Feb 14, 2005

Brett L. Fraker died Monday, February 14, 2005 in McCook. He was 23 years old. Brett was born on October 11, 1981, at Oberlin, Kansas to Mark L. and Pam R. (Myers) Fraker. In 1995,he moved with his mom to McCook. He graduated from McCook High School in 2000 where he was a wrestler. After graduation, he worked for Hixon...

Feb 13, 2005

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Fern I. Wolgamott, 91, died Sunday, February 13, 2005 at Sunset Haven Nursing Home in Curtis. She was born May 2, 1913 in Gosper County to Leon J. and Lela O. (Collins) Wilsey. She attended school at Lexington. She moved to McCook in 1995. She married Wayne O. Wolgamott in the Methodist Church in Lexington on December 24,...

Feb 8, 2005

Vera Mae (Jones) Miller, 92, was born May 14, 1912 at Lebanon to Leslie Franklin and Mary Atillia (Bush) Jones. She departed this world on February 8, 2005 at the age of 92 in Cambridge, Nebraska. She was married in Oberlin, Kansas to Eugene V. Miller on March 18, 1934. She was owner/operator of Circle M Ceramics. Vera was preceded...

Feb 8, 2005

Josephine Almira Wesch died Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was 90 years old. Josephine was born on October 28, 1914, in Frontier County, Nebraska, to Burtis Lloyd and Minnie Mary (Jewel) McMains. She attended Center Pointe School and received her GED from McCook Community College in 1978. On June 28, 1939, she married Edward R....

Feb 4, 2005

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Donald Lee Thompson, age 62, died February 4, 2005 in Joplin, Missouri. He graduated from McCook High School in 1960 and McCook Junior College in 1962, University of Northern Colorado, and business executive programs of Cornell University, University of Montana, and the Harvard Business School Business. A memorial service will be held at the Saint Paul's United Methodist...

Feb 2, 2005

Marilyn R. Goltl, 71, died Wednesday, February 2, 2005 at her home in McCook. On January 25, 1934 she was born in Red Willow County to Charles August and Nellie Pearl (Crocker) Wesch. She graduated from McCook High School in 1952 and had lived here all her life. She married Ralph V. Goltl in Ft. Belvore, VA on August...

Feb 1, 2005

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Agnes Louise Real, 81, of McCook, died Tuesday evening (Feb. 1, 2005) at McCook Community Hospital. She was born April 30, 1923, to Milton Reed and Gladys Viola (White) Witt in Cedar Bluffs, Kan. She grew up on the family farm near Cedar Bluffs. She graduated from Decatur County High School in Oberlin in 1940 and did post...

Jan 29, 2005

Terry Wayne Dyer died Saturday, January 29, 2005 at Premier Estates Senior Living in North Platte. He was 58 years old. Terry was born on July 14, 1946 at Dennison, Texas to Elbert Washington and Virgie Ethel (Foxx) Dyer. On October 10, 1975, he married Dixie L. Matson at Guyman, Oklahoma. They moved to the McCook community in 1998. Terry...

Jan 28, 2005

Jackie Boehm, 69, of McCook died Friday, January 28, 2005 at her home in McCook. She was born April 25, 1935 to Leo and Anastasia (Wasia) Kotschwar at Hayes Center. She graduated from McCook High School in 1952. She lived in this area most of her life. On April 25, 1964 she married Charles B. Boehm in McCook. She...

Jan 27, 2005

Viola Darlene Trout, 90, died Thursday, January 27, 2005 at Community Hospital in McCook. She was born February 18, 1914 to Glen and Wretha (Wilson) Scott in Hayes County. She grew up in Hayes Center and graduated from Hayes Center High School in 1932. She taught rural school for six years. On August 11, 1938 she married Norval R....

Jan 21, 2005

After a 98 year life filled with travel, culture, family and friends, Marjorie Lillian Johnston, of McCook, Nebraska, passed away at the Community Hospital of McCook, on January 21, 2005. Marjorie was born in Atkinson, Nebraska, on February 2, 1906. She was one of two daughters and three sons to William L. and Violet (Malzacher) Schultz. Post high school graduation...

Jan 19, 2005

Virginia "Ginny" Lavonne (Mitchem) Moore died Wednesday, January 19, 2005 at her sister's home in Lincoln. She was 64 years old. Ginny was born on April 22, 1940, at McCook to Dale Jess and Fern Elizabeth (Worske) Mitchem. She was the second born of ten children. She attended McCook Public Schools. She moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was employed...

Jan 14, 2005

Eugene “Gene” Milton Hanson, 73, of McCook died Friday, January 14, 2005 at Bryan LGH in Lincoln. He was born in Beardsley, KS south of Stratton, July 25, 1931 to Clark and Edna (Canton) Hanson. He grew up in Stratton and graduated from Stratton High School in 1949. Gene served proudly in the U.S. Navy from 1950-1954 during the Korean...

Jan 13, 2005

Beatrice "Betty" Jean Burns died Thursday, January 13, 2005 at McCook Community Hospital. She was 82 years old. Betty was born on January 8, 1923, at Waterloo, Iowa to James R. and Marguerite (Anderson) McMullen. She graduated from St. Mary High School in Waterloo and attended Loretta Heights College in Denver, Colorado. On November 6, 1941, she married Thomas...

Jan 8, 2005

Elaine Helen Schilz of McCook died Saturday, January 8, 2005, at Community Hospital at the age of 83. Elaine was born on March 18, 1921, at Herndon, Kansas to Paul Louis and Anne Alice (Bobinmyer) Berger. She graduated from Herndon High School in 1939. She attended Normal Training School in Oberlin, Kansas and taught for rural schools in Kansas...

Jan 4, 2005

Phyllis Pauline (Kotschwar) Traphagan was born to Leo and Anastasia (Wasia) Kotschwar on March 21, 1938 in Dickens, Nebraska. Phyllis passed away on January 4, 2005 after a battle with cancer while residing at the Yuma Life Care Center in Yuma, Colorado. Phyllis was 66 years old. Phyllis was raised in McCook, Nebraska and graduated from McCook High School in...

Jan 1, 2005

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Valois "Val" Irene Pullen, 81, of McCook died Saturday, January 1, 2005 at Community Hospital. She was born April 24, 1923 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Lewis W. and Anna A. (Weaver) Hall. Her elementary education was in Council Bluffs and Fairbury Public Schools. She graduated from Fairbury High School in 1941. She graduated from the University of...

Jan 1, 2005

Bonnie Nadine Sevier, 62, of McCook died Saturday (January 1, 2005) at Community Hospital. She was born December 6, 1942 in Hayes County, the youngest child of Nathan Lee and Dorothy Pearl (French) McNutt. She married George Campbell in California and to this union one son was born. Bonnie taught school for 27 years. She taught in Grant, Sargent,...

Dec 31, 2004

John Francis Coyle, 85, of McCook, died Friday, December 31, 2004 at McCook Community Hospital. He was born October 18, 1919 to John and Amanda (Wendele) Coyle at Culbertson. He attended and graduated from the Nebraska School of Agriculture in Curtis in 1939. He lived in Frontier and Hitchcock Counties all his life. He served in the U.S. Army during...

Dec 28, 2004

Donald D. Lehl died at his home in McCook Tuesday (December 28, 2004). He was 85 years old. He was born November 7, 1919 to Conrad and Katie (Arndt) Lehl at Ft. Morgan, CO. He lived most of his life since 1922 in McCook. He attended McCook High School with the class of 1937. He attended the University of Iowa....