Wayne William Schow
Jun 25, 2021
Wayne Schow, 84, of Lake Havasu, Arizona and a former longtime resident and farmer of the McCook area, passed away at the Havasu Nursing Center on Friday, June 25, 2021. Wayne chose cremation and he will be returned home to the family farm. Memorials may be given to the family of Wayne Schow for future designation. Online condolences may...
Leon Wright
Jun 23, 2021
Leon E. Wright, age 78, of Indianola, NE, passed away at his home, surrounded by family, on June 23, 2021. He was born in Dodge City, KS on June 12, 1943, to James and Jessie (Schofield) Wright. The family moved to St. Francis, KS where Leon attended school. Leon attended Central Technical College at Hastings and studied welding. He...
Kim A. Wiemers
Jun 21, 2021
Kim A. Wiemers, 67, of McCook, passed away at his home near McCook on June 21, 2021. Kim was born on November 28, 1953 in Fairbury, NE to H. Duane and Shirley (Ross) Wiemers. He grew up in Concordia, KS and moved to McCook, NE where he later graduated from McCook High School in 1972. He left for the...
Glora P Clark
Jun 19, 2021
Glora Clark, age 90, passed away at her home in McCook, NE on Saturday, June 19, 2021. She was born in Hayes Center, NE on October 14, 1930 to Glen and Wretha (Wilson) Scott. She attended and graduated from Hayes Center High School. On January 19, 1949, she was united in marriage to William Clark. He preceded her in...
William 'Bill' B Lytle
Jun 16, 2021
William "Bill" Lytle, age 70, of McCook, passed away at the Community Hospital of McCook, NE, on June 16, 2021. Bill was born at St. Catherines Hospital in McCook on August 5, 1950, to Virgil and Evelyn (McKillip) Lytle. He attended school in McCook, graduating from McCook High School in 1968. He attended McCook College for two years. On...
Warren Newcomb
Jun 15, 2021
Warren Newcomb, age 93, passed away at his home near Cambridge on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. He was born September 4, 1927, to parents W. D. and Pearl (Cotton) Newcomb. Warren attended country school through 8th grade at a one-room schoolhouse one-half mile east of his farm home. He attended and graduated from Cambridge High School in 1945. He...
Jacquelin Lankford
Jun 14, 2021
Jacquelin L. Lankford, age 77, of Lenexa Kansas, passed away at Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas on Monday, June 14, 2021. Jackie was born in Oakland, California to Charlie and Cora Galyean, grew up in Ukiah, California and was later adopted by Cora's husband Howard King. Jackie married Dearld Bottemiller and raised daughters, Susan and...
William 'Bill' Whitaker
Jun 13, 2021
William "Bill" Whitaker, 86, a longtime resident of and business owner in McCook, was surrounded by his family when he passed away, Sunday morning, June 13, 2021 at Kinship Point in McCook. Bill was born in Lexington, Nebraska on May 9, 1935 to James and Kathleen (Kennedy) Whitaker. At the age of 6, Bill and his family moved to...
Clara Lee Adams
Jun 10, 2021
Clara Lee Adams, 89, of McCook, passed away on June 10, 2021 at Great Plains Hospital in North Platte, NE. Clara was born in McCook at the home of her parents, Conrad and Elizabeth (Brungardt) Lebsack on October 18, 1931. She grew up in McCook where she graduated high school in the class of 1949. Clara was baptized and...
Edward Don Rinehart
Jun 8, 2021
Edward Don Rinehart, age 60, of McCook, was surrounded by the love of his family when he passed away at his home in McCook on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. He was born to Donnie and Carol (Emrich) Rinehart on September 13, 1960 in Cambridge, Nebraska. Ed graduated from Republican Valley High School with the class of 1978. On June...
Bonnie May Siebecker
Jun 8, 2021
Bonnie M. Siebecker passed away at the Bryan West Hospital in Lincoln, NE on June 8, 2021. She was born on the family farm near Holbrook on February 20, 1927 to Albert and Addie (Langston) Robeson. Bonnie graduated from Holbrook High School in 1944. She was united in marriage to Carl Siebecker on May 26, 1951. To this union...
Mary Lou Swanson
Jun 8, 2021
Mary Lou Swanson, 84, of Kearney and a longtime resident of Imperial, passed away Tuesday morning, June 8, 2021 at Mount Carmel Home in Kearney. She was born in Imperial, Nebraska on October 27, 1936 to Charles "Jerry" and Norma (Satchell) Adams. Mary Lou attended school in Imperial and graduated from Chase County High School. After graduating she attended...
Ernest Junior Stevens
Jun 7, 2021
Ernest Junior Stevens (June 29, 1923 June 7, 2021) Ernest Jr. Stevens passed away quietly in Loveland, Colorado on June 7th, 2021. Ernie lived a spectacular life of nearly 98 years. A loving husband and father, Ernie was married to Lucille Marie (Horinek) Stevens of Atwood, Kansas for over 70 years, had four children, and was blessed with six...
Dora 'Dodie' Ann Powell
Jun 3, 2021
On Tuesday June 2, 2021, Dora Ann (Dodie) Powell passed away at the age of 86. Dodie was born on December 26, 1934 in Tulsa, OK to Howard "Olie" and Vera Adele (Himes) Olson. Dodie attended high school in Ellinwood, KS where she met and married her high school sweetheart, Richard Yarmer in 1953. Together they had two sons,...
Robert 'Bob' Gerald Newcomb
May 30, 2021
Robert "Bob" Gerald Newcomb passed away Sunday, May 30th, 2021, at the age of 93 at the Bertrand Nursing Home. He was born July 12, 1927 at the family homestead north of Cambridge in Frontier County to Edward and Grace (Baker) Newcomb. He was the fourth of five children for Edward and Grace.
Bob attended the first...
Albert 'Loyd' Christner
May 29, 2021
Albert Loyd Christner, age 86, of Wauneta, passed away Saturday, May 29, 2021 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Loyd was born on March 22, 1935 to Oscar and Evalyn (Hahn) Christner in Hamlet, Nebraska. He attended High Ridge Grade School and Hayes Center High School, graduating with the class of 1952. Loyd was inducted into...
Donald Sitzman
May 29, 2021
Donald Sitzman, 84, of Culbertson, passed away on Saturday afternoon, May 29, 2021 at his home in Culbertson. He was born on April 23, 1937 to George Jr. and Wilma (Butler) Sitzman in Culbertson, Nebraska. Don attended school in Culbertson and graduated high school with the class of 1954. On May 28, 1960, he married Norma Elaine Patterson at...
Michael Dean Schilz
May 28, 2021
On Friday, May 28th, 2021 Mike Schilz, passed away at the age of 63 after a brief hospital stay after suffering cardiac arrest. Mike was preceded in death by his parents, Delbert and Beverly Schilz. He is survived by his siblings, Lonnie Joe (Pam) Schilz, Brenda (Marvin) Hill, Wesley Schilz and several nieces and nephews and their children: Jeromy...
Mitchell James Soucek
May 27, 2021
Mitchell "Mitch" James Soucek, age 63, of McCook passed away with his wife and mother by his side on May 27, 2021, at the CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born in Hastings, NE on August 25, 1957, to James and Joan (Wratten) Soucek. Mitch attended and graduated from Bladen High School in 1976. In his early...
Faye L. Colby
May 23, 2021
Faye Louise Colby, age 75, of McCook, passed away at Community Hospital in McCook on Sunday, May 23, 2021. She was born in Trenton on January 10, 1946 to Stephen and Lela (Degele) Harrison. She attended school in Trenton and later received her GED. In 1981, on the 17th of September, Faye she was united in marriage to Larry...
