Letitia "Tish" Higginbotham, age 75
Letitia "Tish" Higginbotham, age 75 Funeral services for Tish will be held on Wednesday December 31, 2025, at 1:00 PM at Govier Brothers Mortuary in Broken Bow. The burial will be in the Cottonwood Cemetery at Burwell, NE. A visitation will be held on Tuesday December 30, 2025, 5 PM to 7 PM at Govier Brothers Mortuary with the family greeting friends. Online condolence and words of remembrance ca... Read More
Jerry Anson, age 76
Jerry Anson age 76, of Broken Bow, NE passed away December 22, 2025, at Kearney, NE. Funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, at 10:30 AM at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Broken Bow, NE. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to the Gerald D. Anson Memorial Fund (details will be provided later). Burial will be at 3:00 PM at Fort McPherson Nati... Read More
Robert "Lee" Power, age 75
Merna resident Robert “Lee” Power, 75, passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at home in Merna, NE. Visitation will be 9:30 a.m. and service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 29th at The Broken Bow United Methodist Church with Pastor Phil Sloat officiating. Luncheon immediately following the service. Burial will be at 2:00 p.m. at Riverside Cemetery in Gibbon, NE. An afternoon recepti... Read More
Beth Whitney, age 84
Elizabeth Faith (Snyder) Whitney of Broken Bow, NE, passed away peacefully at her home on December 22, 2025, at the age of 84. Elizabeth (Beth) was born on September 1, 1941, in Portland, OR to William Albert (Abe) and Mildred Grace (Mills) Snyder. She lived in Boring, OR until 1958, when she and her family moved to Ansley, NE to care for her grandfather, John Mills. Beth accepted the Lord a... Read More
Michael Spencer, age 74
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Michael Doyle Spencer, age 74, who left us on December 19, 2025, in Grand Island, Nebraska. Born on October 4, 1951, in Sargent, Nebraska, the son of Donald and Doris (Wells) Spencer, was a cherished member of his community. After completing his education at Brewster High School and attending the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Mike ... Read More
William Goble, age 69
William Goble age 69, of Hastings, NE passed away on December 18, 2025, at the Good Samaritan Perkins of Hastings, NE. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at 11:00 AM at the United Methodist Church in Sargent, NE. Burial will follow in the Mt. Hope Cemetery. A visitation will take place on Tuesday the 23rd from 9:00 AM to service time at the Sargent United Methodist Chu... Read More
Mary Cool, age 80
A Funeral Mass for Mary Ann Cool will be held on Monday, December 22, 2025, at 10:30 AM at St. Anselm Catholic Church in Anselmo. The burial will follow at the Cliff Table Cemetery west of Merna. A Vigil Service will be held on Sunday evening at 6:00 PM at St. Anselm Catholic Church. A visitation and time to greet the family will be held on Sunday afternoon 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at St. Anselm Catholi... Read More
Ethelyn Thompson, age 98
Memorial services will be held on Saturday, December 20, 2025, at 10:30 AM at the Church of Christ in Sargent, NE. Memorials are suggested to Sargent Community Foundation or Sargent Church of Christ. A visitation will be held on Friday, December 19th, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at the Church of Christ in Sargent. Govier Brothers Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Online words of remembranc... Read More
Brad De Groot, DVM, PhD
“Dying in one’s sleep is called a kiss of God, and dying on the Sabbath is a gift that is merited by piety.”-Susannah Heschel Bradley Dean De Groot entered into his eternal reward on the Lord’s Day, Sunday, December 7, 2025, after an eight-year trial with neuroendocrine tumors. Brad’s parents, Glenn and E. Joy De Groot welcomed their son into the world on Sunday, October 1, 1961, at t... Read More
James Leonard, age 92
James Leonard of Holdrege, NE passed away on December 10, 2025. Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 15, 2025, at 2:00 PM at Govier Brothers Chapel in Broken Bow. Burial will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Callaway. A visitation will be held one hour before the service at Govier Brothers Mortuary. Govier Brothers Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Online words of remembrance... Read More
