Leona Dorothea (Frecks) Wudtke, age 94 of McCook, NE passed away Friday January 10, 2020 at Great Plains Medical Center in North Platte, NE. Leona was born November 14, 1925 in Culbertson, NE to John and Etta (Meints) Frecks.  She grew up on the family farm southwest of Culbertson and was baptized and confirmed in St. John’s Lutheran Church in Culbertson.  Leona’s confirmation verse was “Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life”. On...

Sara Jeannine Fahrenbruch, age 90, of McCook, NE passed away Thursday, January 9, 2020 at Hillcrest “A Caring Center” in McCook. Jeannine was born July 22, 1929 in Franklin, NE to parents Ray and Dorothy (Gettle) Creighton. She was one of three children born to the union.  The family later relocated to Trenton, NE where they owned and operated Creighton’s Dry Goods Store.  Jeannine attended school in Trenton, graduating from Trenton High School with the Class of...

  Anthony Lee Dilka, age 57, of McCook, NE passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2020 at his home in McCook. Anthony was born on January 22, 1962 in Sterling, CO to parents Howard L and Patricia (Gehrig) Dilka.  Antony grew up in Sterling where he also attended school. Over the years, Anthony enjoyed working with cattle.  He specialized in the AI process.  Anthony moved to McCook from Imperial in 2019.  He was a member of the Church of Later Day Saints. Anthony was...

Zalia Fern Nitsch, age 96, of Chadron, NE, formerly of Hayes Center, NE passed away on Monday, January 6, 2020 at Prairie Pines Lodge in Chadron. Zalia was born April 18, 1923 to parents Orson William and Clara Cad (Hinton) Claflin in Frontier County near Stockville, NE.  Zalia was the twelfth child in her family although two little boys died, one at birth and one at two weeks.  All ten surviving children were musically inclined.  The house shook many a day when the children...

Eloise Lavonne (Ridenour) Summers, age 81, of Imperial, NE, formerly of McCook, NE passed away on Saturday, January 4, 2020 at the Chase County Community Hospital in Imperial. Eloise was born May 25, 1938 in North Platte, NE.  She was raised by her grandparents, Hurley and Jesse Abbott in Cabool, MO.  On February 14, 1954 Eloise was united in marriage to John Ridenour.  John preceded her in death on February 24, 1969.  In 1972, Eloise married Asa B. Summers.  He...

Louella Marie (Urban) Miner, age 81, of McCook, NE joined her husband, Paul Miner, in Heaven on Thursday, January 2, 2020. She passed away at Hillcrest ‘A Caring Center” in McCook. Louella was born November 29, 1938 in Pfeifer, KS to parents William and Bertha (Jacobs) Urban.  She was one of six children who grew up in Kansas where she also attended school.  On February 22, 1955 Louella married Paul Miner.  To this union two children were born, Darin and...

Glenna Dell Downey, age 74, of McCook, NE passed away on Saturday, December 21, 2019 at Hillcrest "A Caring Center" in McCook.  Glenna was born September, 13, 1945 in Hobart, OK to parents Euwell O. and Dorothy G. (Eberhart) Hartwell. She was one of eight siblings born to this union. The family later moved to Cambridge, NE where Glenna attended school.  She later received her Associates Degree in Accounting from McCook Community College.   On November 1962,...

Mr. Thomas J. McDonald, age 78, of Topeka, KS passed away on Friday, December 13, 2019 at Legacy on 10th Avenue Nursing Home in Topeka.  Tom, or Mac as he was known to his friends, was born June 27, 1941 in McCook, NE to parents Floyd Henry and Lillian Mae (Brisbin) McDonald.  He was one of five children born to the union.  Tom attended school in McCook before enlisting in the United States Navy at the age of seventeen.  He spent the next twenty years serving his...

Betty Lou Roper, age 79, of McCook, NE passed away Tuesday, December 10, 2019 in Kearney, NE. Betty was born November 4, 1940 in Grand Junction, CO to parents Harry Raymond and Nora Mae (Curry) Snook.  She grew up in Grand Junction where she graduated from high school in 1958 as Valedictorian.  While attending high school, Betty met and fell in love with Laren (Larry) Alden Roper.  The couple wed on December 28, 1958 in Grand Junction and were blessed with three...

Richard George Peterson died December 7, 2019 at Centennial Park Retirement Village in North Platte, NE at the age of 90 years.  Richard was born in Palisade, NE on May 18, 1929 to parents George and Bertha (Kittle) Peterson.  The oldest of three siblings, he, his brother, Marvin, and sister, Ruth, were raised on the family farm southwest of Hayes Center, NE and attended Swan Lake School.   Richard graduated from Hayes Center High School in 1947.  Richard married...