Obituaries

McCook and Cambridge, NE Obituaries

Georgia 'Jody' Kirby

Georgia 'Jody' Kirby

Nov 25, 2022

Georgia J. "Jody" Kirby, age 87, passed away with family by her side, at the Community Hospital of McCook, NE, on November 25, 2022. She was born to Perry and Arietta (Hughes) Doak in the family sod house at St. Francis, KS, on September 12, 1935. Jody enjoyed carpentry, gardening, painting pictures, word puzzles and playing softball for Hillcrest...

Lester N. Snowden

Lester N. Snowden

Nov 23, 2022

Lester "Les" N. Snowden, age 93, lifelong resident of McCook, NE, passed away at the Community Hospital in McCook on November 23, 2022. He was born on March 16, 1929, to W. W. (Bill) Snowden and Denicie (Olmsted) Snowden. Les attended school in McCook graduating in 1948. As a teen he enjoyed football, water skiing, track, and basketball, and...

Doris Ann Oliver

Doris Ann Oliver

Nov 22, 2022

Doris A. Oliver, born March 11, 1937 in Kearney, Nebraska, passed away November 22, 2022 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska. She will be missed by so many. Her children: Sandra (Mike) Teel, Mark (Kay) Oliver, Dennis (Brenda) Oliver, Daniel (Rita) Oliver, and Richard (Evelyn) Oliver wish to thank the many friends and caretakers who helped Doris make...

Joseph 'Dean' Weskamp

Joseph 'Dean' Weskamp

Nov 21, 2022

Joseph Dean Weskamp was born in Indianola, Nebraska to Emil Elvious and Mary Gertrude (Fossen) Weskamp on October 15, 1933. He attended Red Willow High School and McCook Community College. On April 6, 1956, Dean was united in marriage to Faith Hollars in Indianola, Nebraska. They were married for 61 years. Faith passed away in 2017. Dean served his...

Donna Chambers

Donna Chambers

Nov 20, 2022

Donna Lea Chambers was born in Allison, Kansas on January 29, 1931 to Archie Theodore and Ruby (Rolland) McKenna. She attended school in Oberlin and graduated from Decatur Community High School with the class of 1948. In 1948, Donna married Robert Chambers in Oberlin, Kansas. The couple would have eight children together. They would later divorce. In her lifetime,...

Dean Herman Dack

Dean Herman Dack

Nov 12, 2022

Dean Herman Dack, age 94, of McCook passed away at the Community Hospital of McCook on Saturday, November 12, 2022. He was born in McCook on October 20, 1928, to Joseph E. and Maude C. (Tubbs) Dack. He loved country life and raising livestock. He joined the United States Army in January of 1951, serving as a member of...

Gary Eugene Lytton

Gary Eugene Lytton

Nov 11, 2022

Gary Eugene Lytton of Kenesaw, NE, age 73 passed away at the Mary Lanning Hospital in Hastings on November 11, 2022. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa on July 21, 1949, to Dale and Gertrude (Johnson) Lytton. Gary went to School in Truro, Iowa and later graduated from Dunwoody School of Engineering in Minneapolis, MN, with a degree...

Peggy L. Beutler

Peggy L. Beutler

Nov 7, 2022

Peggy Beutler, age 87, formerly of Cambridge, passed away on Monday, November 7, 2022, at the Kearney Regional Hospital. She was born in Frontier County on February 21, 1935, to Alfred and Laura (Hilker) Farr. On May 25, 1952, she was wed to Charles Whipple, to this union two sons were born, Jim and Steve. On October 14, 1978,...

Barbara Jane Klein

Barbara Jane Klein

Nov 7, 2022

Barbara Jane Klein, 87, entered into eternal rest early Monday morning, November 7, 2022, at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska. Barbara was born on October 6, 1935 in McCook, Nebraska to parents, Roy A. and Ruth (Miner) Ninemires. She was baptized on November 3, 1938 and confirmed on April 10, 1949 at Peace Lutheran Church, McCook, Nebraska...

Michael Eugene Allen

Michael Eugene Allen

Nov 6, 2022

Michael Eugene Allen was born on May 22, 1952 in McCook, Nebraska to John Prescott Allen and Betty Jo (Brady) Allen. He was the fifth of seven children. Mike grew up in Oxford, Nebraska and attended Oxford Schools. Michael served honorably in the United States Marine Corps. He rose to the rank of Corporal and his service allowed him...

Harvey N. Arnold

Harvey N. Arnold

Nov 6, 2022

Harvey N. Arnold, age 72, of Cambridge, NE, passed away at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital on Sunday, November 6, 2022. He was born in Lexington, NE on February 23, 1950, to Dorrance and Evelyn (Klooz) Arnold. Harvey attended school in Farnam and later at Curtis. After graduation, he attended Kearney State College receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree in...

Harvey Neil Arnold

Harvey Neil Arnold

Nov 6, 2022

Harvey N. Arnold, age 72, of Cambridge, NE, passed away at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital on Sunday, November 6, 2022. He was born in Lexington, NE on February 23, 1950, to Dorrance and Evelyn (Klooz) Arnold. Harvey attended school in Farnam and later at Curtis. After graduation, he attended Kearney State College receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree in...

Joan Marie Mills

Joan Marie Mills

Nov 3, 2022

Joan Marie (Baumfalk) Lytle Mills was born April 25, 1934 in Hitchcock County to Alvin and Hannah Pollmann Baumfalk and entered Heaven on November 3, 2022. Alvin passed away when Joan was only nine years old. Hannah later remarried Harry Hein and two more brothers and a sister were added to the family. Joan graduated High School from Culbertson...

Marlene Webster

Marlene Webster

Oct 28, 2022

Marlene A. (Kashka) Webster of Denver, CO, formerly of McCook, NE, died October 28, 2022 at the Collier Hospice Center in Wheat Ridge, CO after a battle with Parkinsons Disease. Marlene was born July 12, 1935 in Rawlins County, KS to Victor and Victoria Kashka. She graduated from McDonald Rural High School in 1953 and from Marymount School of...

Jerry D. Williams

Jerry D. Williams

Oct 22, 2022

Jerry D. Williams, age 82, of Trenton, NE passed away at the El Dorado Manor on Saturday, October 22, 2022. Jerry was born on the family farm near Trenton in Hitchcock County on February 8, 1940, to Arthur "Skinny" and Lucy (Miller) Williams. Jerry attended school in Trenton, graduating from Trenton High School in 1958. He attended college at...

Michael E. Rundback

Michael E. Rundback

Oct 21, 2022

Michael E. Rundback was born on April 15, 1967, in Sutherland, Nebraska, to Morton and Charlotte (Wilson) Rundback. He attended school in Palisade, Nebraska and graduated from Palisade Public School with the class of 1985. Michael continued his education at Northwest Area Technical School in Goodland, Kansas where he studied autobody. Mike took his education and put it to...

Heidi J. Trosper

Heidi J. Trosper

Oct 17, 2022

Heidi Jeannine Trosper age 62, passed away at the Community Hospital in McCook, NE, on Monday, October 17, 2022. She was born in Merrick Long Island, NY on March 26, 1960, to Earnest and Raenelle (Snedicker) Bornkessel. She attended and graduated High School in Merrick Long Island, NY. She met Gregory Trosper in Arizona and they later married on...

Florence Elizabeth Uerling

Florence Elizabeth Uerling

Oct 16, 2022

Florence Elizabeth Uerling, a longtime resident of Indianola, passed away Sunday evening, October 16, 2022 at the Highland Park Retirement Community in McCook. She was 95 years of age. Florence was born on the family farm in Frontier County, Nebraska on September 20, 1927, to Clarence and Esther (Hanthorn) Sughroue. She graduated from Indianola High School in 1945. Florence...

Thelma Brenning

Thelma Brenning

Oct 12, 2022

Thelma (Metzer) Brenning went to be with her Lord and Savior on October 12, 2022. She spent her first five years on the farm southeast of Culbertson, Nebraska. After the flood in 1935, the family moved into Culbertson. Thelma graduated from Culbertson High School in 1946. She married Kenneth Brenning on August 17,1947 and he encouraged her in all...

Barbara Jean Brown

Barbara Jean Brown

Oct 6, 2022

Barbara Jean Brown was born on November 7, 1937 to Henry C. and Helen (Hill) Sitzman in Culbertson, Nebraska. She attended school in Culbertson where she graduated with the class of 1955. After high school, Barbara continued her education in Denver, Colorado at the Denver School of Business. On February 19, 1956, Barbara married her high school sweetheart, Dolyn...

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