Stanley "Dee" Dean Hamilton

Apr 29, 2011

Stanley "Dee" Dean Hamilton, age 85, of Hayes County, NE passed away April 29, 2011 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook NE. Stan was born November 26, 1925 to parents Ernest Kay and Artie Sofia (Beebe) Hamilton in Curtis, NE. He was one of seven children. Stan attended school in Hayes County, graduating high school from the Nebraska School...

Helen Louise McNew

Apr 28, 2011

Biography

Helen Louise (Hartman) McNew was born on December 30, 1913, on her parents' farm southeast of Stratton, NE. Helen died at the McCook Community Hospital at the young age of 97 on April 28, 2011. Helen was the oldest of 11 children born to William (Claude) & Louise (Price) Hartman. She attended McCabe rural school from kindergarten to...

Dorene Hoschouer

Apr 27, 2011

Dorene Hoschouer, 93 died at Ashland Care Center in Ashland, NE on April 27, 2011. Dorene was born July 19, 1917 to Calvin and Edith (Fitzgerald) Rucker in rural Hayes County. Dorene attended school in Hayes County and graduated from Hayes County High School in Hayes Center. Dorene graduated from Greeley State College in Greeley, Colorado with a degree...

Gloria Ann Lawson

Apr 26, 2011

Gloria Ann Lawson passed from this life on April 26, 2011 in Colby, KS. She was 68. She was born February 17, 1943 in Des Moines, IA to Floyd and Lavona Bard Nelson. Gloria grew up in Palisade, NE and graduated from Palisade High School. After graduation she attended Parks School of Business in Denver, CO. Upon completion of...

Virginia McCoy

Apr 20, 2011

Biography

Virginia M. McCoy, age 85, of Culbertson, NE passed away on April 20, 2011 at McCook Community Hospital. Virginia was born January 28, 1926 in Sterling, Colorado to Lester E. and Sarah (Cackley) Wooley. In July of 1945, Virginia married Harold Clyde McCoy in Sterling, Colorado. The couple moved to the McCook later that same year. To this...

Ernst Weber

Apr 17, 2011

Ernst Weber, 84, passed away on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. Ernst was born in Brunenthal, Germany to the late Fred and Katherine (Engel) Weber, Sr. When he was ten months old, his family immigrated to the United States. After sailing to Ellis Island and receiving clearance to enter the country, they joined other family...

Marilyn Koetter

Apr 16, 2011

Marilyn J. Koetter passed away on Saturday, April 16, 2011 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, NE surrounded by family. She was 78 years old. Marilyn was born on August 10, 1932 in McCook to Nile and Opal (Kelley) McKillip. She went to school and graduated from Red Willow schools. On September 15, 1951 she was united in marriage...

Jerome Francis Yost

Apr 15, 2011

Jerome Francis Yost passed away Friday, April 15, 2011 at his home in McCook. Jerome Francis Yost (aka Tiny) was born in Miller, SD on October 10th, 1935. He was the son of James and Mary Yost. He was preceded in death by his brother James J Yost and his mother Mary Rose Yost. His 2 remaining sisters, Joyce...

Rev. Dr. Chris Alan Atkins

Apr 10, 2011

Dr. Chris Alan Atkins passed away peacefully at his home in McCook with family and friends at his side on Sunday, April 10, 2011. He was 56 years old. He was born on September 19, 1954 in Redbud, Illinois to Robert and Bettie Jean (Hawkins) Atkins. He graduated from Centralia High School, Centralia, Missouri in 1972. He continued his...

Steven Thornbrugh

Apr 9, 2011

Biography

Steven L. Thornbrugh, 60, died Saturday (April 9, 2011) at Community Hospital in McCook. Graveside inurnment is Wednesday, 3 p.m., at Memorial Park Cemetery in McCook. Memorials may be given in his name. Carpenter Breland Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Neal F. Warner

Apr 6, 2011

Neal F. Warner passed away at his home in Lebanon on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. He was 84 years old. Neal was born at Lebanon on January 23, 1927, to Harry Dean and Aril Alameda (Ankenman) Warner. He graduated from Lebanon High School. Neal entered the US Army on May 8, 1945 and served during World War II. He...

Barbara Jene Baker

Apr 6, 2011

Barbara Jéne Baker of McCook passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at Community Hospital. She was 71 years old. Barbara was born on February 12, 1940, at Scottsbluff, Nebraska to Harold C. "Buck" and Elsie Myrtle "Kitty" (Hyatt) Weiss. She graduated from McCook High School in 1959. She was united in marriage to Wayne Baker on July 4, 1960...

Rhoby May Coady

Apr 2, 2011

Rhoby May (Davison) Coady was born to pioneer parents, James & Flora (Goding) Davison at their farm northwest of Dalton, Nebraska near the Morrill county line on June 3, 1912. She was lifted into God's arms on April 2, 2011 in McCook, NE, at the age of 98 years, 10 months. Rhoby grew up as a farm girl: in...

Dick LeRoy Baumfalk

Mar 27, 2011

Dick LeRoy Baumfalk, age 73, passed away Sunday, March 27, 2011 at his home in McCook. Dick was born August 15, 1937, in Hitchcock County, Nebraska to Robert L. and Dorothy (Walgren) Baumfalk. He graduated from Stratton High School in 1955. On October 14, 1955, he entered the US Army. He was honorably discharged on July 14, 1958, and...

Linda Lorraine Wudtke

Mar 19, 2011

Linda Lorraine (Gohl) Wudtke, age 66, passed away Saturday, March 19, 2011 at her home in Wichita, KS following her heroic battle with cancer. Linda was born December 12, 1944 to Arnold F. and A. Virginia (Wilson) Gohl at St. Catherine's Hospital in McCook, NE. She attended and graduated from Culbertson High School in 1963. She worked as a...

Ronald Brewster

Mar 18, 2011

Ronald Lee Brewster, age 73, passed away Friday, March 18, 2011 at the Community Hospital in McCook, NE. Ronald was born November 26, 1937 in Norwood, Missouri to Walter Marion and Phyllis Marie (Mulkey) Brewster. He was one of seven children. Ronald attended school in Norwood before moving to Loomis, Nebraska in August 1952. He graduated from high school in...

Gracelee Jo Cook

Mar 18, 2011

Gracelee Jo Cook was born and entered the arms of Jesus on March 18, 2011. She was born to Kendra Ann Cook and John Raymond Leahy at St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln. The Rev. William D. Arnold baptized her into the kingdom of God on March 18, 2011. Preceding her in death was her grandmother, Pamela Leahy....

Leroy Lindgren

Mar 17, 2011

Leroy Wilber Lindgren of McCook passed away Thursday, March 17, 2011 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was 84 years old. Leroy was born on January 23, 1927 in Bell, California to John and Cornelia Lily (Clug) Lindgren. He graduated from Trenton High School. After graduation, Leroy went to the Enewetak Islands in the Pacific Ocean and worked in...

Harold E. Stevens

Mar 14, 2011

Harold E. Stevens died Monday March 14, 2011 at Community Hospital in McCook. He was 75 years old. Harold was born on September 9, 1935 in Benkelman, NE to Chester Earl and Clara Lucille (Brown) Stevens. He attended grade school in Benkelman and graduated from Bird City High School and later entered the US Army and served his country...

Clifford "Shorty" Chipperfield

Mar 11, 2011

Biography

Clifford Alfred "Shorty" Chipperfield of Benkelman passed away Friday, March 11, 2011, at the Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman. He was 87 years old. Cliff was born on September 9, 1923, in Cheyenne County, Kansas to Harold Mitchell and Hattie Maude (Merklin) Chipperfield. He graduated from Bird City High School, Bird City, Kansas in 1941. He entered the...