Obituaries

Dec 14, 2016

Elaine L. (Meyer) Bedore January 13, 1931- December 14, 2016 Elaine L. Bedore died Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at the McCook Community Hospital in McCook, NE at the age of 85. She was born January 13, 1931 in Gosper County Nebraska where she grew up on the family farm north of Arapahoe. On November 3, 1950, Elaine married Loren...

Dec 11, 2016

Gary Garyboy Edwin Laverack

Cambridge - Gary Laverack was born on August 6, 1951 at McCook, NE to Vernon and Juanita (Roepke) Laverack and passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2016 at Good Samaritan in Arapahoe, NE at the age of 65.

Gary was a very special child born with medical issues he worked to...

Dec 6, 2016

Merlin Charles Diederich passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at his home in McCook, Nebraska at the age of 84, after a battle with cancer. He was born on April 2, 1932, at Selden, Kansas to parents, Charles H. and Matilda Lydia (Harold) Diederich. He graduated from Decatur Community High School in 1949. Merlin entered the Army...

Dec 6, 2016

William Arthur Stewart of McCook, Nebraska passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at El Dorado Manor in Trenton, Nebraska. Bill was 89 years old. Bill was born on August 8, 1927 in Culbertson, Nebraska to parents, Arthur Lee and Nellie M. (Hayes) Stewart. The family moved to Palisade, Nebraska when Bill was eight years old. He graduated from Palisade...

Dec 3, 2016

Ronald Dean Banzhaf, 76 of Cambridge passed away on December 3, 2016 at the Cambridge Manor. He was born on February 26, 1940 on the farm of his parents, Walter F. and Margaret E. (Allen) in rural Frontier County near Orafino. He graduated from Cambridge High School in 1958. He volunteered for the draft in May 1959 being inducted...

Nov 25, 2016

Janice Loree Miller passed away on November 25, 2016 at Lancaster Manor in Lincoln, NE after a courageous and valiant battle with a bone problem called Carpenters Syndrome. Janice was the daughter of Joseph Miller and Edna (Riley) Miller. She was born March 19, 1944 at McCook Nebraska. She attended grade school in rural Hitchcock County and graduated from...

Nov 23, 2016

Karen Spilinek, 60, of Wichita, KS, formerly of McCook, went on to join her father in His heavenly home on Wednesday, November 23, 2016 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on April 15, 1956 to Gerald and Roberta (Schmidt) Spilinek in St. Paul, NE. Karen lived in St. Paul with her family for some time before...

Nov 21, 2016

Viola Ann Koerperich, age 89, passed away on Monday, November 21, 2016, after a hard fought battle with kidney disease. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family at Hillcrest Nursing Home. Viola was born May 2, 1927 in Park, Kansas to Seraphine and Anna Feldt Depperschmidt. She lived at Park, Kansas until she was two years old...

Nov 21, 2016

Evelyn Rose Meyers age 92, of Cambridge, passed away at the Cambridge Manor on November 21, 2016. She was born on November 14, 1924 to Charles W. and Rosa A. (Riepe) Hilker. Evelyn grew up north of Holbrook. She was baptized on January 11, 1925 at the St. Matthews Lutheran Church north of Holbrook. She was later Confirmed at...

Nov 19, 2016

Henry D. Stecker, formerly of Culbertson, received his Heavenly fortune November 19, 2016 in Kingfisher, OK at the age of 89. Hank was born March 1, 1927 on a farm near Culbertson, NE to John T. and Kate Stecker. He was baptized on April 3, 1927 at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Culbertson. He graduated from Trenton High School...

Nov 19, 2016

Harold Bryce Duce Hartzer of Culbertson passed away Saturday, November 19, 2016 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. He was 81 years old. Duce, a nickname that was given to him by his father, was born on April 21, 1935, on the family farm south of Wauneta, Nebraska to parents, Willis Walden and Inez Iola (Cross) Hartzer. He graduated...

Nov 17, 2016

Glenda Jo Miracle, 69, passed away on November 17 at El Dorado Manor in Trenton, Ne. She was born on October 19, 1947 in Cambridge, Ne., to Glenn and Dorothy (Purdue) Moore. Glenda grew up in Cambridge and she graduated from Cambridge High School in 1966. She was confirmed in the United Methodist Church in Cambridge. After high school,...

Nov 15, 2016

E. Lorene Carroll, age 105 of McCook passed away at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, NE. She was born in Hopkins, MO in May 10, 1911 to Loyd and Vanchie (Cowen) Churchill. The family moved from MO to Ft. Morgan, CO. On September 14, 1935, she was untied in marriage To Earl Carroll. Shortly after their marriage the...

Nov 14, 2016

Pauline Pearl (Warburton) Childs, age 80, peacefully entered eternal rest on November 14, 2016 at Aurora, Colorado. Pauline was born in Oberlin, Kansas on December 17, 1935 to Fred and Goldie (Larreau) Warburton. She attended McCook schools. Polly was employed by Woolworths, Fullers Caf, and St. Catherines Hospital. Polly married Raymond Bub Cemer in February 1955. They lived in...

Nov 14, 2016

Mary Frances Premer, 51, Lincoln, passed away November 14, 2016. Mary was born July 1, 1965 in Hayes County, Nebraska to James Joseph and Carol Anne (Phares) Palic. Mary was a Medical Technologist at Bryan LGH Medical Center West for 28 years. She loved being with her children, whether it was a long day at the baseball field with...

Nov 12, 2016

Barbara F. Lepper, age 68, of McCook, NE passed away at Community Hospital in McCook. She was born in McCook, NE on January 14, 1948 to Glen L. and Rita (Kohmetscher) Titman. She graduated from Indianola High School in 1966 and attended McCook Community College. On June 15, 1971 she married Robert E. Lepper and to this union three...

Nov 11, 2016

Nettie Irene Neumann passed away November 11, 2016, at the Christian Homes in Holdrege, Nebraska. She was 95 years old. Irene was born the first of five children on January 31, 1921 at Hazard, Nebraska to parents, Richard Ray and Katheryn Emelia (Smith) Ward. She was raised in Berwyn and graduated from Berwyn High School with the class of...

Nov 10, 2016

Ruth Irene (Harris) Behnke, was born June 22, 1920, the youngest of the four daughters of Alonzo Harold Harris and Paulina (Bernhardt) Harris. Shortly thereafter, her 10-year-old Aunt Louise came to live with her family. Louise was regarded as one of the sisters. Ruth's childhood was spent on a farm south of McCook, Nebraska near the Republican River. She...

Nov 8, 2016

A full obituary and service times will be posted as soon as information becomes available.

Nov 5, 2016

Chet David Wickizer age 28, of Cambridge died at his home in Cambridge on November 5, 2016. He was born in McCook, NE on November 29, 1988 to Clint and Donna (Karp) Wickizer. The family moved to Cambridge where Chet attended and graduated from Cambridge High School in 2007. He then attended University of Nebraska at Kearney for 1...