Obituaries
McCook and Cambridge, NE Obituaries
Karen 'Kim' Irene Sis
Sep 19, 2021
Karen I. "Kim" Sis, age 67, of McCook, passed away suddenly at her home on Sunday, September 19, 2021. Kim, as her friends called her, was born in St Louis, MO., on November 27, 1953 to Charles and Delores (Riegelski) Marlow. She graduated from High School in 1971. Kim attended McCook Community College, studying accounting and business communication. While...
Harold 'Herb' Allan Mcnutt
Sep 15, 2021
Harold Allan "Herb" McNuttt, age 85, of Kearney passed away at his home on September 15, 2021. He was born in McCook on September 4, 1936, to Roy and Lucille (Marcum) McNutt. Herb went to school in McCook and graduated from McCook High School in 1954. He enlisted in the United States Army on October 28, 1954, serving in...
Joel Clarence Petersen
Sep 12, 2021
Joel Clarence Petersen, passed away on September 12, 2021, at the age of 61, at the Fairmont Nursing Home in Fairmont, Nebraska. Joel was born on September 13th, 1959, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Jerry and Anastasia Petersen. Joel was born with Downs Syndrome and during this time, Jerry and Annie were proud to raise him themselves in their loving...
Thomas Jensen
Sep 11, 2021
Thomas Howard Jensen, 68, of McCook, passed away on Saturday, September 11, 2021, at Mary Lanning Healthcare in Hastings, Nebraska. Tom was born on April 10, 1953, in Concordia, Kansas to Harold Delmer and Helen (Drowen) Jensen. He attended school at Salina Central High School in Salina, Kansas. In August of 1976, Thomas married Betty Price in Salina. The...
Ila Ann Widger
Sep 11, 2021
Ila Ann Widger, age 91, of Wauneta, NE passed away at Wauneta Care and Therapy on Saturday, September 11, 2021. She was born on the family homestead in Washington County, near Herman, NE, on August 21, 1930, to Elmer and Edna (Matthews) Thone. Ila attended Thone Country School District 21 for 8 years and graduated from Blair High School...
Daniel 'Danny' Kinkade
Sep 4, 2021
Daniel Alan Kinkade, 42, most commonly referred to as Danny, passed through the pearly gates on the evening of Saturday, September 4th, 2021...Heaven was not prepared for Danny. He is survived by his parents, Kelly & Kathy Kinkade; brother, Brian (Jackie) Kinkade; grandparents, George & Peggy Pearson; and the sweetest daughter a guy could ask for, Jayda Rochelle Kinkade....
Michelle Unger-Grier
Sep 3, 2021
Michelle Renae Unger-Grier, a resident of Stratton, passed away Friday, September 3, 2021 at Community Hospital in McCook from injuries sustained in a car accident. She was 43 years of age. She was born on August 8, 1978 in Cambridge, Nebraska to John Larry and Adelaide Fay (Frandsen) Unger. She attended school in Trenton and Stratton, graduating from Stratton...
Betty Robison
Sep 3, 2021
Betty J. Robison, a longtime resident of Trenton, passed away Friday, September 3, 2021 at Community Hospital in McCook from injuries sustained in a car accident. She was 86 years of age. Betty was born on May 19, 1935 to Willis "Jim" and Helen (Ganshorn) Hidy at the "Hidy Basement" on the family farm near Trenton. She attended school...
Frances 'Elaine' Hidy
Sep 2, 2021
Frances "Elaine" Hidy, died September 2, 2021 at the Wauneta Care and Therapy Center in Wauneta, Nebraska. She was 85 years of age. Elaine Benedict, daughter of Charles and Hazel (Fiechter) Benedict, born September 7, 1935 in Tyrone, Nebraska. She attended rural school until the eight-grade in Red Willow County. She started high school in Lebanon and graduated from...
John Dee Miller
Aug 30, 2021
John Dee Miller, age 72, of Trenton, passed away at the Bryan Medical Center West, of Lincoln, NE, on August 30, 2021. He was born in McCook, NE, on January 24, 1949, to Kenneth and Mildred (Warrick) Miller. John attended and graduated from Trenton High School in 1968. John served his country in the United States Air Force from...
Dennis Keith Grafel
Aug 29, 2021
Dennis Grafel, 70, of McCook, died Sunday (Aug. 29, 2021), in rural Hitchcock County, Neb., from injuries sustained in a work accident. He was born in McCook, Neb., July 31, 1951, to Raymond and Barbara (Dack) Grafel. Dennis attended and graduated from Herndon High School in 1969. He continued his education at Nebraska College-Technical Ag, where he graduated with...
Joy Ann Feeken
Aug 29, 2021
Joy A. Feeken, age 93, of Cambridge, passed away at the Beaver City Manor, on Sunday, August 29, 2021. She was born to Theodore "Ted" and Eunice (Moore) Ohlson in Red Willow County near Bartley, on the family homestead, on January 15, 1928. Joy attended the Sunnyside school for part of her elementary schooling. She attended and graduated from...
Ronald Jess Clark
Aug 29, 2021
Ronald Jess Clark, age 86, a longtime resident of McCook and a longtime administrator for McCook Public Schools, passed away at his home in McCook on Sunday morning, August 29, 2021. Ron was born on February 21, 1935 to Jess Albert and Evangeline (Connor) Clark at their home south of Haigler, Nebraska. He was welcomed by older siblings, sister,...
Paul 'Jamie' Forch
Aug 29, 2021
Paul "Jamie" Forch, 78, a longtime resident of Trenton, passed away Sunday, August 29, 2021 at his home in Trenton. Paul James Forch, was born north of Stratton, Nebraska, to Robert and Marguerite Forch September 11th, 1942. He attended a one room school house near his home, walking daily through snow, uphill both ways with no shoes through the...
Norma Jean Wymore
Aug 26, 2021
Norma J. Wymore, age 87, of Cambridge, passed away at the CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney on Monday, August 26, 2021. Norma Jean Wymore was born November 5, 1933, in Atwood, Kansas. She was the oldest of five siblings and was a very good sister to brothers Donald, Marvin, sister Alice and baby brother Daniel. Family was so...
Charles Jordan
Aug 25, 2021
Charles "Chuck" Wesley Jordan, a veteran of Vietnam War and longtime resident of McCook, passed away on August 25, 2021 at Great Plains Health in North Platte surrounded by his family. He was 73 years of age. He was born in Fort Collins, Colorado on October 10, 1947 to Richard Edward and Irma Jane (Miller) Jordan. He grew up...
Clarence 'Clue' Sahm
Aug 24, 2021
Clarence "Clue" F. Sahm, 72, of Indianola, passed away Tuesday morning, August 24th, 2021 in McCook. He was born on June 10th, 1949 to Clarence and Charlotte (Munsey) Sahm in McCook. He attended school in Indianola and graduated from high school in 1967. Clue was married to Peggy J. Kiefert in Green Bay, Wisconsin on August 24th, 1973. To...
Paul D Tenbensel
Aug 18, 2021
Paul D. ten Bensel, age 92, of Cambridge, passed away at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, August 18, 2021. He was born on the family farm south of Cambridge, on October 18, 1928, to Henry J. and Millie (Thompson) ten Bensel. He attended and graduated from Cambridge High School in 1946. Paul was drafted into the United States...
Susan L. Mckinney
Aug 10, 2021
Susan Lee McKinney, 72, of Palisade, Nebraska, passed away at her home in Palisade on Tuesday morning, August 10, 2021. She was born in San Luis Obispo, California, to Walden and Erma (Rick) Coffey, on July 8, 1949. Susies father was in the United States Air Force, so her family made homes in many different cities and states until...
Kathy Sue Reid
Aug 10, 2021
Kathy was born October 4, 1955, in McCook, NE, to Eldon and Marilyn (Doyle) Moore of Bartley, NE. She was the oldest of four children born to this union. At the age of eight, her mother passed away unexpectedly from Guillain-Barre' Syndrome, leaving a young family without a mother. The family lived with Eldons mother and father. On July...
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