Aug 1, 2005

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Jul 28, 2005

John William Beck, formerly of McCook and Culbertson, died Thursday, July 28, 2005 at the Alterra Sterling House Assisted Living Center in Hayes, KS. He was 88 years old. He was born May 11, 1917 in Canton, SD to Elmer August and Alma Pearl (Hildbridle) Beck. He graduated from Ree Heights, SD. On October 22, 1945 he married Alma...

Jul 23, 2005

Zelma "Pauline" Esch died Saturday, July 23, 2005 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was 88 years old. Pauline was born on January 30, 1917in Frontier County, the daughter of Arthur E. and Myrtle Gladys (Branscom) Burton. She grew up in the Zion Hill area, attended country school, and graduated from Red Willow High School in 1935. She taught in...

Jul 20, 2005

Harlan D. Grafel was born Oct. 17, 1924, in Hitchcock County, Nebraska, to August P. and Mary (Wolfram) Grafel. He died July 20, 2005, from injuries suffered in a car accident. Harlan graduated from Herndon High School in 1942. He was drafted into the U. S. Army in 1944 and served his country during WW II in Okinawa. After being...

Jul 17, 2005

Mildred Berniece Heinbigner died Sunday, July 17, 2005 at McCook Community Hospital. She was 76 years old. Mildred was born on December 20, 1928, at Stratton, to Joseph M. and Grace H. (Wilkinson) Schilz. She attended Culbertson Public Schools. She married Orville Paul Hazelton. He preceded her in death in1957. On July 1, 1961, she married Jake Heinbigner in...

Jul 14, 2005

Eugene Gilbert Houghtelling, 78, died Thursday, July 14, 2005 at McCook Community Hospital. Eugene was born on April 16, 1927, at McCook, to Gilbert and Millie (Roberts) Houghtelling. He attended McCook Public Schools. Prior to finishing his senior year he was called into duty to serve his country. He entered the US Army on November 14, 1945 and served...

Jul 13, 2005

Wayne “Bud” Eldon Callan, 86, formerly of Bartley, died Wednesday, July 13, 2005 at Cozad Community Hospital. He was born June 6, 1919 in Red Willow County to Henry H. and Mildred E. (Wolfe) Callan. He attended Zion Hill School in rural Frontier County. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II from 1941 until 1946....

Jul 9, 2005

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Idalene Ruth Egan, 98, of McCook, died on Saturday, July 9, 2005 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was born January 20, 1907 in Granville, Missouri to George and Ida (Mitts) Martin. She married William Grant Egan on May 2, 1925, at Oberlin, Kansas. To this union one son, Robert, was born. They made their home in McCook where...

Jul 8, 2005

David John Evans, 69, died Friday, July 8, 2005 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born June 8, 1936 in Stratton to John R. and Clara Maime (Marquissee) Evans.  Dave grew up in Stratton and graduated from Stratton High School in 1953. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. He married Dorothy Lucille Smith...

Jul 8, 2005

Donald (Don) O. Wallen, 77, died Friday, July 8, 2005 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Don was born on June 9, 1928 in McCook to Lynn A. and Alice M. (Confer) Wallen. He graduated from McCook High School in 1946 and from McCook Junior College in 1948. Don married Shirley Muffley on June 12, 1949 at the Memorial...

Jul 5, 2005

R. G. “Riney” Loose, 80, died Tuesday, July 05, 2005 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. He was born March 4, 1925 in Brush, Colorado to George and Pauline (Kauffman) Loose. He grew up and attended school in Brush and served in the U.S. Navy during WWII from 1942 – 1945. He married Eileen M. Lehl in Oberlin, Kansas on...

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...