Lorna DeGarmo

Sep 20, 2005

Biography

Lorna Belle DeGarmo of Hayes Center died Tuesday, September 20, 2005 at El Dorado Manor Nursing Home in Trenton. She was 90 years old. Lorna was born on July 11, 1915 at Akron, CO to Willis S. and Ada Valentine (Johnston) Schmitt. She lived at Akron and Elizabeth CO until she was three at which time she moved...

Eleska Mishler

Sep 16, 2005

Eleska Irene Mishler died Friday, September 16, 2005 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, NE. She was 95 years old. She was born July 28, 1910 to Gottfried and Emma Rose (Ummel) Rufenacht in Ransom, KS. She grew up and was educated in Kansas, became an elementary school teacher and taught piano lessons. She was married to John G. Mishler...

Alma Mihm

Sep 11, 2005

Biography

Alma Sophia (Coburn) Mihm, 86 of Indianola, died Sunday, September 11, 2005 at the Kimball Health Services in Kimball, Nebraska. Alma was born September 28, 1918, at McCook. She was the daughter of Otis and Freida (Ernst) Coburn. She lived her early years in Frontier County. On May 12, 1936 she married Clarence F. Mihm in Indianola. They...

Kenneth Cappel

Sep 9, 2005

Kenneth Cameron Cappel, age 48, passed away Friday, September 9, 2005 at the Mosaic at Bethphage Village in Axtell. Kenny was born on July 25, 1957, at McCook, to Gaylord Paul and Ruth Carol (Guthrie) Cappel. He had been living at Bethphage since 1980. Kenny enjoyed all the activities at Bethphage. Some of his favorites were bowling, swimming, and going...

Anna Lenhart

Sep 9, 2005

Anna Bell Lenhart, of Firestone, CO, formerly of Indianola, died Friday, September 9, 2005 near Smithfield, NE. She was 72 years old. Anna Bell was born on March 5, 1933, at Bushong, KS to Arthur Olin and Anna Bell (Dotson) Deller. On December 23, 1950, she married Floyd Stewart Lenhart at Yates Center, KS. To this union six children were...

Avery Kent Lashley

Sep 3, 2005

Avery Kent Lashley, infant son of Curtis Kent and Emily Jo (Bach) Lashley, died Saturday, September 3, 2005, at McCook Community Hospital. Avery’s survivors include his parents, Curtis and Emily Lashley of McCook; grandparents, Clifford and Phyllis Bach of Noorvik, Alaska and Randy and Carol Lashley of Trenton; great-grandparents, Arda Bach of Bethany, Missouri and Carl Miller of McCook;...

Josephine Ramos

Aug 29, 2005

Josephine G. Ramos died Monday, August 29, 2005 at her home in McCook. She was 85 years old. She was born on September 14, 1919 in Corpus Christi, TX to Miguel and Paula (Castillo) Guerrero. She grew up in Corpus Christi and married Guadalupe Ramos on March 28, 1946. To this union four children were born. They moved to McCook...

Rodney Ray Scott

Aug 28, 2005

Rodney Ray Scott died Sunday, August 28, 2005 at Community Hospital in McCook. He was 63 years old. He was born August 29, 1941 to Wallace Dow and Alice France (Balius) Scott at McCook. He attended McCook and Oberlin schools. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1965 – 1978 during the Vietnam War. He married Darlene J. Baker...

Dorothy Duckworth

Aug 27, 2005

Dorothy J. Duckworth, 86, died Saturday, August 27, 2005 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was born June 23, 1919 to Homer and Mabel (Bohling) Hampy in Florence, Missouri. She married John G. Duckworth in California, Missouri on January 26, 1946. She was a member of the Indianola United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women and the Riverside Club. She...

Jeryce Kelly

Aug 27, 2005

Jeryce Earline Kelly died Saturday, August 27, 2005, at the Premier Estates Senior Living Community in North Platte. She was 61 years old. Jeryce was born on March 24, 1944, at Rock Springs, Wyoming to Earl Thomas and Mildred Pauline (Burgess) Dasher. She graduated in 1962 from Loop County High School in Taylor. She continued her education at McCook Junior...

Mark A. Hinz

Aug 20, 2005

Mark Allan Hinz, 35, died Saturday (August 20, 2005) southeast of McCook as a result of a car accident. On January 29, 1970 he was born in McCook to Kenneth D. and Gayle Lee (Helberg) Hinz. He attended Republican Valley and McCook Public Schools. Mark had been an electrician for ten years. He also helped with the mechanics at...

Alfred Henry Unger

Aug 13, 2005

Alfred Henry Unger died Saturday, August 13, 2005 at Chase County Community Hospital in Imperial, Nebraska at the age of 90 years and 4 days. Alfred was born on August 9, 1915, in Red Willow County, Nebraska to Fred Frederick and Eva Margaretha “Emma” (Tilgner) Unger. He was baptized as an infant at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Ash...

Robert McKillip

Aug 8, 2005

Robert "Bob" B. McKillip died Monday (August 8, 2005) at Community Hospital in McCook. He was 77 years old. He was born October 22, 1927 in McCook, to George J. and Rose A. (Anderjaska) McKillip. He lived most of his life in the Hayes Center area. He graduated from Hayes Center High School in 1944. He married Janet R. Stewart...

Francis E. Weiland

Aug 1, 2005

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Wilma Bone

Aug 1, 2005

Wilma L. Bone, 91, of McCook died, Monday (August 1, 2005) at her daughter’s home north of McCook. She was born July 2, 1914 at Kensington, KS to Ray and Lottie (Chance) Diamond. She grew up at Herndon, attended and graduated from high school there. She had lived in McCook for 59 years. She married Ralph Raymond Bone on Memorial...

John William Beck

Jul 28, 2005

John William Beck, formerly of McCook and Culbertson, died Thursday, July 28, 2005 at the Alterra Sterling House Assisted Living Center in Hayes, KS. He was 88 years old. He was born May 11, 1917 in Canton, SD to Elmer August and Alma Pearl (Hildbridle) Beck. He graduated from Ree Heights, SD. On October 22, 1945 he married Alma...

Zelma "Pauline" Esch

Jul 23, 2005

Zelma "Pauline" Esch died Saturday, July 23, 2005 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was 88 years old. Pauline was born on January 30, 1917in Frontier County, the daughter of Arthur E. and Myrtle Gladys (Branscom) Burton. She grew up in the Zion Hill area, attended country school, and graduated from Red Willow High School in 1935. She taught in...

Harlan Grafel

Jul 20, 2005

Harlan D. Grafel was born Oct. 17, 1924, in Hitchcock County, Nebraska, to August P. and Mary (Wolfram) Grafel. He died July 20, 2005, from injuries suffered in a car accident. Harlan graduated from Herndon High School in 1942. He was drafted into the U. S. Army in 1944 and served his country during WW II in Okinawa. After being...

Mildred Berniece Heinbigner

Jul 17, 2005

Mildred Berniece Heinbigner died Sunday, July 17, 2005 at McCook Community Hospital. She was 76 years old. Mildred was born on December 20, 1928, at Stratton, to Joseph M. and Grace H. (Wilkinson) Schilz. She attended Culbertson Public Schools. She married Orville Paul Hazelton. He preceded her in death in1957. On July 1, 1961, she married Jake Heinbigner in...

Eugene G. Houghtelling

Jul 14, 2005

Eugene Gilbert Houghtelling, 78, died Thursday, July 14, 2005 at McCook Community Hospital. Eugene was born on April 16, 1927, at McCook, to Gilbert and Millie (Roberts) Houghtelling. He attended McCook Public Schools. Prior to finishing his senior year he was called into duty to serve his country. He entered the US Army on November 14, 1945 and served...