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James "Jim" David Nelson
Jan 28, 2015
James "Jim" David Nelson, age 57, of Culbertson, Nebraska passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at the Cherry County Hospital in Valentine, Nebraska. He was born September 7, 1957 in Benkelman, Nebraska to Omar A. and Fannie G. (David) Nelson. He attended Benkleman High School. On July 28, 1982 he was united in marriage to Connie Berry in Kearney,...
Helen C. Ahrens
Jan 23, 2015
Helen Coraline (Matson) Ahrens went to be with the Lord Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at the Colonial Belle Nursing Home in Belleville, at the age of 75. Helen was born March 21, 1939, in McCook, Nebraska, to Coral Archie and Hazel (Wescamp) Matson. As a teenager, she cleaned house for Gov. and Mrs. George Norris, who was involved with...
Dallas Cobb
Jan 11, 2015
Dallas Duane Cobb, age 62, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Sunday, January 11, 2015 in Kearney, Nebraska. Dallas was born January 29, 1952 in Stratton, Nebraska to parents Bobbie B. and Eldred R. (Carpenter) Cobb. The family made their home in Stratton where Dallas graduated from Stratton High School in 1970. Dallas married Diane B....
William Koetter
Jan 9, 2015
William “Bill” Dean Koetter Jr., age 86, passed away Friday, January 9, 2015 at his home in McCook. Bill was born on January 5, 1929 in McCook, NE to William B. Koetter, Sr. and Mildred J. Lepper the oldest of five children born to this union. Bill attended and graduated from McCook High School in 1947. Following graduation, he...
Margaret Rodgers
Jan 8, 2015
Margaret Ellen Rodgers of Palisade passed away Thursday, January 8, 2015 at Community Hospital in McCook. She was 95 years old. Margaret was born on her grandparent’s farm near Red Cloud, Nebraska on February 14, 1919, to parents Jesse Lewis and Phebe Irene (Harry) Barlow. As a baby Margaret and her family moved to the Palisade community. She attended...
Sharon Marr
Jan 2, 2015
Sharon Ruth Marr was born in Big Springs, NE on Dec. 13, 1928 to Plato and Ruth (Chamberlain) Redfern. She had two sisters, Arlene and Maxine. She attended elementary and high school in Big Springs. The family moved to Lincoln, NE in her junior year of high school where she graduated from Lincoln High School. Sharon then attended the...
Evelyn June Salyer
Dec 31, 2014
Evelyn June (Trembly) Salyer passed away at her home in McCook on Wednesday, December 31, 2014. She was 85 years old. Evelyn was born to Benjamin and Edith (Alsbury) Trembly on a farm south of Wauneta on April 11, 1929. She resided with her parents in Wauneta during her growing up years, graduating from Wauneta High School in 1946....
Rosetta Clark
Dec 30, 2014
Rosetta Lynn Clark went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was 63 She was born in McCook on December 22, 1951 to Floyd Edward and Bertha Leona (Williams) Witt. Rosy married Charles “Bud” Clark in McCook, to this union one son, Charles Dean Clark was born. Rosy was...
Dennis Walters
Dec 28, 2014
Dennis R. Walters, age 59, passed away Sunday, December 28, 2014 at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Dennis was born in McCook on November 9, 1955 to Veryl and Eleanor (Kircher) Walters. He graduated from Decatur Community High School in 1973. Dennis married Theresa Conroy on April 16, 1977 in McCook. To this union one son was born....
Melvin Harold Thielbar
Dec 28, 2014
Melvin Harold Thielbar passed away at his home in McCook on Sunday, December 28, 2014. He was 91 years old. Melvin was born on October 11, 1923 at Oberlin, Kansas to parents, Guy L. and Della (Remington) Thielbar. He graduated from Danbury High School in 1941. On January 29, 1943 he entered the US Army and served as a...
Alice Berens
Dec 27, 2014
Alice Elizabeth (Smith) Berens was born January 13, 1941 the fifth and last child of Alzeo “Mike” and Clara Louise (Jessup) Smith near Sunfield, Michigan. Alice attended Haliday Country School in Sunfield through middle school before graduating from Grand Ledge High School in Grand Ledge, Michigan in 1959. Also in 1959, Alice married Marlin Berens, of Gregory, South Dakota,...
Micheal Evans
Dec 26, 2014
Micheal R. Evans, age 64, of Maywood, Nebraska passed away Friday, December 26, 2014 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte, Nebraska. Mike was born July 12, 1950 in McCook, Nebraska to parents Hershel R. and Shirley E. (Mosley) Evans, Jr. Mike grew up in the Hayes Center area, graduating from Hayes Center High School in 1969....
Grant LeRoy Callander
Dec 24, 2014
Grant LeRoy Callander was born June 16, 1951, the first child of Glenn LeRoy and Dorothy (Patterson) Callander at St. Catherine’s Hospital in McCook. Grant died on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. He was 63 years old. He grew up on the ranch in Hayes County, attending Evergreen Country School and later Hayes Center...
Dorothy Lucille Eisenbarth
Dec 22, 2014
Dorothy Dack Lawrence Eisenbarth Nielsen On December 22, 2014, Dorothy Lucille Eisenbarth at the age of 99 went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. She was born on May 17, 1915 to John W. and Frances Elizabeth (Albrecht) Dack and was the second of seven children. Dorothy grew up on the family farm and attended rural school...
Twila Faye Burkert
Dec 16, 2014
Twila Faye Burkert of McCook, formerly of Hayes Center, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer Tuesday, December 16, 2014, at Community Hospital in McCook. Twila was born on February 9, 1929 at White, Nebraska to parents William “Leslie” and Ethel Dee (Barrett) Mintling. She was raised on a farm east of Hayes Center until the age of...
Wayne Harold Grafel
Dec 12, 2014
Wayne Harold Grafel, age 88, of Culbertson, Nebraska passed away Friday, December 12, 2014 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. Wayne was born July 3, 1926 to John and Elizabeth Catherine (Goltl) Grafel in Herndon, Kansas. Raised on the family farm, he attended and graduated from Herndon High School in 1944. Following graduation he remained in Herndon farming...
Vesta Gilbert
Dec 8, 2014
Vesta Elaine Gilbert, age 89, passed away Monday, December 8, 2014 at her home in McCook. Vesta was born to Vinton E. and Velma I. (McKnight) Brown on April 13, 1925 in Naponee, Nebraska. She graduated from Max in 1942. She married Denzel Floyd Gilbert on August 20, 1944 in Atwood, KS. Three daughters were born to this union....
Richard W. Winters
Dec 8, 2014
Richard William Winters of McCook passed away Monday, December 8, 2014 at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was 68 years old. Dick was born on January 8, 1946 in McCook to parents, Avery W. and Evelyn E. (McBride) Winters. He graduated from Indianola High School in 1964 and continued his education at McCook Community College. On June 11, 1966 he...
Michael Lee Erickson, Jr
Dec 7, 2014
Michael Lee Erickson, Jr. of Lincoln, formerly of Culbertson, passed away Sunday, December 7, 2014 at his home. He was 20 years old. Mikey was born on December 4, 1994 at Laramie, Wyoming to parents, Michael Lee and Alissa Marie (Brennan) Erickson, Sr. He graduated from McCook High School in 2014. He attended Southeast Community College in Lincoln. He...
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