Obituaries

Billy Sam Martin

Wed, 04/16/2025 - 2:08pm

Billy Sam Martin, age 95, of Gibbon, passed away Friday, April 11, 2025, at Mt. Carmel Keens Memorial Home in Kearney. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 18, at the O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery in Gibbon with military honors provided by American Legion Post #310 in conjunction with the Nebraska National Guard Funeral Honors Team. Visitation will be today (Thursday) from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney.

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Sally R. Jackson

Wed, 04/16/2025 - 2:08pm

Sally R. Jackson, age 71, of Wood River, died on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Nebraska Heart Hospital in Lincoln surrounded by her family.

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Betty Damratowski

Wed, 04/16/2025 - 2:08pm

Betty Lou Damratowski, age 85, of Elkhorn, formerly of Grand Island, died peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at the Country House Residence in Elkhorn.