Mavis L Ohlson
Dec 19, 2020
Mavis Lorraine (Railsback) Ohlson, age 94, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2020 at Arapahoe Good Samaritan Nursing Home. Mavis was born on October 1, 1926 on a farm in Norton County Kansas mile from the Nebraska line to John "Lloyd" and Leona C. (Palmer) Railsback. Mavis attended country school in Norton County through eighth grade. Since there was no...
Betty Marie Brush
Dec 18, 2020
Betty Marie Brush, 71, of McCook, passed away on Friday, December 18, 2020 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. She was born to Merlin and Betty (Masters) Krieger on June 16, 1949 in McCook, Nebraska. Betty attended school in McCook and graduated from McCook High School in 1967. She was united in marriage to Roger...
Shirley Blank
Dec 15, 2020
Shirley Blank, age 91, a longtime resident of McCook, passed away Tuesday evening, December 15, 2020 at her home in McCook. She was born on April 1, 1929 in Holdrege, Nebraska to Ludwig and Jeanette (Kugler) Gauger of Eustis, Nebraska. She was confirmed and baptized in St. Johns Lutheran Church in Eustis. Shirley attended Eustis public schools and graduated...
Kathryn Nadine Van Meter
Dec 14, 2020
Kathryn Nadine Van Meter age 88 of Cambridge, NE passed away at the CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney on December 14, 2020. She was born in Sheridan County, Kansas near East Saline, to Willard and Lula (Bunch) Hilburn. Kathryn attended and graduated from Hoxie High School in 1950.
On September 13, 1952 she was united in...
Robert Lee Sutton
Dec 12, 2020
Robert L. Sutton died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, at Montclair Nursing Home in Omaha, Neb., at the age of 87. He was born July 12, 1933, on a farm near Stratton, NE. to Paul and Selma (Ross) Sutton. In 1951, Robert joined the United States Navy. On June 1, 1952, Robert married Beverly Ewald in Yuma, Arizona. They resided...
Scout Lavaughn Jones
Dec 11, 2020
Scout LaVaughn Jones infant daughter of Evan and Mackenzie Jones, passed away on December 11, 2020 at CHI St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska.
She was born on Friday, December 11, 2020 to Evan and Mackenzie (Kaps) Jones.
Scout is survived by her parents, Evan and Mackenzie Jones; maternal grandparents, Marlo and Jennifer Kaps of...
Elaine Skiles
Dec 9, 2020
Elaine Velma (Hurtt) Skiles, 104, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. Elaine was born Feb. 13, 1916, on the family farm in Wilsonville, Neb., to parents Maude and Victor Hurtt. She was the youngest of four girls: Alta, Eva, Frances, and Elaine. She attended a one-room school called South Rockton grade school, where...
Robby Carfield
Dec 9, 2020
Robby Carfield, 50, of McCook, passed away Wednesday morning, December 9, 2020 at his home in McCook. He was born on November 4, 1970 to Griff and Delores "Dee" (Lehn) Carfield in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Robby was the oldest of four children. He attended school in McCook and Alliance, Nebraska and graduated from Alliance High School. Robby was a...
Marvin Frank
Nov 28, 2020
Marvin L. Frank, age 92, of McCook, died peacefully at his home in McCook on Saturday, November 28, 2020. He was born September 11, 1928 to Jesse and Gladys (Turpin) Frank in Bartley, Nebraska. He grew up on the farm near Bartley and graduated from Bartley High School in 1946. Marvin married Elaine L. Smith in Cambridge, Nebraska on...
Robert Joseph Hrnchir
Nov 27, 2020
Robert Joseph Hrnchir of Trenton, Nebraska, entered the arms of Jesus on Friday, November 27, 2020, at Community Hospital in McCook, Nebraska. He was 78 years old. Robert "Bob" was born January 2, 1942, to parents Henry James and Clyta Cleon (Davis) Hrnchir in Colby, Kansas. He was the oldest of 11 children. Bob graduated from Atwood High School...
Barbara Ann Hixson
Nov 23, 2020
Barbara A. (Jones) Hixson, 82, of McCook, passed away Monday, November 23, 2020 at Community Hospital in McCook. She was born on October 9, 1938 in Wauneta, Nebraska the daughter of the late, Eugene W. Jones and Anna E. (Hixon) Jones. Barbara grew up in McCook, Nebraska and attended the McCook city schools, she graduated from McCook High School...
Dale Leroy Wilcox
Nov 22, 2020
Dale Leroy Wilcox, 88, of Overland Park, Kansas and a former longtime resident of McCook, passed away on November 22, 2020 at the Olathe Medical Hospital in Olathe, 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 McCook with Pastor Jeff Kelley officiating....
James O. Ellis
Nov 21, 2020
James Otto Ellis, age 75, of Cambridge, Nebraska, passed away at the CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney on November 21, 2020. He was born in Oxford, Nebraska on January 5, 1945 to Fern and C. Lucille (Culver) Ellis. The family moved to Cambridge where Jim attended Cambridge Schools.
Jim joined the United States Navy in 1962...
Donald Schaaf
Nov 20, 2020
Donald Alan Schaaf, age 83, of McCook, passed away Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, surrounded by his family at his home in McCook. Don entered this life at the old St. Catherine Hospital, McCook, Neb., on Feb. 5, 1937. He was the first of four children of Myron Donald and Esther Wilhelmina (Noetzlemann) Schaaf. Donald grew up in McCook and...
Donna Jeanne Jesch
Nov 17, 2020
Donna Jeanne Jesch of Stratton, Nebraska, passed away at the Country House in Kearney Nebraska on November 17, 2020. Donna wrote her autobiography, and we will put a few quotes from that in this obituary. "First of all, I was born. That happened in July of 1926. The 18th to be exact. Now isnt that interesting? OK, so thats...
James 'Jim' Timmons
Nov 16, 2020
James M. Timmons, 67, of Lebanon, Nebraska, passed away November 16, 2020 at his home in Lebanon after a battle with esophageal cancer. He was born on September 14, 1953 to Glen and Doris (Glenn) Timmons in Imperial, Nebraska. The family moved to Colorado when Jim was young where he attended school in the Arvada area and graduated from...
Albert Cuellar
Nov 13, 2020
Albert Cuellar, 82, a longtime resident of McCook, passed away November 13, 2020 at Kearney Regional Medical Center in Kearney, Nebraska. He was born February 22, 1938 to Macedonio and Tranquilina (Luevano) Cuellar in McCook. He attended McCook Schools and graduated from McCook High School in 1956. Albert graduated from McCook Junior College (MCC) in 1958 and from Kearney...
Margaret Ann Ingram
Nov 12, 2020
Margaret Ann Ingram, age 76, of Curtis, NE passed away at the Great Plains Regional Health Center in North Platte on November 12, 2020. She was born in Cambridge, NE on October 19, 1944 to Carl and Erma (Munson) Presler. Margaret graduated from UNSA in Curtis in 1961. She attended Kearney State College and later obtained her degree from...
Anita Catherine Conroy
Nov 12, 2020
Anita Catherine (Sides) Conroy, November 29, 1934 - November 12, 2020. Anita was born at her home in Bartley, NE on Thanksgiving Day, November 29, 1934 to Pearl (Rayer) and Melvin Sides. She was welcomed to this world by sister, Mildred; brother, Eldon and extended family who had planned to attend the Thanksgiving holiday at Pearl and Melvins. Her...
Larry Dean Wood
Nov 12, 2020
Larry "Woody" Wood, 80, a longtime resident of McCook, passed away November 12, 2020 at Kearney Regional Medical Center in Kearney, Nebraska. He was born in Indianola, Nebraska on October 3, 1940, the second born child to Dean L. and Georgia M. (Seals) Wood. Larry attended grade school at North Star in Frontier County and also in Stockville, Nebraska....
