Willard 'Owen' Elmer
May 10, 2023
W. Owen Elmer passed away Wednesday, May 10, 2023 in Kearney, Nebraska; he was surrounded by his family. Owen was born on June 13, 1938 at St. Catherines Hospital in McCook, Nebraska to Willard P and Arlene L (Welborn) Elmer. He graduated from Indianola Public Schools and attended UNL until returning to Indianola to help with the family business,...
Betty Meyerle
May 6, 2023
Betty Meyerle passed away on Saturday, May 6, 2023, in Monument, Colorado. Betty was born February 17, 1929, southeast of Cambridge, Nebraska. She attended school in Furnas County, graduating from Cambridge in 1946. She taught school in Red Willow County for three years near Cambridge. Later she worked for the Department of Interior at McCook, Nebraska.
Betty...
Mary 'Kathy' Kathleen Schaaf
May 4, 2023
Mary Kathleen "Kathy" Schaaf, 86, passed away Thursday (May 4, 2023,) after a short stay at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was born May 6, 1936, in Chicago, Ill., to Herbert D. Drain and Josephine Louise Crim. She married Donald Alan Schaaf in Chicago on May 30, 1959. They moved to McCook in 1971. Kathy was employed at the McCook...
Roger Dean Jones
Apr 30, 2023
Roger Dean Jones was born in Woodruff, Kansas, January 11, 1930 to parents, Reverend Harrison Morton and Ruby (Achen) Jones. The family lived in Imperial, NE., after Woodruff, Kansas and then Oconto, NE., before moving to Cambridge, NE in 1944. Roger met Dorothy Anne Lockenour in Cambridge and they were married June 12, 1951 in her parents' home, Monte...
Nona Mullen
Apr 30, 2023
Nona B. Mullen, 87, peacefully passed away on Sunday, April 30, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice in Tupelo, Mississippi after a sudden decline. Nona was born August 6, 1935 in Buckhorn, Mississippi to Earlie and Ludie Swanson. She was one of 20 siblings. She graduated from Randolph High School and was an early fan of Elvis Presley...
Norma Jean Cochran
Apr 28, 2023
Norma Jean (Nelson) Cochran age 79 of McCook, passed away at her home on April 28, 2023 with her family surrounding her. She was born in Denver, CO on July 14, 1943, to Richard and Jean (Grindinger) Nelson. She attained her GED. Norma was united in marriage to Harley McNeil Cochran on June 20, 1959. To this union four...
Lois Ann Lepper
Apr 27, 2023
Lois Anne Lepper, formerly of McCook, passed away at the Wauneta Care and Therapy Center in Wauneta, Nebraska on April 27, 2023. She was born November 11, 1934, to Enoch and Emma (Hinz) Roedel, at home on the family farm southeast of McCook, near Ash Creek. She attended St. Johns Parochial School and District 47 grade school in Red...
Roger V. Messinger
Apr 22, 2023
Roger Vern Messinger was born on January 17, 1930 in McCook, Nebraska to Fred and Bertha (Lofton) Messinger. He attended school in McCook, graduating from McCook High School and continuing his education at McCook Junior College. Roger served his state and country as a part of the Nebraska Army National Guard. McCook was Rogers home for all his life....
Tracy Deminski
Apr 19, 2023
Tracy Lavern Deminski was born on December 28, 1953 in McCook, NE to V.I. "Bud" Deminski (deceased) and Vene DeMoss Deminski. His two older sisters, Kathy (Jim) Salts and Jeri Barber were expert teasers. He passed away on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 in Methodist Hospital, Omaha, NE after a short battle with lymphoma.
Tracy was educated in...
Patricia 'Pat' Young
Apr 18, 2023
Mary Patricia "Pat" Innocence Young, age 95, of Cambridge, passed away at the Ridgeway Senior Living in Lexington, NE on April 18, 2023. She was born in Lawrence, NE on December 28, 1927, to Clement and Elisabeth (Ostdiek) Witte. The family moved to Cambridge when Pat was three years old. Pat attended Cambridge schools and graduated from Cambridge High...
Francita L. Drain
Apr 16, 2023
Francita L. Drain, age 85, passed away at the Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas on April 16, 2023. She was born in McCook, Nebraska on July 16, 1937, to Leo Blasius and Claudine Maun (Adams) Frank. She grew up on a farm south of Trenton, Nebraska with three sisters. She attended Trenton High School and after graduation...
Loren Alton Mooney
Apr 15, 2023
Loren Alton Mooney, age 39, passed away at his home in Nipomo, California. He was born at Long Beach Memorial Hospital to Rockie and Susan (Locklair) Mooney on March 28, 1984. Loren attended Lampton Elementary, Glazier Elementary, Los Alisos Middle School and graduated from El Camino High School in La Mirada, the class of 2002. He participated in Little...
Preston Fletcher Phillips
Apr 11, 2023
Preston Phillips CAMBRIDGE, Neb. - Preston Phillips, age 90, formerly of Cambridge, passed away at the Hillcrest Estates in Gothenburg, Neb. on April 11, 2023. Graveside services will be held at Fort McPherson National Cemetery on Friday, June 2, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. Military Honors will be performed by the Cambridge American Legion Post. Friends may leave online condolences...
John K. Miller
Apr 10, 2023
John K. Miller, age 76, of McCook, passed away at his home in McCook on Monday, April 10, 2023. He was born in McCook at St. Catherines Hospital on September 26, 1946, to Herman and Lenore (Dappen) Miller. John attended Clearview County School through the eighth grade. He graduated from Hayes County High School in 1965. John was wed...
Anita Marie Sisson
Apr 5, 2023
Anita Marie (Smith) Sisson, 88, passed away on Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at UC Health in Greeley, Colo. after a brief illness.
She was born May 27, 1934 to Berton & Bernice (McElroy) Smith in Bartley, Nebr. She attended school in Bartley and after graduation went to work at the bank, also in Bartley. She married Gareld...
Rosalie May Desmond
Apr 3, 2023
Rosalie "Rose" M. Desmond, age 91, formerly of McCook, NE passed away on Monday, April 3, 2023, at the Good Samaritan Society of Oberlin, KS. She was born in Wilsonville, NE on January 20, 1932, to Earl and Lizzie Belle (Bates) Palmer. Rose attended and graduated from Wilsonville High School in 1950. Rose was united in marriage to Bennie...
Jerry D. Stupka
Apr 2, 2023
Jerry D. Stupka, of Trenton, was born August 10, 1938 on a farm north of Stratton to Mary (Sis) and William Stupka. He attended country school and Stratton High School. On May 28, 1959, Jerry married Rita Janousek at St. James Catholic Church in Trenton, Nebraska, of which he later became a member. Three children were born to this...
Franklin 'Frank' D Carroll
Mar 28, 2023
Franklin D- Carroll, 86, passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2019, in Fort Collins, CO. He leaves his wife of 64 years Marilyn (Englert) Carroll, his sister Norma Carroll, his children Laurie and her husband David Hasenburg, Lisa and her husband Dan Green, and Mark and his wife Jodi Carroll, along with 9 grandchildren and 5 great-children.
Born...
Janice Olson
Mar 27, 2023
Janice Kay Olson, age 85, formerly of McCook, NE, passed away at the Azria Health Care Center in Central City, NE on March 27, 2023. She was born in McCook, NE on March 11, 1938, to Elmer W. and Freda L. (Adams) Olson. Janice attended McCook High School and held class offices of president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer,...
Eugene H. Dunker
Mar 27, 2023
Eugene H. Dunker, age 91, of McCook, passed away at the Hillcrest Care Center in McCook on March 27, 2023. He was born in Ludell, KS on April 4, 1931. Gene farmed in the Ludell, KS area for over 60 years before retiring to McCook. Gene chose to be an Anatomical Gift to the University of Nebraska Medical Center....
