Dean Morris Nelson
Jan 17, 2014
Dean M. Nelson, age 66, of North Platte, died January 17, 2014 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. He was born on July 3, 1947 in St. Peter, MN to Alvin and Erna (Meyer) Nelson. Dean grew up on a farm in Minnesota. After graduating from high school he entered the U.S. Air Force where he served during the Vietnam...
Doris Eileen Neal
Jan 13, 2014
Doris Eileen Neal, 83 formerly of Tyron passed away January 13, 2014 at Linden Court. She was born March 24, 1930 in North Platte to Hugh and Louelva Connell Priest. Doris grew up in Hooker County on her parent's ranch. Doris lived her entire life in the sandhills area except for one year when at age four her family lived...
Robert Reed Johnson
Jan 9, 2014
Ret. Lt. Col. Robert Reed Johnson, age 65 of North Platte, passed away Thursday January 9, 2014. Bob was born on January 23, 1948 in North Platte to Robert Wolfe and Louise Marie (Reed) Johnson. He grew up in North Platte and graduated from high school in 1966. He then went on to Creighton University, graduating in 1970. He entered...
George Walter Wolcott
Jan 7, 2014
George Walter Wolcott, age 79, of Torrington, WY, formerly of North Platte, passed away January 7, 2014 at Community Hospital in Torrington. George was born on January 8, 1934 in North Platte, NE to Floyd E. and Grace (Bartrop) Wolcott. George entered into the U.S. Air Force where he made it his career. He retired from the Air Force on...
James "Jim" Andrew Stauffer
Jan 5, 2014
James "Jim" Andrew Stauffer, age 72, of North Platte passed away January 5, 2014 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. Jim was born April 16, 1941 to Leonard and Veva (Anderson) Stauffer in Cozad, NE. He graduated Cozad High School in 1960 then soon after served 6 years in the Vietnam War as an E-6 Staff Sergeant and was honorably...
Rodney Joe Pooschke
Jan 5, 2014
Rodney Joe Pooschke, age 61, of North Platte passed away January 5, 2014 in Julesburg, Colorado. He was born May 11, 1952 in Arnold, Nebraska to Ivan and Rose (Clouse) Pooschke. Rod graduated from Stapleton High School in 1970. He married Wilda Jividen on November 9, 1970 and to this union 3 children were born, Michelle, LeeAnn, and Chad. He...
Craig Norman Lease
Jan 3, 2014
Craig Norman Lease II, age 44 of North Platte, passed away January 3, 2014 at Bryan Memorial East Hospital in Lincoln, NE. Craig was born in Marshalltown, IA on June 2, 1969 to Craig Norman and Delcena Kay (Brekke) Lease. He grew up in Beaman, IA and attended BCLUW High School. He graduated from Hawkeye Institute of Tech. with an...
Viola May Dickenson
Jan 3, 2014
Viola May Dickenson, age 82 of North Platte, passed away Friday January 3, 2014. Viola was born on July 14, 1931 in North Platte, NE to Milton and Sallie (Gosnell) Jepsen. She graduated from the University of Nebraska School of Agriculture in Curtis. She then continued her studies to become a teacher. She met Norman Dickenson and they were married...
Plasido "Pache" G. John Vieyra
Jan 2, 2014
Plasido G. John "Pache" Vieyra, age 78 of North Platte passed away Thursday January 2, 2014 at Bryan Hospital in Lincoln, Plasido was born on October 11, 1935 in Wellington, KS to Apolonio and Mary (Zavala) Vieyra. He grew up in North Platte and after high school worked at McKay Motors and Joe Dye Ford as an auto detailer. On...
John Bryan "Jack" Campbell
Dec 29, 2013
Dr. John (Jack) Bryan Campbell Dr. John B. Campbell (Jack), age 80, of North Platte, passed away December 29, 2013 at Centennial Park Retirement Village. He was born March 30, 1933 in Fairmont, NE to John Bernard and Cecelia White Campbell and raised on a small tenant farming operation near Wallace, Nebraska. At 12 years old Jack was enrolled at...
Jack Jerome Budler
Dec 28, 2013
Jack Budler, age 85, of North Platte passed away December 28, 2013 at home with family by his side. Jack was born December 23, 1928 in Hampton Nebraska to Bernard and Marguerite Budler and he graduated from Hampton High School in 1946. Jack entered the United States Army in 1950 serving overseas for 3 years. After his honorable discharge, Jack...
Tori Ann Koubek
Dec 24, 2013
Tori Ann Koubek, age 35 of North Platte, passed away unexpectedly at her home on December 24, 2013.
Tori was born on May 6, 1978 in North Platte, NE to Keith and Kari (Smith) Nichelson. She graduated from North Platte High...
Carol Jean Olson
Dec 22, 2013
Carol J. Olson, age 72, of North Platte, passed away on Sunday December 22, 2013 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. Carol was born on October 11, 1941 in Sutherland to Elfert and Myrtle (Wing) Meyer. She worked at several places, mostly as a waitress and bar server. On June 24, 1969 she married Neal Olson in Omaha. The couple...
Aiyana Marta Flores
Dec 21, 2013
Aiyana Marta Flores, age 3, of North Platte passed away December 21, 2013 at Children's Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha, NE. She was born November 9, 2010 in North Platte to Ricardo and Ruperta Machado Flores. She was a gift of a child and touched everyone around her. She is survived by her parents, Ruperta Machado-Flores and Ricardo Flores...
Eusebia Sayde "Sally" Murphy
Dec 20, 2013
Eusebia "Sally" Murphy, age 60, of North Platte passed away December 20, 2013 at Bryan Memorial Hospital in Lincoln, NE. Sally was born September 10, 1953 in Bohol, Philippines to Perpetuo and Rosita Sayde Sebusa. She grew up in the Philippines. On January 19, 1977 she married Dennis Murphy in the Philippines. The couple resided in Southern California, Hawaii and...
Guadalupe "Lupe" L. Apodaca
Dec 18, 2013
Guadalupe "Lupe" L. Apodaca, age 83 of North Platte passed away at her home on Wednesday December 18, 2013. Lupe was born on November 25, 1930 in Wellington, KS to Herman and Anastacia (Landeros) Caudillo Sr. Her family were migrant workers and she moved to North Platte with them as a child. She worked at the Pawnee Hotel as a...
Zalia Mae Bersley-Reynolds
Dec 16, 2013
Zalia Mae Reynolds, age 84 of Longmont, CO, passed away December 16, 2013 at a nursing facility in Longmont, CO. Zalia was born in Wilcox, NE on May 20, 1929 to Arthur and Eulah (Jay) Jackson. She attended schools at Wilcox, Ogallala and North Platte. In their teens, during WWII, Zalia and her twin sister Zatha a telegram if only...
William "Bill" Martin Hanson
Dec 15, 2013
William M. Hanson, age 60 of North Platte, passed away Sunday December 15, 2013 near Big Springs, NE as the result of an automobile accident. Bill was born in Hood River, OR on August 8, 1953 to Lowell and Beverly Hanson. He grew up in Warrenton, OR and graduated in 1970. In high school Bill played football and wrestled, placing...
Alice M. Cheever
Dec 13, 2013
Alice M. Cheever, age 68, of North Platte passed away December 13, 2013 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at Adams & Swanson Funeral Home. Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. until service time on Wednesday at Adams & Swanson Funeral Home which is in charge of arrangements.
Jesse Ryan Hornbacher
Dec 11, 2013
Jesse Ryan Hornbacher, age 27, of North Platte passed away, Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at his home. He was born June 10, 1986 in North Platte to Michael and Shari (Comer) Hornbacher. He attended elementary school in North Platte and later Grand Island Public Schools. When he was a boy he received the Presidential Athletic Award for being in such...
