Melonie Jean Lotspeich, age 62, of Osceola, Nebraska, passed away May 22, 2020 at her home in Osceola. Graveside service will be held Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. with Pastor Brad Birtell officiating at the Osceola Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday, May 25 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Dubas Funeral Home in Osceola. Due to current COVID-19 health mandates, practice social distancing by maintaining at least 6 feet among attendees, family, staff, and clergy. Melonie was born March 9,...

Raymond R. Urban, age 63, of Osceola, Nebraska, passed away May 12, 2020 at his home in Osceola. Graveside memorial service will be held Friday, May 15, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at the Osceola Cemetery with Father Thomas Au officiating. Honorary pallbearers will be Jim Prochaska, Tim Althouse, Kenny Lloyd, Chad Belt, Dan Wieseman, Craig Brouillette. Due to current COVID-19 health mandates practice social distancing by maintaining at least 6 feet among attendees, family, staff, and clergy. In lieu...

Kathryn Doris Schlesinger, age 95, of Columbus, (former of Shelby), Nebraska, passed away May 11, 2020 at Cottonwood Place in Columbus, Nebraska. Memorial services will be held at a later due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kathryn was born March 21, 1925 in Bellwood to Jesse Bell and Anna (Brase) Alliss. She attended school in David City, Nebraska. She was united in marriage to Lawrence Emil Schlesinger. They owned and operated Larry’s Tavern (Shelby Pool Hall). Kathryn received her...

Susan Diane Hanson, age 71, of Stromsburg, Nebraska, passed away May 6, 2020 at her home in Stromsburg. Visitation will be held Friday, May 8, 2020 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., at Dubas Funeral Home in Stromsburg. Graveside service will be held Saturday, May 9, at 10:00 a.m. at the Stromsburg Cemetery with Pastor Craig Pinley officiating. Soloist will be Pastor Bob Johnson. Musical selection "In The Garden." Pallbearers will be Hunter Miller, Garrett Miller, Levi Miller, Casey Hanson,...

Christina Renee Lorenz, age 65, passed away peacefully in her sleep on May 5, 2020 at her home in Shelby, Nebraska. She was born on March 26, 1955 in Lynwood, California to James and Helma (Haas) Lorenz. Due to COVID-19 mandates, services will be held at a later date. Christina’s love and passion were always her children and grandchildren. Cruising down I-5 in a vinyl-upholstered Celebrity station wagon on the way to Disneyland blaring Neil Diamond with the windows down enjoying the...

Seth Keith Nickolite, age 20, of Osceola, Nebraska, passed away May 3, 2020. A private family visitation will be held at Dubas Funeral Home in Osceola with a graveside service at Gruetli Cemetery near Duncan with Pastor Teri Lucas officiating. Pallbearers will be Austin Nickolite, Jadyn Macken, Daltyn Macken, Parker Micek, Logan Russell, and Craig Pavel. Memorials are suggested to the family in lieu of flowers and may be mailed to Casey Micek at 13306 Q Rd., Osceola, NE 68651. Seth was born...

Irvin Leroy Niehs, age 91, of Stromsburg, Nebraska, formerly of Hettinger, North Dakota, passed away April 21, 2020 at Lancaster Rehabilitation Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. Private family visitation will be held Friday, April 24, 2020 at Dubas Funeral Home in Stromsburg. Interment will be in the Hettinger Cemetery, North Dakota. A public memorial service will be held at a later date due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Irvin was born April 9, 1929 to August and Marie (Weinberger) Niehs on the farm...

Ila Del Kresha, age 101, of Osceola, Nebraska, passed away April 18, 2020 at the Good Samaritan Society in Osceola. Due to the COVID-19 virus graveside memorial services will be held at a later date this summer at the Mitchell Cemetery in Mitchell, Nebraska. Cards may be mailed to Deloreis Wilhelm at 641 N. Nance St., Osceola, NE 68651. Memorials to be designated later. Ila was born February 27, 1919 in Broken Bow, Nebraska, to Ferdinand Eli and Susan Mildred (Kirkpatrick) Ash. She attended...

Elaine Esther (Salmen) Ekstrand, age 91, of Stromsburg , NE, passed away April 16, 2020 at her home in Stromsburg. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at the Stromsburg Cemetery with Joel Linn officiating.  Obituary reading by Jeff Ekstrand. Pallbearers will be David Ekstrand, Jeff Ekstrand, John Ekstrand, Christian Ekstrand, Jonathan Ekstrand, Tim Ekstrand, Jeremiah McBride, and Tyler Rampey. We request that you remain in your vehicles. The service...

Jay Douglas Peterson, age 63 of Marquette, Nebraska, formerly of Stromsburg, passed away April 9, 2020 at his home on Mariposa Lake near Marquette after battling ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease since November 2017. Jay's wishes were to be cremated so there will be no viewing or visitation.  A memorial service will be held at the Stromsburg Baptist Church at later date once the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions are lifted.  Inurnment...