Obituaries

Oct 16, 2016

Professor Shirley Ann Newcomb passed away peacefully Monday morning, October 16,2016 in Moscow Idaho where she had lived since leaving her home town of Cambridge Nebraska in 1949.

Shirley was born on June 30, 1923 to Leila Lodica Babcock Newcomb and Kenneth Ralph Newcomb. She grew up with her older sister Jennette in a very loving family....

Oct 16, 2016

Rodney Dean Sisson, 79, departed this life on Sunday, October 16 at his home in Greeley, Colorado.

"Rod" was born to Leslie Robert and Lila Faye (Richard) Sisson on May 18th, 1937 in Cambridge Nebraska. He graduated from Cambridge High School and entered the US Air Force at the age of 17, spending four years in military...

Oct 14, 2016

Ora Belle Clouse, 99, of Columbia passed away on Friday, October 14, 2016, at her residence. She was born on June 1, 1917, near Danbury, Nebraska, the daughter of Otto and Ina Pearl (Schamel) Tilgner, both of whom preceded her in death.

Ora attended grade school in Missouri Ridge School District #33 and graduated from Danbury High...

Oct 8, 2016

Donald Wayne Hawkins, 80 passed away October 8, 2016. Born in LaJunta Co. Don was a very loving husband, friend and soul mate to Sandie for 40 years. In addition to his wife he is survived by sons, Rodney, Ken, Gary and Faron; siblings, Faye, Bill (Mary), Judy (Richard); sisters and brothers in law, Wynona, Gene and Norma (Jim);...

Oct 6, 2016

Mildred L. (Loomis) Zink, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 6, 2016 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska. She was 105 years old. Mildred was born to George W. and Ida (Hauxwell) Loomis, at rural McCook, on August 21, 1911. At the age of six months, she with her family, moved to Oregon. They later moved to Trinidad,...

Oct 4, 2016

Kent Duane Martin, 63, of Kearney died at home on October 1, 2016. He was born on January 23, 1953, to Harold Andy and Helen Martin (Kircher) of Danbury. Kent graduated from Beaver Valley High School in 1972. Kent was a loving father of four, grandfather, uncle, and friend to many. Kent devoted a majority of his lifetime helping...

Sep 26, 2016

Dolyn D. Brown, Sr. passed away Monday, September 26, 2016 at his home in Culbertson after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 78 years old. Dolyn was born on January 1, 1938 at McCook, Nebraska to parents, Hamer and Blanche Margaret (Rippen) Brown. He graduated from Culbertson High School in 1955 where he was active in all sports....

Sep 23, 2016

Velma Ruth Joy, age 90, of McCook passed away at her home on September 23, 2016. She was born on the family farm south of McCook on April 8, 1926 to Herman and Serena (Zimmerman) Messinger. Ruth graduated from McCook High School in 1943. On March 9, 1945 she was married to Wayne Joy in Oberlin, KS while he...

Sep 21, 2016

Ann Marie Brown (45) passed away at Kearney Good Samaritan Hospital on September 21, 2016. She was born on February 1, 1971 in Scottsbluff Nebraska and grew up in McCook Nebraska. Ann graduated from McCook High School in 1989 and married Matthew Brown of Culbertson, Nebraska on July 8, 1989. They had three children, Randy, Angela and Ryan. Between...

Sep 20, 2016

Norma Jean Linnemeyer of McCook passed away Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at Community Hospital. She was 88 years old. Jean was born on October 10, 1927 at Quick, Nebraska in Frontier County to parents James A. and Louise (Crawford) Loghry. As a young child she lived with her family in a dug-out home. She graduated high school from Curtis...

Sep 20, 2016

Rose B. Wittwer, originally of McCook, passed away Tuesday, September 20, 2016, at Good Samaritan Center in Wood River, Nebraska, where she had been residing since March. She was 91 years old. Rose was born on February 3, 1925, at Alma, Nebraska, to parents Fred and Emily (Seibold) Beck. She grew up in southwest Nebraska and graduated from Culbertson...

Sep 17, 2016

Charles James Rose, Jr., also known as Charlie or Jr. by family and friends, of Palisade, Nebraska went to be with his Lord on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at Great Plains Medical Center in North Platte, Nebraska. Charlie was born on January 31, 1954 in Dayton, Ohio to parents, Charles James and Jessie Marie (Leigh) Rose, Sr. He graduated...

Sep 15, 2016

Richard W. Dick Linnemeyer age 93 of McCook passed away at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook on Thursday, September 15, 2016. He was born near Curtis, Nebraska on September 7, 1923 to William and Lulu (Wells) Linnemeyer. Dick graduated from Curtis High School. Dick served his country in WWII in the Pacific Theatre at Luzon and Philippines Islands...

Sep 8, 2016

Virginia M. Andre age 99, passed away at her home in Cambridge on Thursday, September 8, 2016. She was born in Wilsonville, NE on October 23, 1916 to Guy and Pearl) Johnson) Lyons. Virginia attended and graduated from Wilsonville High School in 1933.

She was untied in marriage to David Andre on October 7, 1934 in Holdrege...

Sep 3, 2016

Leonard E. Bath age 85, of McCook, passed away at the Community Hospital in McCook on Saturday, September 3, 2016. He was born near Bar Lake, Colorado at home by a mid-wife on May 1, 1931 to John A. and Florence (Girardot) Bath. Leonard attended school in Denver graduating from Denver South High School in 1949. Leonard was employed...

Sep 2, 2016

John Paul Stansbury Jr age, 81 formerly of McCook died at the El Dorado Manor in Trenton on Friday, September 2, 2016. He was born in Rushville, Nebraska on May 4, 1935 to John Paul and LuLu E. (Squire) Stansbury. John attended and graduated from Rushville High School. John Worked as an assistant maintenance supervisor in Grand Forks, ND...

Sep 2, 2016

June Violet Lafferty-Cooper of McCook, Nebraska passed away Friday, September 2, 2016 at The AseraCare Hospice Home in Lincoln. She was 85 years old. June was born on December 11, 1930 at Lincoln, Nebraska to parents Charles and Pearl (Ellsworth) Bloyd. She attended school in Fairbury and Lincoln High School. On March 28, 1948 she was united in marriage...

Aug 29, 2016

Dorothy J. Johnson, age 88, passed away peacefully on August 29, 2016 at The Monarch in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was born May 25, 1928 in Polk, Nebraska to Gustav Emil and Helen (Erickson) Ehn and was the youngest of five children. She was confirmed in the Evangelical Free Church as a youth. She graduated from Polk High in 1945....

Aug 23, 2016

Rosed Charlamae Shuler, 57 of Arapahoe died at her home. She was born in Minot, ND to Robert and Rosemary (Gustafson) Hayes on September 8, 1959. She attended and graduated from Minot, ND High School and attended one year of College.

Rosed babysat, helped with foster care. She later moved to Aberdeen, SD where she was a...

Aug 17, 2016

Cambridge- Margaret Pearl Brown passed away at the Cambridge Manor on August 16, 2016 at the age of 92. She was born October 26, 1923 to Jens R. and Pearl (Parks) Holtze on the family farm south of Wilsonville. Margaret attended Middle Rockton School through 8th grade and graduated from Wilsonville High School in 1941. After graduation, she taught...