George Edward Bates died Wednesday, April 2, 2025 in Bethesda, Maryland, near his home in Kensington, at the age of eighty-five. George was born in Omaha on June 6, 1939, the second of George and Audrey (Potts) Bates’s two children.

Larry D. Lange, 67, of St.

Peggy Mae Cottier, 77, of Lincoln, formerly of Grand Island and Sidney, passed away on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, surrounded by her loving family. A funeral service with military honors was held on Tuesday, September 1st at 1:00 p.m.

Janelle R. Lang, 69, of St.

Lori Ann Kunze, 62, a resident of Bickford Assisted Living of Grand Island and very special daughter, sister, aunt, and friend went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, August 12, 2026.

Corrine Rose Nekoliczak, 95, of St. Paul, formerly of Greeley, died peacefully on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, at Brookefield Park Skilled Nursing and Rehabiliation in St.

Laci Dawn Mai (Heckadon) passed away on July 18, 2026, at the age of 43. She was born in Osborne, Kansas on August 2, 1982. She will always be remembered as an amazing daughter, big sister, devoted friend and truly free-spirited soul that could light up a room.

Janelle R. Lang, 69, of St.

Eric James Patten, 35, of Bali, Indonesia, formerly of Boelus, passed away on July 25, 2026, at the Kemenkes RS General Hospital in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. Family, friends, and all whose lives Eric touched shared in a visitation on Friday, August 21, 2026, at the First Baptist Church in Cairo.

Fr. Richard L.