Norma Jean Boner
Dec 25, 2018
Norma Jean Boner age 88 of McCook, passed away at the Hillcrest Nursing home in McCook on December 25, 2018. She was born in McCook on August 26, 1930 to William and Mildred (Lepper) Koetter. Norma attended and graduated from McCook High School in 1948. On June 24, 1950 she was united in marriage to Robert "Keith" Boner in...
Sharon Louise Johnson
Dec 25, 2018
Sharon Louise Johnson received her Christmas wish and joined Aaron on December 25, 2018 when she passed away at Brookdale Assisted Living in McCook. She was 77 years old. Sharon was born August 10, 1941, in Stratton, NE to Ray Emmett and Beulah Irene (Weist) Tennant. She graduated from McCook High school in 1959. On January 17, 1960, she...
Shirley Ann Volz
Dec 24, 2018
Shirley Ann Volz passed away Monday, December 24, 2018 at her home in McCook. She was 84 years old. Shirley was born to Gerald and Marie (Kahler) White at Hastings, NE, on May 14, 1934. She graduated from North Platte High School in 1952. On August 17, 1952, she was united in marriage to Edward Thomas "Tom" Volz, Jr....
Jane Marlene Bahl
Dec 21, 2018
Jane Marlene (Malleck) Bahl died on Friday, December 21, 2018 at her home. She was 72 years old. Jane was one of a set of twins born to James and Genevieve (Powers) Malleck on January 28, 1946, in Indianola, NE. She grew up in Indianola and graduated with the class of 1964, where she met her husband of 53...
Jeannine Carolyn Licht Eisenach
Dec 21, 2018
Jeannine Carolyn (Wicke) Licht Eisenach of McCook, passed away Friday, December 21, 2018 at El Dorado Manor in Trenton. She was 88 years old. Jeannine was born on September 27, 1930 to Ernest and Edith (Wimer) Wicke at home on a farm south of Wauneta. They family moved to a farm north of Ludell, KS when Jeannine was a...
Paul R. Confer
Dec 20, 2018
Paul Richard Confer, long-time resident and centurion of the Culbertson community, passed away Thursday, December 20, 2018 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. He was 100 years old. Paul was born on October 31, 1918, to Orman and Jessie (Huetson) Confer at Firth, Nebraska. The family moved to the farm south of Culbertson in 1919 where he grew up....
Phyllis Holliday Graham
Dec 12, 2018
Phyllis Graham, (66), of McCook, NE passed away December 12, 2018 at the Caring Hands Hospice in Houston, TX after an 8 year battle with cancer. Phyllis loved reading, beadwork and photography and at one time had her own studio in Houston, TX. Her photography was featured in shows in both Houston and McCook. She retired from Continental Airlines...
Arlene Gillen
Dec 11, 2018
Arlene F. (Smith) Gillen died Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at her home at Brookdale in McCook, NE. On April 29, 1934, she was born in McCook to Delva and Wilma (Blake) Smith. She attended McCook Public Schools and graduated in 1952. She married Wayne K. Gillen in McCook on August 22, 1954 and they had four children. Arlene especially...
Dennis "Panhead" D. Mues
Dec 7, 2018
Dennis Duane Mues, of Cambridge, passed away at Tri Valley Health Systems on December 7th, 2018, at the age of 67 years, 9 months, and 1 day.
Dennis was born March 6th 1951 at Fort Riley, Kansas to Donald and Marjorie (Oakham) Mues. He attended several schools, as was common for a military family. He graduated high...
Joan Dolph Mace
Dec 7, 2018
Joan Dolph Mace, age 91, of McCook passed away Friday, December 7, 2018 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. Joan was born on May 23, 1927, in McCook, to parents Elzy Newton and Grace Dolph (Hayward) McDowell. She graduated from Hayes Center High School with the class of 1945. After graduation, Joan attended beauty school in Grand Junction, CO....
Betty Jo Donohue
Dec 6, 2018
Betty Jo Donohue of McCook passed away Thursday, December 6, 2018 at the Medical Center in Aurora, CO. She was 90 years old. Betty was born on April 12, 1928 at Washington, KS to parents, Herman and Florence (Oliver) Scheetz. She graduated from Washington High School. In 1952, she was united in marriage to James Joseph Donohue. To this...
Marvin Allen "Mert" Banzhaf
Dec 5, 2018
Marvin "Mert" A. Banzhaf, age 76 of Cambridge, passed away on December 5, 2018 at the Bertrand Nursing Home in Bertrand, Nebraska. He was born near Orafino NE on March 28, 1942 to Walter and Margaret (Allen) Banzhaf. Marvin attended school graduating from Cambridge High School in 1960.
He was employed for several years by the Cambridge...
Maxine Frances Newcomb
Dec 4, 2018
Maxine Frances Newcomb passed away at the Cambridge Manor on December 4, 2018. She was born in Swanton, NE on January 16, 1922 to William and Lois (Coe) Yost. She attended elementary school in Swanton and McCook. She graduated from Nebraska School of Agriculture in Curtis in 1939 where she was awarded a Regents Scholarship. Maxine taught in rural...
Reuben Carol Echols
Dec 4, 2018
Reuben Carrol Echols, 72, of Hayes Center, Nebraska, passed Dec 4th, 2018. Reuben was born to William and Louise (Steward) Echols, July 11th, 1946 in Colorado Springs, CO He graduated with a Bachelors Degree from Peoples Bible College. Reuben married Nancy Quinn in 1970. He is survived by his son, Fredric Echols, his wife Pamela and their three children...
Lillian June Phelps
Dec 2, 2018
Lillian June Phelps, the eldest daughter of Marjorie M. (Guile) and Milo C. Phelps, was born August 28, 1926 in the back bedroom of her grandparents house on the farm. The bedroom was originally part of a homesteaders cabin, built with cement back walls and floor in the bank of a small hill. The cracks were repaired, plastered and...
Lawrence Dewey Sexson
Dec 2, 2018
Lawrence Dewey Sexson, age 97, of Farnam passed away on Sunday, December 2, 2018 at Cambridge Manor. He was born October 6, 1921 in a farmhouse two miles west of McCook to Perl and Nellie (Borland) Sexson. He was the oldest of six children. He went to grade school in Red Willow County and graduated from Palisade High School...
Michael Craig Wright
Dec 2, 2018
Michael Craig Wright, age 55, of Trenton passed away at his home on Sunday, December 2, 2018. He was born in McCook, NE on December 24, 1962 to Robert James and Donna Gayle (Moss) Wright. The family moved to Trenton where Michael attended and graduated from Trenton High School in 1981. He continued his education at Mid Plains Community...
Robert Eugene Smith
Nov 27, 2018
Robert (Bob) Eugene Smith, age 67, of McCook, NE passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2018 in his home. He was born November 24, 1951, in Loup City, NE to parents Harry J. and Margaret I. (Wilkinson) Smith. He was the older of two children. Bob spent the first three years of his life in Loup City, NE before the...
Jameson Craig Rugg
Nov 20, 2018
Jameson Craig Rugg, born January 16, 1963 in Colorado Springs, CO while his dad was stationed at the Air Force Academy, passed away unexpectedly of cardiac arrest, on November 20, 2018. His dad in the Air Force, the family moved frequently. After living in Colorado Springs, the family moved to Air Force bases in Spain, Germany, New Mexico, Texas,...
Ellen 'Annie' Marie Morse
Nov 17, 2018
Ellen Marie "Annie" Morse age 101, of McCook, NE passed away at the Community Hospital of McCook. She was born in Arvonia Township, Osage County, Kansas on April 17, 1917 to Edward and Janet (Moore) Gardner. Annie graduated from Osage City High School in 1931. She went on to continue her education and graduated from the Newman Medical Center...
