Mar 1, 2004

Otto Paul Weskamp of McCook died Monday (March 1, 2004) at his home south of McCook. He was 92 years old. He was born June 22, 1911 to Joseph H. and Marie (Karthauser) Weskamp at McCook. He attended rural school near Marion and lived in the McCook area all his life. On February 24, 1936 he married Virginia Rose Harris...

Feb 28, 2004

Millie F. Bailey, 97, died Saturday (Feb. 28, 2004) at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was born Aug. 6, 1906, to David and Mary (Howell) Bussard in Frontier County. She attended rural school in Frontier County. On Nov. 28, 1923, she married Ervin N. Bailey at McCook. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Ervin...

Feb 28, 2004

Jami Lynn Wilcox, 27, died Saturday (Feb. 28, 2004) at Community Hospital of McCook. She was born March 31, 1976, to James B. and Rhonda K. (Hartzog) Johnson at Lincoln. She graduated from North Platte High School in 1993, Southeast Community College in Lincoln in 1995 and attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. On June 1, 2002, she...

Feb 25, 2004

Donald William Follett, 79, died Wednesday (Feb. 25, 2004) at Heritage of Wauneta in Wauneta. He was born April 2, 1924, to Floyd and Anna Roberta (Dudek) Follett in Palisade. He graduated from Palisade High School in 1942. He entered the Navy on May 19, 1942 and served during World War II. He was honorably discharge March 26, 1948. After...

Feb 23, 2004

Harley LeRoy Phares of Palisade, died Monday (Feb. 23, 2004) at the Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. He was 94 years old. Harley was born Dec. 10, 1909, in Hayes County, to Reuben Leslie and Anna D. (Romersheuser) Phares. He graduated from Palisade High School in 1928. He attended the University of Colorado in Boulder and also...

Feb 19, 2004

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Bess M. Bunnell, 83, of McCook died Thursday (Feb. 19, 2004) at Bryan LGH East in Lincoln. She was born Sept. 28, 1920, in a box car in Wyoming to Cecil and Bertha (Diemer) Murphy. She grew up in Kansas City, Mo., and Wyoming. On Oct. 24, 1942, she married Ray E. Bunnell in Lander, Wyo., and moved...

Feb 18, 2004

Albert W. Kirk, 88, of Palisade, died Wednesday (Feb. 18, 2004) at Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman. He was born Nov. 29, 1915, to Clifford Franklin and Aurelia Kirk in Dayton, Ohio. He was a veteran of World War II. He married Dolores V. Coon. He was employed by General Motors, in the Delco Division, as a chrome plater for...

Feb 15, 2004

Raymond L. Werkmeister, 73, of Palisade, died Sunday, Feb. 15, 2004, at Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman. He was born Oct. 14, 1930, in White, to Adolph and Ella (Klug) Werkmeister. He attended school in Hayes County. On Feb. 16, 1952, he married Roberta Ruppert at Garden Prairie Church. They had three daughters and one son. They lived in...

Feb 13, 2004

Nathan Alexander Andrews died Friday (Feb. 13, 2004) at Community Hospital of McCook. He was the infant son of Amber S. Retzlaff and Jeffrey R. Andrews. He is survived by his parents Amber and Jeffrey of Benkelman; sister, Dessa Hunter; grandparents, Don and Rhonda Sheneman of Broken Bow and step-grandfather, George Atwood of Benkelman. Memorials may be given in...

Feb 8, 2004

Scott E. Hoffman died in McCook on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2004, at 33 years of age. He was born Aug. 18, 1970, in Denver, Colo. He graduated from Maywood High School in 1988, McCook Community College in 1990 and the University of Nebraska at Kearney in 1993. On July 25, 1992, he married Darcey Newlon in McCook and they...

Feb 3, 2004

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Pauline B. Fossen, 83, of Indianola, died Tuesday (Feb. 3, 2004) at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was born March 30, 1920, to John and Anna (Lalley) Stritt in Indianola. She graduated from Indianola High School in 1936 and attended Kearney State Teachers College. She taught in Red Willow rural schools for many years. She also worked...

Feb 2, 2004

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Carl Alvin Adams died Monday, Feb. 2, 2004, at Community Hospital of McCook. He went home to the Lord after a 9-month battle with lung and brain cancer. He was 64 years old. Carl was born March 19, 1939, at Jamestown, Kan. to Thomas Lee Glenn and Pauline (Christie) Adams. He graduated from Kirwin High School, at Kerwin,...

Jan 29, 2004

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Donna Lynn (McFarland) Peterson died Thursday (Jan. 29, 2004) at Community Hospital as a result of three years of ovarian cancer. She was 51 years old. Donna was born Oct. 23, 1952, in North Platte to Donald E. and Leora Laura (Johnson) McFarland. She graduated from North Platte High School in 1971. She participated in track and field...

Jan 27, 2004

John "Jack" F. Jones, 84, died Tuesday (Jan. 27, 2004) at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. He was born March 1, 1919, to Bryce Quayle and Blanche Frances (Bowen) Jones in McCook. He graduated from McCook High School in 1938. He attended McCook Junior College and graduated in 1940. On Sept. 22, 1940, he married Ruthella Theda Carter in...

Jan 26, 2004

Richard W. Siebrandt, 78, died Monday (Jan. 26, 2004) at his home in McCook. He was born April 21, 1925, in Dodge. He attended Parks rural school as a child and later, in 1976, earned his GED. On Feb. 3, 1948, he married Alice Marie Novak at Pender. To this union six children were born. Richard and Alice farmed...

Jan 23, 2004

James Richard Reichstein, 68, died Friday (Jan. 23, 2004) at his home in Forth Worth, Texas. He was born March 19, 1935, to Jack and Pauline Marquette (Rasser) Reichstein in McCook. He was raised in Red Cloud. He graduated from Red Cloud High School in 1953. On July 3, 1955, he married Shirley June Lamb in Yuma County, Colo....

Jan 19, 2004

Phyllis E. Jones, 72, of McCook, passed away Monday, Jan. 19, 2004 at Community Hospital of McCook. She was born July 24, 1931, in Norcatur to Frank and Ruth Vera (Shrock) Gallentine. On Oct. 23, 1949, she married Donovan Lee Jones in Oberlin. The couple lived in Denver for 17 years and then moved to McCook in 1975. Phyllis...

Jan 18, 2004

Luciano Romano Shaffer, 80, of McCook, born Nov. 18, 1923, in Lockport, Ill., passed away Sunday, Jan. 18, 2004, at McCook Community Hospital. Survivors include his daughter, Antoinette and husband, Raymond Furbee of McCook; two sisters, Margarete Tadey of Joliet, Ill., and Georgine and husband, Steve Platko of Plainfield, Ill.; and one granddaughter, Amanda Shaffer of Phoenix, Ariz. Preceding him...

Jan 14, 2004

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Darlene A. Geihsler, 48, of Indianola, died Sunday (Jan. 11, 2004) at Community Hospital of McCook. She was born Dec. 5, 1955, to Delbert Henry and Roberta Grace (Porter) Maris in McCook. She graduated McCook High School in 1974. On June 29, 1974, she married Eugene Maxwell Geihsler at First Christian Church in McCook. She was a homemaker...

Jan 13, 2004

Olive Pearl Harris, 99, died, Tuesday (January 13, 2004) at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was born Aug. 26, 1904, in Ottumwa, Iowa to James and Georgia Payne. She moved to Western Nebraska as a young child, grew up, married and spent her adult life in the area. She was a housewife who loved doing things for her many friends....