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Lawrence 'Rex' Welborn (02/09/10)
April 7, 1927-Feb. 7, 2010 FARIBAULT, Minn. -- Lawrence "Rex" Welborn, 82, died Sunday (Feb. 7, 2010), at Pleasant Manor Nursing Home, in Faribault, Minn. He was born April 7, 1927, at Lebanon, to Lawrence and Auretta (Daffer) Welborn. He attended Lebanon schools and enlisted in the U.S. Navy upon graduation from high school...
Ardis Faye Brown (02/09/10)
June 3, 1936 - Feb. 8, 2010 INDIANOLA -- Ardis Faye Brown went to be with her Lord on Monday (Feb. 8, 2010) at the Cambridge Hospital. She was 73 years old. She was born in Furnas County on June 3, 1936, to Albert Francis and Madeline Jean (Dolph) Gutzman. She attended Sunny Hillside Rural School and Cambridge High School...
Howard Allen Petracek (02/09/10)
Nov. 24, 1934 - Feb. 5, 2010 OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Howard Allen Petracek, 75, passed away on Friday (Feb. 5, 2010). Howard was born on Nov. 24, 1934, in Oberlin, Kan. He worked for United Airlines for 12 years, Frontier Airlines for eight years, and served five years in the Army National Guard. Howard also farmed in Jennings, Kan., for 20 years. He enjoyed traveling all over the world...
Ward Lee McBee (02/09/10)
Jan. 9, 1939 - Feb. 4, 2010 MESA, Ariz. -- Ward Lee McBee passed away suddenly on Thursday (Feb. 4, 2010) in Mesa, Ariz., at the age of 71. He suffered a massive stroke and hung on until his family gathered to say their good-byes. Ward was born on a farm outside Culbertson on Jan. 9, 1939, to Frank and Lucile (Ball) McBee...
Duane Paul Wilkens (02/08/10)
Sept. 11, 1952-Feb. 5, 2010 McDONALD -- Duane Paul Wilkens, 57, died Friday (Feb. 5, 2010), at Valley View Senior Life Center in Junction City, Kan. He was born Sept. 11, 1952, at McCook. He was a feed store owner and a veteran of the U.S. armed services...
Sara L. Utter (02/05/10)
Dec. 26, 1932-Feb. 2, 2010 NORTH PLATTE -- Sara L. Utter, 77, died Tuesday (Feb. 2, 2010), at St. Francis Hospital in Grand Island. She was born Dec. 26, 1932, to George and Hazel (Neal) Genau at North Platte. She graduated from North Platte High School...
Joseph A. Haag (02/05/10)
Jan. 27, 1926 - Feb. 2, 2010 FARMINGTON, N.M. -- Joseph A. Haag, 84, died Tuesday (Feb. 2, 2010) at the San Juan Regional Medical Center. He was born Jan. 27, 1926, in Danbury to John and Nellie May (Thomas) Haag. He attended school at Danbury and later was drafted into the military during World War II and served in the 8th Army Air Corp, where he was an MP on Kwajalein Island, guarding the atom bomb...
Jean M. Peters (02/05/10)
April 29, 1915 - Feb. 3, 2010 GRAND ISLAND -- Jean M. Peters, 94, of Grand Island, formerly of McCook, died Wednesday (Feb. 3, 2010) at Wedgewood Care Center of Grand Island. There will be no services and at Jean's request cremation has taken place. All Faiths Funeral Home of Grand Island is serving the family...
Glema Jean Macy (02/04/10)
July 11, 1931 - Feb. 2, 2010 LEBANON -- Glema Macy, 78, died Tuesday (Feb. 2, 2010) at Cedar Living Center in Oberlin. She was born July 11, 1931, in Lebanon to Truman A. Gay and Clara Mildred Weatherwax. She grew up in Lebanon and Lyle, Kan., attended Hamburg Rural School and graduated from Decatur Community High School prior to attending Kearney State College...
Christine Karolene Relph (02/03/10)
Feb. 15, 1912 - Feb. 2, 2010 Christine Karolene Relph, 97, died Tuesday (Feb. 2, 2010) at McCook Community Hospital. She was born Feb. 15, 1912, to Walter and Anna (Volroth) Pollmann in Culbertson. She attended Culbertson Public School. She married Elmer Relph on Nov. 26, 1936, at McCook. They moved to Cheyenne, Wyo., and lived there until her husband's retirement from Union Pacific Railroad and then moved back to McCook...
Gladys Hoff (02/03/10)
April 3, 1926 - Jan. 28, 2010 IMPERIAL -- Gladys Elaine Hoff, 83, died Thursday (Jan. 28, 2010) at the St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. She was born April 3, 1926, in Imperial to Ralph D. and Minta E. (Speer) Grosbach. She grew up on a farm and attended schools near Enders, graduating in 1943 from Chase County High School in Imperial. After graduation she attended the University of Nebraska and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1947...
Louis Ferdinand Ostdiek (02/01/10)
Louis Ferdinand Ostdiek May 19, 1927 - Jan. 25, 2010 DENVER, Colo. -- Louis Ferdinand Ostdiek, 82, died Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, at St. Anthony Hospice in Denver, Colo. He was born May 19, 1927 in Indianola to Ferdinand and Rose (Schutte) Ostdiek. He spent two years in the U.S. Army...
Jesse Waldean Malick (02/01/10)
Sept. 8, 1916 - Jan. 31, 2010 MINDEN -- Jesse Waldean Malick, 93, died Sunday (Jan. 31, 2010) at the Bethany Home in Minden. He was born Sept. 8, 1916, in Bloomington to Jesse Uriah Malick and Vera Mae (Thomas) Malick. He was baptized in the Bloomington Methodist Church in 1934 and attended grade school and high school at Bloomington, where he gradated in 1934. He farmed in the Bloomington area after graduation...
Mary Angela Schenck (02/01/10)
March 14, 1932 - Jan. 30, 2010 Mary Angela Schenck, 77, died Saturday (Jan. 30, 2010) at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was born on March 14, 1932, to Thomas and Catherine (Boyle) Hoatson at North Platte. She graduated from St. Patrick's High School in North Platte in 1940. She attended the University of San Jose in San Jose, Calif...
Dean A. Brown (02/01/10)
Aug. 6, 1932 - Jan. 22, 2010 Dean A. Brown, 77, a resident of San Diego, Calif., since 1960, passed away suddenly on Jan. 22, 2010. He was born on Aug. 6, 1932 in Danbury to Don C. and Edna Ruth Roesch-Brown. After graduation from Indianola High School Dean enlisted in the U. ...
Irma Louise Johnson (02/01/10)
July 3, 1928 - Jan. 30, 2010 Irma Louise Johnson, 81, formerly of Benkelman, died Saturday (Jan. 30, 2010) at Community Hospital in McCook. She was born July 3, 1928, at Lawrence, to Ferdinand and Rose (Schutte) Ostdiek. She grew up in the South Fork Area, Benkelman, and Indianola...
Rita Woods (02/01/10)
March 6, 1917 - Jan. 28, 2010 KEARNEY -- Rita B. Woods, 92, of Kearney died Thursday (Jan. 28, 2010), at Mother Hull Home in Kearney. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m, Monday, at St. James Catholic Church in Kearney with the Rev. Matt Koperski officiating. Interment will be at a later date in McCook...
Gladys Hoff (01/29/10)
IMPERIAL -- Gladys Hoff, 83, died Thursday (Jan. 28, 2010), at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. Survivors include her husband, Dwight, of Imperial; two sons, Karl Hoff of Carbondale, Colo., and Paul and wife, Jennie Hoff of Austin, Texas; a daughter, Lynne Uhl and husband, Dave of Denver. Colo.: and two grandchildren...
Donald Dean Schmidt (01/29/10)
June 30, 1946 - Jan. 27, 2010 ELWOOD -- Donald Dean Schmidt, 63, died Wednesday (Jan. 27, 2010) at Elwood Care Center in Elwood. He was born June 30, 1946, in Holdrege to Bernard and Ruth (Swanson) Schmidt. He attended school at Holdrege High School and graduated in 1968. ...
Ruth B. Piper (01/29/10)
Jan. 17, 1922 - Jan. 28, 2010 Ruth Bernice Piper, 88, died Thursday (Jan. 28, 2010) at the Community Hospital in McCook. She was born Jan. 17, 1922, in McCook, the daughter of the late George and Rose (Hill) Hein. She grew up at Culbertson where she graduated from Culbertson High School...
Inez Etta (Rummel) Johnson (01/28/10)
Sept. 12, 1918 - Jan. 22, 2010 ATWOOD -- lnez Etta (Rummel) Johnson, 91, died Friday (Jan. 22, 2010) at her home in Atwood. She was born Sept. 12, 1918, in Atwood, Kan., to Henry C. Rummel and Vivian (McKnight) Rummel. On July 21, 1934, she married Francis Johnson. She worked as a store clerk at Manning's Grocery and Ridgeway Market. In the 1950s Francis built the Lakeside Cafe and she managed the restaurant. She also worked for her sister, Audrey Gannon at the Tastee Treat...
Robert Jack Vaughn Jr. (01/28/10)
Aug. 29, 1962 -- Jan. 26, 2010 OBERLIN -- Robert Jack Vaughn Jr., 47, died Tuesday (Jan. 26, 2010) at Jefferson Community Health Center in Fairbury. He was born Aug. 29, 1962, in Strong City, Kan., to Robert J. Vaughn and Sandra Goodnight. He grew up in Kansas and Nebraska and attended schools in Nebraska, Washington, Kansas and graduated from high school in Hugo, Okla...
Marcey A. Wolford (01/27/10)
Dec. 30, 1934 - Jan. 14, 2010 COZAD -- Marcey A. Wolford, 75, died Thursday (Jan. 14, 2010) at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Marcey was born Dec. 30, 1934, at Smith Center, Kan., to Ralph and Hilda (Haring) Innes. She graduated from Odessa High School in 1952 and attended Kearney State College until 1954...
Byron B. Brunswick (01/27/10)
June 26, 1940 - Jan. 26, 2010 Byron B Brunswick, 69, died Tuesday (Jan. 26, 2010) at the Community Hospital in McCook. He was born, June 26, 1940 at McCook, to Lewis M. and Dorothy G. (Bonar) Brunswick. Byron had four children, Robert, Chad, Tonja and Rona...
Gloria M. Messinger (01/27/10)
June 3, 1933 - Jan, 24, 2010 Gloria Marie Messinger, 76, died Sunday (Jan. 24, 2010) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. She was born June 3, 1933, at Oberlin, the daughter of the late Charles and Ruby (Parkhurst) Larreau. She attended grade schools at Oberlin, moving to McCook where she attended high school and graduated in 1951. Gloria worked at the Northwestern Bell Telephone office in McCook following her graduation...
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