Obituaries

Mar 31, 2017

Marvin G. Odell, age 73 of Holdrege passed away at his home in Holdrege on Friday, March 31, 2017. He was born on September 3, 1943 in Cambridge to James and Lyla June (Jones) Odell. Marvin was raised in the Atlanta, Nebraska attending grade school through 8th grade. He went on to further his education at Loomis High School....

Mar 29, 2017

Barbara J. Graff-Marts formerly of McCook passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at Chase County Community Hospital in Imperial, Nebraska. She had been residing at Sunrise Heights Nursing Home in Wauneta, Nebraska. She was 76 years old. Barbara was born on December 23, 1940, at McCook to parents, George and Olinda (Kautz) Graff. She graduated from McCook High School...

Mar 26, 2017

Donna B. Mockry, age 86, passed away at her home in McCook on Sunday, March 26, 2017. She was born in McCook on June 10, 1930 to William Chester and Bessie Mae (Drake) Vandervort. Donna attended school in McCook graduating with the class of 1948. Donna was united in marriage to Orville Hugo Mockry on August 8, 1948 in...

Mar 22, 2017

Larry Dean Borland age 74, of Cambridge, passed away at the Community Hospital in McCook NE, on March 22, 2017. He was born in Benkelman, NE on November 21, 1942, to Roy and Julia E. (Johnson) Borland. When Larry was 2 years of age his father was killed in a mining accident and Julia, son Perry, daughter Jean, and...

Mar 22, 2017

Wayne Leroy Higley of McCook, formerly of Stratton passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. He was 88 years old. Wayne was born in Stratton, Nebraska to parents Delbert and Ruth (Harrison) Higley. He graduated from Stratton High School in 1945. Wayne entered the US Air Force on March 21, 1951 and served during the Korean...

Mar 19, 2017

Melvin Victor Unger was called by God to his heavenly home on Sunday, March 19, 2017. He was born November 23, 1922 to German immigrants from Russia, Gustav and Lydia (Schaffert) Unger. He was baptized into the Christian faith at St. Johns Lutheran Church, Ash Creek. At the age of 14 he was confirmed in the Lutheran faith. Melvin...

Mar 13, 2017

Paul Edward Klinkebiel, age 85, of Cambridge passed away at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital on Monday, March 13, 2017.

He was born in Cambridge on December 26, 1931 to Diedrich and Alvena (Schroeder) Klinkebiel. Paul attended country school northwest of Cambridge and graduated from Cambridge High School in 1949.

On November 17, 1957, he was...

Mar 8, 2017

Alan Scott Grafel Of Culbertson passed away Wednesday, March, 8, 2017, at his home in Culbertson, Nebraska. He was 52 years old. "Scott" was born in McCook on May 27, 1964 to parents Elmore and Beverley (Young) Grafel. He graduated from Culbertson High School with the class of 1982. Scotts life revolved around the farm where he loved working...

Feb 25, 2017

Leland Carl Rippen, of McCook formerly Culbertson, passed away Saturday, February 25, 2017 at Community Hospital in McCook. Leland held the honor of being a centurion passing away at the age of 101. Leland was born on December 13, 1915 at Kramer, Nebraska to parents Henry and Carrie (Schneider) Rippen. At the age of nine, Lelands family moved to...

Feb 24, 2017

David Allen Vigneur, of McCook, passed away Friday, February 24, 2017 at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha. He was 51 years old. David was born on March 21, 1965 at Denver, Colorado to parents, Michael Richard and Lois May (Strickland) Vigneur. He attended school at Adams City High School and graduated with the class of 1984. On June...

Feb 17, 2017

Marjorie Trobaugh Mickelson age 94, of North Platte passed away Friday, February 17, 2017 at their North Platte Care in North Platte. Marjorie was born on July 26, 1922 on the family homestead near Norman, NE to Swan A. and Violet (Estergard) Holsten. She attended school in Norman. The family moved to Hastings where she met and married Sidney...

Feb 13, 2017

Richard Burton of McCook passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2017, at Bryan LGH East in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was 88 years old. Richard was born on May 19, 1928 to parents, Lyman and Hazel (Johnson) Burton. He graduated from Curtis School of Technical Agriculture in Curtis, NE. On June 21, 1952, he was united in marriage to Delores Nelson....

Feb 12, 2017

Gerald L. Hlavinka, age 64, of Trenton passed away on February 11, 2017 at his home. He was born in McCook, NE on December 2, 1952 to Edward and Geraldine Mary (Miller) Hlavinka. Gerald attended McCook schools graduating from McCook High School in 1971. He then attended Hastings Technical College for two years. Gerald was employed by the Burlington...

Feb 7, 2017

Evelyn Taylor Tackels (95) passed away February 7, 2017, in Hemet, California. Evelyn Maria Axelson was born Jan. 22, 1922, in Oslo, Norway, to Amanda and Carl Axelson (a native of Stockholm, Sweden). In 1925, at the age of 3, Evelyn, her parents and older brothers, Tore and Kjell, came to America and settled in McCook where Carl continued...

Feb 6, 2017

Leta Mae (Springer) Bolles, of McCook, died Monday, February 6, 2017 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was 90 years old. Leta was born May 23, 1926 in Lebanon, NE to Marion Charles and Reva Lucille (Mays) Springer. She grew up in Lebanon and Danbury area. She married DeWitt Vaughn Bolles on June 22, 1946 in Oberlin, Kansas. Out of...

Feb 2, 2017

Lori Lee Trew passed away Thursday, February 2, 2017 at the home of her brother in Culbertson, Nebraska. She was 42 years old. Lori was born in Lexington to parents Richard Dale and Penny Lee (Franzen) Trew. She attended school in Maxwell later receiving her GED. Lori liked to write, watch movies, and read books, her favorite author being...

Jan 31, 2017

Marguerite Louise "Peggy" Kinkade passed away Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at El Dorado Manor in Trenton. She was 91 years old. Peggy was born on April 11, 1925 at Cambridge to parents, Charles W. and Hazel (Smith) Kelly. The family moved to Boulder where Peggy graduated from High School. Peggy accepted a job in McCook as a secretary for...

Jan 25, 2017

Noel Dwayne Schnabel of Trenton, Nebraska passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at Dundy County Hospital, Benkelman, Nebraska. He was 76 years old. Noel was born on March 28, 1940 at Trenton to parents, Herman and Iva I. (Steinke) Schnabel. He graduated from Trenton High School in 1958. On April 4, 1958 he married his high school sweetheart, Claudia...

Jan 21, 2017

Janet Kay Higley age 60, of Culbertson, passed away at the Community Hospital of McCook on Saturday, January 21,2017. She was born in Holdrege,NE on July 30,1956 to Rex and Twyla (Jordan) Steinbrink. Janet graduated from Trenton High School in 1974. She attended nursing school in Kearney receiving her degree as a Licensed Practical Nurse. On August 17,1974 Janet...

Jan 18, 2017

Aaron Leigh Schmidt of McCook passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at Community Hospital. He was 44 years old. Aaron was born on May 10, 1972 at McCook to parents, Myron Leigh and Carolyn Ruth (Swayne) Schmidt. He graduated from McCook High School in 1992 and continued his education at Wyoming Tech in Laramie, Wyoming in auto body work....