Apr 19, 2004

LaVeda "Maxine" Meissner died Monday, April 19, 2004 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was 75 years old. Maxine was born on December 2, 1928, at Stockville, NE to Delva DeWayne and Wilma Dee (Blake) Smith. On June 14, 1946 she married Robert Simmerman Meissner in Oberlin, KS. They made their home south of McCook. To this union...

Apr 19, 2004

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"Tony" Anthony Paul Conroy died Monday, April 19, 2004 at Sidney as a result of a motorcycle accident. He was born June 5, 1962 to Thomas Joseph and Bertilla Ann (Hickert) Conroy at McCook. He graduated from McCook High School in 1980. After graduation he worked in the oil fields in the surrounding area for 13 years. In...

Apr 18, 2004

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Dolores "Dee" Faye Reyes died at her home in McCook on Sunday, April 18, 2004. She was 72 years old. Dee was born on August 27, 1931, in Wayne, NE to Otto Clause and Thelma (Nichols) Rosacker. She attended school in Wayne. She married Duane Herfel at Sioux City, Iowa. To this union one daughter, Debra, was born....

Apr 16, 2004

Bill was born in McCook to Rue W. and Vera M. Troester. He was a graduate of McCook High School in 1960. He then received his Business Degree from Metropolitan College of Denver. Written by Daniel Troester in memory of Bill Troester. My father brought us to McCook in 1978 and he lived there until 1989. During that period...

Apr 9, 2004

Daisy Mae Trask died Friday, April 9, 2004, at El Dorado Nursing Home in Trenton. She was 98 years old. Daisy was born December 28, 1905, in Redwood County, MN to Friedrich W. and Pauline Anna (Pauglusch) Eller. On September 22, 1922, she married Fred Okins in Redwood County. After the dissolution of that marriage, she married Grant Trask in...

Mar 25, 2004

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Mildred Marie, daughter of John and Eva Maisel was born March 20, 1914, on a farm north of Indianola, Nebraska. She attended school at District 7, not far from their home. Mildred moved with her parents to a farm southwest of McCook in 1928. She was confirmed April 22, 1928, at Peace Lutheran Church in McCook, Nebraska, where...

Mar 24, 2004

Jimmie R. Gerard, 55, died March 24, 2004 at his home in Cambridge. He was born on Dec. 26th 1948, to Marvin and Edna Mae (Nelson) Gerard at Longmont, CO. He was a child of four. He had two brothers William(Billy), Marvin(Shorty), and a sister Karla. He lived in Loveland, Colo. most of his life until he moved to McCook...

Mar 14, 2004

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Greg Blackman, 35, died Sunday (March 14, 2004) at Indianola. He was born February 7, 1969, to Carol (Stritt) Blackman and V. Gene Blackman in Kearney, NE. He graduated from Palisade High School in Colorado in 1987. He apprenticed as a sheet metal mechanic and enjoyed this as his trade. In November 1993, he was married to Joyce...

Mar 7, 2004

Vernon “Pete” Williams died at his home in McCook on Sunday, March 7, 2004. He was 62 years old. Pete was born on May 13, 1941, in Ordway, CO to George Edward and Thora “Neva” (Russell) Williams. He graduated from Manitou Springs CO High School in 1959. He entered the US Marines in 1960 and served in the Vietnam War....

Mar 5, 2004

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Irma Ruth (Sterr) Douglass died Friday (March 5, 2004) at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was 96 years old. She was born on August 26, 1907 in Republican City, Nebraska. She was the first born child of Joseph and Harriet Sterr, and was the last surviving of six siblings. Shortly after her birth, the family moved to...

Mar 2, 2004

Ola Wauneta Cable died Tuesday, March 2, 2004, at Bryan LGH East in Lincoln. She was 86 years old. Ola was born on May 9, 1917, in Maywood to Frank and Estella (Sawyer) Blake. On November 13, 1945, she married Leo Joseph Cable. To this union one son was born. They made their home on a farm in the...

Mar 1, 2004

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Virginia Marie Stinson, 82, died on Monday, March 1, 2004, at the Community Hospital of McCook, NE. She was born to William Frederick and Lillian Marie (Junker) Baumbach, Jr. on January 9, 1922, in Red Willow County, McCook, NE. She attended country school in Indianola. She married Kenneth F. Stinson, August 10, 1943, in Denver, CO. They farmed...

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...