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....

Dec 27, 2004

Frances M. Trail, 92, died Monday, December 27, 2004 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was born August 28, 1912 to Lynn Bartlett and Helena Margaret (Hellriegel) Hoyt in Hitchcock County (Rural Culbertson) in her grandparent’s home. She attended District 68 School and graduated from McCook High School in 1930. She also attended McCook Junior College and much later graduated...

Dec 21, 2004

Mildred “Millie” A. Stratman died Tuesday, December 21, 2004 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was 84 years old. She was born October 2, 1920 to Louis John and Susan Anna (O’Dea) Colling at McCook. She graduated from Red Willow High School in 1938. She lived in this area all her life. Prior to WWII service she taught school in various...

Dec 21, 2004

Pauline A. Coghill, 92, died Tuesday, December 21, 2004 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. On September 7, 1912 she was born to Clark A. and Clara (Beckman) Beaty at Ossian, Indiana. She attended schools in Nebraska, Indiana, Kansas and Colorado and taught elementary school for four years in Kansas. She was Postmaster in Cedar Bluffs, Kansas for two years....

Dec 20, 2004

Kenneth Harold Christian, 88, of McCook, died at his home on Monday, December 20, 2004. Kenneth was born on October 3, 1916, at Aurora, Illinois to Harold and Edna (Balfour) Christian. He graduated from Aurora East High School, in 1934. On August 3, 1940, he married Arlene E. Northrup at Aurora. To this union three sons were born. Kenneth was...

Dec 19, 2004

Walter R. "Pinky" Warburton, 71, died Sunday, December 19, 2004 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. On August 22, 1933, he was born to Fred Alton and Goldie Mae (Larreau) Warburton at Oberlin, Kansas. He attended McCook Public Schools. He served in the National Guard for a number of years. He married Thelma Meissner in Oberlin, Kansas on March...

Dec 17, 2004

Vernice Mary Weskamp, 95, died Friday, December 17, 2004 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was born July 23, 1909 to Henry Joseph and Mabel (Williams) Weskamp at Indianola. She graduated from Danbury High School in 1927 and lived in this area all her life. She taught in several rural schools in the area and at St. Patrick's...

Dec 17, 2004

Nellie J. Newberry, 92, died Friday, December 17, 2004 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge. She was born August 29, 1912 to Paul and Charlotte (Crocker) Jussel in Red Willow County. She attended Red Willow School and lived all her life in this area. On January 25, 1939 she married Kenneth Doran Newberry at Indianola. She worked at the Elks...

Dec 14, 2004

Minnie Marie Huff died Tuesday, December 14, 2004, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was 80 years old. Minnie was born on April 27, 1924, at Maywood to Isaac Johnathan Delroy and Leila Dayle (Barton) Hoschouer. She graduated from Maywood High School in 1942. On January 27, 1945, she married Amor Charles Huff at Marysville, Kansas. To this...

Dec 11, 2004

John Francis Helm, 89, died Saturday, December 11, 2004 at Citizen Medical Center in Colby, Kansas. He was born August 19, 1915 to Walter H. Helm and Susie M. Malleck Helm at Red Willow Station, Red Willow County. They moved to a farm near Bartley, Nebraska in 1920. John attended Bartley schools and graduated with the class of 1933....

Dec 6, 2004

Marvin Dean Greenlee, 69 of McCook, died Sunday, December 5, 2004 at Community Hospital. He was born October 18, 1935 to Marion Grant and Marjorie Gladys (Hall) Greenlee at Stockville. He graduated from Red Willow High School on May 13, 1954. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict 1956-1962. He spent his lifetime living in the McCook...

Dec 2, 2004

Patrick Joseph Flaherty died Thursday, December 2, 2004, at Community Hospital in McCook. He was 86 years old. Patrick was born on May 4, 1918, at Lawrence to John and Mary (Baune) Flaherty. He graduated from Indianola High School in 1936. On October 13, 1942, he married Frances M. Sullivan at McCook. To this union three children were born. They...

Dec 1, 2004

Arthur Raymond Stock died Wednesday, December 1, 2004, at his rural Culbertson home. He was 76 years old. Arthur was born on May 10, 1928, in Hitchcock County, Nebraska to William Winton and Erma Fern (Matson) Stock. He graduated from Culbertson High School in 1946 and attended Veteran’s Agriculture School in Hayes Center. On September 17, 1950 he married Dixie...

Nov 30, 2004

Biography

Ronald J. Coleman, 52 of McCook died Tuesday, November 30, 2004 at the St. Joseph Hospital in Omaha. He was born to Wilbur M. and Hilda Olga (Prochaska) Coleman on May 30, 1952 in David City. He graduated from David City Aquinas High School in 1970. He attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln where he played football....

Nov 26, 2004

Paul Dean Miner, 68, died Friday, November 26, 2004 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Paul was born to Cecil Thompson and Mary Etta (Stitzel) Miner on December 23, 1935, on the family farm south of Cambridge, Nebraska. He attended school in Wilsonville. He joined the US Air Force in December of 1954 and became a jet mechanic. He married...

Nov 26, 2004

Biography

Velma Evelyn Matz died Friday, November 26, 2004 at the Good Samaritan Care Center in Syracuse, Nebraska. She was 94 years old. Velma was born on August 1, 1910 to Allen Henry and Vevia C. (Turner) Poush at Memphis, Nebraska. She grew up in Cambridge and attended Cambridge Public Schools. She came to McCook in 1941 and was...

Nov 23, 2004

Delores Darlene Dutcher, 75, died Tuesday, November 23, 2004, at her home in Culbertson. Delores was born on September 12, 1929, on a farm north of Gothenburg, to Martin John and Lillian Ann (Beller) Ostendorf. She received her GED in 1978. On March 4, 1955 she married Jesse "Dutch" M. Dutcher at Denver, Colorado. Together they raised their two children,...

Nov 21, 2004

Barb was born January 27, 1940 in Hastings, Nebraska to Raymond and Vera (Chenowith) Vontz. She grew up in Indianola and the surrounding area. She graduated from Indianola High School in 1958. She attended McCook Community College the following year. She died Sunday, November 21, 2004 at her home in McCook. On June 18, 1960, she married William L....

Nov 17, 2004

Sara L. Reiners entered her heavenly home Wednesday, November 17, 2004 at McCook Community Hospital after a year and a half long courageous battle with cancer. Sara was born on November 18, 1940 at Hayes Center, NE to Donald Allen and Dorothy Jean (Counce) Rathbun. She attended elementary school in Hayes Center. She moved with her family to Catoosa,...