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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.
Julius Reimers - April 18, 2012
Julius H. Reimers, age 95 of West Point, died Friday, April 13, 2012 at St. Joseph Retirement Community.A memorial service was Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at St. Joseph Retirement Community Chapel in West Point. Interment was at Mt. Hope Cemetery in West Point. Rev. Christian Meier of West Point and Rev. Carl Kramer of Wahoo officiated.
Stokely Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include son and wife Eugene and Patsy Reimers of Glendale, Ariz.; daughter and husband Judy and Keith Lutz of West Point; daughter-in-law Doris Reimers of Golden, Colo.; nine grandchildren Debra and Carlo Cornacchia of Littleton, Colo., Cyndi Linne of Sarasota, Fla., David Reimers of Evergreen, Colo., Mark Reimers of Colorado Springs, Colo., Karri and Rudolph Resendez of Arvada, Colo., Tammy Lutz and Ty Wagoner of Bayard, Melissa and Kory Killingsworth of Lincoln, Angela and Brian Galloway of Omaha, Todd and Erin Lutz of West Point; 14 great-grandchildren, Tyler Linne, Jamie and Grace Cornacchia, Brigg Reimers, Luke and Kathryn Resendez, Parker and Hannah Lutz, Dillon and Madeline Galloway, Justice, Titus and Noah Killingsworth and Randal Wagoner; and a brother, Louis Reimers of West Point.
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