Joleen Michelle “Shelly” (Black) Arensdorf, age 62 of Tryon, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, July 27, 2018.Shelly was born September 25, 1955 in Mullen, NE to Orval and Leah (Hardin) Black. She attended elementary and high school in Tryon and graduated from McPherson County High School in 1974. She married Jeff Arensdorf on May 25, 1975 and they began a life of ranching in McPherson County.

Janet Joyce (Morey) Sorensen, 83, died July 23, 2018 in Omaha, Nebraska, after suffering a brain injury in a fall.Janet was born on October 5, 1934, in Thomas County, Nebraska, at her family’s homestead near the Dismal River to James and Gladys (Scott) Morey. The family later moved to Stapleton, Nebraska, where Janet lived until 1952, when she graduated from Baker Rural High School and married Frederick Sorensen. Janet and Fred lived in Colorado until 1974 when Janet moved back home and to…

Allen LeRoy Wolfenden, age 77 of rural Cherry County Nebraska, passed away on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at Cherry County Hospital in Valentine, Nebraska. LeRoy was born on July 18, 1940, to Warren and Eunice (Pearman) Wolfenden.LeRoy spent his childhood years on the family ranch southwest of Valentine. He graduated from Mullen High School in 1957, at the age of 16.

Dorothy Marie Kramer, a.k.a. “Grandma Monkey”, age 94, formerly of Tryon, NE, passed away Wednesday July 11, 2018 at Linden Court in North Platte, NE.Dorothy was born October 26, 1923 in Ringgold, NE to Warren and Ora (Miller) Winters. As a grade school student, she rode horseback to school with her brothers Glenn and Roy.