Obituaries

McCook and Cambridge, NE Obituaries

Phyllis Jean Lebsack

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

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Delores Jean Measel

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

Richard L. Witt

Jul 16, 2015

A full obituary will be posted as soon as information becomes available.

Robert Patrick Traphagan, Jr.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Christopher Mousel Reeves

Christopher Mousel Reeves

Jun 25, 2015

Christopher Mousel Reeves

Sept. 17, 1947 - May 25, 2015

GREELEY, Colo. -- Christopher Mousel Reeves, 67, of Greeley, died Monday (May 25, 2015), at Northern Colorado Medical Center in Greeley.

He was born Sept. 17, 1947, to Thomas and Mildred (Mousel) Reeves in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Graveside services will be...

Marlene D. Cox

Marlene D. Cox

Jun 24, 2015

Memrial Service willber held at the Herrmann Jones Funeralhapel inMcCook on Monday, June 29, 2015 at 3:00 PM a private burail will take place at a later date. More information will be added at a later date.

Maryann Mccarter

Maryann Mccarter

Jun 24, 2015

MaryAnn Pierce-McCarter, (Grandma Mary) of Trenton, Nebraska lost her battle against cancer June 24, 2015 at Community Hospital in McCook, Nebraska. She was born February 7, 1936 to Ernie and Georgie Pierce. MaryAnn grew up in Eddyville with her four brothers and graduated from Eddyville High School. MaryAnn was married in 1956 and to that marriage three children were...

James D Kummer

James D Kummer

Jun 19, 2015

James Jim Kummer, age 65, of McCook, passed away on Friday, June 19, 2015. He was born in McCook, NE on January 9, 1950 to Stanley and Laura (Baker) Kummer. Jim attended and graduated from McCook High School in 1968. He then attended college at Colorado School of Mines for 2 years. On April 15, 1978 at Maywood, he...

Roger Evan Woodraska

Roger Evan Woodraska

Jun 12, 2015

Roger Evan Woodraska passed away Friday, June 12, 2015 at his home in Trenton. He was 57 years old. Roger was born on September 22, 1957, at McMinnville, Oregon to parents, Glenn Leonard and Darlene Rae (Moon) Woodraska. He graduated from High School. On September 10, 1998 he married Bessie Bell Olin at the Church of God in Trenton....

Richard Benton Hayes Jr.

Richard Benton Hayes Jr.

Jun 12, 2015

Richard B. "Dick" Hayes, Jr., age 83 of Cambridge, NE died on Friday June 12, 2015 at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge. He was born in Orafino, Nebraska on October 21, 1931 to Richard B. Sr. and Mary Mae (Brown) Hayes. Dick attended the Earl School and Orafino country Schools. He graduated from Cambridge High School in 1950....

Shirley Lou Mousel

Shirley Lou Mousel

Jun 8, 2015

Shirley Lou Mousel, age 77 of Cambridge passed away at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital on Monday June 8, 2015. She was born in Goodland, Kansas on November 4, 1937 to Richard and Violet (Rintermann) Musil. The family moved to Cambridge where Shirley graduated from Cambridge High School in 1955.

On June 16, 1957, she was united in...

Zila Jean Anderson

Zila Jean Anderson

Jun 7, 2015

Zila Jean Anderson of Kearney passed away Sunday June 7, 2015 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Jean was born on January 18, 1934 in Trenton, Nebraska to parents, Paul E. and Thelma L. (Campbell) Davis. She was a graduate of Trenton High School. After graduation Jean taught in rural schools for a brief time. On August 4, 1951...

Flora Jean Lundberg

Flora Jean Lundberg

May 29, 2015

Flora Jean Lundberg passed away Friday, May 29, 2015 at her home in McCook surrounded by her family, and long term caregiver. She was 90 years old. Flora was born on September 10, 1924 at Chicago, Illinois to parents, Earl E. Judy and Marie Propp. She graduated from McCook High School in 1942 and attended McCook Junior College. On...

Michael August Schiffelbein

Michael August Schiffelbein

May 28, 2015

Michael Mike August Schiffelbein passed away Thursday, May 28, 2015 at his home in McCook, Nebraska surrounded by his family, after a long fought battle with Multiple Sclerosis. He was 63 years old. Mike was born on May 13, 1952 at Garden City, Kansas to parents, Casper Cap John and Madelon Rose (Winters) Schiffelbein. He graduated from Garden City...

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