Jun 4, 2014

Frank Finley Carter of Plano, TX, formerly of Palisade, NE passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at Emeritus Collin Oaks Assisted Living in Plano, Texas. He was 88 years old. Frank was born on November 29, 1925 at Palisade to parents, Robert Morris and Bernice (Finley) Carter. He graduated from Palisade High School in 1944. On May 11, 1945...

Jun 4, 2014

Linda Rae Jacobsen, age 72, of Fort Collins, Colorado passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at the Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins. Linda was born in Trenton, Nebraska on August 7, 1941 to parents James Leroy and Letha Lucile (Williamson) Brown. Linda was one of ten children who grew up on a family farm in Trenton. She attended...

Jun 3, 2014

Samuel Castro Paz, age 81, of McCook passed away Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. Samuel was born February 27, 1933 to parents Jesus and Juanita (Castro) Paz in Minatare, Nebraska. He was one of six children. Growing up Samuel attended school in Minatare, graduating from Minatare High School in 1953. He then went on...

Jun 2, 2014

Joan Rae (Koetter) Schamel, age 78, passed away peacefully, Monday, June 2, 2014 at Nebraska Methodist Hospital in Omaha with family at her bedside. She was born on March 5, 1936 to Woodrow Raymond and Leola Maxine (Grigg) Koetter in McCook. Joan graduated from McCook High School in 1954. Joan married Don Schamel on February 20, 1955 in Memorial...

May 30, 2014

Thomas H. "T Bone" Barron passed away Friday, May 30, 2014 at Community Hospital in McCook. He was 67 years old. T Bone was born on June 22, 1946 at Rochester, New York to parents, Thomas Arthur and Ruth Irene (Farnan) Barron. He attended school in Penfield, NY. On March 17, 1964 he entered the US Army and served...

May 27, 2014

Harry A. Strunk, 56 of Key Largo, FL and formerly of Palm Beach Gardens, FL passed away May 27th 2014. Harry was born on December 18, 1957 to Allen D. and Norma Rose (Bobinmyer) Strunk in McCook. He graduated from McCook Senior High in 1976 and received his Journalism degree from the University of Nebraska in 1980. Harry married...

May 24, 2014

Jacqueline P. Reichenbach passed away Saturday, May 24, 2014 at Community Hospital in McCook. She was 84 years old. Jackie was born on February 5, 1930 in Lincoln, NE to parents, Jacob and Maria Katharina (Schwartzkopf) Schaaf. She attended Hayward Elementary School and later graduated from Lincoln High in 1947. She worked for the State of Nebraska as a...

May 23, 2014

Howard "Roger" Musgrave of McCook passed away Friday, May 23, 2014 at the Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colorado. He was 74 years old. Roger was born in Indianola, Nebraska to parents, Hiram Thomas and Vida "Bernadine" (Malleck) Musgrave. He graduated from Indianola High School in 1957. On December 15, 1960 he was united in marriage to Barbara Jean...

May 19, 2014

Jean "Aunt Jean" Steward of Hayes Center passed away Monday, May 19, 2014 at El Dorado Nursing Home in Trenton at the age of 87.

Jean was born on June 15, 1926 at Alva, OK to Cyrus S. and Linda B. (Barney) Steward. The family moved to Vega, Texas where Jean spent most of her childhood. She...

May 13, 2014

Webster “Web” Lee Phillips of McCook passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at Hillcrest Nursing Home.  He was 98 years old.

Web was born on December 26, 1915 at Mason City, Nebraska to parents, William Lincoln and Anna Christina (Hansen) Phillips.  He attended North Platte Schools and later the University of Illinois.

On December 21,...

May 12, 2014

Geneva Elaine Cain of McCook passed away Monday, May 12, 2014 at Community Hospital. She was 94 years old. Geneva was born on August 25, 1919 at Kansas City, Missouri to parents, Louis O. and Effie "Pearl" (Baugher) Fox. She attended McCook Public Schools and received her GED in 1980. On August 29, 1936 she was united in marriage...

May 11, 2014

Hubert G. "Pete" King of Minneola, KS originally of McCook passed away Sunday, May 11, 2014 at the Minneola District Hospital. He was 89 years old. Pete was born on January 18, 1925 to parents, Wilbur L. and Eva R. (Swafford) King in Cullison, KS. He graduated from Palmer High School in Colorado Springs, CO. On June 7, 1943,...

May 10, 2014

Daniel Ronny Petty passed away Saturday, May 10, 2014 at his home in rural McCook. He was 59 years old. Daniel was born on September 19, 1954 at Mauston, WI to parents William E. and Janice (St. Clair) Petty. He attended school in Mauston and later received his GED. In August of 1973, Daniel entered the US Navy and...

May 9, 2014

Mary "DeVona" Kelly of Indianola passed away Friday, May 9, 2014 at Community Hospital in McCook. She was 88 years old. She was born September 29, 1925 in Frontier County, Nebraska to Albert E. and Nellie A. (Weisman) Kelly. DeVona graduated from Curtis High School in 1944. After graduation she moved to the Indianola area and taught at several...

May 7, 2014

Leota B. Jordan, age 80, passed away Wednesday, May 07, 2014 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska. Leota was born May 16, 1933 in Decatur County, Kansas to parents Virgil and Elsie (Horn) Cochran. She was one of five children. She attended school in Oberlin, Kansas, graduating from Oberlin High School in 1951. Leota married David W. Jordan...

May 6, 2014

June Rose Grossman, age 93, passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at Community Hospital of McCook. June was born on June 1, 1920 to John H. and Susie M. (Seeman) Thomas at Norcatur, Kansas. She graduated from Lebanon High School in 1938. On November 26, 1939 she married Robert M. Grossman in Oberlin, Kansas. She worked at JC Penney...

May 3, 2014

Avis Nadine Suda, age 92, of Palisade, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, May 3, 2014 at the Community Hospital in McCook, Nebraska. Nadine was born May 6, 1921 in Shenandoah, Iowa to parents Oscar Harold and Maude M. (Graham) Weston. She was one of six children. Growing up Nadine attended schools in both Iowa and Nebraska, one of which was...

Apr 29, 2014

Ruth Ann Fickle, 90, of McCook, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. Ruth was born on January 3, 1924 to Harley and Eulalia (Weiss) Meyer in Rushville, Indiana. She grew up in Lima, Ohio. She graduated high school in Lima. She was united in marriage to Charles W. Fickle on May 5, 1945 in Lima,...

Apr 29, 2014

Darwin L. Jumps, age 74, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at Community Hospital in McCook. Darwin was born on January 19, 1940 to parents, Benjamin Harrison and Freda (Behrendsen) Jumps. Darwin worked as an iron worker for Local #24 in Denver, CO before retiring to Nebraska. Preceding him in death were his daughter, Julie Murphy; parents, Benjamin and...

Apr 29, 2014

Dennis Robert Frease, age 70, of McCook, NE passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at Community Hospital in McCook. Dennis was born November 1, 1943 in McCook to parents James Charles and Charlotte Viola (Bales) Frease. He was one of seven children. Dennis enjoyed golfing, hunting and fishing. He worked as an electrician with his brother Jack in California....