Avis Ray

Jan 24, 2012

Avis E. Ray of McCook passed away at the Scottsbluff Regional Medical Center on Tuesday, January 24, 2012. She was 80 years old. Avis was born on April 20, 1931 at the family farm near Culbertson to Guy Leon and Rosa Elnora (Schlegel) Nelson. She graduated from McCook High School in 1948 and McCook Junior College in 1950. She continued...

Joe J. Laumann

Jan 22, 2012

Joseph J. Laumann, age 73, of Benkelman, Nebraska passed away Sunday, January 22, 2012 in Benkelman. Joe was born May 12, 1938 to Antoinette (Faimon) and Albert Laumann in Hitchcock County, Nebraska. He attended county school and later graduated from Stratton High School in 1957. The year following his graduation, Joe lived in Colorado where he drove a gravel...

Mabel Dunham

Jan 21, 2012

Mabel E. Dunham of Garden City, Kansas has gone to be with her Savior on this day, January 21, 2012. Mabel was born June 12, 1920 to parents Theodore and Jessie (Cordwell) Wickizer. The family lived north of Max, KS where she attended school. Mabel married Clyde R. Dunham in Atwood, KS. To this union three children were born; Marilyn,...

William Frerichs

Jan 20, 2012

WILLIAM HENRY FRERICHS, age 83, passed away on January 20, 2012, at the Golden Living Center, Cozad, Nebraska, only 3 months after having been diagnosed with terminal cancer. William was born January 17, 1929, to William and Mabel Frerichs in McCook, Nebraska. After an honorable discharge from the army in 1953, he began his career as an automobile salesman, working...

Clayton Luther

Jan 19, 2012

Clayton C. Luther, 95, passed away at his home in Mesa Arizona on January 19, 2012. Clayton was born October 26, 1916. Clayton married Marcella Marie McNeill in Chadron on August 18, 1940. To this union two children were born. Clayton was a graduate of Chadron State College and became an engineer for Ford Motor Company. His retirement to Mesa...

Janet Deloris Fidler

Jan 19, 2012

Janet Deloris Fidler, age 56, departed this life on January 19, 2012 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on May 26, 1955 to Robert L and Doris (Eaton) Crocker in McCook, NE. Janet graduated from McCook High School and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, and began a 35 year career at McCook Community Hospital, where...

Kendall Moon

Jan 15, 2012

Kendall Ray Moon of North Platte passed away Sunday morning, January 15, 2012 at his home surrounded by his family. He fought a brief courageous battle with an aggressive lung cancer. He was 42 years old. Kendall was born on Sunday morning, June 8, 1969 in Liberal, Kansas to James Edward and Myrna Eulaine (Witzke) Moon. At the age of...

Joan J. Barger

Jan 10, 2012

Joan J. Barger, 86, died Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at Community Hospital in McCook. Joan was born May 13, 1925 at home near St. Ann, Nebraska to Joseph and Lucy (McCracken) Anderjaska. She graduated from High School in Curtis, Nebraska in 1942, and then taught school in both Hitchcock and Hayes County. She married Robert C. Barger on January...

Douglas Shadley

Jan 8, 2012

Douglas Clifford Shadley, 61, departed this life on January 8, 2012, at his home in Indianola, NE. Doug was born in McCook, NE on November 19, 1950, to Glenn Clifford Shadley and Donna Mae (Bacon) Shadley. He grew up in McCook and attended high school there. He graduated in 1969. Doug went on to college in Denver, Colorado, where he...

Jean Madsen

Jan 6, 2012

Jean Louise (Wray) Madsen passed away on January 6, 2012, at Littleton Adventist Hospital in Littleton, Colorado. She was 69 years old. Jean was born in Garden City, Kansas to the late Jim Wray and Vera (Carlson) Wray. She moved to the Carlson family farm southwest of Trenton in 1944. Jean and sister Jan attended country schools through junior high,...

Libbie J. Schroeder

Dec 31, 2011

Libbie J. Schroeder of McCook passed away December 31, 2011 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was 93 years old. Libbie was born on October 30, 1918, at Clarkson, Nebraska to Alois and Mary (Pacas) Bures. She attended school District 41 in Cuming County near Dodge. She worked in Fremont and Dodge before her marriage to Doran Schroeder...

Carol Beardsley

Dec 26, 2011

Carol Beardsley passed away December 26, 2011. There will be no local services for Carol.

Donna Mae Ruggles

Dec 17, 2011

Donna Mae Ruggles, age 88, of McCook, NE passed away Saturday, December 17, 2011 at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook.

Donna was born October 19, 1923 in Hayes County, NE to parents Isaac (Ike) and Susan Isabell (Belle) (Troxell) Berry.  She was one of ten children.  Donna grew up on the family farm in Hayes County,...

Beverly Berndt

Dec 14, 2011

Beverly Sue Berndt of Lincoln, originally of Trenton, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at Sunrise Country Manor. She was 57 years old. Beverly was born on November 11, 1954 at McCook to Gilbert Everett and Phyllis G. (Fritz) Berndt. She was baptized at McCook Peace Lutheran Church on December 12, 1954 and later confirmed at Trenton Grace Lutheran...

Ronald Penner

Dec 13, 2011

Ronald Joel Penner passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2011, at his home in McCook, Nebraska, after a brief battle with cancer. He was 67 years old. Ron was born to Lawrence George and Edith Madeline (Rains) Penner on April 14, 1944, in Hastings, Nebraska. He was baptized and confirmed in the Methodist Church. Ron attended elementary school in Cambridge and...

Willis H. Staley

Dec 5, 2011

Willis H. Staley passed away at his home in McCook on December 5, 2011. He was 88 years old. Willis was born on November 10, 1923 at Freedom, Nebraska in Frontier County to Carl and Frances (Edgar) Staley. He graduated from Cambridge High School in 1941 and continued his education at McCook Community College. On December 10, 1942, he...

George "Butch" B. Sharp

Dec 3, 2011

George B "Butch" was born March 27, 1943, South of Vernon, CO to Carl B. & Helen E. (Calhoon) Sharp. He departed this life December 3, 2011 at the Golden Living Center in Broken Bow, NE after a long and courageous battle with MS. Butch was always very proud to say he was born in a sod house. This...

Samuel Franklin Ellis, Sr

Nov 24, 2011

Samuel Franklin Ellis, Sr., age 73, of McCook, passed away Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, at Tri-Valley Hospital in Cambridge, Nebraska. He was born to Albert Ray and Cassie Lee (McDonald) Ellis on Nov. 11, 1938, in Advance, North Carolina. He moved with his family to Benkelman, Nebraska where he began his education at the country school at Doane. The...

Teresa Evans

Nov 24, 2011

Terri passed away after a lengthy fight against cancer. She was 64 years old and the daughter of C.J. and Dorothy Marie Donaldson, who preceded her death. Daughter Martha Ellen Evans passed away with cancer on October 8, 2007. Terri leaves behind her husband of 43 years, Darrell Evans, daughter LuAnn Rector, son-in-law, Rodney Rector, grandchildren, Ayla, Cameo and Duncan...

Paul Gigax

Nov 15, 2011

Paul Eldon Gigax of Hayes Center passed away on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. He was 81 years old. Paul was born to Elmer and Alice (Cary) Gigax in Hayes County on October 27, 1930. He graduated from Hayes Center High School in 1948. On November 16, 1951, he enlisted in...