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Columbus, Genoa, and silver creek

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Andrew Eickmeier

Andrew Eickmeier

Sep 5, 2022

Drew Eickmeier, age 41 of Rising City, Nebraska, died Monday, September 5, 2022.

Funeral services are 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 10, 2022, at Faith Lutheran Church in Rising City. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Friday at McKown Funeral Home in Columbus with a prayer service following at 7:00 p.m. Burial is in Pleasant View Cemetery.

Drew...

Loretta Person

Loretta Person

Sep 4, 2022

Loretta Person, age 88, of Columbus, Nebraska passed away Sunday, September 4, 2022 at her home.

Memorial Services are 11:00 a.m. Monday, September 12, 2022 at the First United Methodist Church in Columbus. The family will receive friends from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Sunday at McKown Funeral Home.

Loretta Lee Person was born February 28...

Mary Baker

Mary Baker

Sep 2, 2022

Mary Baker, age 63, of Lincoln, Nebraska passed away peacefully surrounded by her family Friday, September 2, 2022, at Bryan East Hospital.

Service are 10:30 a.m. Friday, September 9, 2022 at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Visitation will be Thursday 4-7pm also at the Immanuel Lutheran Church. Visitation will continue Friday morning 9:30 a.m. until service time. Interment will...

Mark Nyffeler

Mark Nyffeler

Sep 1, 2022

Mark Nyffeler, age 75 of Columbus, died September 1, 2022 at his home.

Funeral services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbus. Visitation is Tuesday 4-8 p.m. at the McKown Funeral Home. Visitation will continue Wednesday morning 9:30 a.m. until service time at the church. There will be a 10:15 a.m....

Walter Wuest

Walter Wuest

Sep 1, 2022

Walter Dean Wuest, age 67, of Creston, Nebraska passed away Thursday, September 1, 2022, at the Columbus Community Hospital.

A Celebration of Walt's Life will be held at Dusters from 2-4 p.m. November 12, 2022. A private service will be held at a later date. Walter was born March 1, 1955, to Johnny & Betty Wuest in...

Bonita "Bonnie" Krzycki

Bonita "Bonnie" Krzycki

Sep 1, 2022

Bonita "Bonnie" Krzycki, age 67, of Columbus, Nebraska passed away Thursday, September 1, 2022 at the Columbus Community Hospital.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, September 9, 2022 at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Columbus. Visitation is 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Thursday with a 7:00 p.m. Vigil Service at McKown Funeral Home. Visitation...

Sandra Strong

Sandra Strong

Aug 29, 2022

Sandra Marie Swertzic Strong, 76, of Silver Creek, NE, was called to eternal life on Monday, August 29, 2022, at Life Care Center of Elkhorn, NE. She was a loving daughter, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, niece, cousin, and friend. Mass of Christian burial will be held at Saint Lawrence Catholic Church in Silver Creek on Saturday, September 3, 2022,...

Denise Wolfe

Denise Wolfe

Aug 29, 2022

Denise M. Wolfe, age 59, of Columbus, Nebraska died Monday, August 29, 2022 at the Columbus Community Hospital.

Private Services will be held.

Raymond Randall

Raymond Randall

Aug 29, 2022

Raymond Randall, age 74, of Columbus died Monday, August 29, 2022, at the Emerald Care Center in Columbus.

Funeral services are 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 2, 2022, at McKown Funeral Home. Visitation is 5:00-7:00 p.m. Thursday and will continue Friday from 10:00-11:00 a.m. at the funeral home. Raymond "Ray" Randall was born February 15, 1948, in Omaha,...

Edward Siemek

Edward Siemek

Aug 26, 2022

Edward James Siemek, age 78, of Thornton, Colorado, went to be with the Lord on August 26, 2022. No local services will be held.

He was born on October 5, 1943, to parents Edward Thomas Siemek and Barbara Jean Lassek from Nebraska.  As well as being a veteran of the United States Army, he was also a...

Gary Hiermeier

Gary Hiermeier

Aug 22, 2022

Gary Hiermeier, age 74, passed away Monday, August 22, 2022, surrounded by his wife, Cindy, of 55 years and his family.

Mass of Christian Burial is 10:00 a.m. Friday, August 26, 2022, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Columbus. Visitation is Thursday from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. with a 6:00 p.m. vigil service all at McKown Funeral...

Kathe Beauvais

Kathe Beauvais

Aug 17, 2022

Far too early, God called one of his most beautiful souls to heaven. Kathe Bose Beauvais passed away after a brief illness during a mission of caring in Arlington Heights, IL on August 17, 2022.

Mass of Christian Burial is 10:30 a.m. Friday, August 26, 2022 at St. Isidore Catholic Church.  On Thursday there will be...

Gerald Reeder

Gerald Reeder

Aug 13, 2022

Gerald Reeder, age 95, died Saturday, August 13, 2022, at Brookestone Acres in Columbus. Funeral Services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 17, 2022, at McKown Funeral Home in Columbus. Visitation is 5:00-7:00 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home and will continue from 9:00-10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Burial is in the Columbus Cemetery. Gerald Reeder was born August 4, 1927, in...

Kim Forney

Kim Forney

Aug 13, 2022

Kim Forney, age 66 of Columbus passed away Saturday, August 13, 2022 at her home.

A Celebration of Kim's Life will be held on Thursday, August 18, at 10:30 am at Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbus.  Kim's family will receive friends on Wednesday, August 17 from 4-7 pm at McKown Funeral Home.  Interment is in the David...

Sage Robak

Sage Robak

Aug 6, 2022

Sage Robak died Saturday, August 6, 2022, at her home in Norfolk.

A celebration of Sage's life will take place August 20, 2022, from 3:00-5:00 p.m. at McKown Funeral Home in Columbus. Burial will be in the St. Stanislaus Cemetery in Duncan at a later date. In lieu of plants and flowers, memorials are suggested to the...

Dorothy Gubbels

Dorothy Gubbels

Aug 6, 2022

Dorothy Gubbels, age 94, of Columbus died Saturday, August 6, 2022 at the Brookestone Acres.

Mass of Christian Burial is 10:30 Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at the St Bonaventure Catholic Church. Visitation is Tuesday 4-6 p.m. There will be a 6:00 p.m. vigil service all at the McKown Funeral Home. Visitation will continue Wednesday morning 9:30 a.m....

Kinyon "Ken" Brooks, Jr.

Kinyon "Ken" Brooks, Jr.

Aug 6, 2022

Kinyon "Ken" Edwin Brooks, Jr., 69, died Saturday August 6, 2022 in Naples, Florida at Naples Community Hospital.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday August 12, 2022 at St. Bonaventure Catholic Church in Columbus, Nebraska followed by burial at All Saints Cemetery.

Visitation is 5:00 -7:00 pm on Thursday with a...

Adolph Kudron Jr.

Adolph Kudron Jr.

Aug 1, 2022

Adolph Kudron, age 84, died Monday, August 1, 2022, at Brookestone Acres in Columbus. Mass of Christian Burial is 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 6, 2022, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Columbus. Visitation is 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Friday with a 7:00 p.m. Vigil Service at McKown Funeral Home. Visitation continues Saturday morning from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. also...

Christine (Wilhelm) Mazour

Christine (Wilhelm) Mazour

Jul 31, 2022

Christine Anne (Wilhelm) Mazour, self-proclaimed "rebel child" died at her home in Corpus Christi, Texas surrounded by family on July 31.  As was her character, she fought a brave battle with gastric cancer which she waged entirely on her own terms.

Chris was cremated and will be honored at the most colorfully attended funeral mass on ...

Bernard "Ben" Schaf

Bernard "Ben" Schaf

Jul 30, 2022

Bernard "Ben" Schaf, age 95 of Columbus, died Saturday, July 30, 2022 at Brookestone Acres in Columbus.

Mass of Christian Burial is 10:30 a.m. Thursday, August 4, 2022 at St. Bonaventure Catholic Church. Visitation is Wednesday 4-7 p.m. There will be a 7:00 p.m. vigil service all at the McKown Funeral Home. Visitation will continue Thursday morning...

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