Funeral services for Connie Poitra of Chadron, Nebraska will be held on Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 10:00 AM at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron with Reverend Peter Bertram officiating.  Burial will be at the Greenwood Cemetery in Chadron.  A visitation will be held on Friday, December 28, 2012 at 7:00 PM at Chamberlain Chapel.

Mrs. Poitra passed away on December 25, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Society in Alliance.

Connie was born on January 29, 1938 in Rugby, North Dakota.

 She was 74.

 Her survivors include:

 Husband:  Jim Poitra

 Son:  Lad Poitra

 Daughter:  Rene Poitra

 A memorial has been established for the Pioneer Manor Nursing Home of Hay Springs or the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Alliance.  Donations may be sent to Chamberlain Chapel, PO Box 970, Chadron, NE, 69337.

 Online condolences can be made at www.chamberlainchapel.com

 Chamberlain Chapel of Chadron is in charge of arrangements.

 

Helen Edith Hood Strohbehn was born in Chadron on September 6^th, 1917, to Katie Richardson Stumpf Hood and Fred Hood, who came to Chadron from Chicago, married Katie Hood, and later became an insurance agent and justice of the peace. Helen had four brothers, Rod, John, Ted, and David, all now deceased. She attended the Municipal University of Omaha, now the University of Nebraska at Omaha. While studying nursing there, she met Earl Strohbehn, a student from Iowa and a talented athlete. She married Earl, and they adopted two children, Jon and Jan. Earl eventually became a Professor of Education at San Jose State. Helen earned a Master of Public Health degree and worked as a nurse and a teacher. She particularly enjoyed traveling and making music and art, especially painting, needlepoint, and quilting. After Earl passed away in 1989, Helen lived in San Jose, California and Mesa, Arizona.  She is survived by her son, Jon Strohbehn, her daughter, Jan Russell, and three grandchildren: Katherine Uhte-Strohbehn, Carl Uhte-Strohbehn, and Leo Iocono. Helen suffered a stroke on December 9^th, 2012 and passed away on Tuesday, December 18^th, 2012 at home in San Jose with her family around her.

 A memorial service will be held at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron at 10:00 AM Saturday, January 5, 2013 with Dr. Russ Seger officiating. Burial will be at the Whitney Community Cemetery.

 A memorial has been established.  Donations may be sent to Chamberlain Chapel, PO Box 970, Chadron, NE  69337

 Online condolences can be made at www.chamberlainchapel.com

 Chamberlain Chapel of Chadron is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services for Ila Buckley of Crawford, Nebraska, will be held Friday, December 28, 2012 at 1:00 pm at the Crawford Methodist Church with Reverend George Kilmer officiating.   She will be laid to rest at the Marsland Cemetery.  A visitation will be held on Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 6:00 PM at Chamberlain Chapel in Crawford. 

 Ila Blanche Coil Rising Buckley was born September 18, 1925 in rural Dawes County near Marsland, Nebraska to Robert M. and Dora Ellen (Pexton) Coil.  She was the fourth of five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Coil.  She attended grade schools in rural Dawes County and near Douglas Wyoming and graduated from Crawford High School in 1943.  Following graduation she received her teaching certificate from Chadron State College after attending for one summer.  She taught in grade schools around the Crawford area including Glen. 

 Ila met her husband-to-be John Lawrence Rising though mutual friends in the early 1940s and after refusing to date him he remained persistent and the two were married June 26, 1944 at the Chadron Lutheran Church.  After marrying the couple lived in the Crawford area while John served in the Army at Fort Robinson.  To this loving union five children were born: Darlene Sue, Robert Earl, Jimmy John, Dorothy Ercil and Sandra Jean.  John Rising passed April 16, 1967 at the age of 46.

 Ila served as the postmistress in Van Tassel, Wyoming through the 1960s and 70s and during that time she met Jewel (Buster) L. Buckley and the two were married in April 1972.  The couple moved to the Buckley ranch south of Harrison where they resided until Busters death in 1990.

 Ila had a fondness for gardening, flowers, raising strawberries, playing cards and crafts.  She belong to several groups included the United Methodist Womens, Eagles Club, Extension Club, and crafts clubs.  She loved volunteering and serving the community.  She was a foster Grandma at the Crawford elementary school, a volunteer at the Crawford historical society, Ponderosa Villa and with many other organizations throughout her life.  She loved having her family around and her door was always open to everyone.

 Ila went to be with the Lord December 22, 2012.  She was greeted in heaven by her parents, her brothers Walter and Lawrence Coil, her sister Mary Ellen Bradley, her husbands John Rising and Buster Buckley, her children Darlene, Jimmy John and Dorothy, son-in-laws Dick Hankins and Steven Lynn Reece, daughter-in-law Judy Kissell and many other family and friends. She will be missed dearly by many including her sister Francis Dyer, sister-in-law Doris Hamaker son Bob Rising, daughter Sandy Rudloff, twelve grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.

 A memorial has been established for the United Methodist Church in Crawford or the Ponderosa Villa Nursing Home.  Donations may be sent to Chamberlain Chapel, PO Box 970, Chadron, NE  69337

 Online condolences can be made at www.chamberlainchapel.com

 Chamberlain Chapel of Crawford is in charge of arrangements.

 

 

 

Leola J. Moore of Whitney, Nebraska passed away on December 20, 2012 at the Chadron Community Hospital.  Leola was born on May 28, 1930 in Crawford, Nebraska to Walter and Katherine Fleishman.  In June of 1952, she married Buster W. Moore. She worked at the VA Medical Center in Hot Springs, SD and transferred to the USDA Forest Service in Chadron where she retired.

 Leola was preceded in death by her parents, a sister (Dora Liledahl), a brother (Eugene Fleishman) and a granddaughter (Heidi McClung). She is survived by her husband, Buster (Whiney, NE), children – Jim (Krista), Whitney, Ne; Tari (Bruce) McClung, Hot Springs, SD; Kelly Moore, Augusta, ME; 12 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.   Graveside services will be held at a later time.

 Online condolences can be made at www.chamberlainchapel.com

 Chamberlain Chapel of Chadron is in charge of arrangements.

Rose was born October 2, 1919, in Bancroft, Nebraska to Fred and Huldina Leitow Lase. Rose Married Robert “Bud” Cressy on April 7, 1957 in Morrill, Nebraska. She and Bud enjoyed traveling in their motorhome before Bud’s death in 1987.

 Before moving to Morrill, Rose worked as a nanny in Omaha. She and Bud purchased the Quality Food Center in Morrill from her brother Herb and they operated the store for 40 years. Rose worked at the Morrill Manor, ran her own craft store–Kozy Korner, was a sales clerk at the Gering Clothing Store, and also in West Point, Nebraska. Rose Moved to Prairie Pines in Chadron 3 years ago.

 Rose is survived by her sons and their wives: Charles “Chuck” and Janice of Chadron; John and Ginger of Gering. Her grandchildren are Tiara Rosane of Chadron and Trent of Clive, IA. She had 4 great-grandchildren: Kaylee and Aaron Gaswick and Georgia and Amelia Cressy.

 Rose was preceded in death by her parents, husband, 4 brothers, 4 sisters and an infant grandson, Scott.

 A funeral service will be held on Thursday, December 27 at 1 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church in Gering, Nebraska with Rev. Richard Neugebauer and Rev. Peter Bertram. Burial will follow in the Morrill Cemetery.

 Memorials may be given in her name to ALS Assn., Keith Worthington Chapter, 10730 Pacific Street, St. 228, Omaha, Nebraska 68114 or Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Chadron, Nebraska.  Donations may be sent to Chamberlain Chapel, PO Box 970, Chadron, NE  69337.

 Online condolences can be made at www.chamberlainchapel.com

 Chamberlain Chapel of Chadron is in charge of arrangements.