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James Elmer Holthaus
Mar 8, 2014
James Elmer Holthaus, age 70, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2014 at Community Hospital of McCook. James was born in McCook on March 18, 1943 to Elmer and Helen (Johnson) Holthaus. He graduated from McCook High School in 1961. James was a member of the NRA and The Heritage Foundation. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and gardening. He served as...
Ronald Clarence Larson
Mar 4, 2014
Ronald C. Larson, age 75, of McCook, NE passed away at his home in rural Red Willow County. Ron was born July 15, 1938 in Tyler, Minnesota to parents Clarence L. and Martha M. (Hatton) Larson. He was one of two children. Ron grew up in Minnesota, graduating with the class of 1957 from Balaton High School, Balaton, MN....
Harlan Wyrick
Feb 28, 2014
Harlan Wyrick passed away Friday, February 28, 2014 at his home in Cambridge. He was 94 years old. Harlan was born June 16 1919 to Harry and Pearl (Lyman) Wyrick in Omaha, NE. In 1926 the family moved to a farm near Ord, Nebraska. Harlan attended rural school prior to graduating high school in Ord. After graduation,...
Maxine Violet Sigwing
Feb 27, 2014
Maxine Violet Sigwing, age 95, passed away Thursday, February 27, 2014 at Indian Hills Manor in Ogallala. She was born in McCook, Nebraska June 10, 1918 to Eric D, and Arvilla G (Jeffers) Dugger. She was united in marriage to William (Bill) Sigwing on March 1, 1934 in Oberlin, Kansas. They spent sixty years together working hard, fishing, and...
Waldon Lee Volz
Feb 21, 2014
Waldon Lee Volz, age 83, passed away Friday, February 21, 2014 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. Waldon was born July 31, 1930 to Edward Thomas and Bernice Walthina (Bush) Volz in York, NE. He graduated in 1948 from Polk High School. He won a football scholarship as quarterback, but decided on the Ministry. He went on to New York Watchtower...
Myrtle Annetta Ross
Feb 21, 2014
Myrtle Annetta Ross, age 96, passed away Friday, February 21, 2014 at Good Samaritan Center in Oberlin, KS. Myrtle was born in Lake Park, Iowa on April 5, 1917 to Joseph and Carrie (Brandt) Ross. Her parents then moved to Mason City, IA where her Dad worked for the railroad. During her lifetime in Iowa, Myrtle loved sewing and...
Blanche Wilma Weidner
Feb 19, 2014
Blanche Wilma Weidner of Trenton passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at Community Hospital in McCook. She was 86 years old. Blanche was born January 22, 1928 to Willie and Emma (Poertner) Wendelin, on the family farm east of Crete in Lancaster County. Pastor Cholcher baptized her in her parents' home on March 18, 1928. She attended country school...
Randy Koetter
Feb 18, 2014
Randy R. Koetter passed away Tuesday, February 18, 2014, at the Ellsworth County Medical Center in Ellsworth, Kansas at the age of 56. He was born December 11, 1957 to Woodrow Raymond and Emma W. (Springer) Koetter in McCook, Nebraska. Randy attended McCook High School. Randy spent his entire professional career in the grocery business and was owner and operator...
Charles "Wayne" Waddell
Feb 13, 2014
Charles "Wayne" Waddell passed away February 13, 2014 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. He was 86 years old. Wayne was born on October 1, 1927, at Indianola to parents, Charlie and Jessie Waddell. He attended school north of Indianola and graduated from Red Willow Public Schools. Following graduation he went on to the University of Nebraska and was on the...
Elsie Ruth Detragiache-Bishop
Feb 8, 2014
Elsie Ruth (Mitchem) Detragiacke Bishop, age 100, passed away Saturday, February 8, 2014 at the McCook Community Hospital. Elsie was born in McCook on May 3, 1913 to Florence E. (Bales) Mitchem and Alonzo M. Mitchem. She attended McCook High School and North Platte Community College. Elsie married Frank Detregiacke in 1932 in Sterling, CO, he passed away in...
Becky Jane Lepper
Feb 3, 2014
Becky Jane Lepper, age 64, passed away Monday, February 3, 2014 at Community Hospital of McCook. Becky was born in Imperial, Nebraska to Lauren James and Ella Lucille (Eskew) McConnell on September 7, 1949. She married George Piper on May 26, 1967 in Minden. To this union three children were born. She married Robert Lepper in McCook on December...
Jeffrey "Womp" Michael Wampach
Feb 2, 2014
Jeffrey "Womp" Michael Wampach, age 58, passed away Sunday, February 2, 2014, at his home in McCook, NE. Jeff was born on March 22, 1955 in Minneapolis, MN to parents, Lloyd "Bud" Arthur and Celestine "Sally" Elizabeth (Foley) Wampach. He graduated from Harding High School, Marion, OH in 1973. He continued his education at the University of Miami, Miami,...
Dale A. Workman
Feb 1, 2014
Dale A. Workman, age 94, died February 1, 2014, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska. Dale was born on December 22, 1919 to Roy and Elna (McCartny) Workman in Beatrice, Nebraska where he grew up and spent most of his life. On November 2, 1941, he was united in marriage to Winifred Brandt at St. John’s Lutheran Church...
Betty Ruth (Tilley) Hunt
Jan 26, 2014
Betty Ruth Hunt, age 83, passed away Sunday, January 26, 2014 at Heritage Care Center in Fairbury, Nebraska. She was born in McCook on November 1, 1930 to Ray J. and Ivah D. (Grigsby) Tilley. Betty attended and graduated from Niangua, MO in 1948 then she went on to Colorado State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science...
Teddy Leroy Wickard
Jan 24, 2014
Teddy Leroy Wickard passed away Friday, January 24, 2014, at Community Hospital in McCook, NE. He was 86 years old. Teddy was born on February 1, 1927 at Jerry City, Ohio to parents, Ralph and Bessie May (Dyer) Wickard. On February 29, 1944, he entered the US Navy during WW II. He served on the USS Welles USS Rupertus,...
Brian Paul Walz
Jan 19, 2014
Brian Paul Walz, age 31, passed away Sunday, January 19, 2014 at his home near Danbury. He was born on April 7, 1982 in Hastings and came to live with Bernard and Paula (Meader) Walz family in Indianola. His older sister Brenda greeted him with much jubilation. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Catherine's Catholic Church. Brian graduated...
Shirley L. Jass
Jan 15, 2014
Shirley L. Jass of McCook passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2014 at Community Hospital. She was 83 years old. Shirley was born in Mason City, Iowa and was adopted by parents, Edward and Hazel (Kirby) Schaffer. She graduated from Mason City High School. On August 28, 1946 Shirley married Carl Jass at Hiawatha, Kansas. To this union four children...
Frank Earl Gerih
Jan 11, 2014
Frank Earl Gerih, age 84, of Wauneta, NE passed away Saturday, January 11, 2014 at the Chase County Community Hospital in Imperial, NE. Frank was born March 21, 1929 in Eckley, Colorado to parents Mike and Barbara (Sohnlein) Gerih. He was one of eight children. On July 28, 1962 Frank married Dwila Guthrie in Yuma, Colorado. The family made...
Darcie Leigh Zuck
Jan 9, 2014
Darcie Leigh Zuck of Culbertson passed away Thursday, January 9, 2014 at Community Hospital in McCook. She was 40 years old. Darcie and her twin sister, Kristie, were born on March 8, 1973 in McCook to parents Herbert “Herb” E. Zuck and Pamela “Pam” R. (Myers) Fraker. She graduated from Decatur Community High School in Oberlin, KS in 1992....
Fred Robert Campbell
Jan 7, 2014
Fred Robert Campbell, age 95, passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at the Equinox facility in Gualala, California where he has been in elder care for the past 5 years. He was born October 17, 1918 in Gretna, Nebraska to William Lewis and Emma (Pahmeyer) Campbell. His family moved to the Trenton community in 1930 when they took up...
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