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Barbara Lee Frasier
Jul 12, 2009
Barbara Lee Frasier, age 71, died Sunday, July 12, 2009 at Community Hospital. She was born May 9, 1938 in Benkelman to Jimmie C. and Junetta (Elliott) Clack of Stratton. At the age of 8 the family moved to Colorado. She graduated from Englewood, CO High School in 1956. On April 19, 1958, in Sedelia, CO, she married William...
Claudia Louise Taylor
Jul 9, 2009
Claudia Louise Taylor was born July 12, 1938 in Omaha to Emil and Anna (Norlen) Hult. She passed away July 9, 2009 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney at the age of 70 years. Claudia grew up in Omaha. She was confirmed at First Covenant Church. She graduated from Omaha North in 1956 and then attended Doane College. On...
Garnet McConville
Jul 5, 2009
Biography
Garnet Irene McConville died Sunday, July 5, 2009 at McCook Community Hospital. She was 85 years old. On August 4, 1923 she was born at Indianola to Paul and Ruby L. (Wolf) Fritsch. She graduated from Havanna High School in 1940. In 1973 she graduated from LPN school in Kearney. Garnet married Marion A. Houghtelling at St. James...
Arletta Marie Hunkins
Jul 4, 2009
Arletta Marie Hunkins, 86, went home to be with her Lord on July 4, 2009 at El Dorado Manor in Trenton. She was born to Edward J. and Anna W. (Ahlert) Wittwer on February 13, 1923, in Hayes County, Nebraska. She was baptized April 1, 1923 at Black Wood Country Church and later confirmed into the Lutheran faith. In...
Susie Alberta Galusha
Jun 26, 2009
Susie Alberta Galusha died Friday, June 26, 2009 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was 101 years old. Susie was born on September 7, 1907 at the family farm near Marion in Red Willow County to Albert Hiland and Flora Dena (Martin) Wagy. She lived in a sod house as a child and attended rural school near Marion....
Gerald Spilinek
Jun 26, 2009
Biography
Gerald Spilinek, 78, died Friday, June 26, 2009 at his home in McCook, Nebraska. He was born December 14, 1930 in Elba, Nebraska to Anton and Esther Spilinek. He attended school at Elba and graduated from Elba High School in 1948. Gerald served our country in the Army during the Korean War from August 6, 1952 to July...
Oma Stott
Jun 17, 2009
Biography
Oma Orvilla Stott died Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at McCook Community Hospital. She was 90. She was born in Benkelman to Justin Evans and Zella Leona (Rickard) Davis on May 18, 1919. She graduated from McCook High School in 1937. She married Ralph Parsons in Oberlin on February 7, 1937. To this union three children were born. Ralph...
Lloyd Frederick
Jun 12, 2009
Biography
Lloyd Joseph Frederick died Friday, June 12, 2009 at his home in Trenton. He was 80 years old. Lloyd was born December 29, 1928 on a farm near Humboldt, Kansas to Raymond and Clara (Westerman) Frederick. He attended rural country school. He entered the US Air Force and served during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged and...
Boyd Miller
Jun 10, 2009
Biography
Boyd Delane Miller died Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at his home in Culbertson after a courageous battle with Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 67 years old. Boyd was born on September 4, 1941, in Stapleton, Nebraska to Lloyd Dewayne and Halcyon Victoria (Lutes) Miller. He graduated from Indianola High School in 1960 and continued his education at McCook...
Evelyn Thompson
Jun 5, 2009
Biography
Evelyn Grace Thompson of McCook died Friday, June 5, 2009 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital. She was 88 years old. Evelyn was born on January 12, 1921, in Guide Rock, Nebraska to James Edward "Doc" and Lily Florence (Willett) Mann. She graduated from Guide Rock High School in 1938. On February 5, 1941, she was united in marriage to...
Billie Jo (McCaleb) Jordan
Jun 3, 2009
Billie Jo Jordan died at her home in Lebanon on Wednesday, June 3, 2009. She was 42 years old. Billie was born on March 26, 1967 in Cheyenne, WY to William Earl and Alberta Jean (Stanton) McCaleb. On September 26, 2003 she was united in marriage to Harold W. Jordan. She enjoyed being a home maker. Preceding her in...
Vonda Gayleen Doak
May 23, 2009
Vonda Gayleen (Davis) Doak died Saturday, May 23, 2009 at Bryan LGH East in Lincoln. She was 76 years old Vonda was born on January 30, 1933 in McDonald, Kansas to Sewell Willis and Mary Elllen (Buck) Davis. She attended school in McDonald and in 1951 attained her GED in McCook. On August 30, 1949, she was united in...
Wilma Liess
May 19, 2009
Biography Wilma Lucille Liess died Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at the Cambridge Hospital. She was 95. She was born in Indianola to William Joseph and Bessie L. (Hess) Carmichael on January 28, 1914. She was a member of St. Catherine's Altar Society, the American Legion Auxiliary and numerous card clubs. She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis in...
Dorothy Geihsler
May 18, 2009
Biography
Dorothy B. Geihsler died Monday, May 18, 2009 at Phelps County Memorial Hospital in Holdrege. She was 92 years old. Dorothy was born near Maywood on April 22, 1917, to Winfred A. and Mary Agnus (Trotter) Parker. She graduated from Curtis High School in 1936. On August 28, 1938, she was united in marriage to Clarence E. Geihsler...
Dorothy Vontz
May 15, 2009
Biography
Dorothy Ann Vontz, age 77, died Friday, May 15,2009 at Community Hospital. She was born on April 27, 1932, to Joseph B. and Hazel E. (Claflin) Kircher on their family farm north and west of Indianola. She graduated from Red Willow High School in 1949. She married Robert L. Yontz on February 3, 1951. To this union three...
Richard Pierce
May 13, 2009
Richard Charles Pierce of Kearney, formerly of Stratton, died Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at the Veteran's Affairs Medical Center in Grand Island. He was 82 years old. Richard was born on June 28, 1926, in Stratton, NE to Charles Elkanah and Lucy Belle (Cushing) Pierce. He graduated from Stratton High School. On August 5, 1943, he entered the US Navy...
Stacie Elizabeth Shaddock
May 11, 2009
Stacie Elizabeth (DeCrane) Shaddock died Monday, May 11, 2009 at her home in McCook. She was 49 years old. Stacie was born on July 7, 1959 in Houston, TX to Alfred and Joan (Hoffman) DeCrane. She graduated from Bronxville High School, Bronxville, NY in 1977. She continued her education at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO with a Bachelors...
June Marie Troxell
May 10, 2009
June Marie Troxell, age 81, died Sunday, May 10, 2009 at her home in McCook. She was born April 12, 1928 to Franklin Phillip and Yula Mae (Dunn) Kleckinger in Falls City, Nebraska. She married Joe Morgan. On February 12, 2005 she married Homer J. Troxell, Jr in Culbertson. She was a member of Bethel Missionary Church in Culbertson....
Chloe Dold
May 4, 2009
Send Flowers Chloe Irene Dold
December 2, 2005 - May 4, 2009
Chloe Irene Dold, age three, of McCook went to be with Jesus on May 4, 2009. She was born on December 2, 2005 at Hastings to Logan R. Tucker and Kaylia M. Dold. Chloe was a very tender-hearted child who had many "little friends". She...
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