Carla Jean (Clarine) Quinn was born October 30, 1941, in Oxford, Nebraska to Maxwell Earl and May (Loper) Clarine. She grew up in Oxford and graduated high school in 1959.

Joyce Annette (Kohlmeier) Trosper, age 75, passed away on May 12, 2024, at the Tri-Valley Hospital in Cambridge, Nebraska after a short, hard-fought battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. She was surrounded by her family who will miss her dearly.

Wavalee Couse was born on the family farm near Bell Plain, Kansas on Feb 3, 1935 to Clara Beulah (Keen) and Leslie Robert Howell. She died at Community Hospital May 10, 2024 surrounded by her children Her family moved during the depression to Brush, Colorado and finally settled in McCook, Nebraska. Wavalee graduated from McCook High School with the Class of 1953.

The daughters of Carol Potter Duis (Jennifer & Susan) invite classmates, friends, and family to gather for an informal celebration of life at Heritage Plaza Dining Room on Sunday, May 26, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. We will provide refreshments, snacks, and sweet treats - please bring yourselves and your memories of our wonderful mom to share!

Shirley Carolyn Zink Jurgens Shirley was born in Medford, Massachusetts, on October 13, 1925, and passed peacefully on April 24, 2024. She attended elementary school through the sixth grade in Akron, Ohio, moving to Altadena, California where she completed high school, followed by Pasadena City College.

May 14, 1928 – May 5, 2024 James was born in Scranton, PA on May 14,1928 to Willard Jerome McHale and Gertrude Veronica Farrahar. His high school education was at Holy Cross Seminary on Lake Erie, Dunkirk, NY, a boys’ prep school run by the Passionist monks.

Norma Whisler, 94, of McCook, passed away Saturday morning, May 4, 2024 at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in Mc-Cook. Cremation was chosen and services are pending at this time.

A Memorial Service with Air Force Honors for James C. Blincow were held on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. at the Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege, Nebraska with Pastor Mike Szekely officiating. An inurnment will be held at a later date at the Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, Nebraska.

Donnalea Sue Harrison, 59, passed away at the Community Hospital on April 21, 2024. She was born on October 27, 1964 in Oberlin, Kansas to Stephen and LaDonna Harrison. She attended grade school at Beaver Valley and Edison, graduating from Beaver Valley in 1983. Donnalea continued her education at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, graduating with a degree in Graphic Art in 1988.

Joshua Kirby Wright of Ashland, Nebraska, passed away Sunday, April 13, 2024 at his home at the age of 46. Joshua was born November 5, 1977 to Bill Wright and Rhonda (Ockinga) Schroeder in Hastings, NE.