Obituaries

Nov 15, 2019

C. Thayne Emrich, age 89. 0f Indianola, NE passed away at the Cambridge Memorial hospital on Friday, November 15, 2019. He was born in indianola, NE on December 14, 1929, to Floyd Joseph and Wilma (Kerst) Emrich. Thayne attended Indianola schools, but quit school to help on the family farm. He later went on to get his GED, an...

Nov 9, 2019

Roy Vernon Frick age 83 passed away at the El Dorado Manor in Trenton on Saturday November 9, 2019. He was born in Trenton, Nebraska on September 5, 1936 to Roy Charles and Viola Faye (Owens) Frick. He attended and graduated from Trenton High School in 1955. Roy joined the US Air Force on October 8, 1956 and was...

Nov 9, 2019

Dale E. Clements age 80, passed away on Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, NE. He was born in Englewood, CO, on October 11, 1939 to Donald and Ethel (Johnson) Clements. He was united in marriage to Cheryl Hester. She preceded him in death December 27, 2001. Dale worked as a heavy equipment operator,...

Nov 8, 2019

Raymond Durner age 89 of Bartley, passed away on November 8, 2019 at the Senior Living Choices in Curtis, NE. Raymond was born June 3, 1930 in Frontier County to Fred and Evalina (Halley) Durner. He was one of seven children. He grew up on their farm a few miles south of Stockville, NE.

On September 14,...

Nov 5, 2019

A graveside memorial service will be held in the Spring.

Nov 3, 2019

Pauline Shafer, age 84, of McCook, NE passed away at her home on November 3, 2019. She was born in St. Joseph, MO on October 19, 1935 to Paul and Opal (Beaumann) Geyer. She attended and graduated from high school in St. Joseph. She met and was united in marriage to Billy Shafer in 1951 in St. Joseph. He...

Nov 3, 2019

Connie Lee Downey, of Indianola, passed away Monday, November 4, 2019 at Tri Valley Health System, Cambridge, Nebraska. She was 74 years old.

Connie was born on January 9, 1945 to parents, Cecil and Elsie (Wolfe) Laverack. She graduated from Cambridge High School with the class of 1963.

In 1963 she was united in marriage...

Nov 2, 2019

Mitty Armenta (Huggins) was born September 19, 1922 in Godley, Texas to Chappel Loveless Huggins and Millie Lorene (McDonald) Huggins. She graduated from Granbury High School in Texas in 1940. Following graduation, Mitty worked for the Hood County Clerk in Granbury. Mitty met the love of her life, Stanley Giles Quigley, when she and her girlfriend Sammie Manning, attended...

Nov 1, 2019

Turner Dierks Frecks entered into the arms of Jesus on November 1, 2019 at Great Plains Hospital in North Platte. Turner is survived by his parents, Joseph and Amy Frecks of Hayes Center; brothers, Barrett (8), Creighton (6), and Kannon (2); maternal grandparents, Mick and Marlene Cox of Hayes Center; paternal grandparents, Mark and Nancy Frecks of Culbertson; great-grandparents,...

Oct 30, 2019

Kenneth E. Nelson Sr. was born in McCook, NE to Bernard and Pauline Nelson on November 5, 1951. He passed away on October 30, 2019 in Fort Morgan, CO.

Ken grew up in Cambridge, NE where he graduated from high school in 1970. He then moved to Denver, CO where he attended college. Ken married his wife...

Oct 26, 2019

Dena Lori Dewey, age 58, of Trenton passed away at the CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney on Saturday, October 26, 2019. She was born in McCook Nebraska on November 7, 1960 to Delmar and Denelda (McCollam) Dewey. She grew up in Trenton graduating from Trenton High School in 1979. She went to Colby Community College and studied nursing....

Oct 26, 2019

Laurel "Laurie" Ann Leibbrandt, age 66, of Danbury, Nebraska passed away at her home surrounded by family on Saturday, October 26, 2019. She was born in McCook, Nebraska on March 24, 1953 to Virgil and Opal (Trainer) Schilz. Laurie attended and graduated from McCook High School in 1971. On February 24, 1972 she was united in marriage to LaVern...

Oct 26, 2019

Mary Lou Ross, age 84, of Culbertson passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, October 26, 2019. Mary Lou was born on March 29, 1935 at Oberlin, KS, one of ten children, born to parents Louis and Frances Emma (Richards) Ulrich. As a young child the family moved to a farm near McCook. Mary Lou graduated from McCook...

Oct 23, 2019

Robert J Sumner JR age 68 of Cambridge, passed away at his home on October 23, 2019. He was born April 15, 1951 in North Adams, MA to Robert Sr. and Shirley (Perras) Sumner.

Robert enlisted in the Army in 1972 and was Honorable Discharge in 1976

He was married Karen Depuy on July 16,...

Oct 20, 2019

John L. Cook age 78 of Trenton, NE passed away at the Community Hospital of McCook on Sunday October 20, 2019. He was born in Kingman, AZ on March 2, 1941 to Charles Cook and Irene (Steinke) Roose. The family moved to the Trenton area where John attended and graduated from Trenton High School in 1958. On November 5,...

Oct 18, 2019

Full obituary will appear upon family approval.

Oct 13, 2019

Fred Louis Boerger, Jr., age 89, died on October 13, 2019, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska. Fred was born on November 14, 1929, in The Grove, Texas to Rev. Fred and Lena (Mayer) Boerger. Fred was received by the Lord in Holy Baptism in 1929 and by Confirmation in 1944. He was educated in schools in Texas,...

Oct 11, 2019

Connie Kay Padgett of McCook passed away Friday, October 11, 2019 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was 81 years old. Connie was born May 13, 1938 at Wallace, NE to parents Pascal Carter and Valda Fern (Comstock) Padgett. She was raised in Wallace through eighth grade at which time the family moved to McCook. She graduated from McCook High...

Oct 4, 2019

James "Jamie" Lawless of Oxford, NE passed away at the CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE 0n October 4, 2019. HE was born in McCook on November 17, 1985 to Gregg and Constance ( ne Brown) Lawless.

Jamie started life with challenging heart defects. All through his life you wouldn't know it, as he was a...

Oct 3, 2019

Stanley Giles Quigley was born September 5, 1920 at the T.K. and Celeste (Stonecypher) Quigley homestead northwest of Indianola, Nebraska to Earl E. and Anna Pauline (Tines) Quigley. He attended and was in the first graduating class of Red Willow school in 1938, and later in life served as a school board member. Stan enlisted into the United States...