Obituaries

McCook and Cambridge, NE Obituaries

Norman F. Trosper

Norman F. Trosper

Jun 11, 2024

Norm Trosper, 78, passed away at the Tri Valley Health System in Cambridge, NE on June 11, 2024.

Norm was born on May 18, 1946 in McCook, NE to Fred and Nellie Jean (Williams) Trosper. Norm graduated from Cambridge High School in 1964. He graduated from Nebraska Vocational Technical School in Milford in 1966 with an Associates...

Gerald Eugene Kennedy

Gerald Eugene Kennedy

Jun 8, 2024

Gerald Eugene Kennedy was born to Howard J. and Wanda J. (Carter) Kennedy on August 26, 1966 in McCook, Nebraska. He attended school in McCook and graduated with the McCook High School class of 1984. Gerald lived his entire life in McCook and made a living as a truck driver. Gerald passed away early Saturday morning, June 8 2024...

Sharon Kaye Stoller

Sharon Kaye Stoller

Jun 6, 2024

Sharon Kaye Stoller was born on July 25, 1940, in Cambridge, Nebraska to Carl and Florence (Ogerzoka) Jeffers. She passed away Thursday, June 6, 2024, in McCook, Nebraska. Sharon married John Robert Stoller on August 5, 1957. The couple made McCook their home where they raised three children. Sharon worked at Community Hospital, Hillcrest Nursing Home and Home HealthCare...

Carla Marie Bales

Carla Marie Bales

Jun 3, 2024

Carla Bales was called to her heavenly home on Monday, June 3, 2024, in Wahoo, Nebraska. She was born July 17, 1935, to Charles and Selma (Bamesberger) Cruver. Carla was the second child of four girls and attended school in McCook. She married Raymond Doyle on Sept. 6, 1953, at the Peace Lutheran Church. Their marriage was blessed with...

Mary Lynn Marsh

Mary Lynn Marsh

Jun 2, 2024

Mary Lynn (Graf) Marsh passed peacefully in her sleep on June 2, 2024, at Bryan West Medical Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. Mary was born August 31, 1946 in Loop City, Nebraska to George and Jannetta (Jensen) Graf. Her parents made their home in Brush, Colorado where Mary along with her four siblings attended the local school and helped on...

Beverley 'Bev' Grafel

Beverley 'Bev' Grafel

Jun 1, 2024

Beverley Grafel passed away at the age of 83 on June 1, 2024 from Endometrial Cancer. She was born in Indianola, Nebraska to Albert and Eva (Hill) Young. Beverley graduated from Indianola High School in 1959. She married Elmore Grafel on June 4, 1961. They bought a house and moved it south of Culbertson in 1964. Here they farmed...

Laverne Maret

Laverne Maret

May 27, 2024

LaVerne Merle Maret, 81, passed away May 27, 2024 at the Elwood Care Center. He was born May 8, 1943, in Imperial, Nebraska to Merle and Zelda (Hinton) Maret. LaVerne graduated from Stockville High School in 1962. He met his wife, Georgia Arrington on the Hinton farm when they were just teenagers. The couple eloped to Oberlin, Kansas in...

Virginia Marie Spray

Virginia Marie Spray

May 23, 2024

Virginia Marie Spray was born in Nampa, Idaho to Virgil and Vivian (Thomas) Frickey on September 17, 1937. Her loving family was by her side when she passed away early Thursday morning, May 23, 2024, at Community Hospital in McCook, Nebraska. In 1960, she was united in marriage to Glen Spray and to this union three children would be...

Joann Roderfeld

Joann Roderfeld

May 17, 2024

JoAnn Carole Roderfeld, was born December 20, 1954 in St Charles, Missouri to Leland Tuepker and Helen Roderfeld. JoAnn attended Colorado State University and received her undergraduate and Master's degrees. She was the first one in her family to receive a college and Master's degree. JoAnn worked in Minot, North Dakota, Chicago, Illinois and Denver, Colorado where she was...

Alice Faye Kasson

Alice Faye Kasson

May 17, 2024

Alice Faye (Macy) Kasson was born September 12, 1941, to Rex and Estel (Hoppas) Macy. She was raised with her older sister, Phyllis, six miles south of Oberlin, KS until 1949, when her family moved to Danbury, Nebraska where her father farmed three miles northeast of town. She graduated at age 16 with Danbury High Schools last senior class...

Patricia 'Pat' Marie Messinger

Patricia 'Pat' Marie Messinger

May 16, 2024

Patricia Marie (Rossitto) Messinger, 69, passed away at her home south of McCook on May 16, 2024 after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Pat was born the fourth of five children on April 24, 1955 in McCook, NE to Carl J. and Arlene (Bachand) Rossitto. She attended Saint Patricks Elementary School, graduating from McCook High School in 1973....

Wesley O. Stauffer

Wesley O. Stauffer

May 14, 2024

Wesley "Wes" O. Stauffer age 61, of Cambridge, passed away at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital on May 14, 2024. He was born in Salida, CO on April 6, 1963, to Clay and Judith (Jimerson) Stauffer. Wes attended and graduated from Buena Vista High School in Colorado.

Wes was united in marriage to Teresa Lloyd on November 2,...

Joyce Trosper

Joyce Trosper

May 12, 2024

Joyce Annette (Kohlmeier) Trosper, age 75, passed away on May 12, 2024, at the Tri-Valley Hospital in Cambridge, Nebraska after a short, hard-fought battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. She was surrounded by her family who will miss her dearly.

Joyce was born on January 13, 1949, in Yuma, Colorado to Hubert H.W. and Lois Isabele (Tupker) Kohlmeier....

Esther Hampton

Esther Hampton

May 11, 2024

Esther Irene Hampton, age, 83 formerly of McCook, NE, passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at Home of the Flint Hills Assisted Living in St. George, KS surrounded by family. After the passing of her husband, Esther moved to Kansas to be closer to family. She touched the lives of many with her kindness, positive attitude embracing life...

Barbara Morris

Barbara Morris

May 11, 2024

Barbara Jean (Sutton) Morris, 80, passed away peacefully on May 11, 2024, in McCook. Barbara was born September 19, 1943, to Ruth A. and Ellis L Sutton in Stratton, Nebraska. She grew up on a farm north of Stratton and attended a one room country school through fifth grade. Music was her love and she excelled in band, holding...

Sheila Lee Colson

Sheila Lee Colson

May 10, 2024

Sheila Lee Colson was born on June 23, 1949 in Hays, Kansas to Roy G. and Virginia (Loreg) Hageman. She graduated from Cambridge High School and went on to further her education by graduating from the Barns School of Business in Denver, Colorado.

On February 22, 1969, Sheila was united in marriage to Kenneth Colson in Cambridge,...

Wavalee Couse

Wavalee Couse

May 10, 2024

Wavalee Couse was born on the family farm near Bell Plain, Kansas on Feb 3, 1935 to Clara Beulah (Keen) and Leslie Robert Howell. She died at Community Hospital May 10, 2024 surrounded by her children Her family moved during the depression to Brush, Colorado and finally settled in McCook, Nebraska. Wavalee graduated from McCook High School with the...

Rachel Hidy

Rachel Hidy

May 9, 2024

Rachel Pauline Hidy was born to Raymond and Florence (Nealeigh) Frakes on September 3, 1937, at her grandparents home in Oak Canyon. She began kindergarten in Portland, Oregon where her father was a welder in a shipyard during World War Two. The family returned to Nebraska where Rachel attended school in Hitchcock County and graduated with the Trenton High...

Jana 'Jan' Dee Logan

Jana 'Jan' Dee Logan

May 8, 2024

Jana "Jan" Dee (Knudson) Logan was born on February 18, 1946, to Kermit Christian and Bertha Alberta (Hase) Knudson in Colby, Kansas. She attended school in Colby and graduated from Colby High School. Jan married Robert Logan on July 31, 1972, in North Platte, Nebraska. The couple made their home south of McCook where they raised their family, Jody,...

Leona Mcdaniel

Leona Mcdaniel

May 6, 2024

Leona McDaniel was born on Black Fork Creek near Nashoba, Oklahoma to Dan and Ada Nobles. She was the second born after her twin Leon. She was one of ten children. She graduated from Crowder High School on May 22, 1958 where she lettered in her favorite sport, Basketball. On November 26,1958 she married David McDaniel in Denver, Colorado....

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