Obituaries
McCook and Cambridge, NE Obituaries
James Lowell Dailey
Dec 19, 2015
James Lowell Dailey passed away Saturday December 19th, 2015 at the Community Hospital in McCook at age 78. He was born November 17, 1937 on the family farm Northwest of Stratton to Elmer and Nova (Danielson) Dailey. He was the youngest of four children. He attended country school through the 8th grade a mile from home. He went to...
Bradford Kay Bowchow
Dec 15, 2015
He was born on Nov. 24, 1936, at a ranch/farm south of Sylvan Grove, Kansas, the only child of Ernest and Delila (Holman) Bochow. Brad grew up on the farm and graduated from Sylvan Grove High School before enlisting in the Army during the Korean War. After the war ended, Brad was a pitcher for an Army baseball team...
Roland John Miller
Dec 10, 2015
Roland John Miller of Culbertson, Nebraska passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015 at the Nebraska Heart Hospital in Lincoln at 74 years old. Roland was born on August 10, 1941 in Culbertson, Nebraska to parents, John W. and Martha (Wagner) Miller. He graduated from Culbertson High School in 1959. On June 17, 1962 he was united in marriage to...
Ronald Lynn Remington
Dec 10, 2015
Ronald L. Remington of McCook, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, December 10, 2015 at Bryan Medical Center, West in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was 59 years old. Ron was born on February 5, 1956 in McCook to parents, Alden Vern and Catherine Elizabeth (McConville) Remington. He attended St. Patricks Parochial School through the eighth grade. He graduated from McCook High...
Floyd Edward Lankford
Dec 9, 2015
Floyd E. Lankford age 80 of McCook, NE passed away at the Hillcrest Nursing Home on Wednesday December 9, 2015. He was born in Telephone, TX on February 15, 1935 to Noel and Vera Mae (Schrum) Lankford. The family moved from Texas to Oklahoma and to later Nebraska where Floyd graduated from Culbertson High School in 1954. During his...
Gertrude Potth
Dec 9, 2015
McCook, NE.Gertrude Potthoff, 90, died Wednesday (Dec. 9, 2015) at Community Hospital of McCook. She was born in Shnfeld, Kreis Kontiz, West Prussia, Poland on July 16, 1925 to Johann and Anna (Rink) Karnowski. She attended Stadt Schule in Konitz and also took childcare courses. She immigrated to Germany after World War II. On March 12, 1955, she married...
Christos Fallis
Dec 6, 2015
Christos Fallis of McCook, NE passed away Sunday, December 6, 2015 at El Dorado Nursing Home in Trenton. He was 80 years old. Christos was born on May 15, 1935 at Vagu, Greece to parents John and Maggie (Ghakuris) Fassoulis. He was the youngest of several children. After Christos finished high school he came to America at the age...
Thomas L. Stecker
Dec 1, 2015
Thomas L. Stecker Thomas Lee Stecker passed away on December 1, 2015 at the Bailey Center for Caring, ending his courageous battle with ALS. He never let the disease define him and considered himself to be one the luckiest people on earth. Tom was born in Trenton, Nebraska in 1963. He moved to Florida in 1985, to pursue his...
Dorwin 'Dode' Duane Felker
Nov 26, 2015
McCOOK, Neb. -- Dorwin D. Felker, age 80, passed away Thursday , Nov. 26, 2015, at his home in rural McCook area. "Dode" was born on March 4, 1935, in McCook to Emanuel and Vera (Casper) Felker. He graduated from McCook High School in 1953. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on June 29, 1954. He served...
May Elizabeth Lawson
Nov 20, 2015
May Elizabeth Phillips Lawson passed away November 20, 2015 in Cambridge, Ne at the age of 93. May was born on May 4, 1922 to Harry and Helen (Gammill) Phillips in Frontier County the sixth of seven children. She grew up in the Stockville area. As a young girl May enjoyed playing softball and was an excellent pitcher. From...
Michael Ozzy Bragg
Nov 18, 2015
Michael Ozzy Bragg passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2015 at his home in McCook. He was 19 years old. Ozzy was born on January 19, 1996 at Augusta, Georgia to parents Michael Greeson and Tanya Bragg. He moved at the age of eight to McCook to live with his grandparents, Kathy and Randy Kersey. He attended McCook Public Schools....
Harold Ward Yohe
Nov 14, 2015
Harold Wayne Yohe went home to his Lord and Savior and to be with his loving wife 14 November 2015, whilst at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska. He was born 26 May 1922 to Earl Willard and Fern Francilla (Huff) Yohe in Bostwick, Nebraska. The family then moved to a farm near Paxton, Nebraska when Harold was...
Dorothy Emma Tumbleson
Nov 10, 2015
Dorothy Emma Tumbleson age 92 of Cambridge passed away at the Cambridge Memorial; Hospital on November 10, 2015. She was born in Laird, Colorado on September 28, 1923 to Herbert and Emma O. (Ames) Schafer. Dorothy grew up attended and graduated from Wray High School in Wray Colorado in 1941.
Dorothy, in her younger day, drove a...
Lucille Anna Jones
Nov 9, 2015
Lucille Anna Overfield Jones of McCook passed away surrounded by her family on Monday, November 9, 2015 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was 92 years old. Lucille was born on October 23, 1923, to Lindley McKinley Napoleon Overfield and Ray Anna Kuntz Overfield at Concordia, KS. She was the middle of three girls. She attended grade school in Prosser,...
Albert "Bud" Lee Kruger
Nov 3, 2015
Funeral Services will be graveside 2:00 Pm Saturday Nov 11, 2015 at the Fairview Cemetery in Cambridge.
Services Graveside Service Saturday November 7, 2015 2:00 PM Fairview Cemetery 1500 North St Cambridge, NE 69022
Lorene Mae Skilling
Oct 31, 2015
Lorene Mae Skilling, age 84, formerly of Wichita, KS passed away at her home in McCook, Nebraska on October 31, 2015. She was born in Portis, KS on May 23, 1931 to Plano and Martha (Lamb) Conrad. She spent over 40 years of her life in Wichita but also lived in Beloit as well as other Kansas towns. Lorene...
Andy Thomas Conley
Oct 31, 2015
Andy Thomas Conley age 19 passed away at his home in McCook, NE on October 31, 2015. He was born in Bolivar, Missouri on April 5, 1996 to Mark Conley and Jody Klahr . He grew up in McCook and raised by his parents Jody Klahr and Mark and Callie Conley. Andy attended the McCook Schools graduating from McCook...
Phillip Ray Lahman
Oct 28, 2015
Phillip Ray Lahman, age 61, of Oberlin, KS passed away Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at Good Samaritan Society in Atwood, KS after a long battle with cancer. Phil was born on May 2, 1954 in Colby, KS to Howard and Joanne (Nall) Lahman. He lived with his family in Winona, KS until 1963 when he moved with his family...
Jean Elaine Kunkee
Oct 27, 2015
Jean Elaine Ruggles Kunkee of McCook passed away on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at The Ambassador Nursing Home in Omaha after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on April 27, 1943 at McCook to parents, Lowell Albert and Sina Katherine (Jensen) Ruggles. She graduated from Red Willow High School in 1961. She was confirmed into Christian faith...
Dessie W. Lewis
Oct 15, 2015
Dessie W. Lewis age 81 of Trenton, passed away at the El Dorado Manor in Trenton on October 15, 2015. She was born in Clovis, New Mexico on November 28, 1933 to James and Clementine (Messina) Hylton. Dessie graduated from Ft. Sumner High School in New Mexico in 1951. She was a tap dancer during her high school years....
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