“Doug” Auxier Harry Douglas “Doug” Auxier, 93, of Salyersville, died Saturday, June 3, 2023, at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m., Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in the Jones-Preston Funeral Chapel with Erve Bradley and Willis Blair officiating. Burial will follow at Highland Memorial Park, Staffordsville. Arrangements are under the direction of the … [Read more…]
VIRTUAL VETERANS CAREER FAIR—DAV (Disabled American Veterans) and RecruitMilitary® will co-host the National Logistics Virtual Veterans Job Fair on June 6 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. CST. The event is free to veterans, their spouses, active-duty military personnel and members of the National Guard and Reserve. More than 30 employers actively seeking the unique talents of … [Read more…]
After 51 years, a Lincoln pilot who went missing in action during the Vietnam War will be buried on Monday at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. Larry Alfred Zich, who was 24 when the UH-1H Iroquois helicopter he was co-piloting went missing on April 3, 1972, will be interred with full military honors at 10 a.m. To … [Read more…]
No matter what’s happening in the world, readers read. And thank goodness they do. We all need an escape, if only for an hour, from whatever crisis of the day is raging. As Thom Sczygielski of Zion, Ill., a retired Whittier Elementary School teacher, tells us, “Reading takes time, but it’s priceless.” While summer is … [Read more…]
(CNN) — At their modest home in Kenya’s western Bungoma County, Rodgers Shibutse noticed that his mother Pamela had become captivated by a popular but controversial televangelist known as Paul Mackenzie. Pamela Mukalasinga, 54, a small-scale trader and mother of five, would tune in religiously to Mackenzie’s Times TV channel. She became determined to meet … [Read more…]
Mary Ellen Boesch, age 76, of Ripon passed away at her beloved home on Friday, June 2nd, 2023. Mary Ellen Mullin was born on October 28, 1946 in Minneapolis, MN, the daughter of Daniel and Marjorie Mullin. She spent her childhood years in Marshfield, WI, graduating from Columbus High School in 1964. She attended the … [Read more…]
Gift this article Share this article paywall-free. Thanks for supporting Ukraine refugees I would like to thank all who supported our recent benefit dinner at the Nelson Heritage Center (April 21, 2023) for the refugees of the Ukraine War. For the second year in a row we have sold out after moving to a larger … [Read more…]
Gift this article Share this article paywall-free. From a grave situation arose Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The state’s largest cemetery, for size and souls, dates to 1886 with its first burial — of the previous landowner. It was the first in Omaha professionally designed. It’s part of the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum and a bird sanctuary. … [Read more…]
Joshua Adam Arden Joshua Adam Arden, 43, of Oak Hill, passed away at home on May 15, 2023. Joshua was born on Oct. 13, 1979, at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston, son of Dallas Arden and Julie Riddle. Joshua was a civilian contractor, supporting military operations throughout the world, a veteran of the United … [Read more…]
Gift this article Share this article paywall-free. These stats were provided by WalletHub. 45 million veterans, have served during wartime 656,000 military service members , have lost their lives during combat. New York was the 1st state to recognize Memorial Day in 1873. The public is invited to three Memorial Day ceremonies in Lincoln … [Read more…]