Jun 22, 2005

Denzel Floyd Gilbert, 81, died Wednesday (June 22, 2005) at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. He was born in Achilles, KS on August 1, 1923 to Floyd Brice and Harriet Stowe (Raber) Gilbert. He graduated from Decatur Community High School in Oberlin, KS in 1942. He married Vesta Elaine Brown in Atwood on August 20, 1944. To this union three...

Jun 22, 2005

Nancy Elaine Prosser-Weedin died Wednesday (June 22, 2005) at her home in McCook. She was the first child born July 26, 1944 in Alliance, Nebraska to Helen (Kenagy) and Leonard Prosser. She lived on the family homestead in Sioux County in the sod house built by her Prosser grandparents, father and uncle until the spring of 1949, when the...

Jun 17, 2005

Lillian Elizabeth Schaal died Friday (June 17, 2005) at Community Hospital in McCook. She was 102 years old. Lillian was born on May 5, 1903, to John Leroy and Ruby Juliette (Stuart) Faidley at Junction City, Kansas. She was 102 years old. On October 1, 1923, she married Kenneth Ross McCormick at Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 1937, they moved...

Jun 16, 2005

Maria (Lucille) Garcia died Thursday, June 16, 2005 at Community Hospital in McCook. She was 86. On February 8, 1919 she was born in Fort Madison, Iowa to Luis and Ramana (Martinez) Rodriguez. She attended school in McCook and lived most of her life in McCook. She married Benito Garcia, Sr. on July 27, 1937 in McCook. To this...

May 26, 2005

Emma C. Lehn, 89, died Thursday, May 26, 2005 at Southview Manor Care Center in Cozad. On December 4, 1915 she was born in Lawrence to John and Mary (Baune) Flaherty. She attended Indianola High School and had lived in this area most all of her life. She moved to Cozad in 1991. She married Lawrence B. Lehn at Indianola...

May 22, 2005

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Errol Lynn Brunk died, Sunday, May 22, 2005 at his home in McCook. He was 64 years old. Errol was born on April 20, 1941, at Oberlin, Kansas to Dale L. and Nila R. (Vernon) Brunk. He graduated from Oberlin High School in 1958. On November 24, 1990, he married Judith R. Hanes at Oberlin. They made their...

May 20, 2005

Orvil D. Gray died Friday (May 20, 2005) at McCook Community Hospital in McCook. He was 76 years old. Orvil was born on November 23, 1928, to David A. and Zula M. (Ayers) Gray in Culbertson. He graduated from Culbertson High School in 1947 and attended 31/2 years of college. On June 1, 1957, he married Clara J. Rose in...

May 20, 2005

Larry Mihm, 66, Lincoln, formerly of Indianola, died May 20, 2005, at Bryan LGH West in Lincoln after a courageous year long battle with cancer. He was born to Clarence and Alma (Coburn) Mihm on April 24, 1939 in Indianola, NE. He graduated from Indianola High School 1957 and McCook Community College 1959. He worked at Gierharts Shoe Store...

May 18, 2005

Inez R. Sydow, 95, died Wednesday, May 18, 2005, at El Dorado Manor in Trenton. Inez was born June 27, 1909, in Hamlet, to Peter and Rosa (Volkerts) Johnson. She graduated from Trenton High School in 1929. She attended Kearney State Teacher's College where she earned a teaching certificate through normal training. She taught school for a couple of...

May 12, 2005

Richard “Dick” Beideck of McCook died Thursday, May 12, 2005 at Bryan LGH-East Hospital in Lincoln. On July 16, 1931, Dick was born in McCook the son of Jacob and Marie Katherine (Brehm) Beideck. He graduated from McCook High School in 1950. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1951 - 1954, and then took employment with Burlington Northern...

May 11, 2005

Bernard “Bernie” Neal Hock died Wednesday, May 11, 2005, at Denver, Colorado. He was 52 years old. Bernie was born on January 22, 1953, at McCook to Leslie L. and Maxine I. (Campbell) Hock. He graduated from McCook High School in 1971. On May 22, 1976, he married Carol Colling at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in McCook. To this...

Apr 29, 2005

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Marion Alberta Follett of McCook, died Friday, April 29, 2005, at McCook Community Hospital. She was 78 years old. Marion was born on November 11, 1926, at Bird City, Kansas to Frank H.L. and Hertha Rose Pettit. She attended Baker Rural School. On March 18, 1949, she married George Warren Follett at Beaver City, Nebraska. To this union...

Apr 24, 2005

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Elaine W. Botts died Sunday, April 24, 2005, at McCook Community Hospital. She was 68 years old. Elaine was born on July 1, 1936, at Lincoln to Raymond P. and Thelma T. (Teaford) Walter. She graduated from Curtis High School in 1954 and attended Colorado Women's College in Denver, Colo. for two years. On June 17, 1956, she...

Apr 21, 2005

Madge Charlene Whiteman was born Oct 9, 1916 in McCook, Nebraska. She was taken into her Lord Jesus' loving arms on Thursday, April 21, 2005 at her home in McCook. She was preceded in death by her parents, W.W. and Charlotte Lewis; her loving husband of 50 years, Claude; two brothers, Lyle and Jack. Surviviors include: her sister, Kathleen Rauber;...

Apr 21, 2005

Charles F. Thompson, 95, died Thursday (April 21, 2005) at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. He was born Dec. 11, 1909, to Charles Stanley and Amanda (Walters) Thompson at Indianola. He attended Indianola Public Schools and graduated in 1928. He also attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln from 1928 to 1930. On August 1, 1965 he married Agnes...

Apr 19, 2005

George Henry Millard died Tuesday (April 19, 2005) at Willow Ridge Retirement Community. He was 90 years old. He was born June 5, 1914 at Somerville, New Jersey to Raymond D. and Jennie May (Amerman) Millard. He graduated from high school in Plainfield, NJ. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII from 1943-1946. On July 23, 1957 he married...

Apr 18, 2005

Fannie Barber died Monday (April 18, 2005) at the home of her daughter, Lois, in Lincoln. She was 101 years old. On March 22, 1904 she was born at Cedar Bluffs, Kansas to Charles and Dorothea (Greve) Duckworth. Her family lived at St. Francis, Kansas, Wymore and Shubert, Nebraska before moving back to Indianola. Fannie graduated from Indianola High...

Apr 18, 2005

Anna Irene Geihsler, died Monday, April 18, 2005 at the Cedar Living Center in Oberlin, Kansas. She was 77 years old. Anna was born on March 9, 1928 at Oberlin to Floyd and Francis Emma (Richards) Lewis. She graduated from Red Willow High School in 1947. On August 12, 1947 she married Harlan Edward Geihsler at Oberlin. To this union...

Apr 17, 2005

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Terry Lee Steier died Sunday (April 17, 2005) at United Medical Center Hospital in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He was 31 years old. On June 26, 1973 he was born in Oberlin, Kansas to Curtis L. and Deborah K. (Eby) Steier. He graduated from Herndon High School in 1992. He married Gina Frazier in June of 1996 in Kearney. They...

Apr 14, 2005

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Robert T. Ray, 78, of McCook died Thursday (April 14, 2005) at Community Hospital of McCook. On January 20, 1927 he was born to Clark Calvin and Anne (Webb) Ray in San Francisco, California. He graduated from Hayward High School in Hayward, California in 1945. Bob, as his friends called him, served with the United States Marine Corp...