Karen Ann Gilliand
Jun 9, 2023
Karen A. Gilliand, age 73, of McCook passed away at her home on June 9, 2023. She was born in McCook, NE at St. Catherines Hospital on January 4, 1950, to Richard and Luella (Reiners) McConville. Karen attended Red Willow Schools and graduated from Red Willow High School in 1968. Karen attended and graduated from McCook Beauty School. Karen...
Bessie Bell Woodraska
Jun 4, 2023
Bessie Bell Woodraska - TRENTON - Bessie Woodraska passed away at Great Plains Health of North Platte, NE on Sunday, June 4, 2023. The family has chosen cremation and arrangements are pending with Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel of McCook. Friends may leave online condolences at herrmannfh.com.
Vaughn W. King
May 31, 2023
Vaughn W. King, age 76, of McCook passed away at the El Dorado Manor in Trenton on May 31, 2023. He was born in Hastings, Nebraska on November 8, 1946, to James M. and Evelyn (Cobb) King. Known to many by the nickname "Boots", Vaughn attended and graduated from Hastings High School. He furthered his education at Hastings College,...
Yvonna Lee Hayes
May 30, 2023
Yvonna Lee (Price) Hayes was born July 3, 1934, to Ethridge (Bounce) and Adrienne (Howard) Price in Beaver City, NE. They moved to the Orafino Community in Frontier County soon after. She attended her first eight years of schooling at the Orafino school and graduated from Cambridge High School in 1952.
She married Richard (Dick) B. Hayes,...
Richard Paul Walter
May 24, 2023
Richard Walter, age 76, passed away at Rawlins County Health Center on May 24, 2023 after a long struggle with cancer. Richard was born to Russell H. and Mabel L. (Powell) Walter on March 18, 1947 at the Stratton Hospital. He was one of two children. He grew up on the family farm south of Stratton and attended and...
Frances Susan Warner
May 22, 2023
Frances S. Warner, age 92, of Lebanon, NE passed away at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital on May 22, 2023. She was born on the family farm east of Lebanon, NE on August 10, 1930, to William and Doris (Helt) Kettering. Frances attended Lebanon schools graduating from Lebanon High School in 1948. Frances was united in marriage to Neal Warner...
Angela Ranie Mockry
May 21, 2023
Angela "Angie" Ranie Mockry, age 57, passed away at her home in McCook, on Sunday, May 21, 2023. She was born on December 18, 1965, at St. Catherines Hospital in McCook, to Darrel and Doris (Hansen) Messersmith. Angie attended and graduated from McCook High School in 1985. On June 12, 1999 Angie was united in marriage to Robert Mockry....
Bobbie Lynn Gohl
May 20, 2023
Bobbie Lynn (Steele) Gohl was born in St. Francis, Kansas on July 7, 1955. She was the oldest of five siblings. Bobbie attended school in a one room schoolhouse in the Porter District of Cheyenne County, Kansas through the sixth grade. She then attended school in Benkelman, Nebraska prior to moving to Culbertson, Nebraska in December of 1969 where...
Tracy D. Neverve
May 17, 2023
Tracy Dean Neverve passed away unexpectedly at his home in Hayes Center, NE on Wednesday May 17, 2023. He was 66 years of age. Tracy was born in McCook, NE on Aug 31, 1956 to Harry and Josephine (McHarness) Neverve of Hayes Center, NE. He graduated from Hayes County High School in 1974. After graduation he entered the workforce...
Linda P. Bonar
May 12, 2023
Linda P. Bonar, age 72, of McCook, passed away at the Community Hospital of McCook on May 12, 2023. Linda was born in McCook at St. Catherines Hospital on March 10, 1951, to Raymond and Pearl (Seckinger) Bonar. The family moved to Chadron, NE, where Linda graduated from High School in 1969. After graduation, the family moved back to...
John Kent Nothnagel
May 12, 2023
John Kent Nothnagel was born on May 5, 1951 in McCook, Nebraska to Albert Henry and Shirley Lou (McCormick) Nothnagel. He graduated from McCook High School with the class of 1969 and furthered his education at McCook Community College and the University of Nebraska Lincoln. John was united in marriage to the love of his life, Betty Zwickl at...
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...
