Obituaries

Celebrate and remember the lives of late newspaper colleagues. BROUGHT TO YOU BY

Dick Emerson, longtime newspaper publisher, dies at 82

Jan 1, 2023

Richard “Dick” Emerson, a longtime Wisconsin newspaper publisher, died on Friday, Dec. 2, at his home in DeForest.

Former Globe publisher Dennis Hall dies at 71

Jan 1, 2023

WORTHINGTON, Minnesota — Dennis Hall, who served as publisher of the Daily Globe from 1995 until 2006, has died at the age of 71.

Linda Beermann, 1946-2022

Jan 1, 2023

Linda R. Beermann of Lincoln, Nebraska, a pathbreaking TV weather reporter and newscaster and community volunteer, died at home of natural causes on Nov. 25, 2022, after enjoying a Thanksgiving holiday ...

Remembering my friend, L. Alan Cruikshank

Jan 1, 2023

Community newspapers lost a great champion with the passing of Alan Cruikshank.

Virginia Rhoades, 1931-2022

Jan 1, 2023

Virginia (Jensen) Rhoades, age 91, passed away peacefully at Country House Residence in Elkhorn, Nebraska, on Nov. 22, 2022.

Jo Ann Edgecombe, 1947-2022

Dec 1, 2022

Jo Ann Edgecombe was born November 14, 1947, at the Geneva, Nebraska, Hospital to Warren ‘Flunky’ Lefever and Florence ‘Flossie’ Lefever. She passed away on November 13, 2022, at ...

Times founder and president L. Alan Cruikshank passes away

Dec 1, 2022

L. Alan Cruikshank was born in Oklahoma July 18, 1947, to Leslie and Joyce Cruikshank. He passed away on Oct. 30, 2022, in Las Vegas. Between those dates, he lived nearly all his life in the Phoenix area.

Barbara King, 1950-2022

Nov 2, 2022

Barbara King, who was an independent spirit, a lifetime advocate for human and animal rights, as well as for integrity in journalism, passed away at her twin sister’s home in Watertown, Massachusetts, ...