Jun 28, 2010

Donald Hamlin Hunt age 85 died at Heritage of Wauneta, Monday, June 28, 2010. Donald was born May 22, 1925 in Palisade to Yale Kenneth and Vera Mae (Simons) Hunt. He attended Prairie Union School. He married Betty Ruth Tilley at Fort Collins, Colo. August 2, 1953. To this union three children were born, David, Rodney and Valerie. He...

Jun 25, 2010

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Bobby Lee Fenton died Friday, June 25, 2010, at his rural McCook home. He was 78 years old. Bobby was born on July 7, 1931, to Harry Clyde and Rena Alice (Record) Fenton. He graduated from Farnam High School. He entered the US Air Force on April 21, 1951, where he became certified in explosives. He was honorably...

Jun 19, 2010

Mary Lou Glaves died June 19, 2010, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was 61 years old. Mary was born on July 9, 1948, at Charleston, West Virginia to Homer and Maudie O. (Buzzard) Underwood. She graduated from Seth, West Virginia High School. She was united in marriage to John Charles Crosby. Mary moved to the McCook community in...

Jun 16, 2010

Robert Melvin Grossman, age 90, died Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. Robert was born on September 19, 1919 to Benjamin Franklin and Vergie (Johnson) Grossman at Lewiston, Wisconsin. His father was a cheese maker. He was one of nine boys and three girls. They moved to Mitchell when his mother inherited a farm, and he graduated...

Jun 14, 2010

Send Flowers Donald Dean Olson March 20, 1928 - June 14, 2010

Don D. Olson of rural McCook died at his home on June 14, 2010. He was born March 20, 1928 in Hitchcock County to Axel Olson and Ellen (Jacobs) Olson. He attended school in Culbertson and graduated from high school there in 1946. He also attended McCook...

Jun 12, 2010

Teddy Gene Schleeman died Saturday, June 12, 2010, at Dundy County Hospital. He was 65 years old. Teddy was born on May 25, 1945, at McCook to George J. and Wilma E. (Ahrens) Schleeman. He attended McCook Public Schools. He was united in marriage to Elaine Bannon on July 20, 1964. To this union two children, Joy and Timothy,...

Jun 10, 2010

Opal Lorance, 94, died at Highland Park Thursday, June 10, 2010. She was born March 30, 1916 to Ernest Allen and Daisy Pearl (Boston) Admire. Opal attended grade school at Benkelman, NE and high school at Stratton, NE. She was united in marriage to Alvin John Lorance on June 19, 1935. They had three children – Janice Elaine Wieck, Carolyn...

Jun 5, 2010

Nicholas Ethan and Nathan Michael Hall, infant twin sons, of Zachary Michael and Josefina Garcia (Martinez) Hall of McCook were born and went to be with their Lord and Savior on Saturday, June 5, 2010. Preceding them in death were their maternal great-grandparents, Nieves and Grace Contreras and paternal great-grandmother, Wanda G. McDanield. Survivors include their parents, Zach and...

May 31, 2010

Linda Marie Zodrow died Monday, May 31, 2010, at her home in McCook. She was 58 years old. Linda was born on December 22, 1951, in Oberlin, Kansas to Elmer Leonard and Delores Ann (Moeder) Zodrow. She graduated from Decatur County High School in 1970. A few years later, she continued her education at Central Community College in Grand...

May 30, 2010

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John "Allen" Prestes died Sunday, May 30, 2010, at his home in McCook. He was 71 years old. Allen was born on March 4, 1939, in Sundance, Wyoming, to John P. and Edna (Partlow) Prestes. He graduated from Wheeler County High School, in Bartlett, in 1957. He attended Kearney State College. Allen entered the US Navy on February...

May 29, 2010

Douglas Dean Colby died Saturday, May 29, 2010 at McCook Community Hospital. He was 50 years old. Doug was born on December 10, 1959 at Imperial to DeWayne Dow Colby and Marian Joan (Blobaum) Carson. He attended McCook Elementary Schools and graduated from Littleton High School, Littleton, Colorado in 1979. While in high school, he was active on the swim...

May 20, 2010

John P. Wallace, Jr., age, 75, died Thursday, May 20, 2010 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born December 24, 1934 to John P. and Lillie M. (Clark) Wallace, Sr. in McCook. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on April 21, 1953. He earned the Good Conduct Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal...

May 7, 2010

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Bette Jane Maruhn was born March 19, 1927, to George Ernest and Jane E. (Allison) Johnson at Strang, Nebraska. She grew up in Fremont and graduated from Fairmont High School in 1939. She graduated from Kearney Teacher's College in 1943 with an Elementary Education Degree. She taught school for 20 years at Elm Creek and Republican City. She...

May 3, 2010

Gary Roland Lambert, age 78, died Monday, May 03, 2010 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. He was born November 15, 1931 to I. Wayne and Clara F. (Rowland) Lambert in McCook. He graduated from McCook High in 1951. He was united in marriage to Donna Marie England in McCook on June 27, 1952. They made their home in McCook, where...

Apr 29, 2010

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Dennis Albert Mihm, age 58, of Indianola lost his seven-year battle with cancer Thursday, April 29, 2010 at McCook Community Hospital. He was born on April 12, 1952, in McCook to Clifford B. and Sylvia E. (Townsend) Mihm. He grew up in Indianola and was a member of the first graduating class of Republican Valley High School in...

Apr 21, 2010

Frances Marie Unger died Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at Immanuel Fontanelle Home in Omaha. She was 94 years old. Frances was born in Marshfield, Missouri and soon moved to a farm north of McCook. She grew up on that farm and attended Quick rural school and McCook High School where she graduated in 1934. She married Charles O. Unger...

Apr 21, 2010

Aaron Lee Johnson died Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at his home in McCook. He was 68 years old. Aaron was born in Trenton to Earl William and Eva Augustina (Wright) Johnson. He graduated from McCook High School in 1959. On January 17, 1960, he was united in marriage to Sharon Louise Tennant in McCook. They made their home in...

Apr 19, 2010

Allen Thomas Dold, age 60, died Monday, April 19, 2010 at McCook Community Hospital. He was born in McCook to Manford H. and Irene E. (Timbrel) Dold on March 25, 1950. He graduated from Hayes Center High School in 1969. He attended the University of Nebraska School of Technical Agriculture in Curtis and earned an Associate in Mechanics. He married...

Apr 17, 2010

Spencer "Levi" Sloan, age 34, died Saturday, April 17, 2010, at his home in McCook. Levi was born in Ainsworth on March 29, 1976 to Scott E. and Pamela Sue (Henne) Sloan. He attended elementary school in Springview, later moving with his family to Casper, WY in his freshman year of high school. He graduated from Lincoln High, Lincoln,...

Apr 16, 2010

Arthur "Art" Ethier died Friday, April 16, 2010, at Mary Lanning Hospital in Hastings. He was 90 years old. Art was born on May 7, 1919 at Esmond, Rhode Island to Peter and Diana Ethier. He was baptized in the St. Michels Church in Georgeville, Rhode Island. On November 25, 1941, he entered the US Army Air Force and served...