McCook Gazette June 30, 2008 DECEASED:Norton K KNEDLIK BIRTH:Aug. 13, 1917, at Barnes, Kan. to Matthew Knedlik and Edith (Dalrymple) Knedlik MARRIAGE:Dec.26, 1946, Marjorie Rowe Schattenburg DEATH:June 27, 2008, McCook, NE SERVICES: July 1, 2008, at Memorial United Methodist Church in McCook, NE BURIAL:Memorial Park Cemetery in McCook, NE IN CHARGE:Herrmann Funeral Home PRECEDED IN DEATH his wife Marjorie on Aug. 22, 2003 McCook Gazette June 30, 2008 DECEASED:Bessie Florence WILCOX BIRTH:July 10, 1908, at Albion, Neb., to Edward and Fiora (Warnke) Meyers MARRIAGE: Feb. 13, 1927, Charles Nelson Wilcox at the Blackwood Community Church north of Culbertson, NE DEATH:June 28, 2008, McCook, NE SERVICES:July 2, 2008, at the Memorial United Methodist Church in McCook, NE BURIAL: Memorial Park Cemetery in McCook, NE IN CHARGE:Herrmann Funeral Home in McCook, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH her husband, Charles on Aug. 7, 1984; one daughter, Deloris Wilcox; grandson, Ronald Kuck; great-grandson, Bradley Thomas; her parents; six brothers, Victor, Clarence, Howard, Bud, Alfred, Edward, Russel Meyers and an infant brother; one sister, Blanche Bortles-Smith McCook Gazette June 30, 2008 DECEASED:James F CERNY BIRTH: at Pleasanthill, NE on Dec. 19, 1933, to Henry and Frances (Andelt) Cerny MARRIAGE:Darlene Kliment on June 10, 1962, in Crete, NE DEATH:June 28, 2008 Kearney, NE SERVICES:July 1 O'Brien-Straatmann Funeral Home in Kearney, NE BURIAL:Fort McPherson National Cemetery near Maxwell, NE IN CHARGE: O'Brien-Straatmann Funeral Home in Kearney, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH his parents, two brothers and four sisters McCook Gazette June 30, 2008 DECEASED:Matthew Jerome SNYDER BIRTH:Dec. 12, 1959, in McCook, NE to Robert and Patricia (Heiser) Snyder DEATH:June 27, 2008 Omaha, NE SERVICES:July 1 St. Germanus Catholic Church in Arapahoe, NE BURIAL:Arapahoe Cemetery IN CHARGE:Wenburg Funeral Home in Arapahoe, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH his father, Robert Snyder McCook Gazette June 30, 2008 DECEASED:Ann E RIEGER BIRTH: Jan. 22, 1919, on the family farm north of Culbertson, NE to Frank A. and Anna (Wittwer) Miller MARRIAGE:1940, Lloyd S. Taylor; Oct. 24, 1965, Carl E. Rieger DEATH:June 28, 2008, McCook, Neb SERVICES: July 2, 2008, at Herrmann Memorial Chapel in McCook, NE BURIAL:Culbertson Cemetery IN CHARGE:Herrmann Funeral Home PRECEDED IN DEATH her parents; brothers, Frank, Paul and Max; sisters, Esther, Delta Burgess, Emma Martin, and an infant sister; husbands, Lloyd Taylor and Carl Rieger; and son, Douglas Taylor McCook Gazette July 1, 2008 DECEASED:Bert W COOL BIRTH: Jan. 15, 1928, in Kearney, NE to Eugene B. and Ethel A. (Fellows) Cool MARRIAGE:Oct. 13, 1962, Shirley R. Dreher in Kansas City, Mo DEATH:June 28, 2008) Oberlin, KS SERVICES:July 2 Horner-Lieske-Horner Mortuary BURIAL:Kearney Cemetery IN CHARGE:Horner-Lieske-Horner Mortuary of Kearney, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH his parents, one granddaughter, one niece and one brother-in-law McCook Gazette July 3, 2008 DECEASED:Bernard Frank KORTE BIRTH:Jan. 30, 1918, on the family farm west of Orleans in Harlan Co, NE to Herman William and Anna Marie (Knobbe) Korte. MARRIAGE:Eleanor Irene Kresser on Dec. 27, 1939, at St. Mary's Catholic Church DEATH:July 1, 2008 Alma, NE SERVICES: July 7, 2008, at 10 a.m., at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Orleans, NE BURIAL: Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery at Orleans, NE IN CHARGE: The Mitchell Funeral Home in Orleans, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH his wife, Eleanor; two sons, Bob and Gary Korte; two grandchildren, Dorothy Korte and Jeffery Korte; one great-grandson, Dillon Schmale; son-in-law, George Miller; four sisters, Betty Hergott and husband, Francis, Clara Wiedel and husband, Albert, Margaret Hardin and husband, Leonard, Bertha Robinson and husband, Wayne; two brothers, Walter and August Korte and a brother and sister in infancy; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Johnny and Mary Kresser, Art Lennemann, Anna and Albert Mergen, Agnes and Al Schmidt, Evelyn and George Dobberstein, Frankie and Irma Kresser, Rose and Fritz Frost and Larry and Mildred Kresser. McCook Gazette July 3, 2008 DECEASED:Jerry Lee BRADLEY BIRTH:Sept. 24, 1936 Culbertson NE to Harold J. and Goldie V. Matson Bradley MARRIAGE:May 27, 1957, Janet Catherine Schuler at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in McCook, NE DEATH:July 2, 2008, Lincoln, NE SERVICES:July 5, at 10 a.m., at St. Alban's Episcopal Church BURIAL:Memorial Park Cemetery IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home McCook, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH his parents, Harold and Goldie Bradley McCook Gazette July 3, 2008 DECEASED:Robert (Bob) C HIDY BIRTH:May 16, 1927, in Trenton, NE to Connie and Leah (Rodgers) Hidy MARRIAGE:May 25, 1947, Vonda Marie Poliman in Trenton, NE DEATH:June 22, 2008, Sun City, Ariz SERVICES: Willowbrook Methodist Church, June 26, 2008 Sun City AZ BURIAL:Sunland Memorial Cemetery Sun City AZ IN CHARGE:Menke Funeral Home PRECEDED IN DEATH his parents and brother, Roy McCook Gazette July 7, 2008 DECEASED: Robert F. LEIBRANDT BIRTH:May 30, 1935, to Walter and Erna (Buck) Leibrandt at McCook, NE MARRIAGE:March 30, 1958, Danielle Morgan in Wauneta, NE DEATH:July 3, 2008 North Platte, NE SERVICES:July 7 Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in North Platte, NE IN CHARGE:Carpenter Memorial Chapel PRECEDED IN DEATH his parents and step-mother, Josephine Leibrandt McCook Gazette July 7, 2008 DECEASED: Letha Ilene LONG BIRTH:May 16, 1934, to Ernest and Ruby Anita (Hays) Dizmang at Benkelman, NE MARRIAGE: Oct. 14, 1955 Clyde George Long in Greeley, CO DEATH:July 6, 2008, at Heritage of Wauneta, NE SERVICES:July 9 Southwest Nebraska Holiness Church (formerly called Eden Missionary Church) so. of Wauneta, NE BURIAL:Riverside Cemetery at Wauneta, NE IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home PRECEDED IN DEATH her parents McCook Gazette July 7, 2008 DECEASED:Gary R WACKER BIRTH: Jan. 9, 1935, in McCook NE, to Reuben and Dorothy (Foe) Wacker MARRIAGE: Mary Jane Neville DEATH:July 4, 2008 at Springdale, Ariz SERVICES:July 8 Herrmann Memorial Chapel in McCook, NE BURIAL:Culbertson Cemetery IN CHARGE: Herrmann Memorial Chapel in McCook, NE McCook Gazette July 8, 2008 DECEASED:Marvin Len PRATT BIRTH: May 12, 1947, to Marvin Orlie and Janice Daisy (Welcome) Pratt at Aitkin, Minn. MARRIAGE: Victoria I. Eaken on Feb. 5, 1998, in Salina, Kan DEATH:July 5, 2008 Hastings, NE SERVICES: private services later in Round Lake, MN IN CHARGE:Jackson-Wilson Funeral Home of Kenesaw, NE McCook Gazette July 8, 2008 DECEASED: C. Jean SHAFER BIRTH:Mar 29, 1915, at Orleans, NE to Harry and Elfie (Childress) Olson MARRIAGE:George W. Shafer on Mar 29, 1943 at Denver, CO DEATH:July 6, 2008 Cambridge, NE SERVICES: July 10 First United Methodist Church at Beaver City, NE BURIAL:Mount Hope Cemetery at Beaver City, NE IN CHARGE:Wenburg Funeral Home of Beaver City, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH her parents: Harry and Elfie Olson; brother, Robert D. Olson on Jan. 7, 1943; husband, George W. Shafer, Jr.; and son, Michael Shafer on Oct. 7, 1989 McCook Gazette July 8, 2008 DECEASED:Helen S EKSTRUM BIRTH: 97 yrs in Hitchcock County, no. of Stratton, NE to Roy and Effie (Gagle) Spencer MARRIAGE:Carl A. Ekstrum on June 23, 1930 DEATH:July 6, 2008 at Linden Court in North Platte, NE SERVICES/BURIAL:July 10 Pleasant Ridge Cemetery no. of Stratton, NE IN CHARGE:Forch Funeral Chapel of Stratton, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH her parents, Roy and Effie Spencer; husband, Carl in 1990; son, Carlos; sisters, FaVola Spencer and Esther Doyle; and brothers, James Spencer and Russell Spencer McCook Gazette July 9, 2008 DECEASED:William Jay COTTON BIRTH:Oct. 20, 1947, in McCook, Neb., to Thomas and Anne (Dillon) Cotton DEATH: July 7, 2008, Kearney, Neb SERVICES:July 11, 2008, at Herrmann Memorial Chapel in McCook, NE BURIAL:Memorial Park Cemetery in McCook, NE IN CHARGE:Herrmann Funeral Home PRECEDED IN DEATH his parents, Tom and Anne Cotton and his sister, ReNea Sandry McCook Gazette July 9, 2008 DECEASED:William Dean POLIVKA BIRTH:Nov. 11, 1944, in Wahoo, NE to Lod and Marie (Spicka) Polivka MARRIAGE:June 17, 1965, Carolyn Clapper DEATH:July 7, 2008 North Platte, NE SERVICES:July 11 Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin, KS BURIAL:Oberlin Cemetery IN CHARGE:Pauls Funeral Home of Oberlin, KS PRECEDED IN DEATH his parents, Lod and Marie Polivka McCook Gazette July 9, 2008 DECEASED:M. Donna MOLLRING BIRTH:July 2, 1927, at Oxford, NE to W.H. and Edith M. (Coe) Quinn MARRIAGE: July 24, 1948, Gerald G. "Gandhi" Mollring at Bartley, NE DEATH:July 9, 2008 at Cambridge, NE SERVICES:July 11 First United Methodist Church of Arapahoe, NE BURIAL:Holbrook Cemetery IN CHARGE:Wenburg Funeral Home of Arapahoe, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH her parents, husband and a brother, James T. Quinn McCook Gazette July 9, 2008 DECEASED:Merle O FRASIER BIRTH: July 21, 1920, in Dundy Co, NE to Claude Oliver and Alma Charity (Bernard) Frasier MARRIAGE:April 7, 1939, Alice Beth Sims at McCook, NE DEATH:July 5, 2008 Fort Collins, Colo. SERVICES:July 10 Forch Funeral Chapel in Benkelman, NE BURIAL:Benkelman Cemetery IN CHARGE: Forch Funeral Chapel of Benkelman, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH his parents, Claude and Alma Frasier; his daughter's mother, Beth Frasier; sister, Ena Phipps; and three brothers, Wilbur, Kenneth, and C.O. Frasier McCook Gazette July 11, 2008 DECEASED:Mary Lucille DETTMAN BIRTH:Mar 1, 1953 O'Neill, NE to Archie and Rose Marie (Hovey) Bright MARRIAGE: Larry Dettman on Jan. 9, 1972, at Central City, NE DEATH:July 10, 2008, Omaha, NE SERVICES: July 14, 2008, at Higby-McQuiston Chapel in Aurora, NE BURIAL: Aurora Cemetery IN CHARGE:Higby-McQuiston Mortuary PRECEDED IN DEATH her mother, Marie Bright and daughter, Brandy Lynn McCook Gazette July 14, 2008 DECEASED: Lavona Elnora NELSON BIRTH:June 5, 1915, family ranch near Jennings, Kan., to Charles and Avis Bard MARRIAGE:Jan. 9, 1937, Floyd O. Nelson at the United Presbyterian parsonage in Minden, NE DEATH:July 11, 2008 Grant, NE SERVICES:July 14 Palisade United Methodist Church BURIAL: Palisade Cemetery IN CHARGE:Bullock-Long Funeral Home of Grant, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH her husband, Floyd in 2000; parents; brother, Theodore "Ted"; sister, Wilma; and great-grandson, Christian Thurin. McCook Gazette July 16, 2008 DECEASED: Michael Eugene ALLERTON BIRTH:Mar 10, 1944 Lincoln, NE to Russell and Geraldine Allerton MARRIAGE: to Kathy Reynolds on Sept.11, 1964, in Lincoln, NE DEATH:July 12, 2008, at his home in Littleton, Colo. SERVICES:July 17, 2008, at Horan & McConaty Funeral Chapel in Lakewood, Colo. BURIAL: July 19, 2008 Memorial Park Cemetery in McCook, NE IN CHARGE:Horan & McConaty Funeral Chapel in Lakewood, Colo PRECEDED IN DEATH his parents, brothers, Edwin and Russell and nephew, Russell Allerton III. McCook Gazette July 16, 2008 DECEASED:Irene Lillian KOLBET BIRTH:Jan. 4, 1917, to Nicholas and Magdalena "Lena" (Giespert) Kolbet at their homestead SE of the St. Ann Church in Frontier Co, NE DEATH: July 14, 2008 McCook, NE SERVICES:July 19, 2008, St. Ann's Catholic Church at rural McCook, NE BURIAL:St. Ann's Cemetery. IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home PRECEDED IN DEATH her parents, Nicholas and Lena Kolbet; sisters, Bernice Campbell, Emma Campbell, Elsie Kolbet, Sister Mary Everista (Dorothy Kolbet), Fern Palic; brothers, Charles Kolbet, Edward Kolbet, Dave Kolbet, Vernon Kolbet and Oscar Kolbet. McCook Gazette July 17, 2008 DECEASED:Donna Mae GUTHRIE BIRTH:May 4, 1931, in Dawson, Neb., to Roy D. "John" and Ethel Helen (Stevenson) Bacon MARRIAGE: Glen Shadley in Dec 1947; Eldon Gerald "Gus" Guthrie in Dec 1967 DEATH:July 15, 2008, at her home in Indianola, NE SERVICES: July 18, 2008, 7 p.m., at Carpenter Breland Chapel in McCook, NE IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH her parents, John Bacon and Ethel Davis and her husband, Eldon "Gus" Guthrie McCook Gazette July 17, 2008 DECEASED:Lola I RUPPERT BIRTH:Feb. 25, 1933, family farm south of Curtis NE, to James "Jim" and Leola "Ruth" (Kistler) Fischer MARRIAGE:Sept. 10, 1951, John Ruppert in McCook, NE DEATH: July 16, 2008, at Community Hospital in McCook, NE SERVICES:July 21 Carpenter-Breland Funeral Chapel in McCook, NE BURIAL: Memorial Park Cemetery IN CHARGE: Carpenter-Breland Funeral Chapel in McCook, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH her parents; two brothers, Leroy in infancy and Richard "Dick" Fischer; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Jay and Doris Ruppert; and brothers-in-law, Dale and Homer Ruppert and Mack Nutt. McCook Gazette July 17, 2008 DECEASED:Dorothy Irene BRYAN BIRTH:April 5, 1920, Oxford, NE to Gilbert LeRoy and Sybil Irene (Thomas) Loper MARRIAGE:Feb. 6, 1943, Raymond H. Bryan in Norman, Okla DEATH:July 16, 2008, Oberlin, Kan SERVICES:jULY 18 Carpenter Breland Funeral Chapel in McCook, NE BURIAL:McCook Riverview Cemetery IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH her parents, husband Raymond in 1992; two brothers, Gilbert and Keith and a sister, Bernice. McCook Gazette July 18, 2008 DECEASED:Brock ADAMS BIRTH:Mar 22,1962, at Albuquerque, N.M. to Larry and Carolyn (Loftus) Adams MARRIAGE: Virginia Leezer on June 20, 1987, at Elwood, NE DEATH:July 16, 2008 at his home in Elwood, NE SERVICES:July 19 First Christian Church in Elwood, NE BURIAL:Elwood Cemetery IN CHARGE:Elwood Funeral Home PRECEDED IN DEATH Elwood Funeral Home McCook Gazette July 18, 2008 DECEASED: Naida Lorraine TOWNSEND BIRTH:Dec. 18, 1921, at DeWitt, NE to Carl and Myrtle Lindquist Hawes MARRIAGE: Bob Townsend in July of 1972 DEATH:uly 15, 2008 at her home in Atwood, KS SERVICES:private IN CHARGE:Williams Funeral Home of Atwood, KS PRECEDED IN DEATH her parents, brother, Harold and grandson, Dan Trail McCook Gazette July 18, 2008 DECEASED:Harold Eugene BAKER BIRTH: Jan. 31, 1923, on his family's farm in Hitchcock Co., north of Trenton NE, to Charles W. and Irma (Evans) Baker MARRIAGE: Margaret L. Taul, on June 11, 1944, at McCook, NE DEATH:July 15, 2008 Brighton, Colo. SERVICES:July 19 Community United Methodist Church in Stratton, NE BURIAL:Trenton Cemetery IN CHARGE:Forch Funeral Chapel of Stratton, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH his parents, Charles and Irma Baker; his wife, Margaret L. Baker; an infant son, James Dale Baker; and two sisters, Alice Baker and Alta Marvin. ====== Copyright © 2008 Nebraska Obituary Abstracts NEGenWeb Project