Obituaries
McCook and Cambridge, NE Obituaries
Deanna Miller
Jul 31, 2015
Deanna Miller, 64, of Arapahoe died July 31 at Lincoln Heart Hospital. A memorial service will be Saturday, Aug. 8, at 10:30 a.m. at Lockenour-Jones Funeral Home in Cambridge.
She was born Nov. 20, 1951 at Norton, Kansas, to Harold and Helen (Ridpath) McChesney. After being raised in Lebanon, she graduated from Beaver Valley High School in...
Lester Floyd Webb
Jul 30, 2015
Lester was born on a farm north of Bartley, Nebraska on July 18, 1924 to Floyd Ellsworth and Dessie (McElroy) Kinnison Webb. He attended rural school for eight years and graduated from Bartley High School in 1941. He taught a rural school north of Holbrook for one year. In December of 1943 he was inducted into the Army Air...
Harold 'Butch' L. Decker
Jul 29, 2015
Harold (Butch) Decker Harold L Decker, 87, met his Lord on July 29, 2015 at Community Hospital in McCook, Nebraska. He was born to Zenas and Bessie (Hawkins) Decker on January 5, 1928 in Wauneta, Nebraska. He liked to tell people that he was a government man because he was born in a room at the back of the...
Dorothy Foster
Jul 28, 2015
Funeral Services will be held at the Kemper Memorial United Methodist
Churchon Saturday August 1, 2015 10:30 AM
Services Visitation Thursday July 30, 2015 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Lockenour-Jones Mortuary 604 Penn St. Cambridge, NE 69022 Visitation Friday July 31, 2015 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Lockenour-Jones Mortuary 604 Penn St. Cambridge, NE...
Velma Clara Ogorzolka
Jul 24, 2015
An obituary is not available at this time for Velma Clara (Harshfield) Ogorzolka. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.
Services Graveside Service Saturday August 29, 2015 10:00 AM Fairview Cemetery 1500 North St Cambridge, NE 69022
Lana Sue Eberlein
Jul 23, 2015
Lana Sue Eberlein, age 59, of Stratton, Nebraska, passed away peacefully after her short but hard-fought battle with cancer, on July 23, 2015, at Community Hospital in McCook, Nebraska. She was born in Denver, Colorado, to Harold and Maxine Eberlein. Lana loved cooking, and crocheting throws for those she loved. She was a very resourceful and creative woman and...
Terry Otis Paisley
Jul 21, 2015
Terry Otis Paisley, 67, died July 21, 2015, at his home in Cambridge, Nebraska.
At his families request a funeral service will be held at the Cambridge Calvary Baptist Church, Saturday July 25th at 11:00 AM.
Terry was born July 26, 1948 in Cambridge, NE, to Dean and Clara (Moore) Paisley.
Terry enjoyed...
Barbara Durner
Jul 20, 2015
Barbara Durner age 81, went home to heaven, Monday July 20, 2015 at the Cambridge manor after a courageous battle with lung disease and cancer. She was born on Dec. 17, 1933 to James and Nellie (Easton) Allen in Frontier County. She graduated from Cambridge high school. She married Raymond Durner on Sept.14, 1952. They made their home on...
Chanta Lynett Vrbas-Brown
Jul 17, 2015
Chanta Lynett (Vrbas) Brown was born November 29, 1979 to Gaylord and Ronda (Hudson) Vrbas. She and her two brothers were raised south of Stratton on the family farm. Chanta was beautiful, talented, always smiling, and her bubbly personality was contagious. Despite constant teasing from her brothers, and putting up with their antics, an unbreakable bond formed among Aubrey,...
Virgil 'Dean' Shackelford
Jul 16, 2015
A full obituary will be posted as soon as information becomes available. Visitation
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Herrmann Jones Funeral Chapel of Trenton 302 West B Street Trenton, Nebraska 69044
Visitation
Monday, July 20, 2015
Herrmann Jones Funeral Chapel of Trenton 302 West B Street Trenton, Nebraska 69044...
Phyllis Jean Lebsack
Jul 16, 2015
A full obituary will be posted as soon as information becomes available. Visitation
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 1:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel 607 Norris Avenue McCook, Nebraska 69001
Funeral Service
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 10:30 AM
First Congregational Church 212 East E Street McCook, Nebraska 69001...
Delores Jean Measel
Jul 16, 2015
Delores J. Measel of Cambridge, passed away at the Cambridge Manor on July 16, 2015. She was born in Detroit, MI on December 23, 1950 to Kenneth C. and Oskerett K. (Mullens) Waters.
A Time of Remeberence will be held at the Lockenour-Jones Mortuary in Cambridge on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at 2:30 PM. A private familu...
Richard L. Witt
Jul 16, 2015
A full obituary will be posted as soon as information becomes available.
Robert Patrick Traphagan, Jr.
Jul 14, 2015
Robert Bob Patrick Traphagan, Jr. passed away Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at the Colorado State Veterans Home in Aurora, Colorado. He was 80 years old. Bob was born on October 4, 1934 to parents, Robert Patrick and Mary (Braun) Traphagan, Sr. at St. Ann, Nebraska. He was one of 13 children. Bob entered the US Army in 1953 and...
Kathleen 'Kathie' Ann Mcbride
Jul 9, 2015
Kathleen Kathie Ann McBride, formerly of McCook, passed away Thursday, July 9, 2015 at Sunrise Country Manor in Milford, Nebraska. She was 64 years old. Kathie was born on March 4, 1951 in Los Angeles, California to parents John Jesse and Roberta Lee (Merklin) Thomas. She moved to Wauneta with her family at a young age. She graduated from...
Michael Scott Smith
Jul 6, 2015
Michael Scott Smith age 66 of Wilsonville NE, passed away on July 6, 2015 at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge. Nebraska.
He was born on October 16, 1948 to Robert and Norma (Johnson) Smith at Cambridge Nebraska. He graduated from Wilsonville High School in 1966 and from the University of Nebraska Lincoln with a bachelor of...
Roy A Melton
Jul 3, 2015
ARAPAHOE, Neb. -- Roy Albert Melton, 93, died July 3, 2015, at Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home in Arapahoe, Nebraska. He was born June 1, 1922, in Russell Springs, Kansas, to May and John Melton. He grew up on a farm near Bartley, Nebraska, and later worked on a farm in Palisade, Nebraska. After a long employment with Montgomery...
Darrel Lylel Cox
Jul 1, 2015
HAYES CENTER, Neb. -- Darrel Lyle Cox was born on July 24, 1936, to Elmer Lee Cox and Reva May (Horn) Cox. He was born on the family farm eight miles north of Hamlet, Nebraska. On this date, the temperature in Nebraska reached 118 degrees -- the hottest day ever recorded in the state. He grew up in Hayes...
William Robert Brown
Jun 30, 2015
William R. "Bill" Brown age 92, of Trenton, passed away at his home on June 30, 2015. He was born south of Trenton on the family farm on May 30, 1923, to Leroy and Bertha (Gose) Brown. Bill graduated from Trenton High School in 1940. Bill served in the U.S. Army from 1945 to 1946 and discharged as a...
Adam Craig Potth
Jun 29, 2015
Adam Craig Potthoff age 30, formerly of McCook, NE passed away at Lincoln, NE on June 29, 2015. He was born in Loveland, Co to Darrel and Joyce (O'Dea) Potthoff. Adam 's family moved toMcCook where he graduated fromMcCook High School and later the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Adam loved hunting and fishing back home in McCook. He...
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