Herbert Besler
May 18, 2026
Herbert Carl Besler, 82, passed away at UNMC in Omaha on May 18, 2026. Herbert was born January 31, 1944 in Lemmon, SD to Samuel Besler and Magdalena (Rosin) Besler, the third youngest of 15 children.
Herbert Besler was born to German Russian immigrants and raised in Bison, SD. Herb moved to Cambridge, NE on April 9,1963...
LouAnn Broz
May 18, 2026
LouAnn Broz, of McCook, passed away at Highland Park Retirement Center in McCook on Monday, May 18, 2026. She was 71 years of age.
LouAnn was born on May 7, 1955, in Sioux City, Iowa to Francis and Louise (Stritt) Broz. She graduated from Hayes County High School in Hayes Center in May of 1973 and went...
Carla Thieben
May 17, 2026
Carla Louellen Thieben beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, Sister, Aunt and Friend went home peacefully to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, May 17, 2026, in McCook. She was 86 years of age.
Carla was born on December 20, 1939, in Sterling Colorado to Carl and Fern (Stark) Randolph. She graduated from Denver High School with the class of...
Della May Matson
May 13, 2026
Della May Matson was born in Hastings, Nebraska on January 17, 1952 to Carl and Castella (Eaglin) Golden. She attended school in McCook and graduated from McCook High School in 1971.
In February 1975, Della married David A. Maston, with whom she had three children: Willie, Donniel and Bart. The family resided for a period in Colorado...
Roger Brougham
May 2, 2026
Roger Donald Brougham was born on July 8, 1936, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, to James and Ruth (Johnson) Brougham. In 1958, he began a distinguished 22-year career in the United States Marine Corps. During his service, Roger earned his GED in 1962 through the United States Armed Forces Institute in Mondovi, Wisconsin. His military career took him across...
Jean Wilcox
Apr 27, 2026
Helen “Jean” Wilcox was born on September 11, 1925, in Helvey, Nebraska, to Ruby A. (Dallas) and Lawrence L. Matzke. She returned to her heavenly home on April 27, 2026, surrounded by her family.
Jean grew up attending school in Western, Nebraska, where she enjoyed spending time on the farm with her sister, Reta. Following the war,...
Hazel Marie Loomis
Apr 26, 2026
Hazel Marie (Ward) Loomis, of McCook, passed away peacefully on April 26, 2026, at the age of 91, surrounded by family.
Hazel was born during a blizzard on December 2, 1934, on the family farm east of Hayes Center. She grew up on that farm, attended rural Hayes Center schools, and graduated from Hayes Center High School...
Peggy Ann Klocke
Apr 26, 2026
Peggy Klocke, age 67, of North Platte, NE passed away on April 26, 2026.
She was born on August 6, 1958 in McCook, NE to Keith and Harriet (Harrison) Klocke.
Peggy lived a life that held both challenges and deep love. Through every season, she remained someone who cared for others in her own way and...
Phyllis Eileen Wilcox
Apr 18, 2026
Phyllis Eileen Wilcox passed away peacefully at Kinship Pointe in McCook, Nebraska on Saturday, April 18, 2026; at the age of 96.
Phyllis was born September 13, 1929, in McCook, Nebraska to Elizabeth (Kautz) Wagner and John G. Wagner.
She grew up in McCook and graduated from McCook High School in 1948.
She married Robert...
Gary Huffman
Apr 12, 2026
Gary Lee Huffman was born on February 26, 1939 in McCook, Nebraska to CL and June (Allen) Huffman; he was the oldest brother of four children, his sisters were Sue, Joyce, and Linda. Gary attended school in McCook and graduated from McCook High School with the class of 1958.
Gary was united in marriage to Joyce Mitchell...
Leah Rakes
Apr 10, 2026
Leah Sue Rakes was born on November 2, 1948, in Nebraska City, Nebraska, to Lila Zimmerman and Leonard Smalley. Her strong work ethic was instilled at a young age as she de-tasseled corn in the Iowa bottoms and continued work at a turkey factory. She graduated from Nebraska City High School in 1967 and that same fall, on...
Korrine Rowland
Apr 5, 2026
Korrine Jane Rowland (Clark), age 81, of McCook, Nebraska, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, April 5, 2026, surrounded by her loving children.
Korrine was born on June 16, 1944, in McCook, Nebraska, at St. Catherine’s Hospital to Bernice (Heskett) and Robert Clark. She was born alongside her twin sister, Karen Jean (Clark), with whom...
Joyce Hershberger
Apr 4, 2026
Evaline Joyce Hershberger was born in Sedalia, Colorado, on May 20, 1931, to Joseph Scott Miller and Evaline Dorothy Fredrick Miller, in a snowstorm so bad the doctor had to stay with them over night following her birth. After her parents divorced, she lived with her grandparents, Mae and Eddie Wimmer, in Rocky Ford, Colorado. In 1944 they...
Joan Stevenson
Apr 4, 2026
Joan Marie Robison Stevenson, age 96, of McCook, Nebraska, passed away peacefully on April 4, 2026, after a long and full life.
Joan was born on January 7, 1930, in Grand Island, Nebraska, to Harold and Gladys Robison. She was the oldest of three children and graduated from Alda High School in 1947.
On June 11,...
Dick Collicott
Mar 29, 2026
Dick was born December 3, 1948 to Earle and Alice. He attended school in Cambridge from fourth grade through high school. During these years, he won a spelling bee, was a boy scout, played school sports, and baseball every summer. He would say he couldn’t hit worth a hoot, but he was fast.
A few years later,...
Gene "Geno" Weir
Mar 29, 2026
Ralph “Geno” Eugene Weir, 73, of McCook, NE, passed away on March 29, 2026.
Geno was born on June 21, 1952, in Liberal, Kansas. His parents were Floyd and Dorothy (Conrad) Weir. He was raised in Las Animas, Colorado, where he graduated from high school. He continued his education at Denver Automotive and Diesel College, where he...
Janett (Fritz) France
Mar 23, 2026
Janett (Fritz) A. France, age 92, passed away peacefully in Goodyear, AZ, on Monday, March 23, 2026.
She was born on March 21, 1934, in McCook, NE, to Mathe and Jacob Fritz.
She is survived by her brother "Ronny" of McCook, NE, nieces, nephews and many grandnieces and nephews.
She grew up alongside her sisters...
Craig Alex Carner, Jr.
Mar 19, 2026
“Don’t brag about tomorrow, since you don’t know what the day will bring.” Proverbs 27:1
Craig Alex Carner, Jr., was born February 12, 1979 in McAlester, Oklahoma to his father Craig Alex Carner and his mother LeeAnna Hart. Later gaining his stepfather, Russell Johson.
Craig was a man who understood things on a level few ever could. He...
Bernita Reiners
Mar 18, 2026
Bernita Lorene Reiners was born on February 1, 1941, in Akron, Colorado to Theodore and Alta (Welty) Moffitt. A proud graduate of McCook High School’s class of 1959, Bernita’s roots remained deeply planted in the community she loved.
On June 19, 1960, Bernita and Harlan Reiners were united in marriage at Peace Lutheran Church in McCook, where...
Mariquit "Kit" Ellis
Mar 17, 2026
Mariquit “Kit” Ellis, born on October 2, 1946, in Batangas City, Philippines, peacefully passed away at 12:45 AM on March 17, 2026, in Kearney, Nebraska, at the age of 79. The daughter of Felix and Aurora Panopio, Kit valued education deeply and earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Management in 1964 at the age of...
