Apr 21, 2006

Marvin Dean Novak of McCook died Friday, April 21, 2006 at McCook Community Hospital. He was 73 years old. Marvin was born on January 2, 1933, on a farm near Belleville, Kansas to Charley and Bertha Rebecca (Sanford) Novak. He graduated from Belleville High School in 1950. He was united in marriage to Gloria Matilda Swanson on September 9, 1953...

Apr 19, 2006

Rose Marie Unger died Wednesday, April 19, 2006 at McCook Community Hospital. She was 95 years old. Rose was born on February 25, 1911, at Kearney to William Frederick and Bertha Cedonia (Gartner) Keen. As a child Rose's parents moved from Minden to McCook. She was baptized in April of 1937 by Pastor Wagner at the Lutheran Church northwest...

Apr 17, 2006

Roger J. Britten died Monday, April 17, 2006, at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, he was 54. Roger was born September 4, 1951, to Raymond and Agnes (Delaney) Britten in Red Cloud. He graduated from Blue Hill High School and attended McCook Junior College, where he was a member of the football team. He married Pamela Williamson on April 8,...

Apr 17, 2006

Biography

Dorothy Lucille Unger of Cambridge died Monday, April 17, 2006 at the Cambridge Hospital. She was 91 years old. Dorothy was born on December 22, 1914 at Beaver City, Nebraska to Lyod and Lizzie Bell (Cline) Ventling. She graduated from Bartley High School in 1933. She continued her education at Kearney State Teachers College receiving her teaching certificate....

Apr 16, 2006

Vera Louise Crabtree died Sunday, April 16, 2006 at her home in Indianola. She was 80 years old. Vera was born on October 22, 1925 at McCook to Wallace Riley and Louise Nora (Brown) Aman. She graduated from McCook High School in 1943, McCook Junior College in 1945 and attended the University of Lincoln. On February 10, 1946, she married...

Apr 15, 2006

Bruce William Atkins died Saturday, April 15, 2006 at the Veteran's Hospital in Omaha. He was 75 years old. Bruce was born on November 27, 1930, at Malta Ridge, New York to William and Mattie (Long-Caudwell) Atkins. After his high school graduation he entered the United States Army on May 22, 1951 and served during the Korean Conflict. He...

Apr 10, 2006

Henry “Hank” Mathias Fossen died Monday, April 10, 2006, at Hillcrest Nursing Home, he was 92. He was born May 16, 1913 to Peter and Jennie (Keegan) Fossen in Red Willow County. He married Pauline Stritt on October 17, 1945 in Indianola. To this union four children were born, Kenneth, Clarence, Larry, and Marcia. He farmed northeast of Indianola...

Apr 1, 2006

Patricia M. (Reiners) Koetter, 75, of McCook died Saturday, April 1, 2006 at Community Hospital in McCook. She was born on October 25, 1930 in McCook to Fred and Mary (Tines) Reiners. She attended school at Red Willow Schools. She studied nursing at Kansas City, Kansas and worked for many years as an R.N. at St. Catherine's Hospital in...

Apr 1, 2006

Jeff Davis Lasater, Jr. of McCook died at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Saturday, April 1, 2006. He was 47 years old. He was born in San Angelo, TX on April 17, 1958 to Jeff Davis and Dorothy LaVerne (Sprinkle) Lasater, Sr. He graduated from McCook High School in 1978. He worked at the Dayco Rubber...

Mar 31, 2006

Eileen Ruth Randel, 66 of Indianola, died Friday, March 31, 2006 in Lincoln County, south of North Platte, as a result of a car accident. She was born January 5, 1940 in Culbertson to John W. and Martha (Wagner) Miller. She grew up in Culbertson where she graduated from high school in 1957. She attended Nebraska State Teachers College...

Mar 29, 2006

James Monroe Manley, 81 died Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at Cambridge Manor in Cambridge. He was born June 19, 1924 to Edgar and Sarah (Stewart) Manley in Edison. He attended McCook Public Schools. He married Rowene Myers on June 6, 1948, to this union one son, Jerry, was born. They made their home in McCook. He worked for the...

Mar 19, 2006

Shirley Ann Grabast, 72, of Palisade, died Sunday, March 19, 2006 at Cambridge Hospital as a result of car accident. She was born on August 1, 1933, at the family farm in Palisade, to Floyd F. and Ann (Dudek) Follett. She attended Palisade Public Schools. Shirley was united in marriage to Gary Grabast on July 29, 1971 in Trenton. He...

Mar 18, 2006

Elmer A. Alberts, 84 of Palisade died Saturday (March 18, 2006) at Community Hospital in McCook. He was born August 4, 1921 at Culbertson to Harmon J. and Hinrika (Groothuis) Alberts. He was baptized and confirmed in St. John’s Lutheran Church in Culbertson and attended District 75 and Lutheran Christian Day School and graduated from Culbertson High School in 1940....

Mar 12, 2006

Joan Lee Haller, 75 died Sunday, March 12, 2006 at Sunset Manor in Frontenac, KS. She was 75 years old. She was born in McCook on September 21, 1930 to Jake and Marie (Reinek) Frick, Jr. She was raised on a farm east of Culbertson and later graduated from Culbertson High School in 1948. She worked for Safeway Grocery...

Mar 11, 2006

Doris B. Awtry of McCook died Saturday, March 11, 2006 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. She was 81 years old. She was born October 10, 1924 at Curtis to Peter C. and Anna Elsie (Rossen) Nelsen. She grew up in Curtis and graduated from the University of Nebraska School of Agriculture High School in 1942....

Mar 9, 2006

Vernon A. Wortman of McCook died Thursday (March 9, 2006) at McCook Community Hospital. He was 73 years old. He was born March 20, 1932 at Tekamah to Albert John and Margaret Lorraine (Young) Wortman. He grew up on a farm near Walthill and graduated from Walthill High School in 1949. He attended and played football at Wayne State...

Mar 9, 2006

Jay Dee Bailey was born December 7, 1938 in a house in Stratton, Nebraska to Justus D. and Marjorie Pearl Bailey. He passed away at Benkelman Hospital on March 9, 2006 at the age of 67. The family moved to Colorado when Jay was 2 years old, and Jay graduated from Arvada High School in 1956. Jay was proud...

Feb 25, 2006

Biography

LeAnn Christy Johnson, 38, died Saturday, February 25, 2006 near Hayes Center, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. LeAnn was born January 30, 1968 to Gilbert D. and Patricia A. (McKinley) Stasser, at Burlington, CO. She graduated from high school in St. Francis, KS in 1986, and attended the Northwest Kansas Area Vocational Tech School in Goodland,...

Feb 23, 2006

Bradley D. Williams, 63, of Indianola, died Thursday, February 23, 2006 at the Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge. Bradley was born in McCook, November 6, 1942 to Cecil C. and Roberta M. (McCafferty) Williams. He was raised in Bartley and graduated from Bartley in 1960. He married Lynne M. Hierzer on August 17, 1963 in Denver, Co. To this union, two...

Feb 20, 2006

Joy Mae (DeOss) Burton Arendell , 76 died Monday, February 20, 2006 at Mount Carmel Nursing Home in Kearney. Joy was born April 24, 1929 to Francis Henry and Ollie Mae (McClellan) DeOss in Holbrook, NE. Joy was the third of four children. Joy grew up in Holbrook and attended Holbrook Public School graduating in 1947. In 1948 Joy...