Stories from Thursday, December 13, 2001

Look all across this land, from sea to shining sea, and you will have a hard time finding a program of giving that brings as much joy to children as does the Toy Box of McCook. Started in the early 1960s by Dr. Joe Magrath and the late Sharon Snyder, the toy distribution project has grown to the point today that it provides Christmas gifts for needy children in a wide area of Nebraska and Kansas...

Lois Audrey Boson ROSEVILLE, Calif. -- Lois Audrey Boson, 87, died Monday (Dec. 10, 2001) at Roseville. She was born Nov. 19, 1914, in Red Willow County. She moved from McCook to Pollock Pines, Calif., in 1937, and then spent 46 years in El Dorado, Colo. She later moved to Yearington, Nev., and for the past 10 years has lived in Rocklin, Calif...

Stephen M. Hussey STRATTON -- Stephen M. Hussey, 85, died Tuesday (Dec. 11, 2001) at the Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home in Benkelman. He was born Nov. 2, 1916, at Pendennis, Kan., to Richard Stephen and Iva Elizabeth (Averill) Hussey. He entered the U.S. Navy in 1937, serving during World War II, and was honorably discharged in 1945...