Jan 3, 2007

William “Bill” Jensen, 86, died Wednesday, January 03, 2007, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. He was born, October 13, 1920 at Gem, Kansas to Jens and Mette (Axelsen) Jensen. He served in the U.S. Army during WW II from January 1942 to December 1945. He was a truck driver for many years and settled in McCook after 1976. He...

Dec 28, 2006

Marilyn Gladys Rucker of Hayes Center died Thursday, December 28, 2006, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was 78 years old. Marilyn was born on August 13, 1928 in Hayes County to David and Gladys (Repass) Alexander. She graduated from Hayes Center High School and attended Kearney College. She taught elementary school for a short time. On June 4,...

Dec 26, 2006

Jacquelin “Jackie” Jean Gallatin, 78, of McCook, died Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at Community Hospital in McCook. Jackie was born on February 25, 1928, at Bartley, NE to John Ellsworth and Helen Ann (Hoffstrand) Gallatin. She attended school at Danbury. In later years she moved to Lincoln and worked in the Lancaster Office of Mental Retardation Workshops. She did...

Dec 16, 2006

Donald LaVerne Jumps of Culbertson died Saturday, December 16, 2006 at his home. He was 70 years old. Don was born on March 23, 1936, in Hayes County, Nebraska to Benjamin Harrison and Freda (Behrendsen) Jumps. He graduated from Culbertson High School in 1954. On September 13, 1958, he married Mary C. Stromp. To this union two daughters were...

Dec 16, 2006

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Genevieve Greta Wagner of McCook died Saturday, December 16, 2006 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was 92 years old. Gen was born on July 24, 1914 in Red Willow County, Nebraska to Cecil Louis and Sarah Almeda (Myers) Ike. She graduated from McCook High School in 1931. On June 7, 1937, she married L. Jake Wagner in Oberlin,...

Dec 15, 2006

Everett George Fisher of Oberlin, KS, originally of McCook, died Friday, December 15, 2006 at Decatur County Hospital in Oberlin. He was 84 years old. Everett was born on December 26, 1921, in Lebanon, NE to Andrew George and Bessie Elizabeth (Hiatt) Fisher. He grew up in the Cambridge community. On August 27, 1942, he entered the US Army and...

Dec 14, 2006

Lester Eugene Daniel “Butch” died Thursday, December 14, 2006 at McCook Community Hospital. He was 60 years old. He was born December 28, 1945 to Orval R. and Goldie M. (Reeder) Daniel in Ogallala, Nebraska. He spent his childhood growing up in western Nebraska and Colorado. Lester entered the service when he was 17 years of age and was a...

Dec 13, 2006

Bruce Gerald Carlson, 55, died Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at his home in McCook. Bruce was born on June 25, 1951, in Clarinda, Iowa to Donald and Betty (Eggers) Stone. On September 22, 1957, Betty married Kenneth Verner Carlson in Atwood, Kansas. Bruce and his siblings were adopted by Kenneth on June 21, 1958. Bruce was preceded in death by...

Dec 5, 2006

Delores Yvonne Barger Thompson, age 76, of McCook, died Tuesday, December 05, 2006, at McCook Community Hospital. She was born on October 8, 1930, to John Clyde and Helen Melba Jane (Bailey) Mitchell in McCook. She graduated from McCook High School in 1948. She married Roy Charles Barger on June 8, 1949, in Holdrege. To this union were born two...

Dec 2, 2006

Maurice Fulton Couse passed away at his home in McCook, December 2, 2006 at the age of 74. With his wife and children by his side. He was born April 14, 1932 at the Butler-Couse Homestead east of McCook, in Red Willow County to Roger & Myrle (Stuart) Couse. He worked for the Bureau of Reclamation and farmed with his...

Nov 27, 2006

Murl Lavern Lavery died Monday, November 27, 2006 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. He was 85. Murl was born to Edwin C. and Mary E. “Lizzy” (Bowden) Lavery at home north of Overton on June 5, 1921. He attended District #42. He farmed with his father and brother until he married Bethine Bea Blakeslee on March 26, 1949 in the...

Nov 26, 2006

Raymond Lyle Bridgmon of Palisade died Sunday, November 26, 2006 at the Chase County Hospital, Imperial, Nebraska. He was 78 years old. He was born May 26, 1928 at Palisade to George Ervin Bridgmon and Jean Fulton Chartraw. He grew up in Palisade and graduated from the Palisade High School in 1946. He entered the US Air Force in 1946...

Nov 25, 2006

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Erma L. Harder, 82, passed away Saturday, November 25, 2006, at Columbus Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Columbus, Wisconsin. She was born May 5, 1924, in Dundy County to Louis and Emma (Delabar) Damrow. On June 16, 1942, she married Albert G. Harder at Benkelman, Nebraska. To this union three children were born. Erma was a longtime McCook...

Nov 23, 2006

Bob Keith Backer died Thursday, November 23, 2006 at Community Hospital at the age of 79. Bob was born August 20, 1927 in Belviedre, to Cyril Venard and Hazel Merle (Whitaker) Backer. He graduated from Fairbury High School in 1945, Fairbury Jr. College and then University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1950. He earned his Masters Degree in Administration...

Nov 20, 2006

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Harold Gene Karr, of Indianola, died Monday, November 20, 2006, at Community Hospital. He was 59 years old. Harold was born on February 18, 1947, to David Randolph and Dorothy Aline (McCollum) Karr in Texarkana, Arkansas. He graduated from High School and attended college for some time. On April 7, 1965, he entered the US Army and served...

Nov 20, 2006

Evelyn Effie Ploussard died Monday, November 20, 2006. She was 94. Evelyn was born in Red Willow County on January 25, 1912 to William and Lizzie (Mumby) Witt. She was the youngest of ten children. She attended country school through the eighth grade. On the evening of August 12, 1933 she married Frank J. Ploussard at a judge's house in...

Nov 18, 2006

Darryl Lee Tucker, of McCook, died Saturday, November 18, 2006. He was 76 years old. Darryl was born on December 17, 1929, in a sod house northwest of Hayes Center to R. T. and Zella Hortense (Ballard) Tucker. He attended Hayes Center Schools. On June 21, 1951, he entered the US Army and served with the 213th...

Nov 16, 2006

June Helen Louise Martens died Thursday, November 16, 2006, at Community Hospital in McCook. She had recently turned 91 years old. June was born on November 10, 1915, in Pender, Nebraska to Henry Herman and Elizabeth Wilhelmina (Rowe) Martens. She graduated from Pender High School. She made her home in Hardington for 22 years. She then moved to Holdrege...

Nov 15, 2006

Alma Laura (Unger) Ackerman, 96, of McCook, died Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. Alma was born on December 20, 1909, in the Ash Creek Community south of Indianola in Red Willow County. She was born the 9th child of Frederick and Emma (Tilgner) Unger. She was baptized at St. John's Ash Creek Lutheran Church and was also...

Nov 11, 2006

Wilma Meints, 78, of McCook entered into peaceful rest on Saturday, November 11, 2006 at Community Hospital in McCook. She was born August 1, 1928, four miles north of Wauneta to Raymond and Alta (Lentz) Handel. She attended school in Palisade. She married Paul Meints June 21, 1947 in Oberlin, Kans. One son was born to this union. They...