McCook Gazette Mar 2008 McCook Daily Gazette February 29, 2008 DECEASED:Marcella F CARTER BIRTH:May 9, 1935, at Holbrook to Henry and Carrie Lucas DEATH:Feb. 23, 2008, at her home in Cheyenne, WY PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents; an infant brother; her sister, Phillis; a brother-in-law, Paul Gormly; and a nephew, Lanny Stevens McCook Daily Gazette March 3, 2008 DECEASED:Albert W FARR BIRTH:April 23, 1917, in Frontier Co., near Eustis, NE to Fred and Francis (Schieber) Farr MARRIAGE: Feb. 23, 1946, Doris Alice Houser DEATH:Feb. 29, 2008 Cambridge, NE SERVICES:Mar 3 Lockenour-Jones Mortuary in Cambridge, NE BURIAL: Holbrook Cemetery IN CHARGE:Lockenour-Jones Mortuary of Cambridge, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents, Fred and Francis; granddaughter, Amanda; brother, Fred; daughter, Wilma Ward; and granddaughter-in-law, Donnie. McCook Daily Gazette March 3, 2008 DECEASED:Elsie KESSLER BIRTH:May 27, 1918, at Hiawatha in Dundy Co, NE to Joseph Guy and Ella O'Tillie (Talmon) Hendrix MARRIAGE:Michael Andrew Kessler on Oct. 11, 1937, at Imperial, NE DEATH:Feb. 28, 2008 Imperial, NE SERVICES/BURIAL: Mount Hope Cemetery IN CHARGE:Liewer Funeral Home PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents and husband, Mike in 1996 McCook Daily Gazette March 3, 2008 DECEASED:Kenneth WERNER BIRTH: Sept. 16, 1953, in Colorado Springs, Colo., to Art "Shorty" and Rose (Oeseau) Werner MARRIAGE:Gwen Robbins on July 1, 1986, in Palestine, Texas DEATH:Feb. 29, 2008) Imperial, NE SERVICES:Mar 3 Berean Fundamental Church in Imperial, NE BURIAL:Palisade Cemetery IN CHARGE:Liewer Funeral Home PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents and sister, Patty Miller McCook Daily Gazette March 3, 2008 DECEASED:Frances Eva ALLEN BIRTH: June 3, 1923, in a sod house north of Indianola, NE to Francis Wilford and Johanna (Schutte) Sughroue MARRIAGE:April 23, 1946, to Clayton Elmore Green in Arapahoe, NE; Joseph S. Allen on Jan. 13, 1968 in McCook, NE DEATH:March 1, 2008, Grand Island, NE SERVICES:Mar 4 St. Patrick's Catholic Church BURIAL:St. Catherine's Cemetery in Indianola, NE IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents, Francis and Johanna Sughroue; her husbands, Clayton Green on Dec 11, 1959 and Joseph Allen; two brothers, Gerald and Charles Sughroue; and one sister, Mary Lyons. McCook Daily Gazette March 3, 2008 DECEASED:Vernon Thomas MITCHEM BIRTH:Feb. 22, 1916, at Simla, Colo., to Jess Albert and Viretta (Bales) Mitchem MARRIAGE: Feb. 11, 1940, Catherine Worske at Oberlin, KS DEATH:Feb. 29, 2008, Wauneta, NE SERVICES:Mar 7 Carpenter Breland Funeral Home in McCook, NE BURIAL:Memorial Park Cemetery IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents, Jess and Viretta Mitchem; his wife, Catherine on Sept.25, 2004; grandson, Jeffrey Brown; four brothers, Harry Desmond, Glenn, Dale and Robert Mitchem; and four sisters, Vivian in infancy, Sylvia Rogers, Eva Foster, and Elva Drake. McCook Daily Gazette March 4, 2008 DECEASED:Margaret (SCHLIZ) HESKETT BIRTH:84 yrs DEATH:March 2, 2008), at Franklin Co., NE SERVICES:Mar 6 St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Imperial, NE BURIAL:Mount Hope Cemetery. IN CHARGE:Liewer Funeral Home McCook Daily Gazette March 6, 2008 DECEASED: Josephine "Jody" BRAUN BIRTH:Oct. 29, 1916, in McCook, NE, to Joseph F. and Kathryn E. (Phillips) Downs MARRIAGE:Aug. 11, 1935, William Jerome Braun at Oberlin, KS DEATH:Jan. 29, 2008, McCook, NE SERVICES:Mar 8 St. Alban's Episcopal Church in McCook, NE BURIAL: St. Alban's Columbarium. IN CHARGE:Herrmann Funeral Home of McCook PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents; her husband, William J. Braun in 1989; by her only child, a son, William F. Braun on Nov. 1, 2003; and two sisters, Elizabeth (Lindbeck) Rollstin and Roberta Hawn. McCook Daily Gazette March 7, 2008 DECEASED:Caroline F RIPPEN BIRTH:April 3, 1912, at Culbertson NE, to Jacob and Katherine (Kessler) Frick MARRIAGE:March 8, 1934, Willard E. Rippen at Culbertson, NE DEATH: March 5, 2008, McCook, NE SERVICES:March 10 Trinity United Methodist Church in Culbertson, NE BURIAL:Culbertson Cemetery IN CHARGE:Herrmann Funeral Home PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her husband, Willard on June 18, 1970; two grandsons, Gary and Larry Sailors; sons-in-law, Staff Sergeant Wayne L. Sailors, C. Howard Leach and Charles L. Brown; her parents; two sisters, Mary Jeffress and Esther McLeland; and five brothers, James, George, Carl, Fred and David Frick. McCook Daily Gazette March 8, 2008 DECEASED: Francis L "Sam" FARR BIRTH:Dec. 30, 1922, at Scott City, Kan., to James and Ida (Patton) Farr MARRIAGE: May 20, 1943, Donna Stratton at Scott City, KS DEATH:March 6, 2008, Kearney, NE SERVICES:Mar 10 Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin, NE BURIAL:Oberlin Cemetery IN CHARGE:Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents; his wife, Donna; three sons, Steven, Allen and Robert; three brothers, Kenneth, Jim and Doug; five sisters, Murtis Cook, Mattie Matthies, Elizabeth McCormick, Blanche McGuire and Cordie Allan; and one grandson, Adam Rippe. McCook Daily Gazette March 8, 2008 DECEASED: Zane Jesse PACE BIRTH/DEATH:March 7, 2008 SERVICES: March 11, 2008, Carpenter Breland Chapel IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his great-grandparents, Ann Pace and Lois Stewart McCook Daily Gazette March 10, 2008 DECEASED:Lucille Ora BRADLEY BIRTH:Aug. 27, 1912, in Greenfield, Iowa to Frank and Wynona (Hoop) Birt MARRIAGE:William C. Bradley on Aug. 29, 1936 DEATH:March 7, 2008 Benkelman, NE SERVICES:Mar 11 Forch Funeral Home Chapel in Benkelman, NE BURIAL:Benkelman Cemetery IN CHARGE: Forch Funeral Chapel of Benkelman PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents, Frank and Wynona Birt; her husband, William Bradley; brothers, Irwin and Joe; and daughter, Carol McCook Daily Gazette March 10, 2008 DECEASED:Donald L "Don" HODSON BIRTH:June 4, 1928, in Montrose, Colo., to Joe and Clara M. (Ludwig) Hodson MARRIAGE:Maxine Leitner Dec. 16, 1945; Karen Jones Kircher on Jan. 12, 1990, at Weslaco, Texas DEATH:March 7, 2008, in Kearney, NE SERVICES:MAR 11 First Assembly of God BURIAL:Calvary Cemetery IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents, Joe and Clara Hodson; one son, Loy Hodson; an infant brother, Raymond Hodson; two sisters, Helen Hodson and Phyllis Zwickle; and brother-in-law, Herman Zwickle McCook Daily Gazette March 11, 2008 DECEASED:Mello John LANGENFELD BIRTH:April 10, 1925, to William F. and Ludvina (Kohles) Langenfeld MARRIAGE:Oct. 17, 1953 Kathleen Emma Assmann of Dunlap, Iowa DEATH:March 6, 2008, at Chase Co., NE SERVICES:Mar 11 St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Imperial, NE BURIAL:Mount Hope Cemetery in Imperial, NE IN CHARGE:Liewer Funeral Home PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents, William F. and Ludvina (Kohles) Langenfeld; two sisters, Rita Schecinger and Gladys Dolan; son, Mel; granddaughter, Raechel Langenfeld McCook Daily Gazette March 11, 2008 DECEASED:Ilda Irene DODSON BIRTH:Feb. 16, 1907, south of Edison, NE to Clyde and Lillian (Bishop) Fleharty MARRIAGE: January of 1950, Harry Dodson at her parent's home south of Arapahoe, NE DEATH:March 8, 2008 McCook, NE SERVICES:Mar 12 First United Methodist Church in Arapahoe, NE BURIAL:Arapahoe Cemetery IN CHARGE:Wenburg Funeral Home of Arapahoe, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents, husband, Harry Dodson on Oct. 26, 1969, and sister, Madge Hill McCook Daily Gazette March 11, 2008 DECEASED:Mary Magdalen MULLANIX BIRTH:Nov. 28, 1917, in Cass Co., near Avoca NE, to Nicholas Louis and Clara Helen (Jorgensen) Kohl MARRIAGE:Laurence Thomas Mullanix on Oct. 26, 1946, at Grant, NE DEATH:March 8, 2008 Imperial, NE SERVICES:Mar 12 St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Imperial, NE BURIAL:Mount Hope Cemetery IN CHARGE: Liewer Funeral Home in Imperial PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents; husband, Laurence; son, Robert; and one infant brother McCook Daily Gazette March 12, 2008 DECEASED:Fred Edward PLOURD BIRTH:April 3, 1939, in McCook, NE to Alfred Matthew and Maude Olive (Johnson) Plourd MARRIAGE: Linda Elaine Mitchem in McCook, NE on Feb. 5, 1971 DEATH:March 10, 2008, at Cambridge, NE SERVICES:Mar 14 First Assembly of God BURIAL:Indianola Cemetery IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents, Alfred and Maude Plourd; one sister, Donna Morthole and three infant sisters, Shirley, Norma and Beverly; and three brothers, William, Robert and Warren Plourd McCook Daily Gazette March 13, 2008 DECEASED:Donald J McKILLIP BIRTH:Sept. 6, 1924, in Denver, Colo., to Norbert J. and Claire Anna (McKenna) McKillip MARRIAGE: 1946, Eunice J. Carter DEATH: Feb. 22, 2008, at Concord, Calif SERVICES/BURIAL:Mar 15 Calvary Cemetery in McCook, NE IN CHARGE:Herrmann Funeral Home of McCook, NE McCook Daily Gazette March 13, 2008 DECEASED:Isak James WEGELE BIRTH/DEATH: March 10, 2008 [born prematurely] to Mark and Shannon (Warford) Wegele SERVICES:Mar 17 Carpenter Breland Funeral Home in McCook, NE IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook, NE McCook Daily Gazette March 13, 2008 DECEASED:Blanch Margaret BROWN BIRTH: April 26, 1908, at Hallam NE, to Henry and Carrie (Schnieder) Rippen MARRIAGE:Nov. 16, 1927, Hamer Brown DEATH:March 11, 2008 SERVICES:Mar 15 Trinity United Methodist Church BURIAL:Culbertson Cemetery IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents, Henry and Carrie Rippen; son-in-law, Paul "Butch" Ross; four brothers, Alfred, Willard, Harlan and infant, Irvin Rippen; one sister, Merylin Fassler; sisters-in-law, Caroline Rippen and Genevive Rippen; and brother-in-law, Donald "Don" Fassler. McCook Daily Gazette March 13, 2008 DECEASED:Ruth Virginia JOHNSON BIRTH:Jan. 9, 1919, in Hayes Center, NE to William and Mary (Bailey) Jeffers MARRIAGE:Oct. 22, 1941, Earl Lawrence Johnson DEATH: March 11, 2008, Gordon, NE SERVICES:Mar 14 Sacred Heart Catholic Church in rural Hayes Center, NE BURIAL:Hayes Center Cemetery IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her husband, Earl; infant grandsons, Kyle and Robert Johnson; one brother, Charles Jeffers; and one sister, Mary B. Selph. McCook Daily Gazette March 14, 2008 DECEASED:James A STRATTON BIRTH: Feb. 17, 1930, at Hendley, NE to Albert and Delilah (Gentry) Stratton MARRIAGE:Joyce (Bates) Chesterman on Feb. 7, 1975 at Beaver City, NE DEATH:March 13, 2008 at Beaver City, NE SERVICES:Mar 17 Presbyterian Church in Beaver City, NE BURIAL: Mount Cemetery at Beaver City, NE IN CHARGE:Wenburg Funeral Home of Beaver City, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents and sister, Betty Lou Hunt on Aug. 22, 2007 McCook Daily Gazette March 14, 2008 DECEASED:Gernadine Helen BORTNER BIRTH:May 11, 1927, in Hitchcock Co., NE, to Willard and Helen (Nelson) Schlegel MARRIAGE: June 18, 1949, Gene Bortner at Hastings, NE DEATH:March 13, 2008 McCook, NE SERVICES:Mar 17 Memorial United Methodist Church in McCook, NE BURIAL:Memorial Park Cemetery IN CHARGE:Herrmann Funeral Home PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents, one brother, Darold Schlegel and one nephew McCook Daily Gazette March 14, 2008 DECEASED: Edna Mae MAAG BIRTH:Nov. 4, 1911, in Wray, Colo., to Fern Dallas Willis and Virginia Leta (Grant) Willis MARRIAGE: Arthur Otto Maag on Jan. 4, 1931, in Holyoke, Colo DEATH: March 8, 2008 in Lincoln, Neb SERVICES:March 15, First United Methodist Church, Waverly, NE IN CHARGE:Roper and Sons Funeral Service PRECEDED IN DEATH BY by husband, infant son, parents, four sisters, one brother. McCook Daily Gazette March 14, 2008 DECEASED:Juanita L. "Nita" LAVERACK BIRTH:May 18, 1927, in Arapahoe NE, to Lou and Josephine (Dawson) Roepke MARRIAGE: Vernon Laverack DEATH:March 13, 2008, Cambridge, NE SERVICES:Feb 18 UCC First Congregational Church in Cambridge, NE BURIAL:Fairview Cemetery in Cambridge, NE IN CHARGE:Lockenour-Jones Mortuary of Cambridge, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents; husband Vernon in April of 1983; three brothers; and six sisters McCook Daily Gazette March 17, 2008 DECEASED:Juanita Jane FISHER BIRTH:Jan. 8, 1958, in Germany to Loren Eugene and Deloris Jane (Alexander) Morrow MARRIAGE:Sept. 5, 1987, James Michael Fisher at Curtis Park, Curtis, NE DEATH:March 15, 2008 at her home in McCook, NE SERVICES:Mar 17 Carpenter Breland Chapel IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents, Loren and Deloris Morrow; two infant twin sisters; maternal grandparents, Virgil and Juanita Alexander; and paternal grandparents, James and Alice Morrow. McCook Daily Gazette March 18, 2008 DECEASED:Karl Raymond KIRWAN BIRTH: April 6, 1963, at North Platte, NE to Myron "Mike" and Jean (Larreau) Kirwan MARRIAGE:Renea Zeh on May 17, 1998, in Greenwich, Conn DEATH:March 7, 2008 in Dublin, Ireland SERVICES:First United Methodist Church in Imperial, NE BURIAL: Mount Hope Cemetery IN CHARGE:Liewer Funeral Home of Imperial, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his sister, Kathie and a brother, Michael McCook Daily Gazette March 18, 2008 DECEASED:Everna May "Tude" GURNSEY BIRTH:in Yuma County, Colo., on June 8, 1924, to Charles Frank and Bertha (Spellman) Chartier MARRIAGE: June of 1945, Clarence "Max" Guernsey DEATH:March 15, 2008) Benkelman, NE SERVICES/BURIAL:mAR 20 Benkelman Cemetery IN CHARGE:Forch Funeral Chapel of Benkelman, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents, Frank and Bertha Chartier; her husband, Max; brother, George; and sisters, Madge and Jean. McCook Daily Gazette March 19, 2008 DECEASED:Lester A "Bum" MALLECK BIRTH:March 2, 1920, to Toney and Fay Marie Catherine (McCool) Malleck in Indianola, NE MARRIAGE: Wanda L. Kelly in McCook, NE on April 13, 1949 DEATH: March 17, 2008, at Hillcrest Nursing Home SERVICES:Mar 21 Carpenter Breland Funeral Home BURIAL: Indianola Cemetery IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents, Toney and Fay; wife, Wanda on April 17, 2002; brother, Harold; and sister, Beulah McCook Daily Gazette March 19, 2008 DECEASED:Nadine CROSS BIRTH:Aug. 20, 1924, in McCook NE, to Jessie Raymond and Stella (O'Brien) Gragg MARRIAGE:Kenneth Roy Cross on July 10, 1949, in McCook, NE DEATH:March 17, 2008 Boone, Iowa SERVICES:Mar 20 Evangelical Free Church in Boone, IA BURIAL:Riverview Cemetery IN CHARGE:Schroeder-Walter Funeral Home of Boone, IA PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents; her husband, Kenneth Roy Cross; three brothers, Homer Gragg, Norval Gragg and James Gragg; one sister, Dora "Dottie" Mae Carlson; and son-in-law, Charles Murray McCook Daily Gazette March 20, 2008 DECEASED:Donald F CHAMBERS BIRTH:July 5, 1922, in Holbrook, NE MARRIAGE:Geraldine Shepherd on Nov. 16, 1943, in Lexington, NE DEATH:March 10, 2008, at his home in Denver, Colo SERVICES:March 17, 2008, at Moore-Howard Chapel in Denver, Colo BURIAL:Fort Logan National Cemetery IN CHARGE:Moore-Howard Chapel in Denver, Colo PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents; four brothers; three sisters; and two sons, T.C. and Kenneth. McCook Daily Gazette March 21, 2008 DECEASED: Lt. Col. Thurber L. HOYT BIRTH:Jan. 2, 1925, in Culbertson, NE to Homer and Nettie Hoyt MARRIAGE:1945, Betty DEATH: Feb. 29, 2008, at his home in Merced County, Calif SERVICES:March 6, 2008, at Atwater Baptist Church BURIAL:Winton District Cemetery PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his wife of 53 years, Betty Hoyt; two brothers, Marvin and Edwin Hoyt; and stepson, Roger Giesbrecht. McCook Daily Gazette March 21, 2008 DECEASED:Cecelia Rose McCONVILLE BIRTH:June 5, 1926, to Oscar Allyn and Martha Victoria (Behnke) Teel in Freedom, NE MARRIAGE:Charles McConville at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Indianola, NE on May 29, 1947 DEATH:March 18, 2008, Kearney, NE SERVICES:Mar 25 St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Indianola, NE BURIAL: St. Catherine's Catholic Cemetery IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents, Oscar and Martha; infant daughter, Mary; three brothers, Lawrence Teel, Robert Teel and Ray Teel; two sisters, Mary Alice Teel and Gertrude Wagner McCook Daily Gazette March 21, 2008 DECEASED:Richard LeRoy BAXTER BIRTH:April 19, 1928 in Palisade, NE to Arlie J. and Margaret E. (West) MARRIAGE:Leona E. Potthoff on June 1, 1951, in Palisade, NE DEATH:March 19, 2008, Omaha, NE SERVICES:Mar 25 Palisade United Methodist Church IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents, Arlie and Margaret; brothers-in-law, Paul Schluckebier and Robert Potthoff McCook Gazette March 24, 2008 DECEASED:Leon BANEY Jr BIRTH:Dec. 14, 1921, in Dundy County, north of Benkelman NE, to Leon and Vera (Crosby) Baney MARRIAGE: July 22, 1942, Alice S. Richard at St. Francis, KS DEATH:March 21, 2008) Greeley, Colo SERVICES:Mar 25 United Methodist Church in Benkelman, NE BURIAL: Benkelman Cemetery IN CHARGE:Forch Funeral Chapel of Benkelman, NE McCook Gazette March 24, 2008 DECEASED:Florence A CONWAY BIRTH:Sept. 6, 1914, in Fair Hill, Md. to Andrew P. and Emma (Hall) Angle. MARRIAGE:Jack Conway DEATH: March 18, 2008 McCook, NE SERVICES:mar 25 Hicks Home for Funerals, Elkton, MD BURIAL:Cherry Hill Methodist Cemetery at Cherry Hill, Md IN CHARGE:Herrmann Funeral Home of McCook PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents, her husband of 65 years, Jack J. Conway Sr., grandchildren, Judy Rhoades and Jack Conway III and nine siblings. McCook Gazette March 24, 2008 DECEASED:Anita Christine CALLAN BIRTH:Aug. 24, 1924, in Red Willow County NE, to Gustave and Lydia (Schaffert) Unger MARRIAGE:Oct. 12, 1947, Dareld "Neal" Callan in McCook, NE DEATH:March 21, 2008, at Cambridge, NE SERVICES:Mar 26 Memorial United Methodist Church in McCook, NE BURIAL: Fort McPherson National Cemetery IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents, Gustave and Lydia Unger and daughter, Sharon Brennemann McCook Gazette March 25, 2008 DECEASED:Harry Howard EILER BIRTH:Mar 2, 1925, on the family farm near Oberlin, KS to Harry Howard and Lena (Reasnor) Eiler MARRIAGE:March 2, 1949, to Beverly Hope VanVleet at her parent's home in Danbury, NE DEATH: March 24, 2008, at his home in McCook, NE SERVICES:Mar 27 Tri-State Livestock Sale Barn, McCook, NE BURIAL: Memorial Park Cemetery IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents; two brothers, Robert and Floyd Eiler; and two sisters, Margaret Hurlbut and Pauline Loomis. McCook Gazette March 25, 2008 DECEASED: Vernon L WACH BIRTH:Oct. 22, 1922, on the family farm north of Hamlet NE, to William and Emilie (Schultz) Wach MARRIAGE:Aug. 27, 1944, Granta Christensen at Hayes Center, NE DEATH:March 22, 2008 at Community Hospital in McCook, NE SERVICES:Mar 27 Hamlet Union Church in Hamlet, NE BURIAL:Meadow Lawn Cemetery at Hamlet, NE IN CHARGE:Herrmann Funeral Home PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents; son, Donald G. Wach on May 14, 1967; brother, Harold Wach and wife, Anna Mae; sisters, Coletta and husband, Dick Hahn, Naomi and husband, Leonard Nelson; sister-in-law, Zania Wach; and brother-in-law, Basil "Sam" Hubbard. McCook Gazette March 25, 2008 DECEASED:Nelda A LISTON BIRTH: Nov. 3, 1921, no. of Bartley in Frontier Co., NE to Andrew N. DeMere and Geneva E. Grisell MARRIAGE:July 29, 1940,Jerry Liston DEATH:March 21, 2008, Holdrege, NE SERVICES/BURIAL: Mar 26 Bartley Cemetery IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her husband, Jerold Francis Liston in Dec of 1982; mother, Geneva E. (DeMere) Shank in 1986; and brother, Lawrence (Bud) DeMere. McCook Gazette Mar 26, 2008 DECEASED:Mary BARNES BIRTH:April 24, 1914, at Canby Precinct in Chase Co, NE to John E. and Jane Ellen (Clark) Edwards MARRIAGE:Charles Wilbe Barnes on April 18, 1931, in Oberlin, KS DEATH:March 24, 2008 Chase Co, NE SERVICES:Mar 26 United Methodist Church in Imperial, NE BURIAL: Riverside Cemetery at Wauneta, NE IN CHARGE:Liewer Funeral Home PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents; husband, Charles in 1958; brothers, Edward William and Isaac Edwards; two sisters, Agnes Bussell and Ellen Thomas; a brother in infancy; and a great-grandson, Davy Barnes McCook Gazette Mar 26, 2008 DECEASED:June Aletha SPICKELMIER BIRTH:June 2, 1923, family farm northeast of Culbertson, NE to Chester and Clara (Seybold) Barger MARRIAGE:Jan. 12, 1945, Harvey Spickelmier in Oberlin, KS DEATH: March 24, 2008, at her home north of Culbertson, NE SERVICES:Mar 28 McCook Christian Church BURIAL:Memorial Park Cemetery IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents; one grandson, Benjamin Alloway; one brother, Robert Barger; two sisters, Marjorie Birchacheck and Geraldine Thorsen; a half-sister, Doris Goodenberger; and two daughters-in-law; Marilyn Spickelmier and Debbie Spickelmier. McCook Gazette Mar 26, 2008 DECEASED:Joseph Paul REED BIRTH: June 1, 1947, in Muskegon, Mich., to Clare and Virginia (Mosher) Reed MARRIAGE:Shirley Lowe on Mar 5, 1966; Jeannine Malleck Feb 27, 1996 Las Vegas, NV DEATH:March 24, 2008, at his home in Lincoln, NE SERVICES:Mar 29 Carpenter Breland Chapel BURIAL:St. Catherine's Cemetery in Indianola, NE IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents; one granddaughter, Kassandra Reed; brothers, Jack and Tom Reed; father and mother-in-law, James and Genevieve Malleck; and sister-in-law, Judy Keith; brothers-in-law, Tom Malleck and Marvin Malleck McCook Gazette Mar 27, 2008 DECEASED: Alene I VONDERFECHT BIRTH:Jan. 2, 1916, in Madrid NE, to Henry and Gertrude (Rader) Dorow MARRIAGE:Feb. 1, 1936, Floyd H. Vonderfecht DEATH:March 26, 2008 Arapahoe, NE SERVICES:Mar 29 Lockenour-Jones Mortuary in Cambridge, NE BURIAL:Holbrook Cemetery IN CHARGE:Lockenour-Jones Mortuary of Cambridge, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents; husband, Floyd; a granddaughter, Amanda Elmore; two sisters, Maxine Callahan and Rosita Crider; and two brothers, Charles and Gernon McCook Gazette Mar 27, 2008 DECEASED: Leon Dale SCHRADER BIRTH:March 11, 1923, to John and Lola (Passmore) Schrader in Benkelman, NE MARRIAGE:Josephine G. Rowe on Feb. 18, 1947 DEATH:March 22, 2008 SERVICES:mar 27 Forch Funeral Chapel of Benkelman, NE BURIAL:Benkelman Cemetery IN CHARGE:Forch Funeral Chapel of Benkelman, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH BY by his wife, Josephine; his daughter, Linda Merklin; parents, John and Lola; his sister, Marie Kauffman; and his brother, Howard Schrader Mar 28, 2008 DECEASED:Orpha Ellen UNDERHILL BIRTH: Nov. 7, 1932, in Hayes County NE, to Malachi Sedwick and Ruth Ann (Goucher) McVicker MARRIAGE:Feb. 9, 1973, John Nelson Underhill at Oberlin, KS DEATH:March 26, 2008 Trenton, NE SERVICES: Mar 31 Church of God in Trenton, NE BURIAL:Cornell Cemetery at Trenton, NE IN CHARGE:Herrmann Funeral Home of Trenton, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her husband, John on July 2, 2006; two sisters, Elsie Buckley in 1989 and Catherine Curtis in 2003. Mar 28, 2008 DECEASED:Floyd LaVerne HUNTER BIRTH:Nov. 21, 1926, in Lincoln Co, Neb., to Walter H. and Petrea (Sorenson) Hunter MARRIAGE:Bernyce Brown on July 23, 1945, in Oberlin, Kan; Jan. 19, 1985, Margaret L. (Ruf) Goodenberger in McCook, NE DEATH:March 28, 2008, McCook, NE SERVICES:April 1, 2008, 10:30 a.m., at the First Congregational Church IN CHARGE:Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH BY his parents, Walter and Petrea Hunter; his first wife in 1982, Bernyce; and infant sister, Marjorie Mar 28, 2008 DECEASED:Hazel M KILBOURN BIRTH:Feb. 7, 1914, at Diller NE, to Jacob and Cornelia (Willems) Lottman MARRIAGE: Floyd Goldsberry; Charles Kilbourn DEATH:March 27, 2008, n Oberlin, NE SERVICES: Tekamah, NE IN CHARGE: Pauls Funeral Home of Oberlin, NE PRECEDED IN DEATH BY her parents; both husbands; a daughter, Nancy Priefert; three brothers; and three sisters. ====== Copyright © 2008 Nebraska Obituary Abstracts NEGenWeb Project