Obituaries

McCook and Cambridge, NE Obituaries

James 'Jim' E. Bobinmyer

James 'Jim' E. Bobinmyer

May 24, 2015

James Jim E. Bobinmyer, age 67, of Culbertson, passed away at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in McCook, NE, on October 26, 1947, to Robert and Vera (Case) Bobinmyer. Jim graduated from Herndon High School in 1965. He then attained a Bachelor of Science degree from Fort Hayes State University in Agriculture where he...

Joan Ray Allen

Joan Ray Allen

May 17, 2015

Joan R. Judy Allen of McCook, Nebraska passed away Sunday, May 17, 2015 at Community Hospital. She was 89 years old. Judy was born on July 15, 1925 at Concordia, Kansas to parents Homer Paul and Katherine (Donahue) Charbonneau. She attended school in Concordia. On May 3, 1949 she was united in marriage to Sidney Clement Allen at Concordia....

James Melvin Harris

James Melvin Harris

May 12, 2015

James M. Harris, age 96, of McCook, passed away at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook on May 12, 2015. He was born in McCook on May 14, 1918 to Melvin and Gladys (Utter) Harris. James grew up in McCook where he received his education. James farmed with horses and mowed the Highway right-of-way to the Kansas line with...

Samela Jane Downing

Samela Jane Downing

May 7, 2015

Celebration of Life will be held at the Church of God in Trenton on Friday, May 15, 2015 at 10:30 Am with Johynny Walker officiaitng. Inurnment will be held at the Cornell Cemetery south oif Trenton

Mary Alice Miller

Mary Alice Miller

May 5, 2015

Mary Alice Handel Miller was born in Palisade NE to Raymond John and Alta Zella Lentz Handel on August 13, 1939 and passed away at the Tri Valley Health Hospital in Cambridge NE on May 5 2015 at the age of 75. Mary had been fighting diabetes and reduced lung capacity for years and she was finally too weak...

Dale Joe Beals

Dale Joe Beals

May 5, 2015

Dale Joseph Beals of Cambridge, born on October 24, 1943 in McCook, to Joseph Ralph and Nancy Jane (Richey) Beals lost his 33 year battle with Multiple Sclerosis on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney.

He grew up on the family farm south of Cambridge and attended Cambridge Public Schools. After graduating from...

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...

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