Jul 31, 2011

Geraldine Bernice Mintling, long-time Hayes County resident, passed away Sunday, July 31, 2011 at Community Hospital, in McCook, Nebraska. She was born December 16, 1929, at Culbertson, at the home of her grandmother, Mary McMullen. Her parents were Victor John and Silva Vida (McMullen) Fagerstone and she grew up on their farm in southern Hayes County. She attended Blackwood rural...

Jul 26, 2011

Rowene Manley was born to Edgar and Edith Myers on December 11, 1929 in Palisade Nebraska; she departed this life at the age of 81, on July 26, 2011 at Community Hospital in McCook Nebraska. Rowene attended school at Palisade High School and graduated in 1947. She then married James Manley on June 6, 1948 and to this union...

Jul 20, 2011

Sarah Anne (McPhillips) Cobb passed away on Wednesday July 20, 2011 at Community Hospital in McCook Nebraska. She was 24 years old. Sarah was born on September 2, 1986 in Heidelberg Germany to Owen J. and LaVonne (Bursaw) McPhillips. She graduated from McCook High School in 2004, continued on to McCook Community College graduating with an Associates Degree in...

Jul 10, 2011

Dale Kenneth Hicks passed away Sunday, July 10, 2011 at his home in McCook. He was 84 years old. Dale was born on March 8, 1927, in Curtis to Fred T. and Mae Elizabeth (Grous) Hicks, Jr. He and his siblings were raised by their grandmother in rural Frontier County. He graduated from Nebraska School of Agriculture in 1945....

Jul 3, 2011

Hazel L. Arterburn was born in rural Phelps County on April 30, 1926 to Lars and Marie (Rasmussen) Ibsen. She died July 3, 2011 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney - just one month shy of her 60th wedding anniversary. Hazel's Danish family weathered the dust bowl and depression days of her youth on farms in Phelps and Harlan...

Jul 2, 2011

Lucille Ruby Martinez of McCook passed away Saturday, July 2, 2011 at Community Hospital. She was 66 years old. Lucille was born on March 14, 1945, to Coral Archie and Hazel Mary (Weskamp) Matson. She was married to Alejandro Sifuentes Martinez Sr. Lucille was a busy mother of eight children. She worked for Country Kitchen. She loved being around...

Jul 1, 2011

James Jonathon "Jimmy" Sughroue was born September 1, 1964 and died on July 1, 2011 in an automobile accident. He was born in McCook, Nebraska to James F. and Leah (Allen) Sughroue. Jimmy attended Chase County Schools until 1981 and continued on to graduate from Republican Valley in 1983. He attended Peru State College and graduated with a Bachelor's...

Jul 1, 2011

Viela June Eskew, the second daughter of Clemet Samuel and Eliza Alice (Dewey) Fleming, was born April 13, 1913 in Morgan County, CO and departed this life Friday, July 1, 2011 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska. She was 98 years old. June grew up in a sod house and was the second of five girls. She attended school...

Jun 29, 2011

Dwaine Dorsey Wilson, age 77, passed away Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at the Golden Living Center in Grand Island, Nebraska. Dwaine was born June 8, 1934 to Dorsey and Lula (Gray) Wilson in Hayes County. He graduated from Hayes County High School. In Feb 1953, Dwaine joined the Air Force where he was stationed in Spokane, WA and Korea. Dwaine...

Jun 26, 2011

Alice Marie Siebrandt passed away Sunday, June 26, 2011 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was 82 years old. Alice was born on September 12, 1928, in Pender, NE to Jerome and Cecelia Leona (Beargeon) Novak. She graduated from Pender High School in 1945. On February 3, 1948, she was united in marriage to Richard William Siebrandt. Alice was a...

Jun 24, 2011

Send Flowers John C Diehl June 9, 1923 - June 24, 2011

John Charles Diehl was born June 9, 1923 in Denver, Colorado to Norval and Florence (Hertz) Diehl. He went to his Heavenly Father on Friday, June 24, 2011 surrounded by his loving wife and family at his home in Stratton, Nebraska at the age of 88. John...

Jun 19, 2011

Janice M Willet, age 87, of McCook, NE passed away Sunday, June 19, 2011 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. Janice was born in Ainsworth, NE on December 4, 1923 to parents Walter and Mary Etta (Mundorf) Wulf. She was one of four children. Janice grew up in Ainsworth, graduating from high school in 1942. On October 3, 1956,...

Jun 18, 2011

Reuben Hoff, Jr. passed away on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at McCook Community Hospital. He was 73 years old. Reuben was born on September 26, 1937 in McCook, Nebraska to Reuben "Duke" and Mabel (Kentopp) Hoff, Sr. He graduated from McCook in 1955. On December 8, 1957, he was united in marriage to Rosalie Bone at the Westside Congregational...

Jun 17, 2011

Ruth E. Leopold, age 91, of McCook, NE passed away Friday, June 17, 2011 at the Cedar Living Center in Oberlin, Kansas. Ruth was born May 26, 1920 to parents Glenn Albert and Alta (Palmer) Murray in Arriba, Colorado. She was one of five children. Ruth grew up in Eastern Colorado, graduating from Arriba High School in 1936. She then...

Jun 15, 2011

Sylvia Dale Rucker passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was 89 years old. Sylvia was born on July 16, 1921, in Maywood, NE to Isaac Jonathon Delroy and Leila Dale (Barton) Hoschouer. She graduated from Maywood High School in 1939. On October 20, 1939, she was united in marriage to Ivan Pearl Rucker...

Jun 11, 2011

Agnes Eva (Vlasin) Kurth, 92, formerly of Culbertson NE passed away June 11, 2011 in Sierra Vista AZ. She was born September 28, 1918 in rural Hayes County NE to Joseph John Vlasin and Rosa Marie (Kucera) Vlasin and married Charley Roy Kurth, August 28, 1946 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hayes County, Nebraska. Her favorite thing to...

Jun 10, 2011

Biography

Mary Virginia (Schaaf) Forgue died Friday at McCook Community Hospital following a fall earlier in the week. She was born August 27, 1919 at the 1733 Ranch in Kearney, Nebraska to Albert and Rose Schaaf. She moved to McCook with her family while still a teenager. Mary worked as a librarian at the McCook Public Library and as...

Jun 6, 2011

Biography

Joyce Ilene Neuenschwander of Culbertson passed away Monday, June 6, 2011, at Bryan LGH Medical Center East in Lincoln. She was 80 years old. Joyce was born in Dundy County on March 29, 1931, to Edward Howard and Esther Grace (Heye) Rousselle. She attended grade school at rural Fairview District #58 and graduated from Wauneta High School in...

Jun 6, 2011

Frances Lorraine Lehl died Monday, June 6, 2011 at the Cambridge Manor. She was 84 years old. She was born February 14, 1927 in Harrisonburg, Virginia to Wilbert and Irene (Ween) Davis. In 1944, she married Lawrence Martin Dowd. To this union were born three sons, Lawrence Martin, Jr., David Lee, and James Francis. The marriage ended and Frankie moved...

Jun 5, 2011

Stanley R. Marr, age 84, of McCook, NE, passed away Sun. June 5, 2011 after a courageous battle with Parkinson's. Stanley was born September 26, 1926, in Utica, NE to Dewey and Ethel (Simonsen) Marr. Stanley graduated from Utica High School and attended 2 years at the University of Nebraska before enlisting in the Navy. He was sent to...