Robert 'Bob' Lewis Christie
Jan 20, 2021
Robert "Bob" Lewis Christie, 90, of McCook, passed away Wednesday evening, January 20th, 2021 at his home in McCook. He was born to Robert and Clara (Schoonover) Christie on July 1st, 1930 in Joliet, Illinois. Bob graduated high school from Keokuk High School in Keokuk, Iowa. He furthered his education at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois where he...
Eileen Kay Meagher-Holsten
Jan 16, 2021
Eileen Kay Meagher-Holsten, age 81, of McCook, NE passed away on January 16, 2021. She was born in Benkelman, NE on December 26, 1939 to Leonard and Alberta (Mathew) Miller. Eileen graduated from Beauty College and opened the Chateau Continental in McCook which she operated until 1986. She moved to Denver, where she worked as the Director of the...
Steven Duane Bixler
Jan 14, 2021
The family of Steven Duane Bixler, of Palisade, is saddened to announce his passing on January 14, 2021 at age 61. He was born in McCook, Nebraska on September 18, 1959 to Duane and Darlene (Wilson) Bixler. Steve attended and graduated from Hayes Center High School in 1977. He was a talented athlete and succeeded in football, baseball, basketball,...
Dennis 'Denny' Brunkhorst
Jan 14, 2021
Dennis "Denny" Brunkhorst, 71, of Palisade, passed away on January 14th, 2021 at his home in Palisade, Nebraska. He was born to Ivan and Lorene (Duhm) Brunkhorst on July 11th, 1949. He loved country life and he never met a stranger. Denny loved watching sports, especially the Huskers and Denver Bronco football. Denny was a loving son, husband, father,...
Marcy Shadley
Jan 10, 2021
Marcy Ray Shadley, 68, of Trenton, passed away Sunday morning, January 10, 2021 at his home in Trenton. He was born to Glen Clifford and Donna Mae (Bacon) Shadley on April 1, 1952 in McCook, Nebraska. He attended school in McCook and graduated from McCook High School with the class of 1970. Marcy married Carol Smith in May of...
Catherine Mae O'Neil
Jan 8, 2021
Catherine "Katie" Mae ONeil of McCook passed away January 8th, 2021 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. She was 92. Katies journey began on May 9th, 1928 in McCook as Catherine Boehm. She attended St. Patricks Parochial School and graduated from McCook High School in 1946. Katie married her brother Fredies best friend, Bill ONeil, in...
Phyllis Lorraine Wilcox
Jan 6, 2021
Phyllis Lorraine (Dinnel) Wilcox, 89, of Overland Park, Kansas and a former longtime resident of McCook, passed away on January 6, 2021 at The Sheridan at Overland Park, a retirement community in Overland Park, Kansas. Memorial services for Dale and Phyllis will be held at 2:00 P.M. (CT), Saturday afternoon, July 31, 2021 at Memorial United Methodist Church in...
Thomas Glenn Ruppert
Jan 5, 2021
Thomas Glenn Ruppert, 72, died at his home in McCook, NE on January 5, 2021. Area residents will remember Tom as the cowboy leaning on the mailbox outside various SWATS facilities. After 13 years of marriage, Toms parents, Glenn Samuel "Dutch" Ruppert and Loretta Alice Traphagan Ruppert, were blessed by the birth of their only child, Tom, who was...
Phillis Rose Brown
Jan 4, 2021
Phillis Rose Brown age 98 formerly of Cambridge, passed away at the Holdrege Memorial Homes on January 4, 2021. She was a twin, born at home near Norman, Nebraska on January 19, 1922 to Christian and Agnes (Larsen) Sorensen. Phillis attended country school and later graduated from Cambridge High School in 1940.
On February 7, 1945 she...
Robert 'Bob' Leroy Ruppert
Jan 3, 2021
Robert LeRoy Ruppert, age 82 of McCook, died January 3, 2021. He was born on April 18, 1938 to Jay and Doris (Meissner) Ruppert at Quick, NE (Frontier County). He married Velma Jean Speth on December 26, 1957 whom he was married to for 63 years. Bob and Jean farmed north of McCook on his home place where he...
Rodney Wayne Bowman
Dec 31, 2020
Rodney "Rod" Wayne Bowman, 82, passed away December 31, 2020 at Great Plains Hospital in North Platte with his daughter Nancy Nichols and his granddaughter, Nicole Vioxx at his side. Rod, son of Archie Leroy and Jean Mardelle (Barker) Bowman was born September 13, 1938 at Saint Luke's Hospital in Pasadena, California. He lived in Pasadena and attended Longfellow...
Donna Rae Bailey
Dec 31, 2020
Donna Rae Bailey, 80, of McCook and formerly of Arapahoe, passed away December 31, 2020 at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was born to Edward "Ted" Charles and Olive Delphine (Keller) Smith on November 26, 1940. Donna was united in marriage to Melvin Ervin Bailey on February 27, 1960 at a family farmhouse in Adams County, Colorado....
Diane Marie Gohl
Dec 29, 2020
Diane Marie Gohl, 70, of McCook, NE, passed away on December 29th, 2020 surrounded by family after a valiant battle with bile duct cancer. Diane was born on January 1st, 1950 to Lowell and Elaine Gehring in West Union, IA. She married her high school sweetheart, Lynn Fox, in 1967. After graduating from MFL Community High School in 1968,...
Bruce Arthur Hampton
Dec 24, 2020
Bruce Arthur Hampton age 89 passed away at McCook Community Hospital on December 24,2020. He was born July 8, 1931 north of Mullen, Nebraska to Carlie Curtis Hampton and Cammie Ellen (Morrison) Hampton. Bruce was united in marriage to Esther Schuetz in McCook, NE on June 1, 1958. He received his primary education in the Sandhills area. He spent...
Beverly Julienne Goltl
Dec 24, 2020
Beverly Julienne (Stapp) Goltl went to be with the Lord December 24th, 2020 at home surrounded by the family who loved her so much. She was born March 5th, 1941 in Farnam, NE to Myrlin and Lula (Adkisson) Stapp. She was raised North of Bartley, NE and attended Bartley High School where she played volleyball and was a cheerleader...
Tena Wimer
Dec 24, 2020
After 105 years, 9 months and 8 days of living, Tena Elfrieda (Rohnke) Larson Wimer gained her angel wings on December 24, 2020, in Hillcrest Nursing Home where she had lived since May 2004. She was born on March 16, 1915, near Macon, NE, and was the fourth of fifteen children born to Carl H. and Tena W. (Jelken)...
Becky Marie Dailey
Dec 21, 2020
Becky Marie (Kinne) Dailey went to be with the Lord on December 21, 2020 at Great Plains Hospital in North Platte at the age of 43. She was born on June 22, 1977 to Paul and Carla (Foster) Kinne in McCook. She is survived by her parents, Paul and Carla Kinne of McCook; daughters, Holly Kinne and Haley Ostrum...
Russell Wayne Marks
Dec 21, 2020
Russell Wayne Marks, 90, went peacefully into the presence of the Lord on December 21, 2020 at the Wauneta Care and Therapy Center in Wauneta surrounded by family. After battling Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Multiple Myeloma and skin cancers, surviving a heart attack, the effects of a significant stroke, and recently, the loss of his wife Lavena of 66 years,...
Richard Eugene Fisher
Dec 21, 2020
Richard Eugene Fisher, 60, of McCook, Nebraska, passed away on December 21, 2020 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. He was born to Richard and Betty (Price) Fisher on June 3, 1960 in McCook, Nebraska. Richard grew up and attended school in McCook where he also graduated from high school. Richard lived in McCook where her...
Donna F Wier
Dec 20, 2020
Donna F. Wier age 94, passed away at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook on December 20, 2020. She was born in Furnas County near Cambridge on November 27, 1926 to Orva B. and Josephine (Hietmann) Trosper. Donna was united in marriage to George Wier in Norton, KS on July 6, 1946. George preceded her in death on May...
