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Beatrice Lenore “Beeb” Kampfe, age 102, a lifelong Brule resident, passed away on October 1, 2021, at Sidney Regional Medical Center-Extended Care. 

She and Chick moved to Sloan’s Assisted Living Sidney in 2016 to be closer to family. 

Beatrice L. “Beeb” Kuskie was born April 22, 1919 on a farm in Perkins County, Nebraska, the second daughter of Bert & Margaret (Dodge) Kuskie.  She attended school in Brule, graduating from Brule High School in 1937.  She attended the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, CO majoring in Elementary Education. 

On August 15, 1941, she mar...