Blaine Runner peacefully passed away at his home in Sutherland on Sept. 9, 2023 at age 94. Blaine, the son of Clarence and Ida (Johnson) Runner, was born Oct. 17, 1928 in Hershey where he was raised. He participated in 4-H then after graduating from Hershey High School in 1946, he attended the University of […]

Heaven gained a lively soul when Charlene “Penny” Kennedy passed away on Aug. 24, 2023 at Great Plains Health. She was 86 years old. Penny, the daughter of Randall and Vera Guy, was born April 3, 1937 in Denver. She was the oldest of five children and raised in Colorado. Because of her parent’s divorce […]

Donald Nicholson, 98, departed this life Aug. 21, 2023 at Azria Health in Sutherland. Don was born Feb. 8, 1925 to Amelia (Alma) and Arthur Nicholson, the oldest of five children. Don only had an eighth grade education and served in World War II as a USMC military cook. He married Pauline French on June […]

Nancy R. Vasquez, 77, of Sutherland passed away on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023 at her daughter Angie’s home in North Platte. Nancy was born on May 31, 1946 in Ogallala, the daughter of William and Frances (Hackbarth) Clifton. She grew up in the Ogallala area and attended grade school there. She married Catalino Vasquez in […]

Butch Henry Henderson, 72, of Sutherland passed away July 15, 2023 at the Ogallala Community Hospital in Ogallala. He was born Sept. 30, 1950 in Whitesboro, Texas to Henry Lee and Mable (Patton) Henderson. Butch attended school in Panhandle, Texas. He left school early to help care for his mother, who had cancer. Butch was […]

Iris Kennedy, 84, of Sutherland passed away unexpectedly on April 11, 2023. She was born to Gene and Mabel Rice on Sept. 16, 1938 in Vernon, Colo. Growing up on the family farm in eastern Colorado, Iris quickly adopted her father’s love of horses. She was active in 4-H in the areas of home economics, […]

Sutherland resident LaVern ‘Vern’ Lenz passed away at Linden Court on Feb. 10, 2023, at the age of 89. Vern was born at Culbertson to Albert and Grace Lenz on Dec. 31, 1933. He grew up on the family farm between Curtis and Stockville and went to high school at the University of Nebraska School […]

Darrel Ray Uhrmacher, 69, of Sutherland passed away Nov. 22, 2022 at home. He was born on Sept. 20, 1953 to Raymond and Helen (Tanner) Uhrmacher in Superior. Darrel grew up in Superior, attending a country school through the 8th grade, and graduating from Superior High School in 1971. After graduating, Darrel began secretly taking […]

James Lantis, 77, of Sutherland was surrounded by his family when he passed away at home on Nov. 5, 2022 after a courageous battle with cancer. James, the son of Charles and Vivian Lantis was born Nov. 10, 1944 in Cleveland, Kan. As a boy, his family moved to a farm on the Birdwood Table, […]

Colleen Jochum, formerly of Sutherland, passed away at Greeley Place in Colorado on Aug. 26, 2022, at the age of 91. Colleen, the daughter of William “Smiley” and Myrtle Dawson, was born Oct. 11, 1930 at the family home in Wallace. Colleen graduated from Wallace High School in 1948 then moved to Sutherland to work […]