Obituaries

Mar 25, 2018

Gregory Earl Schumaker, age 66, of Bartley, Nebraska died at his home on Sunday, March 25, 2018. He was born in Bloomfield, Iowa on June 12, 1951 to Beverly and Henry "Earl" Schumaker. Greg married Bonnie Rogers on February 7, 1971. They were married only a short time before Greg enlisted in the Army and served stateside during the...

Mar 24, 2018

Carl Andrew tenBensel age 94 of Cambridge, NE, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 25, 2018 at Great Plains Health in North Platte.

Carl tenBensel was born on December 25, 1923 to Henry J. and Millie (Thomson) tenBensel near Cambridge, NE on the family farm. Carl was the fifth oldest of 10 children to...

Mar 23, 2018

Tyrell Chase Sydow, age 28, of McCook passed away Friday, March 23, 2018, at McCook Community Hospital. He was born July 31, 1989 in McCook to Cindy Sydow. Tyrell spent most of his life doing in-home health care. He really enjoyed working with and helping people and animals of which he was very good at doing so. He spent...

Mar 17, 2018

Robert Floyd "Bob" Ross of Culbertson passed away Saturday, March 17, 2018, at El Dorado Manor in Trenton. He was 86 years old. Bob was born on February 26, 1932, in Culbertson to parents, Daniel Floyd and Vesper Norine (Roberts) Ross. He was raised on the family farm north of Culbertson. He attended Culbertson schools and graduated with the...

Mar 12, 2018

Ervin Albert Schaffert of McCook passed away peacefully at home in Brookdale Assisted Living Monday, March 12, 2018. He was 94 years old. Ervin was born on the family farm near Bartley on September 30, 1923 to parents, John and Rose (Troester) Schaffert. As a child, he was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church, Bartley. He attended school...

Mar 9, 2018

Alberta Marie Hannah passed away Friday, March 9, 2018 at her home in Cambridge after a courageous five-year battle with cancer.She was 66 years old.

Alberta was born on February 22, 1952 at St. Elmo, Illinois to parents William Bryan and Betty Louise (Scoles) Kruger.She was one of six children born to this union.

On...

Mar 3, 2018

Jamie Samuel Dack of McCook, NE passed away at home on Saturday, March 3, 2018, at the age of 63. Jamie was born onJanuary 30, 1955 in Denver, CO to parents Carroll and Eleanor Dack. Jamie graduated fromWest High School in Denver in 1972 where he studied a variety of subjects including auto mechanics. He played varsity football and...

Mar 3, 2018

Marion Ardell (Dell) Carmichael passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at his home in Indianola. He was 91 years old. Dell was born February 20, 1927, and was the 7th and last child born to William Marion and Bessie L. (Hess) Carmichael. He was born on the farm originally homesteaded by his grandparents James and Mary Ann...

Mar 3, 2018

Idonna May McMains, age 84, of North Platte passed away at her home on March 3, 2018. She was born in Frontier County, NE on April 28, 1933 to Hazel Harold "Red" and Minnie May (Blake) Howell. Idonna attended school in McCook and graduated from McCook High School in 1952. On July 31, 1954 she was united in marriage...

Feb 25, 2018

Velora A. (Rogers) Schmahl of McCook passed away on Sunday, February 25, 2018 at Community Hospital. She was 99 years old. Velora was born on May 19, 1918 to Henry and Elma (Oyster) Rogers at Atwood, Kansas. She graduated from Atwood High School in 1936. She then went to work for Foster Farms as a bookkeeper. There she met...

Feb 24, 2018

Dorothy Eckhardt, age 94, of McCook, Nebraska died Saturday, February 24, 2018. Dorothy was born in Sacramento, Nebraska on March 1, 1923 to Raymond and Cora (Vermillion) Kentner. Dorothy married Gary Eckhardt on June 1, 1940. Gary and Dorothy moved to McCook in 1952 and owned and operated the Pow Wow Club and Garys Steak Barn until 1999. Dorothy...

Feb 19, 2018

Tonda Y. Trump-Hiatt, age 60, of Bartley, NE passed at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital on Monday, February 19, 2018.

She was born in Wichita, KS on May 31, 1957 to John and Rosanne (Sanders) Weaver. The family moved to Nebraska where Tonda attended Republican Valley Schools. On November 11, 1973, Tonda wed Lawrence Cunningham and to this...

Feb 11, 2018

Dorothy Elizabeth Grosskopf of McCook passed away Sunday, February 11, 2018. She was 96 years old. Dorothy was born on July 25, 1921 at McCook to parents, Jacob and Elizabeth (Miller) Brenning. She attended West Ward Grade School, McCook Jr. High School and graduated McCook Senior High with the class of 1941. She was employed at North Western Bell...

Feb 5, 2018

Barbara Ruth McConnell of Trenton passed away Monday, February 5, 2018 at El Dorado Manor. She was 98 years old. Barbara was born on November 30, 1919 at Trenton to parents, Perry Earl "P.E." and Hope (Pember) Bentley. She graduated from Trenton High School with the class of 1937. She was united in marriage to James Edward McConnell on...

Feb 2, 2018

Betty Lou Pohl was born April 30, 1930, in Omaha, NE to George Augustus Bang and Lucille Elma Schmitz (Bang). She died after a brief illness on February 2, 2018 at Community Hospital in McCook, NE. Betty enjoyed bowling, bingo, playing cards, dancing and visiting the casinos. She also loved traveling the countryside. Her greatest accomplishment though was that...

Feb 2, 2018

Cecilia Ann Brown was born on February 15, 1939 to Ellen (Bergan) and Vencle Janousek in Ludell, Kansas. She passed away February 2, 2018 at Regional Medical Hospital in Kearney. The family moved to the family farm southwest of Trenton, where she attended Districts #16, #38 and #60 country schools, during her grade school years. She graduated from Trenton...

Jan 27, 2018

McCook, Neb. Janet L. Fletcher, 86, passed away on Jan. 27, 2018 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. Janet was born on Sept. 6, 1931, in Mason City, Iowa to Eugene and Gladys (Miller) Daley. She moved to McCook as a young girl and spent the majority of her life in a town she loved. On April 15, 1950,...

Jan 27, 2018

Robert (Bob) Clark Andrews was born on March 9, 1932 to Donald C. and Nina (Baker) Andrews on the family farm southwest of Holbrook. Bob grew up on the family farm with his three brothers and one sister. Bob attended country school at District 88 through eighth grade. He graduated from Holbrook High School in 1949. After attending the...

Jan 25, 2018

Elizabeth "Betty" Marie Davidson, of McCook passed away at Community Hospital in McCook, Nebraska. She was 95 years old. Betty was born in Indianola, NE on December 17, 1922 to Ivan H. and Matilda M. (Colling) Quigley. She graduated from Indianola High School in 1940. On February 26, 1944 Betty married her high school sweetheart Kenneth "Lee" Davidson at...

Jan 25, 2018

Ilene LaVon Powell of McCook passed away Thursday, January 25, 2018 at Community Hospital in McCook. She was 98 years old. Ilene was born on November 4, 1919 at Palisade, NE to parents Thomas B. and Lottie (Mosley) Smith. She attended school at Culbertson. She worked several years as a clerk and Post Master for the US Post Office...