Carol Y (Olson) Eshleman of Hershey passed away on April 26 at Great Plains Health. Carol was born on Feb. 4, 1943 at Emmons, Minn. to Carl and Clarice (Gordon) Olson.  The Olsons moved from Minnesota to Kansas when Carol was just two years old. Her elementary education began in Dresden, Kan. and continued in […]

Susan L. Hiatt, 63, of Hershey passed away Saturday, April 4, 2026 at her home along the South Platte River. Susan was born in Grand Island, Nebraska, on July 23, 1962, to Donald and Beverly (Pollries) Grieb. At age seven, her family moved to North Platte to a house as old as she was on […]

Dyette Erlaine (Tillman) Kettering was born July 9, 1949 in a sod house north of Hershey to Garland & Florence Hazel Tillman. She grew up in and graduated from Hershey. She was united in marriage to LeRoy Kettering on Nov. 11, 1967. They had 58 wonderful years of marriage. She passed away on January 10, […]

Claude L. Hoatson, 76, of Hershey passed away Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025 at Great Plains Health. Claude was born Oct. 1, 1949 to Fred and Mildred (Broeder) Hoatson at their family farm near Hershey. As a youth, Claude attended Birdwood Country School for elementary and middle school, where he graduated Eighth grade. He attended Hershey […]

Janice I. Burris, 87, of Casper, Wyo., formerly from Hershey, passed away Aug. 9, 2025 in Casper. She was born to William and Florence (Jolliffe) Naeve and raised in Bradgate Iowa. She married her high school sweetheart Virgil Burris who preceded her in death. Janice and Virgil moved to Hershey Nebraska in the early 70’s […]

Phyllis Raye Reed, 87, formerly of Hershey, passed away at Genoa Long Term Care in Genoa surrounded by her family on Aug. 3, 2025. Phyllis, one of three daughters born to Darrel and June Elliott, in Van Nuys, California, on May 19, 1938. She grew up helping take care of her sisters and working with […]

Billy Deane “Bill” Moorhead, 87, of Hershey passed away in the early hours of June 25, 2025 at Great Plains Health. Bill was born in North Platte on Aug. 25, 1937 to Homer and Olga (Haugland) Moorhead. He grew up on the family farm south of Hershey and attended Lamont School for a year then […]

Shirley Virginia Koch Brownfield, 102, died peacefully at home in Hershey on June 8, 2025 just 13 days before her 103rd birthday. She was born on the family farm southwest of Hershey on June 21, 1922 to Frank Koch and Hazel Barnett Koch. Shirley attended country grade school a mile south of their house and […]

Ronald Lee Stoddard, 82, passed away peacefully at his home in Hershey, Nebraska, on Saturday, May 24. Born on December 5, 1942, in North Platte, Nebraska, to Alma and Hazel Stoddard, Ron was the eighth of twelve children. From the time he was three years old, he was climbing fences and throwing a halter over […]

Robert “Bob” Kautz, longtime resident of Hershey, was surrounded by his family when he peacefully passed away on May 2, 2025 at the age of 96. Bob was born Feb. 26, 1929 to Benjamin and Lydia Kautz at Nichols. He graduated from Hershey High School in 1948 then married the love of his life, Clarice […]