Obituaries
McCook and Cambridge, NE Obituaries
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...
Viola Kelley
Oct 4, 2020
Viola June Kelley, 87, a longtime resident of Danbury, Nebraska, passed away early Sunday morning, October 4, 2020, at Community Hospital in McCook, Nebraska. Viola was born on June 22, 1933, in Ravenna, Nebraska, to George and Iva (Rosier) Zeller. The family later moved to rural McCook. She attended country school through the eighth grade and then attended and...
Cecilia Adams
Oct 1, 2020
Cecilia Pearl Adams, a lifelong resident of Hitchcock County, Nebraska, passed away on October 1, 2020 at the El Dorado Manor in Trenton, Nebraska. She was 98 years of age. She was born on December 5, 1921 to Joseph B. and Anna Mary (Seybold) Frank in Hitchcock County. She grew up on the family farm in the Cornell Community...
Jacqueline Mary Moore
Sep 27, 2020
Jacqueline Mary (Case) Moore passed away September 27, 2020 at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska at the age of 85.
Jackie was born April 1, 1935 to Charles and Lucretia (Abbott) Case in Cambridge, Nebraska. She graduated from Bartley High School. On April 24, 1955 she was united in marriage to James Ivan Moore at...
Jimmy Lee Tellus
Sep 26, 2020
Jimmy Lee Tellus of Cambridge, Nebraska, passed away from complications due to Covid19 on Saturday, September 26, 2020, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska.
He was 73. Jim was born on February 7, 1947 to Wilma (Scheuerman) Tellus and Harold Tellus in Garden City, Kansas. After attending a single-room schoolhouse in Kansas, Jim continued his education...
Gerald Dean Hein
Sep 26, 2020
Gerald Dean Hein, age 81, of McCook, passed away at his home on Saturday, September 26, 2020. He was born in Ft. Morgan, CO on December 19, 1938 to Harry and Freida (Hein) Hein. Geralds mother passed away when he was young. The family returned to southwest Nebraska to Culbertson in 1941. Gerald attended country school and later graduated...
Dennis 'Denny' Leroy Lawson
Sep 24, 2020
Dennis "Denny" Leroy Lawson age 73 of Minden passed away at his home on September 24, 2020. He was born in Cambridge, NE on January 16, 1947 to Frank and May (Phillips) Lawson. Denny attended and graduated from Bartley High School in 1965.
He was married to Caroline Klinzmann in 1977 and to this union 3 children...
Jerry Elton Morgan
Sep 24, 2020
Jerry Elton Morgan, 78, of Jacksonville, Florida, passed away on Thursday, September 24, 2020, at home after a long illness. Jerry was born on May 24, 1942 in Winterset, Iowa to Elton Howard and Jessie Roberta (Ball) Morgan. He was one of four children born to this union and was the only boy. When Jerry was a baby, the...
Evelyn Ruth Stinnett
Sep 22, 2020
Evelyn Ruth Stinnett, age 91, a longtime resident of McCook, passed away Tuesday evening, September 22, 2020 at the El Dorado Manor in Trenton. She is survived by her son Randy Hofman of McCook and grandchildren Carol Hofman and Matthew Hofman. Cremation was chosen and graveside services will take place at a later date. Memorials are suggested to the...
Denyse Jane Scott
Sep 15, 2020
Denyse Scott, age 82, of Hayes Center, passed away at her home in Hayes Center on September 15, 2020. She was born January 12, 1938 in Hayes Center, Nebraska to Dennis and Elsie (Tate) Rathbun. She attended school in Hayes Center and graduated with the class of 1955. Denyse started working at the local ASC office at the age...
N. Joyce Wolters
Sep 13, 2020
Nita Joyce Wolters age 93 of McCook, passed away at her home on September 13, 2020. She was born in Atwood, Kansas on September 20, 1926 to Leo Bernard and Nellie Florence (Dunn) Bowles. Joyce grew up in Atwood and graduated from Atwood High School in 1944. On April 24, 1949, she was united in marriage to Frederick Kastens...
Kenneth E. Keslin
Sep 6, 2020
Kenneth E. Keslin, age 43, of McCook, passed away in McCook, Nebraska on Sunday, September 6, 2020, from a work related accident. He was born to Robert William and Mary Virginia (Martin) Keslin on July 20, 1977 in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The family moved to McCook when Ken was in fifth grade; he attended school in McCook and graduated...
Cindee Jo Wagner
Aug 27, 2020
My name is Cynthia (Cindee) Jo Wagner (Hall), born December 10, 1962 at the Saint Catherines Hospital in McCook, Nebraska to Bernard D. & Suzanne (Sailors) Hall. I died August 27, 2020 at peace in my home in Culbertson, NE surrounded by loved ones. I graduated from McCook High in 1981. I worked as a dental assistant in McCook...
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