May 26, 2006

Biography

John O. Vogel passed away Friday (May 26, 2006) at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney at the age of 76. He was born LaVerne Oliver Vogel on July 12, 1929 in Hayes County, Nebraska, the son of the late George W. and Elizabeth (Spahn) Vogel. John grew up in southwest Nebraska, and since 1946 John resided in...

May 15, 2006

Edna Mildred Schaffert of Atwood, Kansas, originally of Bartley, died Monday, May 15, 2006 at the Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood. She was 83 years old. Edna was born on July 9, 1922, in Red Willow County, near Bartley, to John Frederick and Annie Augusta (Weiss) Fritz. She graduated from Cambridge High School in 1942. On May 31,...

May 10, 2006

Ruthella Theda Jones died Wednesday, May 10, 2006, at McCook Community Hospital. She was 85 years old. Ruthella was born January 30, 1921, to George and Theda (Poore) Carter in Red Willow County. She attended Red Willow School, McCook Junior College and Kearney State College. She married John Francis Jones in McCook on September 22, 1940. To this union...

Apr 30, 2006

Edith W. Peterson, age 89, died Sunday, April 30, 2006, at Brighton, Colorado. Edith was born April 29, 1917, to Blaine and Grace (Young) Pugh, in Madison County NE. She married Paul Peterson at Palisade on January 10, 1937. To this union two children were born, Larry and Donna. She and her husband farmed south of Palisade, Hayes Center and...

Apr 29, 2006

Biography

Michele Wilke, age 50, died at her home west of McCook on Saturday (April 29, 2006). Michele was born the second of six children on June 13, 1955, at Brokton, MA to Norman and Barbara (Osborne) Veronesi. On February 14, 2000, she married Marvin Wilke at McCook. They made their home in McCook. Michele was a member of...

Apr 27, 2006

Leila S. "Miss T" Herzog of Culbertson died Thursday, April 27, 2006 at El Dorado Manor in Trenton. She was 73 years old. T. was born on November 13, 1932 at Fergus Falls, MN to Olaf H. and Opal Normanda (Rovig) Thorstenson. She graduated from Battle Lake High School. She attended Iowa State College, Kearney State College, and Colorado...

Apr 22, 2006

Donna Louise (Stewart) Burton, 75 of Bartley, died Saturday, April 22, 2006 at Hillcrest Nursing Home after a 14 year battle with cancer. She was born August 19, 1930 to Robert and Gertrude (Matticks) Stewart at Spring Ranch, Nebraska. Her family moved to a farm north of Bartley when she was three. She graduated from Bartley High School in...

Apr 21, 2006

Marvin Dean Novak of McCook died Friday, April 21, 2006 at McCook Community Hospital. He was 73 years old. Marvin was born on January 2, 1933, on a farm near Belleville, Kansas to Charley and Bertha Rebecca (Sanford) Novak. He graduated from Belleville High School in 1950. He was united in marriage to Gloria Matilda Swanson on September 9, 1953...

Apr 19, 2006

Rose Marie Unger died Wednesday, April 19, 2006 at McCook Community Hospital. She was 95 years old. Rose was born on February 25, 1911, at Kearney to William Frederick and Bertha Cedonia (Gartner) Keen. As a child Rose's parents moved from Minden to McCook. She was baptized in April of 1937 by Pastor Wagner at the Lutheran Church northwest...

Apr 17, 2006

Biography

Dorothy Lucille Unger of Cambridge died Monday, April 17, 2006 at the Cambridge Hospital. She was 91 years old. Dorothy was born on December 22, 1914 at Beaver City, Nebraska to Lyod and Lizzie Bell (Cline) Ventling. She graduated from Bartley High School in 1933. She continued her education at Kearney State Teachers College receiving her teaching certificate....

Apr 17, 2006

Roger J. Britten died Monday, April 17, 2006, at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, he was 54. Roger was born September 4, 1951, to Raymond and Agnes (Delaney) Britten in Red Cloud. He graduated from Blue Hill High School and attended McCook Junior College, where he was a member of the football team. He married Pamela Williamson on April 8,...

Apr 16, 2006

Vera Louise Crabtree died Sunday, April 16, 2006 at her home in Indianola. She was 80 years old. Vera was born on October 22, 1925 at McCook to Wallace Riley and Louise Nora (Brown) Aman. She graduated from McCook High School in 1943, McCook Junior College in 1945 and attended the University of Lincoln. On February 10, 1946, she married...

Apr 15, 2006

Bruce William Atkins died Saturday, April 15, 2006 at the Veteran's Hospital in Omaha. He was 75 years old. Bruce was born on November 27, 1930, at Malta Ridge, New York to William and Mattie (Long-Caudwell) Atkins. After his high school graduation he entered the United States Army on May 22, 1951 and served during the Korean Conflict. He...

Apr 10, 2006

Henry “Hank” Mathias Fossen died Monday, April 10, 2006, at Hillcrest Nursing Home, he was 92. He was born May 16, 1913 to Peter and Jennie (Keegan) Fossen in Red Willow County. He married Pauline Stritt on October 17, 1945 in Indianola. To this union four children were born, Kenneth, Clarence, Larry, and Marcia. He farmed northeast of Indianola...

Apr 1, 2006

Patricia M. (Reiners) Koetter, 75, of McCook died Saturday, April 1, 2006 at Community Hospital in McCook. She was born on October 25, 1930 in McCook to Fred and Mary (Tines) Reiners. She attended school at Red Willow Schools. She studied nursing at Kansas City, Kansas and worked for many years as an R.N. at St. Catherine's Hospital in...

Apr 1, 2006

Jeff Davis Lasater, Jr. of McCook died at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Saturday, April 1, 2006. He was 47 years old. He was born in San Angelo, TX on April 17, 1958 to Jeff Davis and Dorothy LaVerne (Sprinkle) Lasater, Sr. He graduated from McCook High School in 1978. He worked at the Dayco Rubber...

Mar 31, 2006

Eileen Ruth Randel, 66 of Indianola, died Friday, March 31, 2006 in Lincoln County, south of North Platte, as a result of a car accident. She was born January 5, 1940 in Culbertson to John W. and Martha (Wagner) Miller. She grew up in Culbertson where she graduated from high school in 1957. She attended Nebraska State Teachers College...

Mar 29, 2006

James Monroe Manley, 81 died Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at Cambridge Manor in Cambridge. He was born June 19, 1924 to Edgar and Sarah (Stewart) Manley in Edison. He attended McCook Public Schools. He married Rowene Myers on June 6, 1948, to this union one son, Jerry, was born. They made their home in McCook. He worked for the...

Mar 19, 2006

Shirley Ann Grabast, 72, of Palisade, died Sunday, March 19, 2006 at Cambridge Hospital as a result of car accident. She was born on August 1, 1933, at the family farm in Palisade, to Floyd F. and Ann (Dudek) Follett. She attended Palisade Public Schools. Shirley was united in marriage to Gary Grabast on July 29, 1971 in Trenton. He...

Mar 18, 2006

Elmer A. Alberts, 84 of Palisade died Saturday (March 18, 2006) at Community Hospital in McCook. He was born August 4, 1921 at Culbertson to Harmon J. and Hinrika (Groothuis) Alberts. He was baptized and confirmed in St. John’s Lutheran Church in Culbertson and attended District 75 and Lutheran Christian Day School and graduated from Culbertson High School in 1940....