Obituaries

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...

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...