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....

Mar 12, 2006

Joan Lee Haller, 75 died Sunday, March 12, 2006 at Sunset Manor in Frontenac, KS. She was 75 years old. She was born in McCook on September 21, 1930 to Jake and Marie (Reinek) Frick, Jr. She was raised on a farm east of Culbertson and later graduated from Culbertson High School in 1948. She worked for Safeway Grocery...

Mar 11, 2006

Doris B. Awtry of McCook died Saturday, March 11, 2006 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. She was 81 years old. She was born October 10, 1924 at Curtis to Peter C. and Anna Elsie (Rossen) Nelsen. She grew up in Curtis and graduated from the University of Nebraska School of Agriculture High School in 1942....

Mar 9, 2006

Vernon A. Wortman of McCook died Thursday (March 9, 2006) at McCook Community Hospital. He was 73 years old. He was born March 20, 1932 at Tekamah to Albert John and Margaret Lorraine (Young) Wortman. He grew up on a farm near Walthill and graduated from Walthill High School in 1949. He attended and played football at Wayne State...

Mar 9, 2006

Jay Dee Bailey was born December 7, 1938 in a house in Stratton, Nebraska to Justus D. and Marjorie Pearl Bailey. He passed away at Benkelman Hospital on March 9, 2006 at the age of 67. The family moved to Colorado when Jay was 2 years old, and Jay graduated from Arvada High School in 1956. Jay was proud...

Feb 25, 2006

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LeAnn Christy Johnson, 38, died Saturday, February 25, 2006 near Hayes Center, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. LeAnn was born January 30, 1968 to Gilbert D. and Patricia A. (McKinley) Stasser, at Burlington, CO. She graduated from high school in St. Francis, KS in 1986, and attended the Northwest Kansas Area Vocational Tech School in Goodland,...

Feb 23, 2006

Bradley D. Williams, 63, of Indianola, died Thursday, February 23, 2006 at the Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge. Bradley was born in McCook, November 6, 1942 to Cecil C. and Roberta M. (McCafferty) Williams. He was raised in Bartley and graduated from Bartley in 1960. He married Lynne M. Hierzer on August 17, 1963 in Denver, Co. To this union, two...

Feb 20, 2006

Joy Mae (DeOss) Burton Arendell , 76 died Monday, February 20, 2006 at Mount Carmel Nursing Home in Kearney. Joy was born April 24, 1929 to Francis Henry and Ollie Mae (McClellan) DeOss in Holbrook, NE. Joy was the third of four children. Joy grew up in Holbrook and attended Holbrook Public School graduating in 1947. In 1948 Joy...

Feb 19, 2006

Richard Lewis Bunstock, 78, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2006, at McCook, Neb. He was preceded in death by three wives; Donna (Sullivan) Bunstock, Merry (Meints) Bunstock, and Deloras (Nickerson) Bunstock. He is survived by son James Bunstock and wife Kerin of Lincoln, Neb.; daughters Candice Arent and husband Paul of Loveland, Colo., Yolanda Weimer and husband Ron of Highlands Ranch,...

Feb 17, 2006

Phyllis Marie Wineinger, of Palisade, died Friday, February 17, 2006, at St. Joseph, Missouri, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 61 years old. Phyllis was born on October 27, 1944 in Benkelman to Harold and Margaret (Hanes) Merklin. She was a homemaker and was very active in all of her children and grandchildren’s lives. Preceding her in death...

Feb 14, 2006

Candice L. Baltzell, 58, of McCook, died Tuesday, February 14, 2006 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska, following a brief illness. Mrs. Baltzell was born on April 6, 1947 in Kankakee, Illinois, the daughter of Orville and Eve (Elliott) Borchers. She was a 1965 graduate of East Richland High School in Olney, Illinois and attended Olney Central College....

Feb 12, 2006

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Geraldine Fay "Gerri" Giespert died Sunday, February 12, 2006 at Community Hospital in McCook. She was 86 years old. Gerri was born on November 6, 1919, at Cambridge to John Edwin and Lenora May (DeWester) Tumbleson. She graduated from Cambridge High School. On April 24, 1939, she married William P. Bahl in McCook. To this union six sons...

Feb 11, 2006

Alfred Glaves, Jr., of McCook, died Saturday, February 11, 2006, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was 88 years old. Alfred was born on March 28, 1917, in Sheffield, England to Alfred and Selina (Twibelle) Glaves, Sr. At the age of 13 he and his parents came to the United States and settled on the East Coast. They later...

Feb 9, 2006

James “Don” Donald Keeler passed away Thursday, February 9, 2006, at Haven Manor in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was 87 years old. He was born June 3, 1918 in Fairmont, Nebraska to James B. and Hannah A. (Davis) Keeler. He attended a country school in Filmore County, and then graduated from Fairmont High in 1935. He married JoEllyn Stromp on...

Feb 2, 2006

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Carol Ann Moorhous, 69, died Thursday, February 2, 2006 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln. Carol was born on May 25, 1936, to Rex Clifton and Evelyn Pearl (Harbaugh) Norris in McCook. She graduated from McCook High School in 1954. On July 16, 1961, she married Keith Moorhous at McCook. To this union three children were born. They...

Jan 31, 2006

Frances E. Waddell, 82, died Tuesday, January 31, 2006 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was born to Margaret (Lang) and Francis B. Foley in Frontier County on May 14, 1923. She attended rural schools and graduated from Havana High School. She attended McCook Junior College, Kearney State College, and Denver University. She married James S. Waddell in Indianola, on...

Jan 28, 2006

Betty Louise Burton Dack peacefully went to be with her loved ones and Savior, entering Eternity on Saturday, 28 January 2006 while a resident of the Hillcrest Nursing Home her home for the past 29 years. She was 75. Betty first saw the light of day being born on September 5, 1930 near Bartley, Nebraska to Myrl Russell and Clarice...

Jan 23, 2006

Patrick S. Sheets died Monday, January 23, 2006, near Hayes Center as a result of an automobile accident. He was 15 years old. Patrick was born in Imperial to Ernie S. Sheets and Teresa D. James. He was a freshman at Hayes Center High School where he played football and basketball. He was a member of the Union Congregational Church...

Jan 20, 2006

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Frances Marie Flaherty died Friday, January 20, 2006 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was 88 years old. She was born at Utica January 25, 1917 to John and Frances (Conway) Sullivan. She attended school in McCook. She married Patrick Joseph Flaherty October 13, 1942 in McCook. To this union three children were born. They made their...