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Lola May Wilke
Oct 27, 2013
Lola May Wilke was born in Dickens, NE which is in Hayes County on May 5, 1934. She was the seventh one of 11 children. Lola went to school in Dickens, but later moved to Wallace, Nebraska, where she graduated. She was the only one of her siblings whoever went to college. She went to McCook Junior College for...
Helen Louise Sell
Oct 17, 2013
Helen Louise Sell, age 87 went to Heaven Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Community Hospital in McCook, Nebraska. She was born August 2, 1926 in Smith Center, Kansas to Cecil and Hazel Bolin. Helen attended school in Oberlin, Kansas and Orleans, Nebraska. She then moved to Stamford, Nebraska where she attended junior high and high school, and graduated in...
Lila Nadine Johnson
Oct 17, 2013
Lila Nadine Johnson, age 75, passed away Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. Lila was born on April 29, 1938 in McCook to Harry H. and Lena (Hein) Schafer. She graduated from McCook High School in 1955. On June 16, 1957 she married her high school sweetheart Richard W. Johnson in McCook. To this union three children...
Charlotte Marie Johnson
Oct 16, 2013
Charlotte Marie Johnson, age 92, passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at El Dorado Manor in Trenton. Charlotte was born on September 18, 1921 in Imperial, NE to John and Martha (Neverve) Teply. She lived her childhood on a farm north of Wauneta until she was 16 and went to California to work in an airplane factory for the...
Betty J. Harmon
Oct 11, 2013
Betty J. (Carpenter) Harmon passed away Friday, October 11, 2013, at Hillcrest Nursing Home. Betty was born on June 16, 1919 at Campbell, Nebraska to Tarlington Bates and Minnie Blanche (Harvey) Carpenter. When Betty was just a baby her mother was injured in an accident, so Betty went to stay with her Grandmother Harvey and Great Grandfather Meyers on...
Sheryl "Sher" L. Stroup
Oct 10, 2013
Sheryl Lee "Sher" Stroup passed away Thursday, October 10, 2013 at her home surrounded by her family. She was 64 years old. Sher was born on September 14, 1949 at Denver, CO to parents, Merle Boyd and Pauline Margaret (Hessler) Nunenkamp. As a child she was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith. She graduated from Lutheran Parochial High...
Sylvia Jane Coppin
Oct 10, 2013
Sylvia Jane Coppin, age 93, passed away October 10, 2013 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was born May 3, 1920 on the family farm near Culbertson to Charlie and Mae (Wilson) Barger. On May 15, 1959 she married Robert L. Coppin at the First Christian Church in McCook. The couple owned and operated a gift shop in Central City,...
Bernard H. Koetter
Oct 3, 2013
Bernard Henry Koetter, age 78, of McCook, NE, died Thursday, October 3rd, 2013 at home in McCook, NE. Bernard Henry Koetter was born on March 31st, 1935 at the family farmhouse north of McCook, NE to Arthur and Mary (Lepper) Koetter and was confirmed at St. Patrick's Catholic Church . He started school in a one-room schoolhouse in Red...
Alden "Skelly" Vern Remington
Oct 3, 2013
Alden"Skelly" Vern Remington was born September 7, 1925 in Danbury, NE to George and Anna Catherine (Ward) Remington. He passed away October 3, 2013 in McCook, NE. at the age of 88. After finishing his senior year of high school, he was drafted into the Navy where he served as a Radioman Third Class on the USS Lansdowne (also...
Howard Joseph Baumbach
Oct 2, 2013
Howard Joseph Baumbach was born June 1, 1918 at home in the Ash Creek Community South West of Indianola, the son of William Frederick and Lillian Marie (Junker) Baumbach. He passed away October 2, 2013 in the hospital at Cambridge, Nebraska at the age of 95. At the age of 13 he had to quit school to help on...
Jan Marie Horn
Sep 30, 2013
Jan Marie Horn of Cumberland Furnace, TN, originally McCook, passed away on September 30, 2013 at her home. She was 55 years old. Jan was born on January 14, 1958 at McCook to parents, Elvin Clare and Marion Elvera (Dotson) Allen. She graduated from Palisade High School in 1976. She worked as a secretary for Dr. Michael Owens DDS...
Robert Louis Purvis
Sep 29, 2013
Robert Louis Purvis of McCook passed away Sunday, September 29, 2013 at Community Hospital. He was 73 years old. Robert was born on July 31, 1940 at Hastings, NE to parents, Lewis and Nora (Wagoner) Purvis. He was united in marriage to Teresa M. Fuentes in Minden, NE. They settled in the McCook community where Robert was a truck...
Leona Anna Regina (Hoelscher) Trout
Sep 26, 2013
Leona Anna Regina Trout, formerly of McCook passed away Thursday, September 26, 2013 at The Nebraska Masonic Home in Plattsmouth. She was 90 years old. Leona was born on March 1, 1923 in Okawville, Illinois to parents, Henry and Caroline (Wiechert) Hoelscher. On April 9, 1944, she was united in marriage to Robert Edward Trout, Sr. in Mascoutah, Illinois....
Dennis 'Lee' Foley
Sep 25, 2013
Dennis Lee Foley of McCook passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013 at Decatur County Good Samaritan Center in Oberlin, Kansas. Lee was born on May 21, 1940 in Oberlin, Kansas to Helen Marie (Johnson) and Loyd Manford Foley. He grew up on a farm close to Danbury, Nebraska and rode his horse Mike to country school each day. Lee...
Thomas "Tom" DeBauche
Sep 21, 2013
Thomas "Tom" Gene DeBauche passed away September 21, 2013 in Lincoln, NE. Tom was born on September 22, 1939 to Russell Earl DeBauche and Hazel Marie Carrier at Whiting Iowa. He was the second of eight children. Tom attended and graduated high school from Onawa, IA in 1957. On June 4, 1958 he married Wilburta "Bertie" Sue Carroll. To...
Harold Lee Richards, Jr
Sep 19, 2013
Harold Lee Richards, Jr. age 83, passed away Thursday, September 19, 2013 at his residence near Hayes Center, NE one day shy of his 84th birthday. Harold, the oldest son of Harold L. and Mae (Lyons) Richards was born September 20, 1929 on the family homestead in Hayes County. He graduated from Hayes County High School in 1947. Harold...
Albert E. White
Sep 19, 2013
Albert E. White, age 89, passed away Thursday, September 19, 2013 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE. Albert was born in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire on April 1, 1924 to parents Joseph W. and Rena V. (Bowering) White. He was one of 9 children. Albert graduated from Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro and then went on to attend Dickerson College...
Roland Ottmar Wilke
Sep 18, 2013
Roland Ottmar Benie Wilke died in his home on Wednesday, September 18, 2013. Roland was born on September 26, 1932 to Charles and Helene (Puhlman) Wilke in Orange Grove, Texas. He was the sixth child of 10 children, two brothers and seven sisters. He attended school in Alfred Texas. Roland was a veteran in the US Army for three...
Peggy Jane Hoskovec
Sep 10, 2013
Peggy Jane Hoskovec of Palisade passed away Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was 62 years old. Peggy was born on November 23, 1950 at Columbus, Nebraska to parents, Paul Daniel and Gladys Marie (Blaser) Donoghue. She graduated from Columbus High School in 1969. She continued her education at Platte College in Columbus graduating...
Rita Ann Shaffer
Aug 30, 2013
Rita Ann Shaffer passed away Friday, August 30, 2013 at Community Hospital in McCook. She was 61 years old. Rita was born on May 17, 1952 on the family farm in Frontier County to parents, Glen E. and Helen (Halley) Swayne. She was baptized into the Methodist Church as an infant. She graduated from McCook High School in 1970....
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