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...

Jun 1, 2006

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Kellie Denise Mullen of McCook died Thursday, June 1, 2006 at Community Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 42 years old. Kellie was born on July 20, 1963, in McCook, to Robert Paul and Marilyn Louise (Brown) Malleck. She graduated from McCook High School in 1982 and McCook Community College in 1984. On October 15,...

May 26, 2006

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John O. Vogel passed away Friday (May 26, 2006) at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney at the age of 76. He was born LaVerne Oliver Vogel on July 12, 1929 in Hayes County, Nebraska, the son of the late George W. and Elizabeth (Spahn) Vogel. John grew up in southwest Nebraska, and since 1946 John resided in...

May 15, 2006

Edna Mildred Schaffert of Atwood, Kansas, originally of Bartley, died Monday, May 15, 2006 at the Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood. She was 83 years old. Edna was born on July 9, 1922, in Red Willow County, near Bartley, to John Frederick and Annie Augusta (Weiss) Fritz. She graduated from Cambridge High School in 1942. On May 31,...

May 10, 2006

Ruthella Theda Jones died Wednesday, May 10, 2006, at McCook Community Hospital. She was 85 years old. Ruthella was born January 30, 1921, to George and Theda (Poore) Carter in Red Willow County. She attended Red Willow School, McCook Junior College and Kearney State College. She married John Francis Jones in McCook on September 22, 1940. To this union...

Apr 30, 2006

Edith W. Peterson, age 89, died Sunday, April 30, 2006, at Brighton, Colorado. Edith was born April 29, 1917, to Blaine and Grace (Young) Pugh, in Madison County NE. She married Paul Peterson at Palisade on January 10, 1937. To this union two children were born, Larry and Donna. She and her husband farmed south of Palisade, Hayes Center and...

Apr 29, 2006

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Michele Wilke, age 50, died at her home west of McCook on Saturday (April 29, 2006). Michele was born the second of six children on June 13, 1955, at Brokton, MA to Norman and Barbara (Osborne) Veronesi. On February 14, 2000, she married Marvin Wilke at McCook. They made their home in McCook. Michele was a member of...

Apr 27, 2006

Leila S. "Miss T" Herzog of Culbertson died Thursday, April 27, 2006 at El Dorado Manor in Trenton. She was 73 years old. T. was born on November 13, 1932 at Fergus Falls, MN to Olaf H. and Opal Normanda (Rovig) Thorstenson. She graduated from Battle Lake High School. She attended Iowa State College, Kearney State College, and Colorado...

Apr 22, 2006

Donna Louise (Stewart) Burton, 75 of Bartley, died Saturday, April 22, 2006 at Hillcrest Nursing Home after a 14 year battle with cancer. She was born August 19, 1930 to Robert and Gertrude (Matticks) Stewart at Spring Ranch, Nebraska. Her family moved to a farm north of Bartley when she was three. She graduated from Bartley High School in...