Obituaries

Aug 11, 2016

Nora T. Lewis of McCook, Nebraska passed away Thursday, August 11, 2016 at Community Hospital. She was 88 years old. Nora was born at McCook to parents August and Julia M. (West) Cappel. She graduated from McCook High School in 1945 and continued her education at McCook Junior College. On April 15, 1948 she was united in marriage to...

Aug 7, 2016

Michelle Lynn Walters, age 34, of McCook, died on Sunday August 7, 2016 at Boulder, Colorado as a result of a biking accident while participating in the Boulder Ironman competition. Michelle was born on August 10, 1981 and was the daughter of John Walters of Culbertson and Aardel Walters of North Platte. She graduated from McCook High School in...

Aug 7, 2016

Bruce Melvin Bortner, age 57, passed away Sunday, August 7, 2016, at Mary Lanning Hospital in Hastings, NE. Bruce was the son of Melvin Harold and Barbara R. (Schlecht) Bortner born in McCook, NE on December 24, 1958. Bruce graduated Medicine Valley High School in 1977. He then continued his education at Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis....

Jul 31, 2016

Mary Bauer, of McCook passed away Sunday, July 31, 2016 at Great Plains Health in North Platte. Mary was born on February 20, 1938 at Chicago, Illinois to parents Albert and Barbara (Griegl) Pilch. She attended school in LaSalle, Illinois. On November 8, 1957, she was united in marriage to William Bill L. Bauer in Sydney, Iowa. To this...

Jul 30, 2016

Kenneth Calvin Waddell of McCook, age 90, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2016 at Community Hospital after a long illness. Kenneth was the 4th child born to parents, Lee A. and Jessie (Staats) Waddell on August 2, 1925 in Freedom, Nebraska. He was raised on a farm north of Indianola and graduated from Havana High School in 1941. His...

Jul 30, 2016

Marvin Dean Janeski July 3, 1933 July 30, 2016 McCook, Neb. - Marvin Dean Janeski, 83, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2016, at El Dorado Manor in Trenton. He was born July 3, 1933, at Brady, Neb., to Edward and Ruby (Hoaglund) Janeski. He attended school at Brady, Neb. and after graduating from high school he attended the University...

Jul 30, 2016

Gary Richard Kapustka, aged 72, passed away on June 30, 2016 in the 6th floor Oncology Ward at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, NE.

Gary was born August 26, 1943 to Richard and Hazel (Smith) Kapustka Community Broken Bow, NE. For the first 13 years of Garys life, his family made their home in Anselmo, NE. Gary enjoyed...

Jul 29, 2016

Stacy D. Sellers went to be with the Lord on Friday, July 29, 2016 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 50 years old. Stacy was born on April 5, 1966 to Jerry W. and G. Dee (Haggard) Arneson in Red Cloud, Nebraska. At the age of five, she and her mother moved to Lincoln where she started...

Jul 28, 2016

Scott William Van Dinter infant son of Eugene and Sandra (Berry) Van Dinter passed away at the Community Hospital of McCook. A Celebration of Scott's short life with his family is being planned for Thursday July 28, 2016, 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Stratton with Rev. Rick Savage providing word of comfort. Scott is preceded in...

Jul 27, 2016

Steven Neal Richards passed away at his home in Lincoln on Wednesday, July 27, 2016. He was 62 years old. Steve was born on December 19, 1953 in McCook to parents Harlan Arthur and Francis Evelyn (Kincaid) Richards. Steve lived in Curtis and Hastings before moving to Tucson, Arizona in his early years. He graduated from High School in...

Jul 24, 2016

Selma Sam J. Brunswick age 72 of McCook, passed away at her home on Sunday, July 24, 2016. She was born in McCook, NE on March 13, 1944 to Eugene E. and Violet (Krieger) Martin. Selma attended school in McCook. She was married to Marion Brunswick on April 27, 1968. And he preceded her in death on November 20,...

Jul 22, 2016

Charles Riley Payne Larreau, Jr. age 35 of McCook, NE passed away at Bryan LGH East in Lincoln, NE on July 21, 2016. He was born on July 14, 1981 to Charles Riley Sr. and Patricia Ann Henson in Little Rock, AR. He grew up in Arkansas going to school and a year of College. Charlie worked as a...

Jul 22, 2016

Wayne L. Michaelis age 76 of McCook, NE passed away at the Community Hospital in McCook on Friday, July 22, 2016. He was born in Springfield, IL on August 22, 1939 to Clarence J. CJ and Hazel (Jones) Michaelis. The family moved to Nebraska where Wayne graduated from Lincoln Southeast High School in 1957. He continued his education at...

Jul 20, 2016

Dorothy L. Rogers age 83 of McCook, NE passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at her home. She was born in Smithfield, NE on April 10, 1933 to Frank L. and Elsie (Brecks) Lockhart. Dorothy attended school and graduated from McCook High School in 1951. She continued her education at McCook Community College graduating with a Business Degree in...

Jul 17, 2016

Margaret Ann Hubl passed away at the Good Samaritan St. John's Center in Kearney on July 17, 2016 Born July 10, 1927 at Lawrence NE Born to Albert and Clara (Jirousek) Janda She was raised on a farm east of Lawrence NE and graduated in 1944 from Lawrence High School. On June 14, 1950 she married Henry J Hubl...

Jul 14, 2016

Avis Joy Morell died Thursday, July 14, 2016 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook at the age of 86. She was born May 27, 1930 in Benkelman, Nebraska the daughter of the late James and Arvilla (Pate) Anderson. She had a younger sister, Evelyn. Although the family moved several times throughout the years, they always called southwest Nebraska home....

Jul 11, 2016

Donald G."Tuffy" Pond, age 83 of Holbrook, passed away at the Cambridge Manor in Cambridge, NE on July 11, 2016. Was born on May 16, 1933 south of Alma in Harlan County, Nebraska to Floyd J. and Mary E. (Lochert) Pond. Don was the fourth of six children born to the family. Don received his education in Alma graduating...

Jul 9, 2016

Douglas Jerome Talle of Maywood, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2016 at Bryan LGH East in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was 69 years old. Doug was born on December 17, 1946 in Steele County, South Dakota to parents, Leonard Melvin and Ella Artha (Sorenson) Talle. Doug eventually settled in the Maywood community where he worked for Frontier County as a...

Jul 8, 2016

Alma Jean (Ahlquist) Wilson Farr passed away Friday, July 8, 2016 at her home in North Platte, Nebraska after a courageous battle with cancer for the past 11 years. She was 60 years old. Alma was born a twin to parents Carl Eugene and Lola (Shay) Ahlquist in Lincoln, Kansas on July 31, 1955. She attended grade school and...

Jul 4, 2016

Leo Leonard Rousselle, passed away Monday, July 4th, 2016, at the Community Hospital in McCook at the age of 87 years old. Leo was born in Hayes County, NE, to Robert and Rachel (Cook) Rousselle. Leo attended country school until high school and then graduated from Culbertson High School in 1946. Leo started farming right out of high school...