Michael Floyd Peters
May 23, 2019
Michael Floyd Peters of McCook passed away Thursday, May 23, 2019 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital surrounded by his family. He was 78 years old. Mike was born on March 25, 1941 at Inglewood, CA to parents Floyd and Elaine (Reynolds) Peters. The family moved to the family farm near McCook when Mike was young. He graduated from McCook High...
Phyllis Pearl 'Poore' Alberts
May 18, 2019
Phyllis Pearl "Poore" Alberts passed away on Saturday, May 18, 2019, at El Dorado Manor in Trenton, Nebraska at the age of 97. She was born April 8, 1922, in McCook, Nebraska, the daughter of late Jay and Bessie (Carter) Poore. Phyllis passed surrounded by her loving family. As a young girl she lived on a family farm in...
Melva June Esch
May 17, 2019
Melva June (Pollmann) Esch, formerly of McCook, passed away at her home in West Lafayette, Indiana. She had just celebrated her 80th birthday. Melva was born on May 14, 1939, at Culbertson, Nebraska to parents, Henry Edward and Opal Maxine (Steffen) Pollmann. She graduated from Stratton High School with the class of 1957. On May 4, 1958, she was...
Ida Marie Appleyard
May 14, 2019
Ida "Marie" Appleyard, age 94, of McCook, passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at El Dorado Nursing Home in Trenton. Marie was born on October 7, 1924, at Indianola to parents, Garrett McKinley and Frances Margaret (Dolan) Wilber. She was united in marriage to Leonard Earl Appleyard and to this union a daughter, Rosemarie was born. Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel...
Lewis M Mcfarland
May 13, 2019
Lewis Milton McFarland, age 94, of McCook, passed away Monday, May 13, 2019 at Imperial Manor, Imperial, NE. Lewis was born January 5, 1925 at Wilsonville, NE to Orville and Eliza (McCall) McFarland. Lewis grew up on the family farm near Wilsonville and attended school at Sunflower School to the eighth grade. He worked on the family farm and...
Mary Ann Stritt
May 13, 2019
Mary Ann Stritt of Indianola passed away Monday, May 13, 2019 at Hillcrest Nursing Home surrounded by her family. She was 91 years old. Mary Ann was born May 11, 1928 to parents Andrew and Mary (Schutte) Kohmetscher at McCook. She attended school in McCook. She was married to Herman P. Stritt at St. Patrick Catholic Church in McCook,...
William B. Kruger
May 13, 2019
William "Bill" Bryan Kruger, age 92, passed away at his home in Cambridge, surrounded by family on May 13, 2019, losing his battle to cancer. Bill was born in St. Elmo, IL on August 21, 1926 to Albert M. and Jesse (Blair) Kruger.
Bill married Betty L. Marshall on February 13, 1965. This union brought together eight...
Roberta Newcomb-Brown
May 12, 2019
Roberta Newcomb Brown passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 12, 2019, age 91, at the Wedgewood Care Center in Grand Island, Nebraska.She was born October 4, 1927 to Lester and Leila (Davison) Taylor near Moorfield, Nebraska. In 1938, she moved to Pawnee City, Nebraska and made her home with her Mother and stepfather, William Tannyhill and his three daughters....
Martha Kay Lawless
May 11, 2019
Martha Kay Lawless passed away at her home in Palisade, NE, May 11, 2019. Martha was born in Salem, Richardson County, Nebraska June 16, 1938 to Karl William and Fern Olive (Bacon) Stevenson. She was one of five children. Martha graduated from the Palisade High School and then from Beauty School in McCook. On March 21, 1957 she married...
Alan James Daffer
May 8, 2019
Alan James Daffer passed away from this earth on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, in the care of our heavenly Father and the Cambridge Hospital staff. He was 93. Alan was born August 25, 1925, to Elmer and Helen Daffer on a farm east of Lebanon, Nebraska. Alan grew up and attended school in nearby Danbury, and soon thereafter began...
Devonnabelle Reynolds
May 6, 2019
TRENTON, Neb. Devonnabelle Reynolds was born Nov. 18, 1919, at Trenton in the living quarters of the CB&Q depot where her father was the station master. She entered into eternal rest at El Dorado Manor in Trenton on May 6, 2019, at the age of 99 years. Devonnabelle was the daughter of Gordon and Beulah Welch Towle. She was...
Norma Jane Cox
May 2, 2019
Norma Jane McNutt Cox, lifelong resident of Hayes County, passed away on Thursday, May 2, 2019, with her children at her side. Norma was born to Nathan and Dorothy (French) McNutt on August 30, 1938. The people she touched know Norma as a generous spirit who loved to laugh, spend time with her family and tell it like it...
Greta Jean Gigax
Apr 28, 2019
Greta Jean (Edghill) Gigax, 93, passed away peacefully Sunday, April 28, 2019. She was born on August 12, 1925 to Harold and Gladys (Housman) Edghill in Franklin, Nebraska. She graduated from Palisade High School in 1943. She lived her life raising a family and farming/ranching in Hayes County. She was married to Gilbert Elmer Gigax on November 21, 1948...
Dee Andrew Traphagan
Apr 26, 2019
Dee Andrew Traphagan, of McCook, passed away surrounded by his family on Friday, April 26, 2019 at Mary Lanning Hospital in Hastings. Dee was just four days shy of celebrating his 78th birthday. He was born on April 30, 1941 in McCook to Marvin Joseph and Nellie Mae (Kettering) Traphagan. He was baptized on September 29, 1946. Dee graduated...
Donita Limper
Apr 24, 2019
Donita Limper age 85 of Trenton passed away at the El Dorado Manor in Trenton on Wednesday, April 24, 2019. She was born in Kanorado, KS on February 8, 1934 to Earl and Inez (Reeves) Daily. Donita graduated from Kanorado High School in 1951. She was united in marriage to Arlin "Al" Limper, he preceded her in death. Prior...
Leona C. Nelson
Apr 24, 2019
Leona Nelson, age 83, of McCook passed away at her home on April 23, 2019. She was born in Decatur County, Kansas on November 20, 1935, to Arthur and Elsie (Wesch) Berndt. She attended grade school in Cedar Bluffs, Kansas and graduated from the Decatur Community High School in Oberlin, Kansas in May of 1953. She met her high...
Griff E. Carfield
Apr 24, 2019
Griff E. Carfield, age 68, of Lebanon, NE, went to be with the Lord on April 24, 2019. Griff was born September 13, 1950 in McCook, NE to Kenneth and Mary Majestie (Rayburn) Carfield. Griff graduated from McCook High School in 1969. He was drafted to the Vietnam War shortly after graduation where he served in the Army. He...
Eugene 'Bud' A. Jesch
Apr 18, 2019
Eugene A. "Bud" Jesch of Stratton passed away Thursday, April 18, 2019 at Community Hospital in McCook. He was 92 years old. Bud was born near Beardsley, KS on August 2, 1926 to parents, August J. and Eleanor (Waiss) Jesch. He went to first grade at a country school near their farm. In 1933, his family moved to a...
Walter Eugene Schwab
Apr 18, 2019
Walter Eugene Schwab age 78, passed away in his home surrounded by family, on April 18, 2019. He was born in Soldier, Kansas on June 29, 1940 to Emanuel and Bernice (Area) Schwab. He attended Norcatur grade school and graduated from Decatur Community High School with the class of 1958. Walt was united in marriage to Linda Ann Ayers...
Claudetta A. Peck
Apr 18, 2019
Thursday, April 18th at 8:13 PM, a bright light went out in McCook, NE. After a brief battle with cancer Claudetta Ann Peck passed away in her home surrounded by her family. Claudetta was born to parents, Eddie and Laura E. (Pankonin) Uehling, October 17th, 1937 and is originally from Grant, NE. Claudetta attended school in Grant with her...
