Jan 3, 2011

Biography

Eugene Teddy Phillips passed away Monday, January 3, 2011 at his home in McCook after a long battle with a brain stem aneurysm. He was 66 years old. Gene was born on May 13, 1944 in Ogden, Utah to Ellsworth and Sadie Mae (Place) Philips. He graduated from Carlin High School, Carlin, Nevada in 1962. He was united...

Dec 27, 2010

Raymond E. Bruner, age 73 of McCook, Nebraska passed away Monday December 27, 2010 at Hastings, Nebraska. Ray was born in Holyoke, CO on September 15, 1937 to Forest E. and Aletha L. (Daniels) Bruner. While growing up, Ray attended school in Holyoke, CO. Ray also worked as a mechanic for Gene Wells in Holyoke and for Haggard Drilling in...

Dec 26, 2010

Clarence Joseph “Topper” Fossen passed away on Sunday, December 26, 2010 at Community Hospital in McCook. He was 61 years old. Topper was born on September 19, 1949, at McCook to Henry Mathias “Hank” and Pauline Barbara (Stritt) Fossen. He graduated from Bartley High School in 1967. He continued his education taking a farming program at the University of Nebraska...

Dec 25, 2010

Biography

Carolyn Jane Christie passed away Christmas Day, December 25, 2010, at Community Hospital in McCook. She was 77 years old. Carolyn was born on July 2, 1933 in Oberlin, Kansas to Ralph Edward and Phyllis Ruth (Mousel) King. She moved to the Cambridge community as a small child where she received her education graduating from high school in...

Dec 23, 2010

Laura Jane (Morgan/Kummer) Eby Laura passed away at McCook Community Hospital on Thursday December 23,2010 at the age of 87. Laura was born June 29, 1923 in Cambridge, NE to Ansel and Norah (Telford) Baker. She attended school and graduated from Cambridge, NE. Laura was a life long member of the American Legion. She married Clarence B. Morgan on...

Dec 16, 2010

Eldred Ruth Cobb, age 80, entered the presence of her Heavenly Father on December 16, 2010, while residing at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook Eldred was born on July 19, 1930 to Ralph and Nellie (Nuding) Carpenter in the Township of Eden, in Hitchcock County, NE. She graduated from Stratton High School in 1947. On December 21, 1947, she married...

Dec 6, 2010

Ivan "Dale" Dockery of Hayes Center passed away on Monday, December 6, 2010 at the VA Pittsburg Health Care System in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He was 61 years old. Dale was born on October 3, 1949, in Covington, Oklahoma to James and Omeree (Lancaster) Dockery. At the passing of his mother, Dale was raised by his grandmother, Hildred Perrin. He...

Dec 6, 2010

Virginia Beth (Albrecht) Staley passed away December 6, 2010 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska. Virginia was born January 21, 1926 to Theo and Velma (Grovert) Albrecht on the Albrecht homestead southwest of Holbrook, Nebraska. At an early age she moved to a farm north of Holbrook where she grew up attending rural school and graduating from Cambridge...

Dec 1, 2010

Biography

Charles Ray "Charlie" Patton passed away Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at his rural home near Cooper, Texas, after a lengthy respiratory illness. He was 63 years old. Charlie was born in Vilas, Colorado, August 1, 1947, to Aubrey and Frances (Sisco) Patton. He was raised and graduated from High School in Hugoton, Kansas. During his colorful lifetime, he...

Dec 1, 2010

Wayne Claude Doak, the son of Perry and Arietta (Hughes) Doak was born August 30, 1927 in Holdrege, NE. He was called to join God's team on December 1, 2010 at the age of 83. Wayne grew up in the St. Francis, KS and Benkelman, NE area on a farm. He loved riding his horse and working on the...

Nov 25, 2010

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Hazel Lenore Collins passed away on Thursday, November 25, 2010 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was 82 years old. Hazel was born on the family farm southeast of McCook, Red Willow County, to William Glenn and Nellie Maxine (Phillips) Shields. She graduated from McCook High School in 1945. On June 27, 1948, she was united in marriage to...

Nov 22, 2010

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Sherrill Kaye Thayer died Monday, November 22, 2010 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was 60 years old. Sherrill was born on February 18, 1950 in Belleville, Kansas to Sidney Clement and Joan R. (Charbonneau) Allen, the oldest of eight children. She received her elementary education at St. Patrick's School. She continued her high school education at...

Nov 20, 2010

Fred H. Bremer, PhD, 87, died Saturday (Nov. 20, 2010). He was born on Feb. 23, 1923, in Northfork, West Virginia. As a child, he lived in West Virginia, Texas and South Carolina. He was a student at the University of South Carolina before enlisting in the Army Air Corps in 1942, seeing service in Burma and India as a...

Nov 18, 2010

Ronald C. Schafer of Culbertson passed away Thursday, November 18, 2010 at Community Hospital in McCook. He was 68 years old. Ron was born on August 30, 1942 in Denver, Colorado to Carl and Helen (Wiederspan) Schafer. He grew up in the Culbertson community where he graduated from High School in 1961. He continued his education at McCook Junior...

Nov 15, 2010

James Glenn Randall, age 14, of Trenton passed away on Monday, November 15, 2010, at Children's Hospital in Omaha after a long illness of Muscular Dystrophy. James was born on May 2, 1996, at Fort Carson Army Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado to Calvin L. and Anna M. (Masur) Randall. He was a member of the eighth grade class at...

Nov 15, 2010

Donald Dean Musgrave, age 74, of Indianola, Nebraska passed away November 15, 2010 at the Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge, Nebraska. Dean was born February 1, 1936 in Indianola to parents Hiram and Bernadine (Malleck) Musgrave. Dean spent his younger years in Indianola. He entered the US Air Force on November 5, 1953. He served as Master Sergeant during the Korean...

Nov 9, 2010

Van Ray Stevens was born February 1, 1947 to Thomas Preston and Margaret (Ryan) Stevens at St. Catherine's Hospital in McCook. He left us quickly and quietly before we were ready for him to walk another path on November 9, 2010 at Community Hospital. Van graduated from Cambridge High School in 1965. He drove truck for several companies over...

Nov 5, 2010

Stephen L. Hollers lost his 15 month battle with cancer the night of November 5, 2010. Steve was born on June 8, 1950 to Claude A. and Maureen M. (Eickmeier) Hollers in Aberdeen, Maryland. He graduated from Lincoln Northeast in Lincoln, NE in 1970. He served in the U.S. Navy for a short time until he received a medical...

Nov 3, 2010

Eleanor Ann (Kircher) Walters passed away Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was 80 years old. Eleanor was born on September 10, 1930 in McCook to Edward and Elizabeth R. (Oberg) Kircher. She attended rural school and McCook High School before graduating from Danbury High School in 1947. Eleanor was united in marriage to Veryl Walters...

Nov 2, 2010

Keith Leroy Moreland, age 69, of McCook, Nebraska passed away November 2, 2010 at the Community Hospital of McCook. Keith was born January 9, 1941 in Ovid, Colorado to parents Lyle C. and LaVena (Gaines) Moreland. He was one of five children born to this union. Keith attended school in Boulder, Colorado, graduating in 1959. He then went on to...