Donald Elmer Harrison
Jan 12, 2020
Donald Elmer Harrison of McCook passed away Sunday, January 12, 2020 at Community Hospital. He was 87 years old. Don was born on July 21, 1932 on the family farm near Stratton to parents, Elmer Ellsworth and Cleo Frances (Tatum) Harrison. He attended school at Ash Grove. On July 23, 1954, he was united in marriage to Fredora Faye...
Arla Mae Pearson
Jan 11, 2020
Arla Mae (Stevens) Pearson was born on May 20, 1925, to Lisle and Mildred (Henderson) Stevens on a farm north east of Cambridge. She attended elementary school at Red Top School, Rural District No. 73 and graduated from Cambridge High School in 1942.
Arla Mae taught in rural area schools for three years. In May of 1945,...
Kathy Sue Mabile
Jan 11, 2020
Kathy Sue (Karre) Mabile passed away Saturday, January 11, 2020 at her home in McCook surrounded by her family. She was 65 years old. Kathy was born on February 17, 1954, at McCook, NE to parents, William Isaac and Anna "LaVerne" (Nitsch) Karre. She was raised in Hayes County on a humble farm which she always claimed was the...
Kathleen 'Kathy' Steinke
Jan 11, 2020
Kathleen Mabel Steinke Dec. 2, 1943 Jan. 11, 2020 McCook, Neb.Kathleen Mabel Steinke, of Culbertson, passed away on Saturday morning January 11, 2020, at 76 years old. Kathy was born December 2, 1943 in Stratton, Nebraska to parents, Ray Edward and Bess Mae (Murphy) Bunnell. She was the oldest of 9 children. After graduating from Trenton high school in...
Gidgett Marie Starr
Jan 10, 2020
Gidgett "Marie" Starr, age 49, of Bartley, passed away at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital on January 10, 2020, due to health complications. She was born on July 15, 1970 in Wickenburg, AZ to Milton and Edith (Kneebone) Starr. She met her significant other, Gabriel Sena, of 32 years in Greeley, Colorado, shortly after which they moved to Bartley, NE....
Eunice J Mckillip
Jan 10, 2020
Eunice passed away peacefully in Payson, Arizona, where she moved with her youngest son and daughter-in-law. Eunice was born on September 9, 1925 in McCook, Nebraska to Elmer Carter and Marie (Hoff) Carter, where Elmer served as a police officer. Eunice had one brother, Dale. Eunice and her family Experienced the Depression in the plains states (that which caused...
Jon Philip Ashley
Jan 9, 2020
Jon P. Ashley, age 71, passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2020 at his home in McCook, NE. Jon was born on August 25, 1948, in Alexander Bay, New York to Elwood and Frances (Brothers) Ashley. He graduated in 1966 from Canton High School, Canton, NY. Shortly after high school he moved to Nebraska. He was an avid sports...
Dr. Donal Harlan Morgan
Jan 7, 2020
Donal Harlan Morgan On January 7, 2020, after 93 years of life, Dr. Donal H. Morgan offered up his last breath and was welcomed into the arms of his Maker. Donal Harlan Morgan was born to Dr. Donal and Helen (Banta) Morgan on December 13, 1926 in McCook, Nebraska. Don was baptized and confirmed in St. Albans Episcopal church...
David Leroy Lykins
Dec 29, 2019
David L. Lykins of Trenton, Nebraska passed away Sunday, December 29, 2019 at Community Hospital in McCook, Nebraska. He was 75 years old. David was born on October 22, 1944 in Blythe, California to parents Monta Ray and Frances (Mason) Lykins. He served in the United States Army until his honorable discharge. David worked at the Climax Mine as...
Rose G. Nelms
Dec 24, 2019
Rose Nelms, age 70, passed away in McCook, NE on December 24, 2019, with her husband Roger by her side. She was born in Greeley, Colorado to Harvey and Rachel (Andrews) Cox on May 15, 1949. Due to a hole in her heart at birth, Rose was the 17th person in the world to have open heart surgery at...
Lois Marie Berends
Dec 21, 2019
Lois Marie Berends passed away at the age of 88 on Saturday, December 21, 2019 at C.A Mues Good Samaritan Center, Arapahoe, Nebraska.
Lois was born on October 14, 1931, at Everly, Iowa, to parents Ernest and Irene (Snell) Mohni. On March 10, 1951 she was united in marriage to Leslie Everett Berends at Ocheyedan, Iowa. To...
Charles Jerome 'Jerry' Behnke
Dec 19, 2019
Charles Jerome "Jerry" Behnke of Indianola died Thursday, December 19, 2019 at Immanuel Hospital in Omaha. He was 86 years old. Jerry was born in Frontier County, Nebraska, on December 27, 1932, to Bernard John and Daisy Florence (Anderson) Behnke. He attended school in Frontier County, served in the United States Navy, and attended aviation mechanics school in Colorado....
Franklin D Carroll
Dec 18, 2019
Franklin 'Frank' Carroll age 86, passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2019, in Fort Collins, CO.
Full obituary will appear upon family approval.
Rodney Allen Mcnutt
Dec 17, 2019
Rodney Allen McNutt, age 61, formerly of McCook, died Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at the Garden of Eden Nursing Home in Philadelphia, PA. Rodney was born on February 16, 1958 at Ogallala, NE to parents, Harold "Herb" and Shirley Kay "Tootie" (Propp) McNutt. He graduated from McCook High School in 1976 where he participated in wrestling. He was employed...
Diane Marie Bryant
Dec 17, 2019
Diane Marie Bryant passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on December 17, 2019. She was 74 years old. Diane was born on January 11, 1945 at Hastings, NE to parents Elton and Jessie (Ball) Morgan. On February 4, 1960 she married Keith Hackney in McCook. To this union three children were born; Cindy, Beth and Jim. Diane later...
Earl Dean Svoboda
Dec 16, 2019
Earl D. Svoboda passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family at Hillcrest Nursing Home on Monday, December 16, 2019. He was 86 years old. Earl was born on January 24, 1933 at home on the farm near Cuba, Kansas to parents Joseph and Tracy (Havel) Svoboda. He graduated from Agenda Rural High School with the class of 1951....
Rosalea Friestad
Dec 16, 2019
Rosalea M. "Tillie" Friestad, age 72, of McCook, NE passed away at the Hillcrest Nursing Home on Monday, December 16, 2019. She was born in Nevada, IA on December 14, 1947 to John and Rosabell (Helms) Betts. Tillie attended and graduated from Oak Park Academy in Nevada. She continued her education at Union College in Lincoln, NE. On August...
Ruth B. Shields
Dec 13, 2019
Ruth B. Shields of McCook passed away Friday, December 13, 2019 at Community Hospital. She was 93 years old. Ruth was born on December 20, 1925 at Indianola to parents, Carl and Millie (Fichtner) Bamesberger. She graduated from McCook High School in 1943. On August 14, 1948 she was united in marriage to Howard William Shields at North Platte,...
Mildred Jane Farr
Dec 12, 2019
Mildred Jane Farr, age 97, of Kearney, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at St. Lukes Nursing Home in Kearney.
Mildred was born to parents, Orva and Josephine (Heitmann) Trosper, on June 30, 1922, on a farm south of Cambridge, Nebraska and grew up the third child of 13 children. Mildred attended a country school...
