Apr 5, 2008

Send Flowers Robert Ernest Peters May 7, 1916 - April 5, 2008

Robert Ernest Peters died Saturday, April 5, 2008 at Willow Ridge Retirement Community in McCook. He was 91 years old. He was born, May 7, 1916 in Red Willow County northwest of Marion to John Coleman and Mina (Drain) Peters. At age three he moved with his...

Apr 3, 2008

Ruth Carol Cappel died Thursday, April 3, 2008 at the Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman, NE. She was 74. She was born March 30, 1934 to Leland Archie and Charlotta Augusta (Bonar) Guthrie in Indianola. She graduated from Indianola High School in 1952. She married Gaylord Cappel on September 29, 1956 in Indianola, NE. She had lived in McCook over...

Apr 3, 2008

Herman Howard “Smokey” Pritchett of McCook died Thursday, April 3, 2008 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital. He was 84 years old. Smokey was born on August 23, 1923, in Dekalb, Alabama to Lawrence E. and Annie Mae (Blanks) Pritchett. He entered the US Army on February 12, 1943 and served in France during World War II. He was honorably discharged...

Apr 2, 2008

Jane "Jean" Elizabeth Carmichael died Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at her home in Indianola. She was 76. She was born in New York City on June 30, 1931 to John and Mary Gorycki. She graduated in 1948 in New York. She married Marion Ardell Carmichael on May 5, 1951 in New York City. To this union, three children were...

Apr 1, 2008

Glenn W. Morgan, age 57, died Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at McCook Community Hospital. He was born May 20, 1950 to Glenn W. and Winifred Clarice (Boese) Morgan in Great Bend, Kansas. He married Deanna K Jenkins in McCook in 1972. He worked at the Cambridge Locker, the McCook Rendering plant, Tri-State Livestock and was a truck driver for...

Mar 28, 2008

Floyd LaVerne Hunter of McCook died Friday, March 28, 2008 at Community Hospital in McCook. He was 81 years old. Floyd was born on November 21, 1926 in Lincoln County, Nebraska to Walter H. and Petrea (Sorenson) Hunter. He graduated from North Platte High School in 1943. He entered the US Coast Guard on April 29, 1945 and served...

Mar 24, 2008

Joseph Paul Reed died Monday, March 24, 2008 at his home in Lincoln. He was 60 years old. Joseph was born on June 1, 1947 in Muskegon, Michigan to Clare and Virginia (Mosher) Reed. He grew up on a farm near Muskegon. He moved to St. Joseph, Michigan when he was 17 to help his brother with a gas station....

Mar 24, 2008

June (Barger) Spickelmier, age 84, went to be with the lord Monday March 24, 2008 at her home North of Culbertson after a six year battle with cancer. She was born on the family farm Northeast of Culbertson on June 2, 1923 to Chester and Clara (Seybold) Barger. She grew up on the family farm and attended rural county...

Mar 24, 2008

Harry Howard Eiler died Monday, March 24, 2008 at his home in McCook. He was 83 years old. Harry was born to Harry Howard and Lena (Reasnor) Eiler on March 2, 1925 on the family farm near Oberlin, Kansas. He graduated from Decatur County High School in 1943. On September 8, 1944, he entered the US Army and served during...

Mar 21, 2008

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Anita Christine Callan died Friday, March 21, 2008 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital. She was 83 years old. Anita was born on August 24, 1924 in Red Willow County, Nebraska to Gustave and Lydia (Schaffert) Unger. She attended school at McCook Public Schools. On October 12, 1947, she was united in marriage to Dareld "Neal" Callan in McCook. To...

Mar 21, 2008

Nelda A. (DeMere) Liston (formerly of Indianola, passed from this earth to join her beloved husband Jerry on March 21, 2008, at Phelps Memorial Health Center in Holdrege, Nebraska. She had been a resident of Holdrege Memorial Homes for 4-1/2 years. Nelda was born north of Bartley in Frontier County Nebraska on November 3, 1921 to Andrew N. DeMere and...

Mar 19, 2008

Richard LeRoy Baxter, age 79, died Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at Methodist Hospital in Omaha. Richard was born in Palisade to Arlie J. and Margaret E. (West) on April 19, 1928. He graduated from Palisade Public School in 1946. He married Leona E. Potthoff on June 1, 1951 in Palisade. To this union five children were born. He was...

Mar 18, 2008

Cecelia Rose McConville, age 81, died Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was born June 5, 1926 to Oscar Allyn and Martha Victoria (Behnke) Teel in Freedom, Nebraska. She graduated from Havanna High School in 1943. She married Charles McConville at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Indianola on May 29, 1947. To this union...

Mar 17, 2008

Lester “Bum” A. Malleck, age 88, died Monday, March 17, 2008 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. He was born March 2, 1920 to Toney and Fay (McCool) Malleck in Indianola. He graduated from Indianola Public School in 1936. He married Wanda L. Kelly in McCook on April 13, 1949. To this union four children were born. They made their home in...

Mar 15, 2008

Juanita Jane Fisher died Saturday, March 15, 2008 at her home in McCook. She was 50 years old. Juanita was born on January 8, 1958 in Germany to Loren Eugene and Deloris Jane (Alexander) Morrow while her father was there in the military. She graduated from Central High School in Salina, Kansas in 1975. She continued her education at...

Mar 11, 2008

Ruth Virginia Johnson of Hayes Center passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at Countryside Care Center in Gordon, Nebraska. Ruth was born January 9, 1919 in Hayes Center to William and Mary (Bailey) Jeffers. Her mother passed away when she was two, so she was raised by her grandparents, Arthur and Dawn Bailey. She graduated from Palisade High School in...

Mar 11, 2008

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Blanch Margaret Brown died on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at El Dorado Manor. She was 99. Blanch was born on April 26, 1908, at Hallam, Nebraska to Henry and Carrie (Schnieder) Rippen. She attended County School Dist. 141 near Kramer, Nebraska. Her family moved to Culbertson in 1926. On November 16, 1927, she married Hamer Brown. To this...

Mar 10, 2008

Fred Edward Plourd of Cambridge died Monday, March 10, 2008 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital. He was 68 years old. Fred was born on April 3, 1939 in McCook to Alfred Matthew and Maude Olive (Johnson) Plourd. He entered the US Army on August 10, 1960. He was honorably discharged on July 29, 1963. He then entered the US Air...

Mar 10, 2008

Isak James Wegele, infant son of Mark and Shannon (Warford) Wegele was born prematurely on March 10, 2008 at Community Hospital. He went to be with his Savior the same day. Survivors include his parents, Mark and Shannon of McCook, brothers, Robert Hale Enlow, IV, Dustin Dale Enlow; grandparents, Sheila and Dick Fisher of McCook and Doug and Janice...

Mar 7, 2008

Donald L. “Don” Hodson, died Friday, March 7, 2008 in Kearney. He was 79 years old. Don was born on June 4, 1928 in Montrose, Colorado to Joe and Clara M. (Ludwig) Hodson. He attended McCook Public Schools with the class of 1945. Don married Maxine Leitner December 16, 1945 and to this marriage three children were born. He...