Nov 15, 2008

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Martha Mellisa McGehee died Saturday, November 15, 2008, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was 90 years old. Martha was born on October 13, 1918 in Hot Springs, Ark., to John Thomas and Louie (McCallister) McDougal. On June 19, 1937, she was united in marriage to Riley Chester McGehee. To this union three children were born. Martha...

Nov 15, 2008

Raymond Melvin "Mel" Fritsch died Saturday, November 15, 2008 at his rural home near Palisade. He was 62 years old. Mel was born on January 23, 1946, at Olympia, Washington to Charles Paul and Lois "Maxine" (Bushey) Fritsch. He graduated from Tumwater High School, Tumwater, WA in 1964. He entered the US Army in 1965 and served during the Viet...

Nov 14, 2008

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Naomi Louise Corey, formerly of McCook died Friday, November 14, 2008 at her home in North Platte. She was 38 years old. Naomi was born on August 3, 1970 in McCook to Joseph Eugene and Mardelle Yvonne (Hilker) Corey. She graduated from McCook High School in 1988 and continued her education at McCook Community College. She was attending...

Nov 13, 2008

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Our beloved Mother, Arlene Iris Jensen, died Thursday, November 13, 2008, from complications from COPD, at the Columbus Hospice House in Columbus, GA. She was 87 years old. She was born in McCook, October 6, 1921, to Claude and Edna (Reeves) Myers of Culbertson, Nebr. She was preceded in death by her husband Fred Jensen on July 24,...

Nov 11, 2008

Dana Kay Lacey-Rowley, 47, of Culbertson died Nov. 11, 2008, at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte following a long illness. She was born Oct. 6, 1961, at St. Catherine's Hospital in McCook to Lloyd D. and Karen K. Crawford (McBrien) Lacey. Dana attended Hayes Center Elementary and graduated from Hayes Center High School in 1979. She...

Nov 7, 2008

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Mary Florence "Polly" Grim died Friday, November 7, 2008 at Community Hospital in McCook. She was 92 years old. Mary was born, August 18, 1916 at St. John's, Newfoundland to Garfield and Mary "Gen" (Coleman) Pollard. She grew up at St. John's and attended Mercy and Presentation Convent Schools. She worked as a secretary in downtown St. John's...

Nov 5, 2008

Harold Raymond Mihm died Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at the Heritage of Wauneta. He was 91. Harold was born on July 27, 1917 to Fred Henry and Anna Marie (Kircher) Mihm on a farm north of Indianola. He was baptized in the St. Catherine's Church in Indianola. Harold worked as a farm hand for different people in the community. He...

Oct 31, 2008

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Mary Teresa Uerling of Lexington, formerly of Indianola, died Friday, October 31, 2008 at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. She was 76 years old. Mary was born May 10, 1932 on the family farm in Red Willow County to Paul Mathias and Josephine Marie (Goodenkauf) Uerling. At a later age, she moved to Lexington to live in...

Oct 30, 2008

Emory Putz died Thursday, October 30, 2008 at his home in McCook. He was 77 years old. Emory was born on July 12, 1931, in Hastings to Emory Walter and Bessie Glenda (Henderson) Putz, Sr. He graduated from Blue Hill High School in 1948. He was united in marriage to Lucille M. Leetsch at Denver, CO on July 12, 1951....

Oct 29, 2008

Dwight LaMonte Trusty of Hayes Center died Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at Heritage Estates Nursing Home in Gering. He was 63 years old. Dwight was born on February 17, 1945 in Imperial to Louis and Maxine A. (Evans) Trusty. He graduated from Hayes Center High School in 1964. After graduation, Dwight entered the US Navy on October 5, 1965...

Oct 24, 2008

Conie B. (Carfield) Reynolds died Friday, Oct. 24, 2008, at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte at the age of 56. She was born March 11, 1952, in Oberlin Kansas, the only daughter of Kenneth and Mary Majestie (Raburn) Carfield. Conie grew up in the McCook area and attended McCook Senior High School. Conie was active with the...

Oct 20, 2008

Send Flowers George J. Vlasin February 22, 1924 - October 20, 2008

George John Vlasin of Hayes Center died Monday, October 20, 2008 at Eldorado Manor Nursing Home in Trenton. He was 84 years old. George was born to Joseph John and Rose Marie (Kucera) Vlasin on February 22, 1924 in Hayes County on the family farmstead southeast of...

Oct 18, 2008

Barrnett "Barney" R. Leitner, age 81, died Saturday, October 18, 2008 near Seward. He was born May 5, 1927 to Edward W. and Elsie M. (Albrecht) Leitner in McCook. He married Lola G. Jones in Oberlin on November 17, 1946. To this union three sons were born, Royce, Laney and Dennis. He farmed southwest of McCook, in his free...

Oct 12, 2008

Lloyd Charles Wesch, age 83, died Sunday, October 12, 2008 peacefully at his home in McCook. He was born July 22, 1925 to Charles August and Nellie Pearl (Crocker) Wesch. He was raised on a farm south of McCook. He hired on the Burlington Northern Railroad as a brakeman in 1949 and was promoted to a conductor in July...

Oct 9, 2008

Linda Lee (Harmon) Boone, age 68 died Thursday, October 9, 2008 at her home in Dixon, CA. She was born to Lewis “Bud” A. and Betty J. (Carpenter) Harmon on March 26, 1940 in McCook. She graduated from McCook High School in 1958. She married Barry Boone in McCook on September 1, 1974. They moved to California in 1974....

Oct 9, 2008

Jolene Anne Burns died Thursday, October 9, 2008 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was 33 years young. Jolene was born on March 26, 1975 in Denver, CO to Samuel Baker and Shari Lyn (Stobie) Gillette. She graduated from Arvada High School, Arvada, CO in 1993. She continued her education at Metro State College in Denver. On December...

Oct 8, 2008

Send Flowers Nora Kathy Irene Roth

October 8, 2008 - October 8, 2008

Nora Kathy Irene Roth, beloved infant daughter of Matthew Adam Baker and Jessica Clair (Dernovich) Roth, born to heaven with angels wings to join her sister on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at Bryan LGH East in Lincoln. Preceding her in death were her sister,...

Oct 3, 2008

Geraldine May (Housley) Holcomb, 85, of Greeley, CO, formerly of Westminster, CO died on Friday, October 3, 2008 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born on February 24, 1923 in Freedom, Nebraska to Charles and Zella (Vandervort) Housley. Geraldine married Kenneth C. Holcomb on October 16, 1939 in Atwood, KS. They resided in Bartley and...

Oct 1, 2008

Darlene Ellen Lusk went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at Community Hospital. She was 91 years old. On May 1, 1917 she was born in Stratton, NE to Floyd Edward and Edna (Thomas) Cobb. She grew up and attended school in Stratton. She married Roy Lusk in Stratton on December 24, 1937. She...

Sep 25, 2008

Charlotte Mook, age 95 of Salem, Oregon passed away peacefully on September 25, 2008. She was born June 20, 1913 in Bloomington, NE to May (Kerr) Mook and Charles Mook. She attended Bloomington High School. Later, she moved with her family to Lebanon, and lived there several years. Soon after the beginning of World War II she moved to...