Mary Killinger, 82, of St. Paul, died Sept. 26. Funeral Mass Oct. 3 at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in St. Paul with Fr. Vince Parsons officiating. Burial at Elmwood Cemetery in St. Paul. Survivors: children, Mary Kathleen Quinn of Omaha, Joseph Killinger of Santa Monica, Calif., and Rosemary Wichmann of Hastings; four grandchildren; brothers, Dan McIntyre of St. Paul and Tim McIntyre of Greeley and, Sandra McIntyre of St. Paul.
Ray Chelewski, 100, of Deming, N.M., formerly of Farwell, died Aug. 10. Funeral Mass Oct. 4 at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in St. Paul with Fr. Vince Parsons officiating. Survivors: sisters, Jean Munroe of Grand Island, Sally Munsinger of Cairo, and Angie Wilson of Blanding, Utah; daughter, Carolyn Karner of St. Libory; sons, Steve Chelewski of San Antonio, Texas, and Lynn Chelewski of Beatrice; five grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren.
Dolores “Dee” Rodgers, 88, of Grand Island, died Sept. 29. Funeral Mass Oct. 10 at Resurrection Church with Fr. Thomas Vijumon officiating. Burial at Westlawn Memorial Park Columbarium. Survivors: children, Dayna Kirkpatrick of Grand Island, Deidre Smith of Fredericksburg, Va., Deanna Van Briesen of Lead, S.D., and Dan Spencer of Denver; eight grandchildren; two great-grandsons; brothers, Joe Gatto and Vince Carag.
Sylvia Yanda, 89, of Grand Island, died Sept. 30. Funeral Mass Oct. 6 at Blessed Sacrament Church. Burial at Highland Park Cemetery in Ravenna. Survivors: son, Roy Yanda of Grand Island; two grandchildren; three step-great-grandchildren; three step-great-great-grandchildren; sister, Mary Ann Homan of Grand Island; and brothers, Eugene Chramosta of Gibbon and Charles Chramosta of Ravenna.
James Ryan, Jr., 77, of Grand Island, formerly of Greeley, died Sept. 30. Funeral Mass Oct. 7 at the Sacred Heart Church in Greeley with Fr. Antony Thekkekara officiating. Burial at Sacred Heart Cemetery at Greeley. Survivors: wife, Mary Ann; daughter, Jaci Menyweather; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; sister, Marilyn Thober; brothers, Frank Ryan and Dan Ryan.
Robb Aguirre, 48, of Lincoln, died Sept. 29. Funeral Mass Oct. 7 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Grand Island. Survivors: mother, Mary Bono; sister, Cristina Phillips.
Agnes Lewandowski, 87, of Grand Island, died Sept. 30. Funeral Mass Oct. 10 at St. Leo's Church with her nephew, Fr. Matt Koperski, and Fr. Mark Maresh officiating. Burial at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors: husband, Ron; children, Cindy Thiemann of Las Vegas, Larry Lewandowski of Central City, Janet Knight of Omaha, Carol Johnson of Glendale, Ariz., Barb Abernethy of Floral City, Fla., Dr. Jim Lewandowski of Grand Island; 13 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; brothers, Pete Koperski of Kansas City, Kan., John Koperski of Ogallala, Ben Koperski of Cody, Wyo., Muggs Koperski of Lincoln; sisters, JoAnn Kuszak of Ashton, Marie Platek of St. Paul, Sally Mudloff of St. Paul, Maurice Fletcher of Olathe, Kan.
Josephine 'Josie' Romero, 90, of Grand Island, died Oct. 2. Funeral Mass Oct. 11 at St. Mary's Cathedral with Fr. Jorge Canela officiating. Burial at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Randall Miller, 67, of Hastings, formerly of Grand Island, died Oct. 4. Funeral services Oct. 8 at Curran Funeral Chapel with Fr. Mark Maresh officiating. Burial at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors: siblings, Marilyn Fairbairn of St. Paul, Lori McGinnis of Cozad, Lyle Miller of Doniphan.
Dr. Andrew Martinsen, 74, of St. Paul, died Oct. 4. Services Oct. 10 at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in St. Paul with Fr. Vince Parsons officiating. Burial at Elmwood Cemetery in St. Paul. Survivors: wife, Teresa; children, Erik Martinsen, Justin Martinsen and Andrea Martinsen of Atlanta, Ga; six grandchildren; stepchildren, Neal Martinsen of Hickman, Bradley Martinsen of St. Paul; four stepgrandchildren; brothers, Roy Martinsen of Taylor and William Martinsen of Primrose; sister, Joy Smith of Richardson, Texas.
Jerry Manning, 85, of Holdrege, formerly of Hershey, died Sept. 30. Funeral services Oct. 7 at St. Andrews Cemetery near Merna. Survivors: daughters, Cindy Odean of Hershey, Pam Englert of Kearney, Joni Carter of Loomis and Jeri Goodman of Scottsbluff; seven grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; stepchildren, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Debbi Rahe, 68, of Kearney died Sept. 21. Funeral Mass Oct. 15 at Prince of Peace Church in Kearney. Survivors: children, Alex Rahe of Omaha and Tori Hatcher of Severn, Md.; brother, David Ault of Omaha and two grandchildren.
Rose Goodman, 97, of Broken Bow died Sept. 28. Funeral Mass Oct. 3 at St. Joseph's Church in Broken Bow with Fr. Jim Hunt officiating. Burial at Broken Bow Cemetery. Survivors: daughter, Sharon Tonsing of Kerrville, Texas; son, Dick Behrends of Broken Bow; stepson, Gordon Goodman of Broken Bow; 10 grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.
Wayne Blazey, 61, of Central City, formerly of Loup City, died Oct. 4. Funeral Mass Oct. 7 at St. Josaphat’s Church in Loup City with Fr. Richard Piontkowski officiating. Burial at Evergreen Cemetery in Loup City.