Obituaries
McCook and Cambridge, NE Obituaries
Ervin Pete Mowry
Jun 1, 2017
Ervin Pete Mowry passed away June 1, 2017 at his home near Culbertson. He was 59 years old. Ervin was born on June 27, 1957 at Longmont, Colorado to parents, Ordmon Albert and Jeraldean Pearl (Bailey) Mowry. He graduated from High School in 1975, at Commerce City, Colorado. While in high school, Ervin participated in rodeo and took part...
Granta Merle Wach
May 29, 2017
Granta Merle (Christensen) Wach of Hayes Center, NE entered into her heavenly home at the age of 93 on Monday, May 29, 2017 at SunriseHeights in Wauneta, NE. Granta, affectionately known as "Doll," was born on January 19, 1924 to Grant and Edna (Zeigler) Christensen. She completed 8th grade at Wauneta in 1938, and graduated from Hamlet High School...
Glenn D. Kelch
May 21, 2017
Glenn D Kelch age 75 of Cambridge, passed away at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital on Sunday, May 21, 2017. He was born on April 17, 1942 in Geneva, NE to John D. and Theresa E. (Becker) Kelch. Glenn attended and graduated from Marietta High School in Nebraska in 1961.
Glenn joined the US Army in February 1964...
Donald Jack Lowry
May 19, 2017
Donald Jack Lowry age 84 formerly of Cambridge, passed away at the Good Samaritan Village / Perkins Pavilion on Friday, May 19, 2017. He was born in Winfield, KS on May 4, 1933 to Donald James and Mary Louise (Mullenix) Lowry. He grew up and graduated from Bell Plaines High School in KS in 1951.
Jack didn't...
Rex D. Remington
May 18, 2017
Rex Remington passed away from this world on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at his home in McCook. He was 86 years old. Rex was born February 19, 1931 in Danbury, Nebraska to Wilbur and Minnie (Schaa) Remington. He graduated from Danbury High School in 1948. Rex married Joyce Jordan on December 16, 1951 at the United Methodist Church in...
Vickie Rodriquez
May 14, 2017
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Leslie Bennett Stretch
May 13, 2017
Leslie Bennett Stretch of Hamlet, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, May 13, 2017 at the Broken Bow Care and Rehabilitation Center in Broken Bow, Nebraska. He was 93 years old. Leslie was born on June 3, 1923 in Hayes County north of Wauneta on the family farm to parents Ira "Mart" and Flora (Bennett) Stretch. He graduated from Wauneta High...
Richard Lee Arnold
May 11, 2017
Richard Lee Arnold was born on April 7, 1931 and passed away on May 11, 2017. He was born to Curtin and Lillian Arnold, on a farm in a small community of Orafino, Nebraska. Richard (Dick) attended rural country school until going to High School in Cambridge, where he always excelled in his school work.
Before entering...
Lewis Junior Parks
May 6, 2017
Lewis Junior Parks was born February 1, 1934 in Norton Kansas and passed away May 6, 2017 at the age of 83. Lewis was the 4th child born to Rex Senior Lewis Parks and Caroline Zelda (Moss) Parks. The family moved from Norton to Cambridge Nebraska when Lewis was a young boy and he attended Cambridge Schools. On May...
Bernard Wickizer
May 5, 2017
Bernard Wickizer, age 83, of Cambridge passed away at the Cambridge Manor on Friday, May 5, 2017. He was born in Max, Nebraska on March 16, 1934 to Clarence and Ruth (Clements) Wickizer. Bernard attended School in Max.
Bernard went to work for the Burlington Northern Railroad in his early teens, working up from a track crew...
Mary Ann Eklund
May 5, 2017
Mary Anne Eklund, age 87, of McCook, NE passed away at Hillcrest Nursing Home on Friday, May 5, 2017. Mary was born January 4, 1930, in Kansas City, MO, was orphaned at an early age, until around the age six or seven, when she and her sister were adopted by Sylvia Dorweiler. Mary graduated from Good Council High School...
Joseph John Mavigliano
Apr 26, 2017
The family is honoring Joseph request to be cremated with no services.
Margie Marie Welsh
Apr 18, 2017
Margie Marie (Smalberger) Welsh passed away on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at Good Samaritan Home in Oberlin, Kansas at the age of 92. Margie was born August 5, 1924 in Red Willow County near Marion, Nebraska to Simon "Glenn" and Rethal "Arvilla" (Sines) Smalberger. She attended a country school in Decatur County Kansas and graduated from Decatur Community High...
Sherrel Lou Adams
Apr 17, 2017
Sherrel Lou Adams, age 70, of McCook, Nebraska passed away at the Hillcrest Nursing home of McCook on Monday, April 17, 2017. She was born in Atwood, Kansas on November 11, 1946 to Denzel and Vesta (Brown) Gilbert. The family moved to Oberlin, Kansas where Sherrel attended and graduated from Decatur County High School. Sherrel served her country May...
Ruth Ellen Brosius
Apr 14, 2017
Ruth Ellen (Downing) Brosius, age 90, of McCook, Nebraska passed away Friday, April 14, 2017 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was born September 20, 1926 to Albert Ray and Minnie Ellen (Winters) Downing in rural Rawlins County, Kansas where she grew up. She attended school and graduated from Atwood High School in 1944. She continued her education by going...
Terri J. Bray
Apr 9, 2017
Terri J Bray passed away at a home near Palisade, NE on April 9, 2017. She was born June 3, 1971 in North Platte, NE to Terry and Yvonnie (Tomlinson) Bray. Terri attended school in North Platte. The family has followed Terri's wishes to be cremated and sent to Oregon.
Stella Virginia Scarbrough
Apr 8, 2017
Virginia Cole-Scarbrough passed away at her home Saturday, April 8, 2017. Virginia was born August 5, 1933 to Lloyd and Mildred (Evans) Thomas in Trenton, NE, the eighth of nine children. She graduated from Trenton High School in 1951. On May 26, 1951 Virginia was united in marriage to Joseph N. Cole at the United Methodist Church in Trenton....
Donna June Stewart
Apr 4, 2017
Donna June Stewart passed away Tuesday April 4, 2017 at Independence House Assisted Living in Lincoln, NE. She was 86 years old. Donna was born June 23, 1930 to Verle and Garland (Turpin) Moore north of Bartley. Donna graduated from Bartley High School and earned her teaching certificate which she used to teach country school for a short time....
June Agusta Kern
Apr 3, 2017
June Agusta Lorimor was born on April 11, 1914 in Anderson, Iowa. She passed away on April 3, 2017, about a week short of her 103rd birthday at the Brookdale Senior Living Center in McCook, Nebraska. She was the firstborn child and daughter of Carl Ellsworth Lorimor and Ruby Josephine (Miller) Lorimor of Bartlett, Iowa. June was a precocious...
Dallas Donald Wagner
Apr 2, 2017
Dallas Donald Wagner May 5, 1928 April 2, 2017 LaVernia, Texas Dallas Donald Wagner, age 88 formerly of Culbertson NE, passed away Sunday, April 2, 2017, at his home in LaVernia, Texas. Dallas was born on May 5, 1928 to Albert and Alvena (Weber) Wagner. He was born on the family farm where he would reside for most of...
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