May 19, 2009

Biography Wilma Lucille Liess died Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at the Cambridge Hospital. She was 95. She was born in Indianola to William Joseph and Bessie L. (Hess) Carmichael on January 28, 1914. She was a member of St. Catherine's Altar Society, the American Legion Auxiliary and numerous card clubs. She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis in...

May 18, 2009

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Dorothy B. Geihsler died Monday, May 18, 2009 at Phelps County Memorial Hospital in Holdrege. She was 92 years old. Dorothy was born near Maywood on April 22, 1917, to Winfred A. and Mary Agnus (Trotter) Parker. She graduated from Curtis High School in 1936. On August 28, 1938, she was united in marriage to Clarence E. Geihsler...

May 15, 2009

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Dorothy Ann Vontz, age 77, died Friday, May 15,2009 at Community Hospital. She was born on April 27, 1932, to Joseph B. and Hazel E. (Claflin) Kircher on their family farm north and west of Indianola. She graduated from Red Willow High School in 1949. She married Robert L. Yontz on February 3, 1951. To this union three...

May 13, 2009

Richard Charles Pierce of Kearney, formerly of Stratton, died Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at the Veteran's Affairs Medical Center in Grand Island. He was 82 years old. Richard was born on June 28, 1926, in Stratton, NE to Charles Elkanah and Lucy Belle (Cushing) Pierce. He graduated from Stratton High School. On August 5, 1943, he entered the US Navy...

May 11, 2009

Stacie Elizabeth (DeCrane) Shaddock died Monday, May 11, 2009 at her home in McCook. She was 49 years old. Stacie was born on July 7, 1959 in Houston, TX to Alfred and Joan (Hoffman) DeCrane. She graduated from Bronxville High School, Bronxville, NY in 1977. She continued her education at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO with a Bachelors...

May 10, 2009

June Marie Troxell, age 81, died Sunday, May 10, 2009 at her home in McCook. She was born April 12, 1928 to Franklin Phillip and Yula Mae (Dunn) Kleckinger in Falls City, Nebraska. She married Joe Morgan. On February 12, 2005 she married Homer J. Troxell, Jr in Culbertson. She was a member of Bethel Missionary Church in Culbertson....

May 9, 2009

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May 4, 2009

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December 2, 2005 - May 4, 2009

Chloe Irene Dold, age three, of McCook went to be with Jesus on May 4, 2009. She was born on December 2, 2005 at Hastings to Logan R. Tucker and Kaylia M. Dold. Chloe was a very tender-hearted child who had many "little friends". She...

May 3, 2009

Vera M. (Carlson) Wray died Sunday, May 3, 2009 at El Dorado Nursing Home in Trenton. She was 99 years old. Vera was born on February 3, 1910 on the family farm south of Stratton to French and Lena M. (Kisling) Carlson. She attended a one-room country school through eighth grade. On October 28, 1938, she was united in...

May 2, 2009

Phyllis D. Kelsey died Saturday, May 2, 2009, at Cambridge Manor. She was 63 years old. Phyllis was born on November 22, 1945 at Richmond, CA to Ralph and Nola (Smith) Hammack. On June 22, 1997, she married Kent Kelsey in Virginia City, NV. They moved to the McCook community in 2003. Phyllis was a cosmetologist as well as a...

Apr 30, 2009

Richard S. Fisher died Thursday, April 30, 2009 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was 68 years old. On August 17, 1940 he was born in Maywood, Nebraska to Leonard S. and Ona Evalena (Blake) Fisher. He received his GED in 1959. He lived most of his life in southwest Nebraska and Northern Kansas. He married Sheila Mae Van...

Apr 30, 2009

Homer J. "Whitey" Troxell, Jr. died at his home on Thursday, April 30, 2009. He was 79 years old. He was born in McCook on July 26, 1929, one of six children born to Homer Ira and Myrtle Ellesta (Barnes) Troxell. On April 28, 1952 he married Martha Jane Anderson in Wauneta, Nebraska. In 1954, Whitey retired from the...

Apr 30, 2009

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Lavina M. Palic died Thursday, April 30, 2009 at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg. She was 94 years old. On January 19, 1915 in Lincoln County, Nebraska, Lavina was born to Walter and Fannie (Hruza) Buzzell. She graduated from Hayes Center High School in 1934 and lived all her life in the Hayes Center and Wallace area. Lavina knew...

Apr 29, 2009

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Florence was born September 4, 1916 in Frontier County Nebraska. Her father James E. Ryan of Irish immigrants. Mother, Lillian was raised in a homestead dugout near Stockville, Nebraska. Her parents were prosperous until the depression and years of drought in 1930's. She was the middle girl of three sisters Ada approximately 10 years her senior and Betty...

Apr 28, 2009

Send Flowers Gerold Alfred Bodeman October 10, 1921 - April 28, 2009

Gerold Alfred Bodeman was born October 10, 1921 in Hayes County to Lee A. and Alza Donzella "Dot" (Hilton) Bodeman at their home north of Palisade. He passed from life on April 28, 2009 at the age of 87. He attended country school District #7 graduating the...

Apr 28, 2009

Ewald Emil Werschke formally of Palisade, died Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at the Good Samaritan Center in Syracuse. He was 89 years old. He was born March 6, 1920 in Enders to Theodore L. and Matilda (Schultz) Werschke. Ewald entered the US Army on July 16, 1941. He served during World War II, receiving the American Defense Service Medal,...

Apr 26, 2009

Samuel McNeal Roberts, age 72, died Sunday April 26, 2009 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born September 17, 1936 in Joplin, MO to D. G. (Bob) and Mary Juanita (Higgins) Roberts. Family moved from Missouri. to Arizona in 1947. He graduated from West Phoenix High School in 1955 and then continued his education at A.S.U.....

Apr 26, 2009

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Ray E. Aldrich, 88, peacefully passed away from this life at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook after a long battle with Parkinson's. Ray was born January 31, 1921 on a farm north of Cambridge, NE, to Albert and Mabel (Harmon) Aldrich. Later the family moved to a farm north of Arapahoe. He went to a country school, riding...

Apr 24, 2009

Betty M. Overbye died April 24, 2009 at El Dorado Manor in Trenton. She was 82 years old. On June 4, 1926 she was born to Ira Ernest and Maggie (Woods) Peters at Denver, CO. She grew up south of McCook and received her GED from McCook College. She worked at the Rubber Hose Manufacturing for around 14 years....

Apr 23, 2009

Beverly Ann Fritz of Indianola died Thursday, April 23, 2009 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital. She was 71 years old. Beverly was born on July 14, 1937, in Cambridge to Walter E. and Loretta Elizabeth (Kehr) Baker. She attended Cambridge Public Schools. On February 10, 1957, she was united in marriage to George Albert Fritz at Peace Lutheran Church in...