Jan 4, 2005

Phyllis Pauline (Kotschwar) Traphagan was born to Leo and Anastasia (Wasia) Kotschwar on March 21, 1938 in Dickens, Nebraska. Phyllis passed away on January 4, 2005 after a battle with cancer while residing at the Yuma Life Care Center in Yuma, Colorado. Phyllis was 66 years old. Phyllis was raised in McCook, Nebraska and graduated from McCook High School in...

Jan 1, 2005

Biography

Valois "Val" Irene Pullen, 81, of McCook died Saturday, January 1, 2005 at Community Hospital. She was born April 24, 1923 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Lewis W. and Anna A. (Weaver) Hall. Her elementary education was in Council Bluffs and Fairbury Public Schools. She graduated from Fairbury High School in 1941. She graduated from the University of...

Jan 1, 2005

Bonnie Nadine Sevier, 62, of McCook died Saturday (January 1, 2005) at Community Hospital. She was born December 6, 1942 in Hayes County, the youngest child of Nathan Lee and Dorothy Pearl (French) McNutt. She married George Campbell in California and to this union one son was born. Bonnie taught school for 27 years. She taught in Grant, Sargent,...

Dec 31, 2004

John Francis Coyle, 85, of McCook, died Friday, December 31, 2004 at McCook Community Hospital. He was born October 18, 1919 to John and Amanda (Wendele) Coyle at Culbertson. He attended and graduated from the Nebraska School of Agriculture in Curtis in 1939. He lived in Frontier and Hitchcock Counties all his life. He served in the U.S. Army during...

Dec 28, 2004

Mr. Richard L. Green, age 71, of McCook Nebraska passed away on Saturday December 28, 2024 at his home in McCook. 

A full obituary and service details are pending. 

Dec 28, 2004

Donald D. Lehl died at his home in McCook Tuesday (December 28, 2004). He was 85 years old. He was born November 7, 1919 to Conrad and Katie (Arndt) Lehl at Ft. Morgan, CO. He lived most of his life since 1922 in McCook. He attended McCook High School with the class of 1937. He attended the University of Iowa....

Dec 27, 2004

Frances M. Trail, 92, died Monday, December 27, 2004 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was born August 28, 1912 to Lynn Bartlett and Helena Margaret (Hellriegel) Hoyt in Hitchcock County (Rural Culbertson) in her grandparent’s home. She attended District 68 School and graduated from McCook High School in 1930. She also attended McCook Junior College and much later graduated...

Dec 21, 2004

Pauline A. Coghill, 92, died Tuesday, December 21, 2004 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. On September 7, 1912 she was born to Clark A. and Clara (Beckman) Beaty at Ossian, Indiana. She attended schools in Nebraska, Indiana, Kansas and Colorado and taught elementary school for four years in Kansas. She was Postmaster in Cedar Bluffs, Kansas for two years....

Dec 21, 2004

Mildred “Millie” A. Stratman died Tuesday, December 21, 2004 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was 84 years old. She was born October 2, 1920 to Louis John and Susan Anna (O’Dea) Colling at McCook. She graduated from Red Willow High School in 1938. She lived in this area all her life. Prior to WWII service she taught school in various...

Dec 20, 2004

Kenneth Harold Christian, 88, of McCook, died at his home on Monday, December 20, 2004. Kenneth was born on October 3, 1916, at Aurora, Illinois to Harold and Edna (Balfour) Christian. He graduated from Aurora East High School, in 1934. On August 3, 1940, he married Arlene E. Northrup at Aurora. To this union three sons were born. Kenneth was...

Dec 19, 2004

Walter R. "Pinky" Warburton, 71, died Sunday, December 19, 2004 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. On August 22, 1933, he was born to Fred Alton and Goldie Mae (Larreau) Warburton at Oberlin, Kansas. He attended McCook Public Schools. He served in the National Guard for a number of years. He married Thelma Meissner in Oberlin, Kansas on March...

Dec 17, 2004

Nellie J. Newberry, 92, died Friday, December 17, 2004 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge. She was born August 29, 1912 to Paul and Charlotte (Crocker) Jussel in Red Willow County. She attended Red Willow School and lived all her life in this area. On January 25, 1939 she married Kenneth Doran Newberry at Indianola. She worked at the Elks...

Dec 17, 2004

Vernice Mary Weskamp, 95, died Friday, December 17, 2004 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was born July 23, 1909 to Henry Joseph and Mabel (Williams) Weskamp at Indianola. She graduated from Danbury High School in 1927 and lived in this area all her life. She taught in several rural schools in the area and at St. Patrick's...

Dec 14, 2004

Minnie Marie Huff died Tuesday, December 14, 2004, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was 80 years old. Minnie was born on April 27, 1924, at Maywood to Isaac Johnathan Delroy and Leila Dayle (Barton) Hoschouer. She graduated from Maywood High School in 1942. On January 27, 1945, she married Amor Charles Huff at Marysville, Kansas. To this...

Dec 11, 2004

John Francis Helm, 89, died Saturday, December 11, 2004 at Citizen Medical Center in Colby, Kansas. He was born August 19, 1915 to Walter H. Helm and Susie M. Malleck Helm at Red Willow Station, Red Willow County. They moved to a farm near Bartley, Nebraska in 1920. John attended Bartley schools and graduated with the class of 1933....

Dec 6, 2004

Marvin Dean Greenlee, 69 of McCook, died Sunday, December 5, 2004 at Community Hospital. He was born October 18, 1935 to Marion Grant and Marjorie Gladys (Hall) Greenlee at Stockville. He graduated from Red Willow High School on May 13, 1954. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict 1956-1962. He spent his lifetime living in the McCook...

Dec 2, 2004

Patrick Joseph Flaherty died Thursday, December 2, 2004, at Community Hospital in McCook. He was 86 years old. Patrick was born on May 4, 1918, at Lawrence to John and Mary (Baune) Flaherty. He graduated from Indianola High School in 1936. On October 13, 1942, he married Frances M. Sullivan at McCook. To this union three children were born. They...

Dec 1, 2004

Arthur Raymond Stock died Wednesday, December 1, 2004, at his rural Culbertson home. He was 76 years old. Arthur was born on May 10, 1928, in Hitchcock County, Nebraska to William Winton and Erma Fern (Matson) Stock. He graduated from Culbertson High School in 1946 and attended Veteran’s Agriculture School in Hayes Center. On September 17, 1950 he married Dixie...

Nov 30, 2004

Biography

Ronald J. Coleman, 52 of McCook died Tuesday, November 30, 2004 at the St. Joseph Hospital in Omaha. He was born to Wilbur M. and Hilda Olga (Prochaska) Coleman on May 30, 1952 in David City. He graduated from David City Aquinas High School in 1970. He attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln where he played football....

Nov 26, 2004

Paul Dean Miner, 68, died Friday, November 26, 2004 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Paul was born to Cecil Thompson and Mary Etta (Stitzel) Miner on December 23, 1935, on the family farm south of Cambridge, Nebraska. He attended school in Wilsonville. He joined the US Air Force in December of 1954 and became a jet mechanic. He married...