Alice Marie Ruppert

Nov 28, 2015

Alice M. (Collicott) Ruppert age, 95, passed away Saturday, November 28, 2015 at her home in McCook.  She was born on November 3, 1920 on the family farm near Overton, NE to John and Christena (Rathsach) Jurgensen.  Alice was a twin sister, one of five children born to this union.  She graduated from Overton High School in 1939.

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Renae M. Ashley

Nov 25, 2015

Renae Marie Ashley, age 61, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at Community Hospital of McCook.

Renae was born on January 28, 1954 to Duke D. and Arliss (Nauer) Ebert in McCook.  She graduated from McCook High School in 1972.

On November 19, 1996 she married David Ashley in Oberlin, KS.

She attended...

Betty Jo Olney

Nov 24, 2015

Betty Jo Olney, 91 of McCook died Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at Hillcrest Nursing Home.

Betty Jo was born on September 22, 1924 to Rudolph and Hazel (Kersey) Sell, two years later her brother, Bob was born.  The four of them lived on the Sell family farm at Huntley, Nebraska until 1938.  At that time they moved...

George Albert Fritz

Nov 22, 2015

George Albert Fritz, age 87 passed away Sunday, November 22, 2015 at Tri Valley Health System in Cambridge.

George was born in Indianola to Adam M. and Alice M. (Fidnarik) Fritz on August 2, 1928.  He graduated from Curtis Agriculture High School in 1948.

He married Beverly Ann Baker on February 10, 1957 at Peace...

Michael L. Jones

Nov 22, 2015

Michael L. Jones, age 67 passed away Sunday, November 22, 2015 at his home in McCook.

Michael was born on August 19, 1948 in McCook to Kenneth D. and Barbara J. (Neilsen) Jones.  He graduated from Glen Elder High School in Kansas in 1967.

He married Jennifer Rae Walker on November 22, 1972 in McCook. ...

Catherine Anna (Colling) Blume

Nov 7, 2015

Catherine Anna Colling Blume passed away November 7, 2015 at Community Hospital in McCook, hours short of her 96th birthday.  Catherine was born November 8, 1919 in Red Willow County, Nebraska to Bernard and Helen (Kennedy) Colling.  She graduated rural school in Red Willow County.

On August 11, 1948 she married Anton Blume.  To this union seven...

Ronald C. Felker

Nov 6, 2015

Ronald C. Felker, age 84, passed away Friday, November 06, 2015 at El Dorado Manor in Trenton.

Ronald was born June 28, 1931 in Stratton, NE to Mildred May Hannah and David Wingred Felker. He graduated from Trenton High School in 1949.

Ronald entered the US Navy during the Korean War in 1951 and was...

Betty L. Muehe

Nov 6, 2015

Betty L. Muehe, age 83, passed away in Norton, KS at the Andbe Home Inc.

Memorial services will be 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 14, 2015 at Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church with Pastor Timm O. Meyer officiating.

Irene Naomi (Klase) Dixon

Nov 4, 2015

Irene Naomi (Klase) Dixon, age 81, formerly of Bancroft, NE passed away November 4, 2015 in Sioux City, Iowa.

Irene was born February 9, 1934 in Dixon, Wyoming, near the family homestead in Slater, Colorado, to parents Robert and Bessie Lillian (Pond) Klase.  She was one of four children.  In the late 1930s, the family...

Jennifer Rae Jones

Oct 31, 2015

Jennifer Rae Jones, age 65, passed away Saturday, October 31, 2015 at her home in McCook.

Jennifer was born January 8, 1950 in Scottsbluff, NE to Raymond and Jennie Shirley (Brown) Walker.  She graduated from McCook High School in 1968.

On November 22, 1972 she married Michael Jones in McCook.  To this union four daughters...

Velma G. (Brown) Shepherd

Oct 29, 2015

Velma Brown Shepherd passed away peacefully on October 29 in Cheyenne, WY. She is survived by daughters, Kathryn and Nancy; son, Neil; sister, Ruth Brown McBride; and sister-in-law, Delia Shepherd Kalinski; Velma has six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Velma was born May 19, 1917, in Huntley, Neb to Ola and FWN Brown and grew up there with...

Joyce "Verlene" Wahrman

Oct 23, 2015

Joyce "Verlene" Wahrman, age 84, died Friday, October 23, 2015 at El Dorado Manor in Trenton.

A private family Memorial service will be at a later date in Fort McPherson National Cemetery.

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Alan M. Rucker

Oct 17, 2015

Alan M. Rucker, age 63, of Marshfield, Wisconsin passed away Saturday, October 17, 2015 in Marshfield.

Alan was born on March 1, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois.  He spent a great deal of his early life on the farm with his grandparents, Dave and Gladys Alexander.   His parents, Stanley and Marilyn Rucker spent their entire married life in...

Lillian Dolores Brown

Oct 16, 2015

Lillian D. Brown, age 85, passed away Friday, October 16, 2015 at the Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge, NE.

Lillian was born June 26, 1930 in Seattle, WA to George Henry Tuttle and Dorothy Ada Vossler.

The family moved to Badger Pocket, WA where she grew up and attended school. They then moved to Lincoln, NE...

Thomas "Tom" Harold Titman

Oct 11, 2015

Thomas “Tom” Harold Titman, age 60, passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2015 at Community Hospital of McCook.

Tom was born on November 29, 1954 in McCook to Glen LeRoy and Rita Rose (Kohmetscher) Titman.  He graduated from Republican Valley High School in 1972.

He married Sydney Smith in McCook.

In his free...

Gladys Ann Quigley

Oct 8, 2015

Gladys Ann (Dolan) Quigley died Oct. 8, 2015, at her home in Pensacola.

She was born in Stamford, Nebraska, on Oct. 29, 1920, attended rural schools in Frontier and Red Willow counties, graduated from Indianola High School in 1938, and attended McCook College.

In 1940, she married Thomas Kendall Quigley and they lived in many...

Leon B Waggoner

Sep 24, 2015

Leon B. Waggoner, age 94, passed away Thursday, September 24, 2015 at his home in Carmichael, California.

He was born June 17, 1921 in Republican City, NE to Allen E. and Jenny (Shippert) Waggoner.

Leon graduated from Alma High School, Alma, Nebraska, in 1939. Three years later, on July 16, 1942, he entered the United...

Terry Lee Rouse

Sep 22, 2015

Terry Lee Rouse, age 66, passed away very peacefully, with his wife Kim and sister Sue by his side on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at Bryan West Hospital in Lincoln, NE.

Terry was born March 1, 1949 to Raymond E. and Carolyn (Shambaugh) Rouse in Nelson, NE.  He was one of six children.

He graduated...

Bertha L. (Williams) Burnett

Sep 21, 2015

Bertha L. Burnett, age 90, graduated this life on Monday, September 21, 2015 at Good Samaritan Society in Oberlin, KS.

Bertha was born January 24, 1925 to W.H. and Edna Mae (Kooken) Williams in Cherokee, OK.  She graduated from Cherokee High School in 1943.

She married Olan Tegarden in Salinas, CA on January 8, 1944. ...

Betty (Swanson) Johnson

Sep 13, 2015

Betty J. Johnson, 87, of McCook passed away Sunday, September 13, 2015 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook with her husband and daughter at her bedside. She was born September 1, 1928 in Huron, South Dakota to Agnes Dahlgren Swanson and Arthur Edward Swanson. Betty graduated from Huron High School in 1946. Jobs while in high school included scooping...