Obituaries
McCook and Cambridge, NE Obituaries
Hannah Hageman
Nov 10, 2020
Hannah Hageman, age 97, of Cambridge, Nebraska, passed away at the Sarah Hester Memorial Home in Benkelman, Nebraska on November 10, 2020. She was born in Holbrook, NE on May 1, 1923 to Charles and Mary Frances (Neel) Odell. She moved to Cambridge when she was in the third grade. On July 17, 1940, she married Frances "George" B....
Roberta Lucia Spilinek
Nov 9, 2020
Roberta Spilinek of McCook, NE died peacefully on November 9, 2020 in Lincoln, NE. She was 84 years old. She was born December 13, 1935 to Robert and Frances (Polanski) Schmidt in Spalding, NE and lived with her four siblings on a farm until she was the age of six when the family moved to St. Paul, NE. She...
Larry 'Bugs' Lynn Foster
Nov 9, 2020
Larry 'Bugs' Foster, age 81, of Bartley, passed away at the Community Hospital in McCook on November 9, 2020. He was born in Omaha, NE on February 5, 1939 to Leo and Dorothy (Wight) Foster. Bugs attended and graduated as Valedictorian of the Class of 1956 at Bartley High School. After high school, he joined the United States Navy...
Virginia May Hein
Nov 9, 2020
Virginia May (Gillen) Hein gained her angel wings on November 9, 2020. She was born on May 20, 1930 in McCook, Nebraska to Frank and Marie (Lebsack) Gillen. She was the youngest of four children having two older brothers and one older sister. She was raised in McCook, where she attended McCook schools and met her husband of 71...
William 'Bill' Eugene Weber
Nov 6, 2020
William "Bill" Eugene Weber, 80, of Culbertson, passed away on November 6, 2020 at the El Dorado Manor in Trenton. He was born April 26, 1940 in Palisade, Nebraska to William Theodore Weber and Beaulah Lorraine (Edgett) Weber. Bill spent his childhood at the family home near the Hitchcock / Hayes county line where he attended school in in...
Margalee A. Ruf
Nov 6, 2020
Margalee Alice Ruf age 93, passed away at the Good Samaritan Care Center in Arapahoe, NE on November 6, 2020. She was born near Wilsonville in Furnas County, NE on March 11, 1927 to Walter and Garnet (Bankson) Lyons. Margalee attended Wilsonville High School graduating in 1946 and she then continued her education, receiving her Certificate of Normal Training....
James M Fisher
Nov 5, 2020
James Michael Edward Fisher, 57, of North Platte, Nebraska, passed away on November 5, 2020 at Great Plains Health in North Platte. He was born to Richard and Betty (Price) Fisher on January 24, 1963 in McCook, Nebraska. James grew up and attended school in McCook where he also graduated from high school. James married Juanita Jane Morrow on...
Wilbert 'Wag' Wagner
Nov 5, 2020
Wilbert "Wag" Wagner, 96, a longtime resident of Culbertson, passed away Thursday evening, November 5, 2020 at Community Hospital in McCook. He was born on March 20, 1924 to Dan and Mollie Wagner on the farm in Hitchcock County. He spent his childhood on the family farm north of Culbertson and attended rural school through the eighth grade. Wag...
Charlene Ann Titman
Nov 2, 2020
Charlene Ann Titman, age 67, of McCook passed away at Great Plains Health, in North Platte, Nebraska on November 2, 2020. She was born in McCook, Nebraska on November 22, 1952 to Glenn and Rita Rose (Kohmetscher) Titman. She attended school in Indianola, Nebraska later attaining her GED. She made her home in Cambridge, Arapahoe, and Indianola, Nebraska before...
Robert 'Bob' Lee Wurster Jr.
Nov 1, 2020
Robert "Bob" Lee Wurster Jr. went to be with Jesus on November 1, 2020 at his home in McCook. He was 64 years of age. He was born on May 22, 1956 at Gothenburg, Nebraska to Robert L. Wurster Sr. and Ina (Newton) Wurster. Bob attended school in Gothenburg and Lewellen, Nebraska and graduated from Overton High School in...
Dale Wayne Fickle
Oct 31, 2020
Dale Wayne Fickle, 71, a longtime resident of Culbertson, passed away early Saturday morning, October 31, 2020 at his home in Culbertson. He was born to Charles William and Ruth Ann (Meyer) Fickle on December 7, 1948 in McCook, Nebraska. Dale attended school in Culbertson where he graduated from high school. After high school he began his career with...
Eudean M Buzzell
Oct 25, 2020
Eudean Melvin Buzzell, age 84, of Culbertson passed at Great Plains Health in North Platte on Sunday, October 25, 2020. He was born in Hastings, NE on May 5, 1936 to Elmer M. "Jess" and Bernice E. (Short) Buzzell. The family moved to the Culbertson area where Eudean attended and graduated from Culbertson High School in1955. He moved to...
Thomas Daniel Sughroue
Oct 21, 2020
On October 21, 2020 the Sughroue family lost a loving father, husband, uncle, cousin, and friend following a hospital stay at Tri Valley Health System in Cambridge as a result of Covid-19. Thomas Daniel Sughroue, 82, the youngest child of Frank and Johanna (Schutte) Sughroue came into the world on April 30, 1938 in their home near Indianola, Nebraska....
Lavena Marie Marks
Oct 16, 2020
Lavena Marie (Stock) Marks, 88, of Trenton, Nebraska, passed away on October 16th, 2020 at Prairie Senior Living Complex in Colby, Kansas, after battling dementia and the COVID-19 virus. Lavena Marie was born January 15, 1932, the youngest child of William "Bill" Winton Stock and Erma Fern (Matson) Stock. She was born and raised on the family farm south...
Jean Alice Wach
Oct 16, 2020
Jean Alice (Maris) Wach was born on September 15, 1942 at Imperial, NE to Floyd and Mildred (Bohlke) Maris. Jean trusted in Jesus Christ as her Savior at a young age and was baptized when she was 16. She completed 8th grade at rural Eden Country School and graduated from Wauneta High School in 1960. She married her high...

Thomas 'Tommy' Jensen Jr.
Oct 11, 2020
Thomas Jensen Jr., 41, of Carson City, Nevada passed away on October 11, 2020 in Carson City. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. (CT), Friday morning, January 29th, 2021 at Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel in McCook. Memorials are suggested to the family of Thomas Jensen for future designation. Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel is entrusted with arrangements. Memorial Service Herrmann-Jones...
Harold D Talley
Oct 9, 2020
Harold Dale Talley passed away October 9, 2020 at CHI Hospital, Kearney, Nebraska. He was 89 years old. Harold was born on February 28, 1931 to Ennis and Minnie (Morthole) Talley at Culbertson, Nebraska. He attended school in Huntley, Wyoming & Blue Springs, Nebraska. Harold worked various jobs and helped build the Trenton and Harlan County Dams as well...
Delbert Eugene Carter
Oct 7, 2020
Delbert "Gene" Carter, 82, died October 7, 2020 at Community Hospital in McCook, Nebraska. He was born on February 7, 1938 in Cambridge, Nebraska to parents, Delbert Parker and Viola (Brown) Carter. Gene was the oldest of four boys. He attended school in Cambridge, graduating with the class of 1956. Gene married Joan Hess in 1956 and they moved...
Gene Mahon
Oct 5, 2020
Gene Mahon, age 78, of McCook, passed away peacefully at his home on October 5, 2020. He was born in Benkelman, Nebraska on October 7, 1941 to George and Lillian (Carlock) Mahon. He attended and graduated from Haigler High School in 1959. Gene then traveled to California in a car with .00 to chase his dreams. He attended Rio...
Marilyn Mae Gugelman
Oct 5, 2020
Marilyn Mae Gugelman of Stockville, passed away from cancer on Monday, October 5, 2020 at Great Plains Hospital in North Platte, NE. She was 88 years young.
Marilyn was born on July 29, 1932 to Clarence and Grace (Wilson) Woodring. Marilyn, along with her older siblings, Marvin and Merna, was raised on a farm north of Stockville...
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