Jul 13, 2006

Larry Lee Payton died Thursday (July 13, 2006) at McCook Community Hospital. He was 58 years old. Larry was born October 10, 1947 to Denzel and Ruth (Lorimer) Payton in McCook. He graduated from Atwood High School in Atwood, Kansas. He married Judy K. Willey in Arapahoe on May 29, 1967. To this union four children were born, Brian,...

Jul 12, 2006

Virginia Lee Clifton died Wednesday (July 12, 2006) at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was 83 years old. She was born November 15, 1922 to E. Carl and Bessie (Austin) Macy in Marion. She graduated from McCook High School in 1940 and McCook Junior College in 1973. She married Chester C. Clifton on December 1, 1940 at St. Francis, Kansas. To...

Jul 9, 2006

Beverly Ann Herron, age 74, died Sunday, July 9, 2006 at her home after a long battle with cancer. She was born May 10, 1932 to George and Gladys (Brewer) Brumfield at St. Joseph, Missouri. She graduated from Manual High School in Denver, Colorado in 1950. She married John M. Herron in Commerce City, Colorado on November 27, 1951....

Jul 5, 2006

April Rose Redfield of McCook died Wednesday, July 5, 2006 at Bryan LGH West in Lincoln as a result of a car accident. She was 22 years old. She was born May 15, 1984 in Grant to Mark Eugene and Heather Rose (Gobble) Hamilton. She grew up and attended school in McCook. April married Chancelor “Chance” Redfield in McCook on...

Jul 2, 2006

Larry D. Rakes, McCook, died Sunday, July 2, 2006, at Bryan LGH East in Lincoln. He was 57 years old. Larry was born on November 10, 1948, to Harold A. and Dorothy L. (Greenwood) Rakes at Nebraska City. He graduated from Nebraska City High School in 1967. On September 22, 1967, he married Leah S. Smalley. To this union...

Jun 30, 2006

Dora Mae (Ihrig) Tines died Friday, June 30th, 2006 at the Brentwood Estates in Lincoln. She was 73 years old. Dora was born on August 23, 1932, in Norton, Kansas to Verl and Faye I. (Willey) Chitwood. She was married to Robert Carl Ihrig. To this union four children were born. They made their home in several locations where Robert...

Jun 28, 2006

Floyd L. “Peewee” Watson died Wednesday, June 28, 2006 at Community Hospital in McCook. He was 90 years old. Peewee was born on June 15, 1916, at Hamlet, to Lewis Thomas and Clara Marie (Uhren) Watson. He married Della E. Rowland. She preceded him in death on January 16, 1978. On August 28, 1942, he joined the US Army....

Jun 23, 2006

Carl Frank Miller, 95 died Friday, June 23, 2006 at Hillcrest Nursing Home, in McCook, NE. Carl was the last surviving sibling of his family. Carl was born July 10, 1910 in Hitchcock County, NE, in a sod house to Frank & Amelia (Wittwer) Miller. Carl grew up farming with horses on the family farm in Hitchcock County. He bought...

Jun 20, 2006

George Martin Colling, died Tuesday, June 20, 2006 at the Cambridge Manor. He was 84 years old. George was born on August 20, 1921, at McCook to Bernard N. and Helen (Kennedy) Colling. He attended rural school District 47 southeast of McCook He entered the US Navy on July 28, 1942, where he served aboard the #680 Sub-Chaser off the...

Jun 20, 2006

Henry “Hank” Brehm died Tuesday, June 20, at Presbyterian Manor of Kansas City. He was 97 years old. He was born November 13, 1908, to John and Kate (Wilman) Brehm at Beverly, Nebraska. He graduated from Palisade High School. His parents and four brothers preceded him in death – Albert, Joe, Ruben, and Elmer. One sister, Freida Romersheuser, lives...

Jun 17, 2006

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Leota Ruth Cornwell, age 86, died June 17, 2006, at the Maranatha Village in Springfield, Missouri. Leota was born September 13, 1919 at Coffeyville, Kansas, to Fred and Mary (Wilson) Wagner. She attended school in Coffeyville, Kansas. She married Dale Kenneth Eden on September 20, 1936, at Rev. Victor Greisen's home in Coffeyville. Two children were born of...

Jun 15, 2006

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Iva Mae McNutt, of McCook, died Thursday, June 15, 2006 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was 98 years old. Iva was born on August 30, 1907 at Basehor, Kansas to Thomas E. and Ellen (Morash) Tirrill. She alone with her family moved to the McCook community when she was a small child. She attended rural school south of...

Jun 14, 2006

Lori Jean (Baumfalk) Hoff, age 42, died Wednesday, June 14, 2006, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Lori was born in Oberlin, Kansas on May 25, 1964 to Eugene and Cleta (Riley) Baumfalk. She graduated from McCook High School in 1982 and attended McCook Community College. She was a homemaker, busy mother of two and enjoyed spending time with...

Jun 13, 2006

Linda Diane Larson, of McCook, died Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at the Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln. She was 60 years old. Linda was born on July 4, 1945, to Frank Gustav and Mildred Clare (Klucke) Nitz in Ledyard, Iowa. She graduated from Ledyard High School in 1963 and attended Mankato State College in Minnesota. On November 11, 1968,...

Jun 13, 2006

Loretta June (Leiter) Wallace, died June 13, 2006, at McCook Community Hospital. She was 70 years old. She was born to Arthur Lee and Gladys (Thomas) Leiter on May 18, 1936 in Scottsbluff. On September 30, 1989 Loretta Harris and John Wallace were married in Stapleton. In her younger years she worked as a waitress, hospice work and Harmon's...

Jun 10, 2006

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Minnie R. "Chic" Ahrens, of McCook, died Saturday, June 10, 2006 at the Great Plains Medical Center in North Platte. She was 96 years old. Chic was born on August 2, 1910 at Havanna, NE to Albert and Mary Rousella (Betz) Herron. She lived most of her life in the McCook community with the exception of a short...

Jun 7, 2006

Arthur R. Bush, of Palisade, died Thursday, June 08, 2006 at Chase County Hospital in Imperial. He was 85 years old. He was born November 29, 1920 to Oral and Laura (Witzke) Bush at Council, Idaho. He graduated from Hamlet High School. He married Frieda A. Sommerfeld on August 30, 1946 at Hastings. To this union, three daughters were...

Jun 7, 2006

Elburn “Pete” Clyde Rice of Palisade died Wednesday, June 07, 2006 at McCook Community Hospital. He was 79 years old. Pete was born February 12, 1927 to Floyd and Gladys (Cole) Rice at Palisade. He graduated from Palisade High School in 1945 and Doane College in 1950. He played football and baseball while attending Doane and also for the McCook...

Jun 3, 2006

E. Mabel Nielsen died Saturday (June 3, 2006) at Community Hospital in McCook. She was 73 years old. She was born October 29, 1932 in Longmont, Colorado to Floyd Herbert and Juanda Irene (Johnson) Morgan. She grew up and graduated from Longmont High School in 1950. She attended Hastings College and graduated in 1955. She lived most of her life...

Jun 3, 2006

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Mark "Buff" Buffington of McCook, died Saturday (June 3, 2006) at Mercy Hospital in Sioux City, Iowa. He was 52 years old. He was born October 22, 1953 in McCook to Harold Lee and Laura M. (Meury) Buffington. He grew up in McCook and graduated from McCook High School in 1972. He worked for Paulsen Construction for 20...