Eleanor Traphagan

Eleanor Margaret Traphagan It is with great sadness that the family of Eleanor Margaret Traphagan announces her passing at the age of 101 on September 12, 2018 in Sterling, Colorado. Known as "Aunt Ellie" for many, she was born February 17, 1917 in Frontier County, Nebraska to John L. and Jane M. (Corcoran) Traphagan. She grew up on a farm near St. Anne Church and graduated from McCook High School class of 1934. Ellie worked during WWII as a clerk for the Railway Freight Office, after which she began her career with the Bureau of Reclamation working with the Water and Power Resources Service for the lower Missouri Region and the Kansas River Projects. She enjoyed 30 years as an Administrative Aide and Personnel Officer retiring in 1980. After retirement, Ellie lived in McCook and enjoyed all of her family and many friends. She was devoted to caring for her father and two aunts. Ellie regularly played Bingo, enjoyed going to auctions, worked crossword puzzles, and read the McCook Gazette to the very end. She enjoyed shopping and keeping up with the latest fashions. In 2010, she moved to Sterling, CO to be near her nephew Gregory Stelmach. Ellie was a member of the St. Patrick Catholic Church and was a caring sister and devoted Aunt to many generations of nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death are her parents John and Jane Traphagan; brother, John and his infant daughter Jan; sisters, Loretta Ruppert, Leona McCracken, Genevieve Anderjaska, Irene Vap, Bernadine Stelmach, and nephew Leonard Stelmach. Aunt Ellie, the grand matriarch of the Traphagan Clan is survived by her nephews Jack (Rachel) McCracken, Tom Ruppert, Roland (Marilyn) Anderjaska, Douglas (Mary) Vap, Gerald (Sherry) Vap, Dr. J. Gordon (Jeanne) Vap, John T. (Linda) Vap, Gregory (Dannette) Stelmach, and nieces Sister Barbara McCracken, O.S.B., Marilyn (Bryce) Fornoff, Janice Barber, Kathleen (Dennis) Bauer, Mary Stelmach. Also at last census are 35 great nieces and nephews, 65 great-great nieces and nephews, 28 great-great-great nieces and nephews are surviving. Visitation will be held on Monday, September 17, 2018, 10:00 a.m. until time of rosary which will be recited at 6:00 p.m. at Herrmann Jones Funeral Chapel, McCook, NE. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in memory of Eleanor on Tuesday, September 18, at 10:00 a.m., at St. Patrick Catholic Church, McCook, NE. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery, McCook. Herrmann Jones Funeral Chapel of McCook entrusted with arrangements. Visitation Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel Monday, September 17, 2018 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM 607 Norris Avenue McCook, Nebraska 69001 Rosary Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel Monday, September 17, 2018 6:00 PM 607 Norris Avenue McCook, Nebraska 69001 Mass of Christian Burial St. Patrick's Catholic Church Tuesday, September 18, 2018 10:00 AM 409 East F Street McCook, Nebraska 69001 Burial will follow the Mass at Calvary Cemetery, McCook.