Jan 11, 2008

Margaret Lois (Goodin) Elliott, 94, died Friday (January 11, 2008) at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Lincoln. Margaret was born Feb. 24, 1913, in Hastings to Louis and Letty (Wightman) Goodin. She grew up in Hastings and graduated from Hastings High School in 1930. She attended Hastings College, graduating in 1934. She was a teacher in the Culbertson schools from 1934-1937....

Jan 8, 2008

Merlin L. Smith, age 80, died in his home in McCook, on Tuesday, January 8, 2008. Merlin was born at home in Beaver City on December 28, 1927 to Albert and Birdie M. (Volgamore) Smith. He grew up in Beaver City and attended grade school and high school there, graduating in 1945. He joined the Merchant Marines after high...

Jan 8, 2008

Biography

Angus Adair Myers, age 85, died Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. He was born in McCook to Angus G. and Murrell Iola (Ike) Myers on June 26, 1922. He graduated from McCook High School in 1940. He married Maxine E. Davidson in McCook on March 17, 1944. To this union two daughters were born. They...

Jan 8, 2008

Maxine A. McKillip, age 89, died Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was born in Hayes County to Reese and Edith (Green) Evans on December 25, 1918. She attended rural school through the 9th grade in Hayes Center. She was a member of the VFW and the American Legion Auxiliary She was preceded in death by her...

Jan 8, 2008

Lewis “Bud” A. Harmon, age 90, died Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at Community Hospital in McCook. Bud was a life long resident of McCook. He was born on Thanksgiving Day, November 29, 1917 to Gerney L. and Madge M. (Anderson) Harmon at 608 West 3rd Street in McCook where he resided at the time of his death. He graduated from...

Jan 4, 2008

Stanley Dween Rucker of Hayes Center died Friday, January 4, 2008 at Community Hospital in McCook. He was 86 years old. Stanley was born on March 2, 1921 to Claude L. and Elizabeth M. (Orman) Rucker at the family farm in Frontier County, Nebraska. He graduated from Nebraska School of Agriculture at Curtis in 1939. He entered the US...

Jan 2, 2008

David Grant Howard of North Platte, formerly of McCook, died Wednesday, January 2, 2008, at his home.

He was born April 7, 1920, at Cameron, MO to Wayne and Zephyr Vanila (Spore) Howard. He was a graduate of Cameron High School and he served in the United States Navy during World War II from 1941 to 1946....

Jan 2, 2008

Kenneth “Wayne” Gates died (Wednesday) January 2, 2008 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln, NE. He was born May 22, 1935 to Kenneth C. and Clara Malinda (Nickerson) Gates in Hayes County, NE. Wayne attended rural school in Hayes County, graduating from Hayes County High School in 1952. Wayne married Margaret L. Hand on May 23, 1959 in Culbertson, NE....

Jan 1, 2008

Francis Eugene Young, 79, went to live with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Tuesday, January 01, 2008. He died at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska. He was born September 4, 1928, at Magnet, Nebraska to Clarence and Anna Mae (Mitchell) Young. While growing up, he and his family lived in Boyd, Knox, Pierce and Holt counties....

Jan 1, 2008

Eugene Frederick "Del" Deleplancque of McCook died January 1, 2008 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was 71 years old. Del was born on August 27, 1936 in Dacona, Colorado to Eugene and Helen (Dieck) Deleplancque. He graduated from Longmont High School in 1954. He retired from the United States Air Force in 1978. He also worked for Micron...

Dec 29, 2007

Gladys M. Sterr, 86, died Saturday, December 29, 2007 at the ManorCare Heath Services in Dubuque, IA. She was born in Indianola to Omar H. and Grace (Hartley) Harned on August 20, 1921. She married Leland D. Sterr on Aug. 16, 1948 in North Platte. He preceded her in death on Jan. 6, 1995. Her hobbies included bowling, gardening and...

Dec 27, 2007

Hazel Helena (Richter) Miller died Thursday, December 27, 2007 at Heritage of Wauneta Nursing Home. She was 92 years old. Hazel was born on January 15, 1915 in Wallace to George Bayard and Grace B. (Morehead) Clough. Her family moved to Dickens when Hazel was a small child and she received her education there. On May 30, 1932, she married...

Dec 14, 2007

Richard “Dick” B. Lichty, 73, of McCook died Friday, December 14, 2007 at Community Hospital in McCook. On May 13, 1934 he was born in Page, Nebraska to Ivan G. and Luella Mae (Anderson) Lichty. He graduated from Walton High School in 1952 and moved to Washington D. C. to work for the FBI in the Fingerprinting Department. Dick...

Dec 14, 2007

Thelma Opal Randolph died at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Loveland, Colo. on December 14, 2007. She was 96 years old. On April 29, 1911, Thelma O. Wilcox was born to Gerald and Carolyn “Carrie” (Nelson) Wilcox in Red Willow County. She was the youngest of eleven children. She graduated from McCook High School in 1931. She married Everett...

Dec 13, 2007

Lewis Bartlett "Bart" Snyder of Oberlin, Kansas died Thursday, December 13, 2007 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska. He was 67 years old. Bart was born on November 18, 1940 in Grangeville, Idaho to Alvin William and Frances Eileen (Tourelle) Leist. As a young child he and his brother were adopted by Vern Snyder. He graduated from Walla Walla...

Dec 9, 2007

Elizabeth Anne Hinze, infant daughter of Dr. Robert and Jennifer Hinze, died Sunday, December 9th at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. She is survived by her parents, Dr. Robert C. and Jennifer A. (Sweeney) Hinze of McCook; brother, Zach Hinze; sisters, Maddy and Jackie Hinze; paternal grandparents, Dr. Steve and wife, Shari Hinze of North Platte; maternal grandparents,...

Dec 5, 2007

Doris M. Crocker of McCook died Wednesday, December 5, 2007, at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was 77 years old. Doris was born on July 11, 1930 at Franklin to John William and Mary Deloris (Iler) Eaton. She graduated from Indianola High School in 1948 and attended McCook College for one year. On February 16, 1950, she married Robert Louis...

Dec 4, 2007

Doloris Elizabeth Clifton of McCook died Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was 83 years old. Doloris was born on January 27, 1924 at McCook to Louis John and Susan Anna (O’Dea) Colling. She graduated from Red Willow High School in 1941 and St. Francis College of Nursing in Grand Island in 1947. On August 24, 1948,...

Dec 2, 2007

Roy L Seybold, 45, of McCook passed away on December 2, 2007 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Roy was born on January 7, 1962 in McCook to Ron and Donna (McKernan) Seybold. He attended school in McCook. Roy married Kathy Mains on May 19, 1980 in Oberlin, Kansas. To this union, three children were born. Roy was employed...

Nov 29, 2007

Biography Louise Faye Echols died Thursday, November 29, 2007 at Eldorado Nursing Home. She was 92 years old. She was born on July 20, 1915 in Alva, OK to Cyrus Sylvester and Linda Bell (Barney) Steward. She graduated from High School in Vega, TX in 1933. She then married William Echols on July 10, 1933 also Vega, TX. She was...