06/23/2018 - Kenneth 'Kenny' Hollibaugh

Funeral services for Kenneth "Kenny" Hollibaugh will be Saturday, June 23, 2018, at 2:00PM at the Zion Lutheran Church in Hay Springs, Nebraska. Pastor Allan Wierschke will be officiating.

The burial will be at the Hay Springs City Cemetery.

A memorial has been established for the Hay Springs Volunteer Fire Department or the Zion Luthern Church in Hay Springs. Donations may be sent to Chamberlain Drabbels Mortuary, PO Box 443, Hay Springs, NE 69347.

Chamberlain Drabbels Mortuary in Hay Springs is in charge of funeral arrangements for Kenneth Kenny Hollibaugh.

Kenny Hollibaugh was born on October 16, 1930 to Dawes and Vera (nee Dunlap) Hollibaugh and died June 16, 2018. 

He was a fine rancher, cattleman, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend as well as an avid hunter and fisherman.  Nothing made Kenny happier than watching elk on his land—through a rifle scope or a spotting scope. 

A few days after Kenny’s first birthday, his father Dawes was killed in a plane crash in Alliance, Neb.  His beloved grandfather Cal “CG.” then helped raise Kenny on the ranch near Marsland.

He married RoseMary Falkenburg in 1953 and they had and raised 4 children: Debra (Mark) Pieper; Joleen (Matt) Pieper, Linda Hollibaugh, and Karl (Becky) Hollibaugh. 

Kenny and RoseMary bought the Horn and Morgan ranch in 1963 and built a livelihood and a life together there with their children for the rest of their lives. 

Preceding Kenny in death were his parents, Dawes and Vera; wife of many years, RoseMary; grandson Travis Pieper and granddaughter, Hannah Hollibaugh.  Mourning his death are many friends and relatives, his children and their spouses, 8 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren. 

Kenny was a baptized child of the living God. He was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Hay Springs, Neb. 

“But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep” (I Thess 4:13-14).