue Saturday morning...
Kathleen Boettcher
Nov 1, 2026
Kathy died peacefully Sunday November 1st, 2026, in Napa, CA.Mass of Christian Burial is pending at Holy Family Catholic Church in Lindsay.
Kathy was born Feb. 13th, 1943, in rural Humphrey, NE to William L. and Angela A. (Borer) Stenger. She graduated in 1961 from Holy Family High School in Lindsay NE. After high school she met Gary Boettcher, the man...
Gerald "Jerry" Albin
Oct 30, 2026
Gerald Francis, “Jerry” Albin, 70, of Columbus, Nebraska, passed away on October 30th, 2026 after a diagnosis of glioblastoma, a brain cancer.
Jerry was born on November 3rd, 1955 to Terry and Helen in Omaha, NE. After graduating from Boys Town, he went on to receive his degree in mechanical engineering from University of Nebraska Omaha.
After graduation, he and his family...
Elizabeth "Liz" Reimers
Oct 27, 2026
Elizabeth “Liz” Reimers, formerly of Columbus, Nebraska, passed away on October 27, 2026, in Omaha at the age of 87.
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Isidore Catholic Church. There will be a vigil service at 4:00 p.m. Monday at the church with the Nebraska Nurse Honor Guard presenting honors...
Esther Dush
Oct 27, 2026
Esther Dush, age 86, died Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at her home in St. Libory, NE.
Mass of Christian Burial is 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 31, 2026 at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Duncan. Vigil and rosary is Friday at 4:00 p.m., followed by visitation until 7:00 p.m., at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church. Interment is in St. Stanislaus Catholic Cemetery.
Esther Francis...
Robert Rickert
Oct 26, 2026
Robert “Bob” Rickert, 79, passed away peacefully on October 26th, 2026 surrounded by family at Columbus Community Hospital following complications related to a long battle with cancer. Mass of Christian Burial is 10:30 a.m. Monday, November 2, 2026, at St. Bonaventure Catholic Church in Columbus. Visitation is Sunday from 5:00-7:00 p.m. with a 7:00 p.m. Vigil service, all at the church....
Gloria Brandenburgh
Oct 26, 2026
Gloria Brandenburgh, age 92, died Monday, October 26, 2026, at Edgewood Vista in Columbus.
Mass of Christian Burial is 10 a.m. Saturday, October 31, 2026, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Columbus. There will be a rosary prayed Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at the church. Burial is in St. Bonaventure Cemetery.
In lieu of plants and flowers, memorials may be made to...
Dominic "Nick" Spies
Oct 25, 2026
Dominic Ray Anthony Spies, known to many as Nick, passed away in Columbus on October 25, 2026, at the age of 70.
Mass of Christian Burial is 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 30, 2026, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Columbus. Visitation with family will be held on Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the church. Burial will take place...
Nathan Ray Dohmen
Oct 23, 2026
Nathan R. Dohmen, 45, of Clarks, NE, passed away unexpectedly on October 23,2026.
Nathan's family will receive friends from 4-6 pm Saturday, November 7 at McKown Funeral Home in Columbus.
Nathan was born in Columbus, Nebraska, he enjoyed the simple pleasures in life, especially spending time with his family, and lending a helping hand on the farm. He had a passion for cooking,...