Walter E. Gibbons, Sr.

March 21, 1898 – February 28, 1975 Walter E. Gibbons, Sr. was born March 21, 1898 in Comstock, NE to Edward Charles and Ida May

Mike Welker

September 12, 1959 – January 12, 2020 Mike Welker was born on September 12, 1959, in Valentine, Nebraska, to Dean and Eldine Welker of Kilgore,

October 18, 1948 He grew up on a Sandhills ranch on the Calamus River 45 miles from Burwell and Ainsworth. The road to town was

April 13, 1940 – September 29, 2016 Lowell Minert was born on April 13, 1940 to Berniece (Walker) and Emery Minert in Halsey, Nebraska. He

December 25, 1910 – May 17, 1982 George Edward Winters was born on his parent’s homestead in McPherson County, Tryon, Nebraska. George was the only

July 7, 1953 Dave Knight was born in Keith County, July 7, 1953 to Fred and Gertrude Knight. Dave was raised on the Red Rose

1906 – 1967 Dave Campbell was born in Indiana, in 1906, moved to Bartlett, Nebraska in 1920 with his parents and younger brother, Bill. They

July 17, 1951 Bill was born and raised in the Sandhills and has been ranching on the same place for 27 years. His parents were

October 8, 1928 – March 4, 2020 Bill was born October 8, 1928 in a covered wagon near Spring Creek, SD to Charles and Gertrude

April 22, 1943 – December 13, 2020 October 29, 1945 – December 19, 2020 William “Bill” Earl White was the son of Edward and Pauline