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Pauline Wine
Pauline Fern Flory was born Sept. 26, 1904, in Imperial, NE to Henry M. and Jennie E. (Fry) Flory.
She attended school at Pioneer School District #1 and graduated from Chase County High School in 1923.
In May of 2003, she was honored at her 80th class reunion in Imperial. After graduation, she taught several years at Pioneer School in Enders, then stayed at home and cared for her mother.
Pauline chose to be baptized and was a member of the Enders Church of the Brethren since childhood, teaching Sunday School, working with the Ladies Aide and fulfilling many other activities of the church.
Pauline and Dallas Glen Wine were joined in marriage April 12, 1939, at her parents' home north of Enders. About 1942, they moved to a ranch northeast of Enders where they built their home. Pauline and Dallas had four children: Glenda Rae, Dallas Wayne, Dorothy Jean and Sylvia Jeanette. For several years, Pauline taught the children at home using the Calvert lessons.
In 1959 the family moved to Oklahoma where Dallas Glen pastored a church for six years and Pauline was active as Sunday School teacher, camp counselor and busy mom for two teenage daughters.
In 1965 Pauline and Dallas Glen moved to Maumee, Ohio, where they worked at a children's home first as houseparents, then Dallas in the kitchen and Pauline as a seamstress.
In November of 1972, they retired to Imperial where Pauline loved being with her grandchildren.
Pauline remained in her home until February of 2003, when she moved to the Imperial Manor where she enjoyed fellowship and excellent care.
Pauline is preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Jennie Flory; brothers, Ray and Ross; sisters, May and Fay; and her very loving husband Dallas Glen.
Pauline will be missed by her three daughters: Glenda Rae and husband, Thayne, of Brookings, Ore., Dorothy Jean of Lominta, Calif., Sylvia Jeanette and husband, Michael Eagan, of Portland, Ore.; and one son, Dallas Wayne and wife Charlotte Wine of Imperial, Neb.; 15 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren; her faithful church family and many relatives friends and neighbors.
After spending 88 of her 100 years in Chase County, Pauline departed this life on Jan. 18, 2005, to spend a beautiful eternity with her Savior, Jesus Christ.
Funeral services were Saturday, Jan. 22, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Church of the Brethren in Enders, Neb. with Pastor Francis Baker officiating.
Pianist was Mrs. Lois Wine and organist was Mrs. Tina Grosbach. Singers were Genelle and Bruce Wine. Selections were "What a Friend We Have In Jesus," "When We Walk With The Lord," "When Peace, Like a River" and "Precious Lord, Take My Hand."
Casketbearers were Douglas Wine, Bruce Wine, Brent Wine, Kent Wine, Genelle Wine and LeAnn Wine.
Interment was at Mount Hope cemetery, Imperial, Neb.
Liewer Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Micky Houston
Micky Houston, age 87, passed away early Tuesday morning, Jan. 25, 2005, at the Imperial Manor Nursing Home in Imperial, Neb.
Survivors include nieces Linda Banks of Erie, Colo., Vicky Fuhrer and husband Keith of Newman Grove, Neb.; and sister-in-law Lourene Miller and husband Dewey of Colorado Springs, Colo.
Funeral services will be held Friday, Jan. 28, 2005, at the United Methodist Church in Imperial with Pastor Murray Schmechel officiating.
Interment will follow at Mount Hope cemetery in Imperial.
Visitation will be held today (Thursday afternoon), from 2-6 p.m. at the funeral home in Imperial.
A memorial has been established to the Imperial Manor Nursing Home and the Imperial Community Center of Imperial.
Liewer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Hilda Roschewski
Hilda Margaret (Fortkamp) Roschewski died Jan. 15, 2005, at the Chase County Community Hospital in Imperial, Neb., at the age of 93 years, 3 months and 22 days.
She was born Sept. 23, 1911, in Chase County, Neb., to Henry C. and Sophia (Haarberg) Fortkamp.
She was baptized into the Christian faith through baptism on Oct. 15, 1911, and was confirmed on May 10, 1925, at St. Paul Lutheran Church.
She attended school at District 40 in Chase County and also at the St. Paul Parochial School in Dundy County.
On Sept. 22, 1932, she married
William J. Roschewski at St. Paul Lutheran Church. They farmed in Chase County for 15 years before moving to a farm in Hayes County where she resided until her death.
She was a member of St. Paul until she transferred to Redeemer Lutheran Church in Wauneta. She was a faithful member of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League and served in various offices.
She loved working outdoors side by side with her husband on the farm and even later in life taking care of the yard. She also took pleasure in cooking and baking pies for family and friends.
Hilda was a devoted mother and grandmother and was always there to listen and lend a helping hand.
Preceding her in death were her husband, Bill; son Wayne; grandson Anthony; parents; two sisters: one stillborn and Velma; seven brothers: William, John, Fred, Irvin, Albert, Emil and LaVerne.
Survivors include: two daughters, Elaine and husband, Wally Jones, of Skiatook, Okla. and Carolyn and husband, Ted Anderson, of Wauneta; one son Danny Roschewski and wife, Sharla, of Imperial; one daughter-in-law, Elaine Roschewski, of Palisade; two brothers: Martin Fortkamp and wife, Erma and Arthur Fortkamp and wife, Nina; one sister, Violet Long, all of Wauneta; one sister-in-law, Opal Fortkamp, of Imperial; 11 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; one great, great granddaughter and a host of nieces, nephews, friends and neighbors.
Services were held at 10 am. MT on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005, at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Wauneta with Rev. Keith Wellman officiating. His sermon was based on 1 Cor. 15: 53-58.
Berneta Steinert served as organist and granddaughter Melanie Miller sang "In the Garden." Congregational hymns were "Just as I Am" and "I'm But a Stranger Here."
Pallbearers were grandsons: Cleve Anderson, Randy Jones, Todd Anderson, Frank Anderson, Chris Jones and Darrin Roschew-ski.
Burial was at Riverside cemetery, Wauneta, with Liewer Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Hilda Roschewski
Hilda Roschewski, long time resident of the Wauneta area, passed away Saturday afternoon, Jan. 15, 2005, at the Chase County Community Hospital, Imperial, Neb. She was 93 years of age.
Survivors include: daughters, Elaine Jones and husband, Wally, Skiatook, Okla., Carolyn Anderson and husband, Ted, Wauneta, Neb.; son, Danny Roschewski and wife, Sharla, Imperial, Neb.; 11 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; brothers, Martin Fortkamp and wife, Erma, Wauneta, Neb., Art Fortkamp and wife, Nina, Wauneta, Neb.; sister, Violet Long of Wauneta, Neb.; daughter-in-law, Elaine Roschewski, Palisade, Neb.
Funeral services will be today (Thursday morning), Jan. 20 at 10 a.m. at Redeemer Lutheran Church of Wauneta, Neb. with Pastor Keith Wellman officiating.
Interment will follow at Riverside cemetery, Wauneta.
Visitation was held Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 19, 2-6 p.m. at the funeral home in Wauneta.
A memorial has been established in Hilda's memory.
Liewer Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Pauline Wine
Pauline F. Wine, age 100, of Imperial died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005, at Chase County Community Hospital in Imperial.
Services will be held Saturday, Jan. 22, 2005, at the Enders Church of the Brethren, Enders, with Rev. Francis Baker officiating.
Interment will follow at Mount Hope cemetery, Imperial.
A memorial has been established in her memory.
Visitation will be held Friday afternoon, 2-6 p.m. at Liewer Funeral Home in Imperial.
Liewer Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Marlies Gauger
Marlies Sophia (Haarberg) Gauger was born March 15, 1931, to Henry and Elise (Nordhausen) Haarberg in Chase County, Nebraska, near Wauneta.
She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church, rural Wauneta.
Marlies grew up and attended school at St. Paul's parochial school and graduated from Wauneta High School in 1949.
On Dec. 19, 1968, Marlies married
Jim Gauger in a ceremony at Colorado Springs, Colo. The couple settled in Wauneta and then made their home in Dundy Coun-ty, moving in 1972. In 2002 they returned to Wauneta and made their home on the west side of town.
In years gone by Marlies enjoyed gardening and canning and had a special love for baking cookies. Failing health curtailed those activities, but her love of reading and embroidery remained a pleasant pastime to the end.
Marlies passed away Thursday night, Dec. 30, 2004, at the Chase County Community Hospital in Imperial, Neb. She was 73 years of age.
Preceding her in death were her mother and father, brothers Eldon and Harlan, and infant brother Harry.
Survivors include: husband Jim of Wauneta; brother Vic Haarberg and wife, Kathleen, of Texas; sister Dorinda and husband, Kenneth Polly, of McCook, Neb.; sister Erma and husband, Ed Suelflow, of Milwaukee, Wisc.; mother-in-law Virginia Gauger, sister-in-law Twilla Denker and sister-in-law Dorothy Gauger, all of Wauneta; sister-in-law Mary Ann Haarberg; sister-in-law Mary Haarberg, numerous nieces and nephews.
Graveside services were held Monday, Jan. 3, 2005, at 10:30 a.m. at the Eden Missionary cemetery at Wauneta with Rev. Lloyd Bley officiating.
A memorial has been established in Marlies' memory.
Interment was at the Eden Missionary cemetery, Wauneta, Neb., with Liewer Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
A.D. 'Swede' Swanson
A.D. "Swede" Swanson, 64, passed away at his home Dec. 26, 2004, after a long battle with cancer.
He was born Nov. 18, 1940 in Curtis to Lawrence and Una Swanson. After graduating from high school in Curtis, he joined the U.S. Army and was stationed in Washington, D.C. He served in the Presidential honor guard at Fort Meyer, Arlington, Va.
After completing his military service he returned to Curtis to marry his high school sweetheart, Mardee Gardner, on April 17, 1960, in Curtis.
He spent several years working for the Orville Kuhlman Polled Hereford Ranch in North Platte, and then lived in California and Oregon.
After moving back to the North Platte area, he started selling feed in 1968 for Morman Manufacturing Company, which he retired from in 2002.
In 1974, Swede settled south of Hershey, where he and Mardee owned and operated a farm and ranch.
In the late 1960s he was introduced to the second love of his life-the sport of rodeo and steer wrestling. He spent a lot of time over the years rodeoing and teaching young cowboys. He was a gold card member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and the Nebraska State Rodeo Association, where he was a state champion steer wrestler in 1969 and 1972. He also was a member of the Mid-States Rodeo Association, a past Hershey school board member, Hershey Booster Club and most recently the Buffalo Bill Rodeo committee.
Along with his love of rodeo, Mr. Swanson enjoyed watching his kids play sports in high school and later in college. Spending time with his grandchildren was an enjoyable time for him.
Survivors include his wife Mardee of Hershey; a son Shane of Omaha; a daughter Sabrena of Phoenix; brothers Rodney of Cozad, and Leonard of Curtis; a sister Evelyn Sines of Imperial; grandchildren, Katie, Kristin and Morgan Swanson and Patrick McNamara; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by a son Rocky; his parents; a father and mother-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Fay Gardner; a sister-in-law, Doris Swanson; and brother-in-law, Kenny Carper.
Memorials are suggested to Miss Rodeo Nebraska Scholarship, High School Rodeo Scholarship in his memory, or to the Great Plains Regional Medical Center Callahan Cancer Center.
A memorial service was held at the Steerhead Arena on the North River Road, north of Hershey.
Inurnment was at the Lamont cemetery southwest of Hershey following the services.
Nelba Smith
Nelba Dean Smith passed away Jan. 1, 2005, in Oklahoma City, Okla. at the age of 71.
She was born Oct. 30, 1933, in Wagoner, Okla. to Cline and Cyble Flippin, the second of three daughters. Nelba grew up on her parent's farm.
Following high school, she moved to OKC to attend business school and work.
From there she moved to Denver, Colo., where she met and married
Gene Smith.
They moved to Imperial where Nelba was involved in church and community affairs. She served as a trustee on the Imperial Public Library Board during the first remodeling of the library. She was a member of the Friends of the Library while living in North Platte as well as a member of the Town Hall Group.
Nelba played golf and was an avid bridge player, an enthusiastic football fan and loved to entertain.
Friends and family will attest to her ability to turn an ordinary meal into a gourmet feast.
In recent years Nelba has been active in promoting and educating people about lymphodema as it was one of the problems she had to contend with following her first bout with cancer.
Nelba is survived by her husband, Gene Smith; sister, Wava Rutherford and husband, Edward; mother-in-law, Gladys Smith; brothers-in-law, Stan Smith and wife, Shirley and Les Smith and wife, Sue; five nieces and one nephew. She was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Vaunda Bussey.
Services were conducted in OKC on Jan. 5, 2005. Honorary pallbearers were Gladys Smith, Frank Clements, Les Smith, Stan Smith, Ed Rutherford, Melinda Gray, Kyla Bussey, Felicia Fair and Laura Riddick.
Memorials in Nelba's memory may be made to Imperial Public Library and the National Lymphodema Network at 1611 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA 94612.
Mercer-Adams Funeral Services of Bethany, Okla. was in charge of arrangements.
