Lloyd Parsons
Jan 24, 2018
Lloyd Parsons, age 93, formerly from McCook, NE passed away at Ellsworth, KS on January 24, 2018 at the Good Samaritan Society Ellsworth Village. He was born in Frontier County, NE on July 1, 1924 to Otto and Stella (Morgan) Parsons. He grew up North of McCook on the family farm. He attended Curtis School of Agriculture. Lloyd served...
Rodney Lynn Berry
Jan 22, 2018
Rodney Lynn Berry was born June 1, 1950 to William G. and Irene (Hunter) Berry in Colby, Kansas. He passed away Monday, January 22, 2018 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook at the age of 67. Rodney grew up in Hill City, Kansas and attended school there. He was a 1971 graduate of Northwest Kansas Area Vocational Technical School...
Francis D. Haag
Jan 22, 2018
Francis D. Haag, of rural Bartley passed away Monday, January 22, 2018 at McCook, Nebraska. He was 93 years old. Francis was born August 25, 1924, on a farm north of Lebanon, to Francis A. and Grace M. (Warner) Haag. He graduated from Lebanon High School in 1941 where he played the clarinet and was an avid baseball player,...
Sundae May Fritz
Jan 19, 2018
Sundae May Fritz of McCook passed away Friday, January 19, 2018 at her home surrounded by her family. She was 75 years old. Sundae was born on January 12, 1943, on the family farm near Redington, Nebraska to parents, Arthur William and Viva LaVerne (Feather) Mues. As a child Sundae attended school at Bayard. She later moved to Minatare...
Twila 'Trudy' L. Nelson
Jan 16, 2018
Twila (Trudy) Nelson 1925-2018 Twila passed in peace at 7:30 a.m. on January 16, 2018, at the Greenridge Place in Westminster, CO. After graduating from school in Imperial, she move to McCook, NE with the help of her two sisters, went to work at Modrell's Cafe for the next 20 years until Modrells closed. She met and married Dare...
Jene Francis Custer
Jan 12, 2018
Jene Francis Custer of McCook, NE passed away Friday, January 12, 2018, surrounded by his family, at Great Plains Health in North Platte, NE. He was 77 years old. Jene was born on November 21, 1940 at Lynch, NE to parents, Harry G. and Rose M. (Wiley) Custer. As a small child, Jenes family moved to Arapahoe, NE where...
Alma Irene Snowden
Jan 10, 2018
Alma Snowden Nov. 3, 1920 - Jan. 10, 2018 McCOOK, Neb. Alma Snowden of McCook, 97, died Wednesday (Jan. 10, 2018), at Hillcrest Nursing Home with her niece Carol Collicott at her side. She was born November 3, 1920 to John and Christena (Rathsach) Jurgensen on the family farm near Overton, NE. She and her twin, Alice, rounded the...
Harold Eugene Light
Jan 10, 2018
Harold Eugene Light of Cambridge NE, passed away January 10, 2018 at Kearney Good Samaritan Hospital at the age of 82. Harold was born on April 4, 1935 in Goodland, KS to Eugene and Evalyn (Barnes) Light. He graduated from Sherman County High School in 1953 and he proudly served his country during the Korean War from 1954-1956.
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Dolores Elizabeth Francis
Jan 8, 2018
Dolores Elizabeth Francis of McCook passed away Monday, January 8, 2018 at Community Hospital. She was 92 years old. Dolores was born on April 1, 1925, at Bulls Gap, TN to parents, Roscoe "Ross" T. and Esther (Keever) Barnes. She graduated from Herndon High School, Herndon, KS. On April 27, 1942 Dolores was united in marriage to Verle Dale...
Kathryn 'Kay' Rowena Clesson
Jan 6, 2018
Kathryn "Kay" Rowena (Malcolm) Clesson Kathryn "Kay" Rowena (Malcolm) Clesson passed away Saturday, January 6, 2018, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was 98 years old. Kay was born on March 15, 1919, to Theron W. and Virginia "Virgie" (Ethridge) Malcolm at Naponee, Nebraska. Her family moved to McCook in 1926. She graduated from McCook High School in...
Jackie R Johnson
Jan 5, 2018
Jacqueline Rae (Day) Johnson passed away January 5, 2018 at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital at the age of 85.
Jackie was born to Frank Ray and Lora (Saylor) Day in Bartley, NE on January 20, 1932. She attended school at Bartley and graduated with the Class of 1949. In 1942 Jackie accepted the Lord as her Savior...
Vernon Ward
Jan 1, 2018
Full Obit will appear as soon as family approves final copy. Graveside Service
Monday, January 8, 2018 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Palisade Cemetery Palisade, NE
Merlin Shaffer
Dec 31, 2017
Merlin Leroy Shaffer of Trenton passed away Sunday, December 31, 2017, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE. He was 69 years old. Merlin was born on October 6, 1948, in Stratton to parents, LaVerne "Dick" and Hilda (Nyp) Shaffer. Merlin grew up just south on the main street of Trenton. He attended Trenton schools where he played football....
Marvin Pete Lorentz
Dec 29, 2017
Marvin Pete Lorentz age 90 of McCook, passed away on December 29, 2017 in McCook, NE. He was born in Herndon, Kansas on March 24, 1927 to Pete and Anna (Wudtke) Lorentz. Marvin was drafted in his junior year of high school (1945) to serve in the US Army. He was stationed in the Aleutian Islands preparing for the...
Debra Lynne Swanson
Dec 28, 2017
Debra Lynne Swanson, age 61, passed away at Indianola, NE on December 28, 2017. She was born in Denver, Colorado on September 16, 1956 to Virgil and Ruth (Kirch) Woodhams. Debra graduated from High School in Houston, Texas in 1974. On June 7, 1980, she was united in marriage to Douglas J. Swanson in Colorado; to this union, three...
Douglas James Swanson
Dec 28, 2017
Douglas James Swanson, age 61, passed away at Indianola, NE on December 28, 2017. He was born in Hastings, NE on May 30, 1956 to Marvin Swanson and Kay (Lantz) Perkins. Doug received his education in Hastings and graduated from Hastings High School in 1974. He then attended University of Colorado at Boulder, CO, attaining his B.S. Degree. On...
Faith C. Weskamp
Dec 25, 2017
Faith C. Weskamp, age 84, of McCook died Monday, December 25, 2017, at Community Hospital. She was born on March 4, 1933 in McCook to parents, Francis "Frank" and Frances (Kennedy) Hollars. The family will honor Faiths wishes to be cremated. There will be no local service. Herrmann Jones Funeral Chapel of McCook is entrusted with arrangements.
Robert Vise
Dec 25, 2017
Robert A. Vise, age 90, passed away at the Beaver City Manor on December 25, 2017. He was born in Wilsonville, NE on July 22, 1927 to Everett and Florence (McConnel) Vise. Robert grew up on the family farm and attended school in Wilsonville graduating from Wilsonville High School in 1941.
Robert entered the U.S. Army in...
Donna P. Miller
Dec 23, 2017
CAMBRIDGE, Neb. Donna Miller, 92, died peacefully at home on Dec. 23, 2017.
She was born March 6 1925 in Freedom, Neb., to Allen T. Johnson and Lulu V. (Pickering) Johnson. She graduated high school from the Nebraska School of Agriculture in Curtis, Neb., in 1942. She married Valarian D. "Curly" Miller in 1949 and lived in...
Roy Jacob Ten Bensel
Dec 22, 2017
Roy Jacob ten Bensel, 95 of Cambridge, NE went home to meet our Lord on his family farm southeast of Cambridge, NE on Friday December 22, 2017. Roy was the second oldest of ten children born on his family farm on March 28th, 1922 to Henry J. and Millie (Thompson) tenBensel. He graduated from Cambridge High School in 1941....
