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Where there’s smoke...
First truck was good investment
Cemetery directories completed for Memorial Day
Fantastic finish
Where there’s smoke...
Beemer’s Volunteer Fire Department made use of a perfect day Sunday for a practice burn. Firemen set an hold house on fire at the farm place of the late Marcella Belling, located on County Road 15, about 3.5 miles from Beemer. Basic fire practice, including entering a burning house, was conducted during the controlled burn.
First truck was good investment
By Bev Wieler West Point News Reporter /
Seventy-seven years ago Eddie Doescher took a chance and sold the only vehicle he owned and bought a truck. It marked the beginning of Doescher Transfer Company, located in Beemer.
Doescher’s family acknowledges that his initial investment proved to be a good one.
Doescher’s family acknowledges that his initial investment proved to be a good one.
Cemetery directories completed for Memorial Day
By Bev Wieler West Point News Reporter /
Lance Parsons searched for several years to find where his father was buried. He had lost contact with him through the years and knew he had died.
At about the same time as he was searching, Lance was also doing work on a directory for Mount Hope Cemetery in West Point.
At about the same time as he was searching, Lance was also doing work on a directory for Mount Hope Cemetery in West Point.
Fantastic finish
It wasn’t by chance, but rather hard work and dedication that Bluejay senior Emily Petz evolved into a star sprinter.
It was also her love for the sport that allowed Petz to place a giant exclamation mark on her Central Catholic track career with four medals in four events at the 2013 state track and field meet held this past weekend at Omaha Burke.
It was also her love for the sport that allowed Petz to place a giant exclamation mark on her Central Catholic track career with four medals in four events at the 2013 state track and field meet held this past weekend at Omaha Burke.
Sophie Ann McGuire - August 03, 2011
Funeral services for Sophie Ann McGuire, 88, of Wisner, were Monday, Aug. 1 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Wisner, with interment in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Sophie Ann passed away on Thursday, July 28, 2011 at the Wisner Care Center.Sophie Ann is survived by her son-in-law Dr. Clark Hehner of Norfolk (husband of deceased daughter Carol Ann) and their son Bill, Mary Kay Uraga of Omaha (and her daughter, Elizabeth Uraga and spouse Shawn Woodman); John “Mick” and wife Brenda of Colo, IA (their children-Annie and Sean, and his daughter Erin Ivankovich, and her children, Isabelle and Delaney); Patricia Shively and husband John of Denver, CO (their children-daughter, Cristin and husband Tom Zimmer; and son-David); Robert “Robby” of Carroll, IA; Jeff of Omaha, NE; Sally Simon and husband Bill of Wichita, KS (her sons-Vincent and Adam Tranello, and step-children-Jake, Stephanie, and Becca); Brad and Mark both of Kansas City, MO. She is also survived by sisters Rita Knust of Huntsville, AL and Lenora Ingraham of El Cajon, CA and sisters-in-law Eileen Bathen of Orlando, FL; Margaret Shannon and Myrt Quinn of Omaha; and Marcie and Betty Wisnieski of Dodge.
The family suggests that memorials be directed to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church’s Building Fund, 1318 Ave. G Wisner, NE 68791.
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