Obituaries

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...

Jul 3, 2016

LeRoy Kenneth Cook, age 86 of Culbertson, Nebraska passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 3, 2016 at home. He was born on March 6, 1930 to Elmer and Laura (Walker) Cook. He graduated from Culbertson High School in 1947. He married Betty Schmidt on October 2, 1949. To this union three children were born: Linda, Laurie, and Coni. LeRoy...

Jun 28, 2016

Douglas Richard Garner, 75, of Trenton, Nebraska, died Tuesday, June 28, 2016, in Trenton, Nebraska after a brief battle with leukemia. He was born on September 10, 1940 at home in Somerset, Nebraska to the late Richard Kenneth Garner and Elizabeth Pauline (Knoll) Garner. He graduated from the University of Nebraska School of Agriculture in Curtis, Nebraska in 1958....

Jun 27, 2016

Judith Ann Anderson Keenportz of McCook passed away on Monday, June 27, 2016 at Community Hospital with her family by her side. Judith was born September 3, 1938 to Pro and Mildred (Morrill) Anderson at the family home in Jetmore, Kansas. Judy attended Jetmore schools and graduated from Jetmore High School in May of 1956. On August 15th, 1956...

Jun 27, 2016

Betty Jean Ficken age 89, of Cambridge, passed away at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital on June 27, 2016. Betty and her twin sister Bonnie were born south of Holbrook, Nebraska on the family farm on February 20, 1927 to Albert Turner and Addie Eliza (Lankston) Robeson. Betty attended country school, later graduating from Holbrook High School in 1944. She...

Jun 26, 2016

Leslie Les James Sides of Bartley passed away suddenly at the Creighton Medical Center in Omaha on Sunday, June 26, 2016. He was 58 years old. Les was born on February 6, 1958, at McCook, Nebraska to parents, Eldon Francis and Joan Kathryn (Kohmetscher) Sides. He attended Republican Valley School. On February 9, 1980 he was united in marriage...

Jun 22, 2016

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Carl K. Wilkinson, 70, departed this world to join his Lord and Savior in Heaven on June 22, 2016, in San Antonio. He was born in Saybrook, Ohio, on Oct. 7, 1945, to Kenneth and Katheryn (Proctor) Wilkinson. Carl excelled in roller skating, track and archery during his school years, graduating from Ashtabula High School...

Jun 20, 2016

Walter Eugene Fritz Bauer age 77 of Culbertson, passed away at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. He was born in Culbertson on November 25, 1938 on the family farm to Walter M. and Mae (Unger) Bauer. Fritz attended grade school and graduated from Culbertson High school in 1956. He went to Milford Technical School studying Electronics. He joined...

Jun 14, 2016

Marie A. Upton passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at her home in Trenton surrounded by her family. She was 94 years old. Marie was born on January 6, 1922 in Morley, England to parents Laurence and Alice Louisa (Eardley) Waring. She was united in marriage to Henry Stewart Angle on June 4, 1948 in Montreal, Canada. He passed...

Jun 9, 2016

Lois May Vigneur of McCook passed away Thursday, June 9, 2016 at the Cambridge Manor Cambridge, Nebraska. She was 75 years old. Lois was born on January 3, 1941 at Syracuse, New York to parents, Morris and Evelyn (Potter)Wager. They family moved to Colorado where Lois attended school at Englewood High School, Englewood, Colorado. She was united in marriage...

Jun 8, 2016

Donna Gayle Mousel Taylor, age 68, passed away at her home in Kearney on June 8, 2016. Jones Mortuary of Cambridge is in charge of arrangements. She chose cremation and memorial services will be held at Cambridge at Jones Mortuary at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 15.

She was born at McCook, Ne. on Sept 12, 1947...

Jun 7, 2016

Esther Propp Nowka died June 7, 2016 at the age of 96 at Emerald Court Assisted Living in Scottsbluff,Nebraska where she resided the last six years. Esther was born to Henry and Anna Propp on January 22, 1920 in Culbertson, Nebraska and graduatedfrom Culbertson High School in 1938. She married Robert Nowka on February 22, 1947. Survivors include her...

Jun 5, 2016

Ralph LaVerne Hinton of Cambridge passed away Sunday, June 5, 2016 at the Cambridge Manor, Cambridge. Nebraska. He was 101 years old.

Ralph was born to Albert and Mary Bernice (Blake) Hinton on May 19, 1915 in a sod house on his paternal grandfathers homestead about three miles WSE of Stockville, Frontier County, Nebraska. It was the...