McCook Daily Gazette 
January 25, 2008
DECEASED: Steve LAMBERT
BIRTH:Sept. 5, 1959, at Renton, Wash., to Gary 
and Donna (England) Lambert
DEATH: Jan. 23, 2008 McCook, NE
SERVICES:Jan. 29, 2008, at 11 a.m. at McCook Christian Church
IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY both sets of grandparents, I.W. Lambert 
and Clara, Leonard England and Ida Winifred; step-son, Robert Hammond. 

McCook Daily Gazette 
January 28, 2008
DECEASED: Bernice A KIRCHER
BIRTH:in Giltner, NE Sept. 19, 1921, to Oscar and 
Anna (Kindvall) Oberg
MARRIAGE:Lyle Graves. They were divorced Mar 27, 1974; 
Gere Kircher on April 18. 1975
DEATH:Jan.25, 2008 McCook, NE
SERVICES:Jan 30  Carpenter Breland Chapel in McCook, NE
BURIAL: Memorial Park Cemetery
IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents, Oscar and Anna Oberg; son, Russell 
Graves on Jan. 13, 1980; her husbands, Lyle Graves and Gere Kircher; three 
sisters, Elizabeth Kircher, Margaret Brown and Goldie Amanet; and two 
brothers, Carl Oberg and Gust Oberg; nephew, Eddie Oberg and 
niece, Charlene Doherty; and step son, Gary Kircher
 
McCook Daily Gazette 
January 29, 2008
DECEASED: Virgil P HAAG
BIRTH:Nov. 1, 1921, to John J. and Nellie 
May (Thomas) Haag in Danbury, NE
MARRIAGE:June 7, 1942, Frances Elizabeth "Bette" Grant 
in Wagner, Okla
DEATH:Jan. 24, 2008, at Kingston, Wash. as a result of a hit 
and run accident 
SERVICES:Feb. 2, 2008 Stone Chapel in Poulsbo, Wash.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents; wife, Bette in 2001; 
sister, Mary Logan; brothers, Johnny and Leo and their wives. 

McCook Daily Gazette 
January 30, 2008
DECEASED:Douglas R LONG
BIRTH:May 15, 1947, at Oxford to Derryl R. and 
Fae L. (Mues) Long
MARRIAGE:Sandy Niemeier on Jan. 25, 1969, at 
Trinity Lutheran Church in Arapahoe, NE
DEATH:Jan. 28, 2008 at Cambridge, NE
SERVICES:Jan 31  Trinity Lutheran Church in Arapahoe, NE
BURIAL:Holbrook Cemetery
IN CHARGE:Wenburg Funeral Home of Arapahoe, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his father
 
McCook Daily Gazette 
January 30, 2008
DECEASED:Wilfred MILLER
BIRTH:Feb. 7, 1913, to Anna Wallin Miller and Locy 
Nelson Miller on a farm west of Imperial, NE
MARRIAGE:Dec. 25, 1932, Helen Dunbar
DEATH:Jan. 26, 2008 Imperial, NE
SERVICES:Jan 30  First United Methodist 
Church of Imperial, NE
BURIAL:Mount Hope Cemetery in Imperial
IN CHARGE:Liewer Funeral Home 
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his wife, Helen; his parents; two 
brothers; two sisters; one daughter-in-law; two grandsons; 
and one great-grandchild. 

McCook Daily Gazette 
January 31, 2008
DECEASED:Josephine "Jody" BRAUN
BIRTH:Oct. 29, 1916, at McCook, NE to Joseph Franklin 
and Kathryn Elizabeth (Phillips) Downs
MARRIAGE:William Jerome Braun
DEATH:Jan. 29, 2008 McCook, NE
SERVICES: later
IN CHARGE:Herrmann Funeral Home
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY  her parents; her husband, William 
Jerome Braun in 1989 and one son, William Franklin Braun on 
Nov. 1, 2003; and two sisters, Elizabeth (Lindbeck) Rollstin 
and Roberta Hawn
  
McCook Daily Gazette 
January 31, 2008
DECEASED:Glen Richard LEWIS
BIRTH:June 17, 1938, on the family farm in Hitchcock Co, NE 
to Isaac E. and Leretta S. (Bush) Lewis
MARRIAGE: Bernice A. Styskal in March of 1961, at Grant, NE
DEATH:Jan. 30, 2008), Kearney, NE
SERVICES:Feb 1   First United Methodist 
Church in Wauneta, NE
BURIAL: Riverside Cemetery at Wauneta
IN CHARGE:Liewer Funeral Home in Wauneta
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents; sisters, Lorene Greeley 
and Vera Remington

McCook Daily Gazette 
January 31, 2008
DECEASED: Kenneth J WASIA
BIRTH:June 20, 1915, in St. Ann to Andrew and 
Johanna (Pick) Wasia
MARRIAGE:Freda Schultz on Oct. 15, 1942
DEATH:Jan. 28, 2008 at Community Hospital
SERVICES: later
IN CHARGE:Colyer Funeral Home of Torrington, WY
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents, two brothers 
and two sisters

McCook Daily Gazette 
January 31, 2008
DECEASED:Zona Belle VOLGAMORE
BIRTH:July 18, 1910, se of Beaver City in Furnas Co, NE 
to James Adam and Elviria Alice (Vining) McCarty
MARRIAGE: June 20, 1928, Earl Ernest Volgamore at Norton, Kan
DEATH:Jan. 28, 2008 Shelton, NE
SERVICES:Feb 1  O'Brien-Straatmann Funeral 
Home in Kearney, NE
BURIAL:Maple Creek Cemetery at Precept
IN CHARGE:O'Brien-Straatmann Funeral Home in Kearney
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents; husband, Earl in April 1990; 
sisters, Faye Beins, Elsie Cozad, Lucy Leonard, Grace Burden and 
Margie McCarty; brothers, Glen McCarty, Cecil McCarty and Emery 
McCarty; grandson, Darcy Coffey; and great-grandson, Zane Pebeck. 

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 1, 2008
DECEASED:Patricia Jean SWANSON
BIRTH:April 6, 1934, in Cambridge NE, to Fern and Lucille Ellis
MARRIAGE:to Robert Williams for 25 years; to Art Swanson for 21 years
DEATH:Jan 30, 2008
SERVICES:Feb 6 Trinity United Methodist Church in Cambridge, NE
BURIAL:Fairview Cemetery in Cambridge
IN CHARGE:Lockenour-Jones Mortuary
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her husband, Henry A Swanson "Art", one 
brother, Ralph Ellis and one sister, Betty Dake
 
McCook Daily Gazette 
February 1, 2008
DECEASED:Phillip James VONTZ
BIRTH: to Marion and Elda (Colling) on Aug. 28, 1931
in Indianola, NE
MARRIAGE:Janice
DEATH:Jan. 31, 2008 at his home in Paxton, NE
SERVICES/BURIAL: August 2008, in Fort McPherson 
Cemetery at Maxwell, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents, Marion in 1996 and 
Elda in 1998; brother, Larry in 1992 and sister-in-law, Nadina Vontz. 

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 1, 2008
DECEASED:Doris Hinderike ADAMS 
BIRTH:on Sept. 7, 1923, in rural Webster Co, NE 
near Rosemont NEto Carl M. and Eisine (Ida) (Hoppen) Wilhelms
MARRIAGE:Joseph G. Hubl on Sept. 24, 1946;  
May 2, 1982, John J. Adams
DEATH: Jan. 31, 2008, Atwood, KS
SERVICES: Feb 4   Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Atwood, KS
BURIAL:St. James Cemetery at Trenton, NE
IN CHARGE:Herrmann Funeral Home
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her brother, Roy and 
granddaughter, Peggy O'Byrne
 
McCook Daily Gazette 
February 1, 2008
DECEASED:Josephine Maria McPHILLIPS
BIRTH: March 20, 1925, to Josef and Maria (Schierlinger) 
Reiner in Schrobenhausen, Germany
MARRIAGE:Owen F. McPhillips on  Oct. 1, 1960, 
in Schrobenhausen, Germany
DEATH: Jan. 31, 2008, McCook, NE
SERVICES:Feb 2 Carpenter Breland Chapel  McCook, NE 
Her body will lie in state at the Swan-Law Funeral Home in 
Colorado Springs where a service will be on Feb. 6, 2008,
BURIAL:Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colo
IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY  her parents, Josef and Maria Reiner; 
her husband, Owen F. McPhillips; and two sisters, Steffie Reiner 
and Rena Pawlowsky. 

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 1, 2008
DECEASED:Bonnie D WENDLAND-PFEIFFER
BIRTH: May 9, 1935, at Arapahoe, NE to Walter L. and 
D. Velma (Dunlap) Breinig
MARRIAGE:June 15, 1957 to Robert J. Wendland at Immanuel 
Lutheran Church north of Arapahoe, NE; Lyle Pfeiffer on Dec. 12, 1998, 
at Trinity Lutheran Church in Arapahoe, NE
DEATH:Jan. 31, 2008 Elwood, NE 
SERVICES:Feb 2  Trinity Lutheran Church in Arapahoe, NE
BURIAL:Arapahoe Cemetery
IN CHARGE:Wenburg Funeral Home of Arapahoe, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents, husband, Robert 
and sister, Connie Sander

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 4, 2008
DECEASED:Bessie Elizabeth DOWNEY
BIRTH:May 12, 1909, on a farm near Cambridge, NE to 
Paul and Pauline Ogorzolka
MARRIAGE:April 7, 1928, William C. Downey
DEATH:Feb. 2, 2008 at the Cambridge, NE
SERVICES:Feb 6  St. John the Baptist Catholic 
Church in Cambridge, NE
BURIAL:St. John's Cemetery at Cambridge, NE
IN CHARGE:Lockenour-Jones Mortuary in Cambridge, NE 
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents, Paul and Pauline; husband, Bill in 1979; 
three brothers, Anthony, George and Leo; and three sisters, Mamie, 
Cecilia and Agnes. 

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 4, 2008
DECEASED:Richard Kirkland STRAYER
BIRTH:Jan. 14, 1922, in McCook, NE to Miley Eugene and 
Mabel Pearl (Dutcher) Strayer
MARRIAGE:Amy; June
DEATH:Feb. 2, 2008, in Fort Worth, TX
SERVICES:Feb 5   Genesis United Methodist Church in 
Fort Worth, TX
BURIAL: Laurel Land Memorial Park in Fort Worth, TX
IN CHARGE:Laurel Land Funeral Home of Fort Worth, TX
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY  his first wife, Amy and second wife, June
 
McCook Daily Gazette 
February 4, 2008
DECEASED:Everett B STAMM
BIRTH:Jan. 30, 1919, to Ernest John and Zella 
Blanche (Bernard) Stamm
MARRIAGE:Dec. 8, 1940, Louise Hardwick
DEATH:Jan. 31, 2008, Imperial, NE
SERVICES:Feb 4 United Methodist Church in Benkelman, NE
BURIAL: Benkelman Cemetery
IN CHARGE: Forch Funeral Chapel of Benkelman
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents, Ernest and Zella Stamm; 
his loving wife, Louise; brother, Gene Stamm; and 
granddaughter, Kristina Lea Wilson. 

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 5, 2008
DECEASED:Irene Mary KUBIK
BIRTH:to Clement and Elisabeth (Ostdiek) Witte on a farm 
east of Lawrence, Kan., on April 23, 1911
MARRIAGE:Feb. 2, 1933, Francis B. Kubik in Cambridge, NE
DEATH:Feb. 4, 2008), at Cambridge Manor
SERVICES:Feb 7   St. John's the Baptist Catholic Church 
in Cambridge, NE
BURIAL: St. John's Catholic Cemetery in Cambridge
IN CHARGE:Lockenour-Jones Mortuary of Cambridge
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents; husband, Francis in 1999; 
an infant son; seven brothers, Alvin, Wilber, Herbert, Arthur, 
Gilbert, LeRoy and Edwin; and one sister, Vera Laughlin
 
McCook Daily Gazette 
February 5, 2008
DECEASED:Myrna Sue KELLER
BIRTH: Nov. 3, 1933, in Harlan Co, NE to Arthur William and 
Lucille Evelyn (Borges) Fruhling
MARRIAGE:March 3, 1950, Donald Eugene (Pee Wee) Keller
DEATH: Feb. 4, 2008, Trenton, NE
SERVICES: Feb 7 United Church of Christ in Trenton, NE
BURIAL:Trenton Cemetery
IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents, Arthur and Lucille Fruhling; her 
husband, Donald Keller on March 17, 1997; a grandson, Corey Fritsch 
on Dec. 17, 1997; and an infant brother, Jackie
 
McCook Daily Gazette 
February 7, 2008
DECEASED:James A MUTSCHLER
BIRTH:Dec. 11, 1936, at Geneva, Iowa to Fred and 
Maria (Sailer) Mutschler
MARRIAGE:Lois Afseth
DEATH:Feb. 5, 2008, Benkelman, NE
SERVICES:Feb 8  Weiderspahn-Radomsky Chapel of the Chimes 
in Cheyenne, Wyo
IN CHARGE:Forch Funeral Chapel of Stratton NE, and 
Weiderspahn-Radomsky Chapel of Cheyenne, WY
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents, Fred and Maria Mutschler; his 
wife, Lois in 2002; brothers, Elmer Mutschler, Lester Mutschler and 
Marvin Mutschler; and one sister, Dorothy Dohlman
 
McCook Daily Gazette 
February 8, 2008
DECEASED:Russell Lynn GOHL
BIRTH: Dec. 12, 1954, in McCook, NE to William F. and 
Melva A. (Korell) Gohl
MARRIAGE:Nov. 30, 1985, Patricia Rae Nelson in Culbertson, NE
DEATH:Feb. 6, 2008, at UNL Medical Center in Omaha, NE
SERVICES:Feb 11  Hayes Center High School Gym
BURIAL:Culbertson Cemetery
IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook, NE 
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his father, William in 1992 
McCook Daily Gazette 
February 11, 2008
DECEASED:Evelyn L WOLAVER
BIRTH:Dec. 3, 1938, at Carnegie, Okla., to Jack 
and Maudie (Perkins) Gandy
MARRIAGE:Ralph L. Wolaver
DEATH: Feb. 7, 2008, Benkelman, NE
SERVICES: none planned
IN CHARGE: Forch Funeral Chapel of 
Benkelman, NE
 
McCook Daily Gazette 
February 11, 2008
DECEASED: Judy Carol PEREZ
BIRTH:March 26, 1944, in Roswell, N.M., to Howard and 
Nell Baumbach
MARRIAGE: April 1, 1967, Ceasar "Ernie" Perez in Indianola, NE; 
they later divorced
DEATH: Feb. 6, 2008, in Omaha, NE
SERVICES: Feb 12 Papillion Christian Center in Omaha, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her mother, Nell Baumbach
 
McCook Daily Gazette 
February 11, 2008
DECEASED:LeRoy FISHER
BIRTH:Aug. 17, 1928, on a farm north of Hayes Center, NE
MARRIAGE:Ramona M. Fisher  on Sept. 18, 1951, in Hyattsville, Md
DEATH:Feb. 8, 2008 North Platte, NE
SERVICES: Feb 12  First Baptist Church in North Platte, NE
BURIAL:North Platte Cemetery 
IN CHARGE:Carpenter Memorial Chapel in North Platte
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents, Lee and Ethel Fisher; son, 
Dale; daughter, Connie; grandson, Travis Fisher. five brothers, 
John, Leonard, Bryson, LaVern and Loren; and sister, Marjorie Petty.
 
McCook Daily Gazette 
February 11, 2008
DECEASED: James Junior JIRIK
BIRTH:in Palisade, NE on May 12, 1928
MARRIAGE:Mary Shallcross  55 yrs 
DEATH:Feb. 8, 2008 of Gainesville, Ga
SERVICES:Feb 13   Gainesville First United Methodist Church
IN CHARGE:Mason & Ward Funeral Home, Gainesville
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY  his parents, James and Orpha Jirik of 
Palisade and his brother, George Albert Jirik, of Raton, N.M. 
 
McCook Daily Gazette 
February 12, 2008
DECEASED: Opal Louise NEFF
BIRTH:Oct. 22, 1929, at Max, NE to Ernest and 
Pearl (Lundbery) Lang
DEATH:Feb. 8, 2008 Lafayette, Colo
SERVICES/BURIAL:Feb 11   Benkelman Cemetery
IN CHARGE:Forch Funeral Chapel  Benkelman, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents, Ernest and Pearl Lang and 
two brothers, Ray Lang and Floyd Lang

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 12, 2008
DECEASED:Clifford Bernard MIHM
BIRTH:July 15, 1922, at Indianola, NE to Fred Henry and 
Anna Marie (Kircher) Mihm
MARRIAGE:Oct. 20, 1945, to Sylvia Elizabeth Townsend 
in Indianola, NE
DEATH: Feb. 11, 2008, McCook, NE
SERVICES:Feb 15  St. Catherine's Catholic Church 
in Indianola, NE
BURIAL:St. Catherine's Cemetery
IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents, Fred and Anna Mihm; his 
wife, Sylvia, on Oct. 19, 2002; two brothers, Albert and 
Clarence Mihm; and three sisters-in-law, Lena Mihm, 
Alma Mihm and Claudia Mihm. 

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 12, 2008
DECEASED:Wilmer Gene "Bill" STEINKE
BIRTH:July 20, 1924 to Fredrick William Emil and Pauline 
Dorotha (Hedke) Steinke
MARRIAGE:Polly Marie Thomas on Oct. 9, 1947
DEATH:Feb. 10, 2008, McCook, NE
SERVICES:Feb 13  United Methodist Church in Trenton, NE
BURIAL:Trenton Cemetery
IN CHARGE: Herrmann Funeral Home
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY an infant son, Lloyd Warren Steinke; his 
parents; five brothers, Delbert, Lee, Walter, Harry and Glenn 
Steinke; brother-in-law, Jack Lawson; sisters-in-law, Ruth 
Steinke, Chloie Steinke and Lucile Steinke; and in-laws, Webster 
and Marjorie Thomas. 

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 12, 2008
DECEASED: Don M STINE
BIRTH: 77 yrs  in Denver, Colo., to Herman and Eula (Stevens) Stine
MARRIAGE:Gwen Scherard in Englewood, Colo., on June 13, 1954
DEATH:Feb. 10, 2008 at Cambridge, NE 
SERVICES:Feb 13   Trinity United Methodist Church in Cambridge, NE
BURIAL: Fairview Cemetery in Cambridge, NE
IN CHARGE:Lockenour-Jones Mortuary
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 13, 2008
DECEASED:Marjorie Mae WALTERS
BIRTH: Jan. 10, 1918, in Kansas City, Mo., and was adopted at an 
early age by Arthur E. and Florence (Houser) Walters
DEATH:Jan. 8, 2008 in Indianapolis, Ind
SERVICES:Jan. 26, 2008, at New Paradigm Christian 
Church in Indianapolis, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents, Arthur and Florence 
Walters; brother, Robert Walters; and sisters, Alma Lou Moffett, 
Eunice Evans and Ellen O'Leary

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 15, 2008
DECEASED:William E. "Bill" PANKONIN
BIRTH:Oct. 2, 1947, to Edward and Gladys (Pollard) 
Pankonin at Grant, Neb
MARRIAGE:Feb. 12, 1966, Sharon Mae Snyder; 
May 1, 1980, Clara Bea Nichols
DEATH: Feb. 12, 2008, Benkelman, Neb
SERVICES:Feb. 16, 2008, at Zion Lutheran Church in 
Benkelman, Nebraska
IN CHARGE: Forch Funeral Chapel of Benkelman, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents, Ed and Marie Pankonin

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 15, 2008
DECEASED:Ardis Nadine CALLAN
BIRTH:Oct. 7, 1929, to Frank G. Hall and Treva 
(Greenlee) Hall in Frontier Co, Neb
MARRIAGE:Billy G. "Tuff" Callan on May 23, 1951, to Raton, N.M
DEATH:Feb. 13, 2008, Grand Island, Neb
SERVICES: Feb. 18, 2008, at the Herrmann Memorial 
Chapel in McCook, NE
BURIAL:Cedar Grove Cemetery at Indianola, NE
IN CHARGE:Herrmann Funeral Home
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY  her husband, on Aug. 11, 1977; 
her parents; and her brother-in-law, Gerald Greenlee

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 15, 2008
DECEASED:Francis "Fran" Joseph WIRTH
BIRTH:June 17, 1917, to William and 
Genevieve (Schneider) Wirth at Dunbar, NE
MARRIAGE:June 18, 1947, Elizabeth Neuhalfen in Tampa, Fla
DEATH:Feb. 14, 2008 Gothenburg, NE
SERVICES:Feb 16  St. Patrick's Catholic Church
IN CHARGE:Carpenter Memorial Chapel
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY  his parents; his wife, Betty; six 
brothers, Leo, Louie, Alex, Emil, Bill and James Wirth; and 
four sisters, Mary Kasbohm, Helen Crawford, Sally Wirth 
and Sister Mary Francesca

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 18, 2008
DECEASED:Pauline Roberta NUTT
BIRTH:Aug. 29, 1913 at Curtis NE, to Arthur and 
Stella (Hinton) Poteet 
MARRIAGE:John Nutt in Oberlin KS, in 1933
DEATH:Feb. 15, 2008, Gothenburg, NE
SERVICES/BURIAL: Feb 19  Curtis Cemetery
IN CHARGE:Blase-Wetzel-Strauser Memorial Chapel in Curtis, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her husband; one son, Marion Lee; 
her parents; twin brothers, Dale and Gayle; and an infant brother

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 18, 2008
DECEASED:Wayne B ALLEN
BIRTH:Sept. 2, 1918, in McCook NE, to Robert I. and 
Josephine (Stewart) Allen
MARRIAGE:Sept. 7, 1942, Helen Dutton at McCook; 
April 3, 1987, Betty (Roberts) Barney
DEATH: Feb. 16, 2008, McCook, NE 
SERVICES:Feb 20   First Congregational Church 
in McCook, NE 
BURIAL:Riverside Cemetery in McCook, NE  
IN CHARGE:Herrmann Funeral Home in McCook, NE 
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY  his parents, Robert I. and 
Josephine (Stewart) Allen; brothers, Merritt and Joseph; 
sister, Edith Baird; and brother-in-law, James Baird

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 19, 2008
DECEASED:Virgil Ervin SINES	
BIRTH:July 30, 1919, at the family farm in Decatur Co, NE  
to Lester David and Lela M. (VanPelt) Sines
MARRIAGE:April 25, 1947, Edith (Dawson) Cochran in Hills City, Kan
DEATH:Feb. 17, 2008, Cambridge, NE
SERVICES:Feb 21 First Assembly of God Church in McCook, NE
BURIAL:Sherman Cemetery rural Decatur County, KS
IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY  his parents, Lester and Lela Sines; his 
wife, Edith Sines; his son, Danny Sines; one brother, Cleith Sines; 
and one sister, Virginia Harsch. 

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 19, 2008
DECEASED:JoAnne MORRIS
BIRTH:Nov. 5, 1931, at Lyle, Kan., to David Kenneth and 
Opal (Witt) Ankenman
MARRIAGE: July 29, 1950, Byron DeWayne Morris 
at Lebanon, NE
DEATH:Feb. 17, 2008 McCook, NE
SERVICES:Feb 23  Herrmann Memorial Chapel in McCook, NE
IN CHARGE:Herrmann Funeral Home of McCook, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her husband, Byron on Aug. 31, 1995

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 20, 2008
DECEASED:Harlan Edward GEIHSLER
BIRTH:in Palisade, NE on May 14, 1926, to Harold W. 
and Sophia M. (Kircher) Geihsler
MARRIAGE:Anna Irene Lewis on Aug. 12, 1947, in Oberlin, KS
DEATH:Feb. 18, 2008, Oberlin, KS
SERVICES:Feb 21  Carpenter Breland Chapel
BURIAL:Danbury-Marion Cemetery
IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY  his parents; wife, Anna on 
April 18, 2005; and brother, Gerald

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 20, 2008
DECEASED:Hubert H. KOHLMEIER
BIRTH: Sept 25, 1914 in Jericho Springs, Mo.,  to John Henry 
and Katherine (Walters) Kohlmeier
MARRIAGE:to Lois Tupker for 33 years; Eunice 23 years. 
DEATH:Feb. 18, 2008
SERVICES: Feb 22  St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Cambridge, NE
BURIAL:Fairview Cemetery in Cambridge, NE
IN CHARGE: Lockenour-Jones Mortuary 
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents; seven brothers: Paul, 
Art, Fred, Ed, Melvin, Raymond and Marvin; and 
wife, Eunice

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 21, 2008
DECEASED:Harvey William HOFMAN
BIRTH:April 30, 1930, in Red Willow Co, NE to William and 
Henreietta ((Kisker) Hofman
MARRIAGE:Feb. 28, 1954, Ramona M. Hinz in Hastings, NE
DEATH:Feb. 19, 2008 Indianola, NE
SERVICES:Feb 23   St. John's Lutheran Church, rural McCook, NE
BURIAL:St. John's Cemetery
IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents, William and Henrietta Hofman; 
one brother, Dean Hofman; nephew, Doug Osler; and 
brother-in-law, Leonard Osler 

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 25, 2008
DECEASED:Iris Josephine GUMMERE
BIRTH: Feb. 27, 1911, at Culbertson NE, to Joe and 
Rena (Brown) McNiece
MARRIAGE:Feb. 27, 1931, Ralph I. Gummere at Los Lunas, N.M
DEATH:Feb., 23, 2008 McCook, NE
SERVICES: Feb 26  Feb., 23, 2008) at Community Hospital 
in McCook, NE
BURIAL: Rose Hill Cemetery near Stratton, NE
IN CHARGE:Forch Funeral Chapel of Stratton, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents, Joe and Rena McNiece; her husband 
of 57 years, Ralph Gummere; infant daughter, Bernice Mavis; brothers, Dale 
McNiece, Winston McNiece; and sister, Josephine Petersen.

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 25, 2008
DECEASED:Nora "June" LEHMANN
BIRTH: June 14, 1934, at rural Elwood, NE  Frank and 
Josephine (Heny) Jorges
MARRIAGE: Aug. 12, 1956, Sherman Lehmann at the 
Salem Lutheran Church at Elwood, NE
DEATH:Feb. 23, 2008 at her home in rural Eustis, NE
SERVICES:Feb 27  St. John's Lutheran Church in Eustis, NE 
BURIAL:Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Maxwell, NE
IN CHARGE:Berryman Funeral Home
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents; stepfather, Emil and 
three brothers, Robert, Kenneth, and Paul
 
McCook Daily Gazette 
February 25, 2008
DECEASED:Lester J. BELL
BIRTH:Jan. 25, 1932, to Dora (Koch) Cook and Earl Bell 
in Rivertson, NE
MARRIAGE:Charlotte Ruth Jarvis on Feb. 7, 1959, in 
Holdrege, NE
DEATH: Feb. 21, 2008, Hastings, NE
SERVICES:Feb 25  Zion Lutheran Church in Red Cloud, NE
BURIAL:Red Cloud Cemetery
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY  his parents; a brother, Richard; 
and brother-in-law, Lorin Mucklow

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 25, 2008
DECEASED:Marjorie Delores RICHARDSON
BIRTH: Feb. 14, 1921, to Leonard and 
Hazel (Thompson) Faubion
MARRIAGE:March 13, 1938, Lee Richardson in Oberlin, KS
DEATH: Feb. 23, 2008, McCook, NE
SERVICES: Feb 26 Indianola United Methodist Church
BURIAL:Indianola Cemetery (NE)
IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents, siblings and husband
 
McCook Daily Gazette 
February 28, 2008
DECEASED:Donna K CARTER
BIRTH:June 20, 1940, Leon, Iowa to Harlan and 
Rosa (Cooper) Kneedler
MARRIAGE  ? Reiss;May 22, 1971, Roger Carter
DEATH:Feb. 26, 2007 Kearney, NE
SERVICES/BURIAL:Feb 29  St. John's Catholic Cemetery 
in Cambridge, NE
IN CHARGE:Lockenour-Jones Mortuary in Cambridge, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents; foster parents; husband, 
Roger Carter on Dec. 24, 1981; two brothers, an infant and 
Kenny Wright; and sister, Carolyn Hinze

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 28, 2008
DECEASED:Donald J "Doc" McKILLIP
BIRTH: Sept. 6, 1924 in Denver, Colo., to Norbert and 
Anna McKillip
MARRIAGE:Eunice for 61 yrs
DEATH:Feb. 22, 2008  Concord, CA
SERVICES:Feb 29  St. Anne Catholic Church Walnut Creek, CA
IN CHARGE:Hull's Walnut Creek Chapel
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his sister, Dreda M. Hommeland in 1998

McCook Daily Gazette 
February 29, 2008
DECEASED: Lula M STAPP
BIRTH:May 23, 1917, Frontier Co., SW of Farnam, NE 
to John and Mable (Rose) Adkisson
MARRIAGE: Nov. 8, 1933, Earnest Mrylin Stapp in Oberlin, KS
DEATH:Feb. 28, 2008 Cambridge, NE
SERVICES: Mar 3  Lockenour-Jones Mortuary in Cambridge, NE
BURIAL: Bartley Cemetery
IN CHARGE:Lockenour-Jones Mortuary in Cambridge, NE
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY  her parents; husband, Myrlin on Oct. 22, 1994; 
an infant daughter. Marilyn Maxine at birth: three brothers, Harry, Harold 
and Dale; four sisters, Edna, Stella, Zella and Hazel; two grandchildren, 
Candice and Dana Stapp; and son-in-law, James Horn  
 
McCook Daily Gazette 
February 29, 2008
DECEASED:Rodney Gene NICKERSON
BIRTH:Feb. 7, 1936, to Roy L. and Nell E. (Plourd) Nickerson 
at Indianola, NE
MARRIAGE: Janice
DEATH:Feb. 18, 2008, at Modesto, Calif
SERVICES: Mar 1  Modesto, CA
Mar 4  First Congregational Church in McCook, NE
BURIAL: Indianola Cemetery
 
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