Sep 23, 2009

Wanda Martha Thompson, age 84 died Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was born in Omaha to Laurs Benjimon and Cecil Sylvia (Anderson) Hansen on September 21, 1925. She graduated from high school in Omaha. She was an active member of Eastern Star and enjoyed fishing, traveling and ceramics. She was preceded in death by her...

Sep 23, 2009

Zelpa Ilene Scott of Hayes Center, died Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at Great Plains Medical Center in North Platte. She was 89. Zelpha was born on December 1, 1919 to Frank William and Charlotte "Lottie" Esther (Fornoff) Snoke in Hayes Center. She spent a lifetime on the family farm in the Eddy community and she loved to farm and...

Sep 21, 2009

Ira E. “Big I” Zimmerman of McCook died at Grand Island. Monday September 21, 2009 after many years struggling with kidney failure. He was 65 years old. Ira was born in McCook, October 29, 1943 to Ross C. and Doris F. (McClung) Zimmerman. He grew up and attended schools in McCook with the class of 1961. On August 19,...

Sep 19, 2009

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Margaret Evelyn Quick died Saturday, September 19, 2009 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was 94. She was born October 7, 1914 at Grant to the late Frank N. and Jennie (Hoffman)Whipps. She was the fifth of their six children. At an early age she was baptized and became a member of the Congregational church of Grant later moving...

Sep 15, 2009

Send Flowers Kenny Discoe April 29, 1931 - September 15, 2009

Kenny Discoe of McCook was born at North Platte, Neb., on April 29, 1931, to Evangeline (Pattison) and Harry Kenneth Discoe of rural Brady. He died Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, at Community Hospital of McCook. He was 78 years old. Kenny was baptized into the Methodist Church at...

Sep 11, 2009

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Robert Hancock Jr. died Friday, September 11, 2009 at McCook. He was 55 years old. "Bob" was born on March 1, 1954 at Council Bluffs, Iowa to Robert and Florene Rose (Nixon) Hancock, Sr. He lived in Morrison, Colorado where he was employed with the railroad as an engineer. He often traveled to McCook with the railroad where...

Sep 8, 2009

Kenneth Dean Lacey, age 84, died Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at the Cambridge Manor. He was born in Sharon Springs, Kansas to Ernest Ellsworth and Eunice Cleora (Donaldson) Lacey on April 13, 1925. He graduated from Sharon Springs High School in 1943. He entered the US Army Air Force on August 8, 1943 and served during World War II...

Sep 3, 2009

AmyJo Stone, age 18, of McCook died Thursday, September 3, 2009 near North Platte as a result of a motor vehicle accident. AmyJo was born to Roger and Donna (Roberts) Stone in McCook on June 28, 1991. She attended St. Patrick's Elementary and graduated from McCook High School with the class of 2009, where she played tennis. She was...

Aug 20, 2009

Richard Andrew Nielsen of McCook died Thursday, August 20, 2009 at Good Samaritan Hospital, Kearney. He was 89 years old. He was born in Omaha on Feb. 13, 1920 to Andrew Nels and Blanche Marie (Reed) Nielsen. He grew up in Omaha and graduated from Omaha Technical High School in 1938. He then completed an additional year of a...

Aug 17, 2009

Arlene Beth Rauch, longtime McCook resident, died Monday August 17, 2009 at Colonial Manor in Randolph, Nebraska. She was 83. She was born July 5, 1926 in Wheeler, Kansas to Arthur B. and May Ethel (Evans) Grosch. She attended school in Bartley and the McCook Beauty Academy. In recent years, she resided at Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Randolph, where...

Aug 4, 2009

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Jul 30, 2009

Charles H. "Charlie" Walker of rural Hayes County died Thursday, July 30, 2009 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. He fought a courageous battle with cancer. He was 67 years old. On May 6, 1942 he was born in Hayes County, to Lawrence William and Effie Laura (Evans) Walker. Charlie grew up in Hayes County and...

Jul 27, 2009

David Lawrence Heskett of Culbertson died Monday, July 27, 2009. He fought a fast moving cancer courageously over 10 months. He was 71 years old. David was born on January 11, 1938, at Goodland, Kansas to Ralph Merritt and Reatha Virginia (Townsend) Heskett. He married Judy M. Martin on July 31, 1966 at Julesburg, Colorado. David began working at...

Jul 21, 2009

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Betty Darlene (Larreau) Nelson, age 80, of McCook, went home to be with her maker Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Betty was born in Oberlin, Kansas to Thomas Earl and Mildred Effie (Cronn) Leonard on October 1, 1928. She married Kenneth Eugene Larreau in January of1948. To this union three children were born. He preceded her in death. She...

Jul 16, 2009

Patricia Jane Wilson of rural Culbertson died Thursday, July 16, 2009 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 60 years old. Patricia was born on August 30, 1948 in Stamford, Conn. to August T. and Jane (Johnston) Albeke. She graduated from Englewood High School, Englewood, Colorado in 1966 and...

Jul 13, 2009

Jul 12, 2009

Barbara Lee Frasier, age 71, died Sunday, July 12, 2009 at Community Hospital. She was born May 9, 1938 in Benkelman to Jimmie C. and Junetta (Elliott) Clack of Stratton. At the age of 8 the family moved to Colorado. She graduated from Englewood, CO High School in 1956. On April 19, 1958, in Sedelia, CO, she married William...

Jul 9, 2009

Claudia Louise Taylor was born July 12, 1938 in Omaha to Emil and Anna (Norlen) Hult. She passed away July 9, 2009 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney at the age of 70 years. Claudia grew up in Omaha. She was confirmed at First Covenant Church. She graduated from Omaha North in 1956 and then attended Doane College. On...

Jul 5, 2009

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Garnet Irene McConville died Sunday, July 5, 2009 at McCook Community Hospital. She was 85 years old. On August 4, 1923 she was born at Indianola to Paul and Ruby L. (Wolf) Fritsch. She graduated from Havanna High School in 1940. In 1973 she graduated from LPN school in Kearney. Garnet married Marion A. Houghtelling at St. James...

Jul 4, 2009

Arletta Marie Hunkins, 86, went home to be with her Lord on July 4, 2009 at El Dorado Manor in Trenton. She was born to Edward J. and Anna W. (Ahlert) Wittwer on February 13, 1923, in Hayes County, Nebraska. She was baptized April 1, 1923 at Black Wood Country Church and later confirmed into the Lutheran faith. In...