Obituaries

McCook and Cambridge, NE Obituaries

Lillian Sayer

Lillian Sayer

May 5, 2015

Lillian (Farr) Sayer the second child of Edward and Millie (Basinger) Farr was born on the family farm northwest of Holbrook on January 26, 1918. She departed this life at the Elwood Nursing Home on May 5, 2015 at the age of 97.

Lillian attended Prairie Bell School in Frontier County through the eighth grade. After finishing...

Hellen V. Madden

Hellen V. Madden

May 4, 2015

Helen Madden of Indianola, passed away at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital on May 4, 2015. She was born in Indianola, Nebraska to Frank and Sylvia Goddard on October 1, 1927. Helen graduated from Imperial High School in 1945. Helen married Frank Silvester to this union 3 children were born: Sonya, Dalas and Peggy. After the death of Frank, Helen...

Helen V. Hotze

Helen V. Hotze

Apr 30, 2015

Helen Virginia Hatcher Hotze, native of Red Willow County, Nebraska, died in Aurora, Colorado, on April 30, 2015, after brief illness. Helen was born on March 29, 1923, the first of three daughters born to Osma Paul and May Morosic Hatcher. Her father was a farmer and her mother a home-maker, and Helen enjoyed her life as a farm...

Melvin Eugene Deselms

Melvin Eugene Deselms

Apr 30, 2015

Melvin(E.) Deselms Obituary

Melvin(Mel) E. Deselms, the youngest child of Ivan and Agnes(Rhoades)Deselms, was born at the family home southeast of Cambridge, Nebraska on January 24, 1944. He departed this life at the Good Samaritan Society in Arapahoe, Nebraska on April 30, 2015 with his wife Diane and his daughter Darcy at his side. Memorial Services will...

Hobert Harold Adkins

Hobert Harold Adkins

Apr 26, 2015

Hobert Harold Adkins, age 78, of Danbury, NE passed away at the Kearney Regional Hospital on Sunday, April 26, 2015. He was born in Man, West Virginia, September 20, 1936 to Clovis and Minerva (Belcher) Adkins. He graduated from Ham, High School in 1954. Harold worked many different jobs. He contracted as a shrimper on a shrimp boat in...

David Lee Davis

David Lee Davis

Apr 17, 2015

David Lee Davis, 85, of McCook, Nebraska, passed away at the Community Hospital of McCook on Friday, April 17, 2015. He was born in Beaver City, Nebraska, on June 8, 1929, to Glen and Nellie (Graham) Davis. The family moved to McCook where David graduated from McCook High School in 1947. On February 19, 1948 , he was united...

Viola Faye Frick

Viola Faye Frick

Apr 9, 2015

Viola Faye Frick (November 29, 1914 - April 9, 2015) Viola Frick age 100, passed away at the Hillcrest Nursing Home on April 9, 2015. She was born in Trenton, Nebraska on November 29, 1914 to John and Bertha (Making) Owens. She grew up in rural Hitchcock County graduating from Cornell Rural School. On August 12, 1931 she married...

Dura 'Dell' Roosevelt Delano Jr

Dura 'Dell' Roosevelt Delano Jr

Apr 6, 2015

Following a brief illness, Dura Roosevelt Delano, Jr. (Dell), of McCook NE, died on Monday, April 6, 2015 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. He was 90. He was born on August 2, 1924 in Industry, ME. His parents were Dura R. Delano, Sr. and Mildred Chamberlain Delano of Rumford, ME. He joined the Army in 1943 to help the US...

Velda Jean Hill

Velda Jean Hill

Apr 3, 2015

Velda Jean Hill formerly of Wilsonville passed away at the Cambridge Manor in Cambridge, NE on April 3, 2015. She was born near Wilsonville, NE to Simon and Frieda (Ruhs) Wolzen on August 24, 1928, the oldest of six children. Velda was untied in marriage to LaVon Hill on December 14, 1944; to this union 5 children were born:...

Marjorie Jeane Yohe

Marjorie Jeane Yohe

Mar 29, 2015

Marjorie Jeane Ward Yohe went home to Heaven to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, 29 March 2015, while residing at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, NE. Jeane was born October 9, 1926 to Elmer Edward Ward and Jessie Mae (Bratt) Ward on a family-farm east of Hayes Center, NE. For nearly 67 years of marriage,...

Thomas Joseph Conroy

Thomas Joseph Conroy

Mar 28, 2015

Thomas J. Tom Conroy, age 86, passed away at the Hillcrest Nursing Home on March 28, 2015. He was born on June 6, 1928 at McCook, Nebraska to Phillip Laurence and Mary Catherine (Kennedy) Conroy. Tom attended rural school north of McCook through the 8th grade and then went to work on the family farm. In the 1970s he...

Evlyn Ellen Roth

Evlyn Ellen Roth

Mar 25, 2015

Evlyn E. Roth, age 93 passed away at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, NE on March 25, 2015. She was born on April 14, 1921 in Edgar, NE to Guy and Myrtle (Hudson) Conrad. On April 13, 1940 she married Ruben Roth in Norton, KS. The couple made their home in McCook where they worked at the U...

Wesley Dale Farr

Wesley Dale Farr

Mar 23, 2015

Wesley Dale Farr passed away at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital on Monday, March 23, 2015. He was born near Eustis, NE on June 8, 1933. Wes graduated from Arapahoe High School in 1951.

Wes served his country in the US Army from May 13, 1953 till April 1955. On August 9, 1953 he was united in marriage...

Arden Virgil Norman

Arden Virgil Norman

Mar 23, 2015

Arden Virgil Norman, 82, passed away March 23, 2015 at Highland Park in McCook, Nebraska. Arden was born May 3, 1932, to Virgil W. and Lela Myrth (Williams) Norman in rural Rawlins County, Kansas. He grew up in Atwood, Kansas, graduating from Atwood High School. On December 7, 1951, he married Nancy Lee White in Atwood, Kansas, and to...

Patricia J. Eisenhart

Patricia J. Eisenhart

Mar 22, 2015

Patricia J. Eisenhart age 90,of Culbertson passed away at the McCook Community Hospital on Sunday March 22, 2015. She was born in Wauneta, Nebraska on October 6, 1924 to Harry G. and Christine (Van Pelt) Ferguson. Pat attended and graduated from McCook High School in 1942. She went to McCook College graduating in 1944 with a degree in Elementary...

William C. Herman

William C. Herman

Mar 21, 2015

William "Bill" C. Herman age 85 of Culbertson, passed away Saturday, March 21, 2015 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born in Culbertson, NE on June 27, 1929 to Conrad Jr.and Lillian (Butherus) Herman. Bill grew up in Culbertson graduating from Culbertson High School in 1947. Bill was united in marriage to Eleanor Ninemires at the Peace...

Kenneth L L

Kenneth L L

Mar 13, 2015

He was born in McCook July 4, 1935, to Burton W. and Gladys Ona (Gwenn) Lofton. They farmed south of McCook until 1942, at which time they moved to Colorado. Ken attended Lakewood Military Academy and graduated from Lakewood High School in 1954. He was in the Civil Air Patrol, an auxiliay of the U.S. Air Force. He played...

Elsie Lucillle Probasco

Elsie Lucillle Probasco

Mar 12, 2015

Elsie Lucille "Heinz" Probasco was born on January 9, 1924 to Andrew and Amelia (Kiel) Heinz at Culbertson, Nebraska and passed away March 12, 2015 at the Cambridge Manor at the age of 91 years. Elsie grew up on a farm near Culbertson, NE with her parents, brothers and sisters. She attended a country school during her elementary years...

Martha Joan Mack

Martha Joan Mack

Mar 1, 2015

No services planned at this time

Edward T Purinton

Edward T Purinton

Feb 28, 2015

Edward "Ed" T. Purinton, Jr. age 94, of Cambridge passed away at the Cambridge Manor on February 28, 2015 . He was born at Pueblo, Colorado on December 12, 1920 to Edward T. and Grace (Hutchison) Purinton. His family moved to the farm east of Cambridge in 1921 where Ed continued to live until 2009 when he and his...

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