Jerold James Eldred
May 12, 2013
Jerold James Eldred, age 85, of North Platte, passed away May 12, 2013 at his home. He was born on January 11, 1928 in Kearney, Nebraska to Robert and Vita (Deets) Eldred. Jerold attended school in Kearney. He worked in the shipyards in California before entering the U.S. Navy where he was a submariner. He returned to North Platte where...
Derek William Price
May 12, 2013
Derek William Price, 23, of North Platte passed away May 12, 2013 at his home. He was born July 11, 1989 in San Diego, CA to D'lise Oviatt and William Price. Derek grew up in San Diego before moving to North Platte when he was 14. He attended North Platte High School. Derek joined the job corps in Chadron to...
Herman Ray Smith
May 10, 2013
Cremation was chosen. Private Graveside Services will be held at a later date.
Rosetta Marie Moriarty
May 9, 2013
Rosetta Marie Moriarty, age 92, of Paxton passed away May 9, 2013 at Linden Court. She was born August 19, 1920 in Paxton to Vernal and Flora Ward Coleman. Rosetta grew up in the Sarben area, graduating from Shelby high School. In November 1939 she married Lewis Moriarty near Paxton. The couple lived near Hershey for a short while before...
Jamie Ray Osborne
May 9, 2013
Jamie Ray Osborne, ""Ozz Man"", 59, of Sutherland, passed away on May 9, 2013. Jamie was born July 25, 1953 in North Platte to William (Bill) and Hazel Beatrice (Bokoskie) Osborne-Funk. He grew up in North Platte and later moved to Sutherland with his family. He graduated from Sutherland with the class of 1972. He was a respectable Car Hauler!...
Lenore Virginia Johnson
May 7, 2013
Lenore Virginia Johnson of North Platte, passed away May 7, 2013 at Linden Court. Lenore, the daughter of Evelyn Yoakum, was born in Lewellen, NE. Lenore was the owner of North Platte Vac & Sew and a member of the Assembly of God and Salvation Army Churches. Lenore is survived by her children Carol (Paul) (Pat) Olson of Olympia, WA,...
David Edward Wyatt
May 4, 2013
David E. Wyatt, age 55 of North Platte, passed away May 4, 2013 at GPRMC. David was born on November 24, 1957 in Winchester, KY to John and Glenna (Morton) Wyatt. He attended school at Hershey and Maxwell, and entered the U.S. Marine Corp. He later settled in North Platte where he met Kimberley Steinwart. They had one child Tyler....
Laura Porter Reece
May 4, 2013
Laura Porter Reece, age 87 of North Platte, passed away on May 4, 2013 at her home surrounded by her children.. Laura was born on August 6, 1925 in Gothenburg, NE to Robert and Paulina (Heidebrink) Freeze. She attended school in North Platte. She married Fredrick ""Mike"" C. Porter on November 9, 1944 in Oberlin, KS and they had six...
Delores Ann Barton
May 2, 2013
Delores A. Barton, age 75, of North Platte, died May 2, 2013 at her home. She was born on September 30, 1937 in Nebraska City, NE to Clarence and Anna (Nieman) Cropp. The family moved to North Platte from Dunbar, NE in 1950. Delores then graduated from North Platte High School in 1956. She worked at the Pawnee Drive Inn...
Tammy Kathleen Cheever
May 2, 2013
Tammy Kathleen (McKinley) Cheever, age 47 of North Platte, passed away Thursday May 2, 2013 at her home following a long battle with cancer. Tammy was born on March 10, 1966 in Charleston, SC to Ralph and Roselin McKinley. She married Bill Cheever, Sr. in 1989 and they have been soulmates for 24 years. Tammy was an outgoing person, loving...
Richard Dick Dale Aupperle
Apr 22, 2013
Richard D. ""Dick"" Aupperle Sr., age 75, of North Platte, died April 22, 2013 at his home. He was born on November 28, 1937 in Wellfleet, NE to Herman and Evelyn (Larson) Aupperle. Dick attended the Highland School, and then went to the Curtis School of Agriculture for his freshman year. He went on to North Platte High School where...
Pauline Edna Wood
Apr 18, 2013
Pauline Edna Wood, age 75 of North Platte, passed away on Thursday April 18, 2013. Pauline was born on April 25, 1937 in Danville, IN to Claude and Gertrude (Adams) Fisher. She grew up in North Platte. As a teenager she worked at Shamrock and Tomahawk Café as a waitress. She moved to New Mexico and worked at Western View...
Edwina C. Layher
Apr 17, 2013
Edwina C. Layher, age 91, of Stapleton passed away April 17, 2013 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. She was born July 22, 1921 to Nick and Marie (Brosius) Niesen in Stapleton. Edwina graduated from Baker Rural High School in 1938. On September 29, 1941 she married Howard Layher in Stapleton. The couple lived in Stapleton where she worked for...
Charles Jerry Petrzelka
Apr 12, 2013
Charles Jerry Petrzelka, Jr., age 59, of North Platte, passed away Friday, April 12, 2013 at his home. He was born August 9, 1953 in Cheyenne Wyoming to Charles J. Sr. and Bonnie L. (Gates) Petrzelka. Jerry, as he was known, graduated from Cheyenne High School in 1971. The family moved to North Platte in 1971 when his father went...
Carolyn Jo Havens
Apr 9, 2013
Carolyn Jo Havens, 73, of North Platte passed away April 9, 2013 at her home. She was born November 17, 1939 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Derlin and Muriel (Duckworth) Griffin. Carolyn grew up in Casper, WY and worked in a restaurant with her mother in Casper and Cheyenne. Carolyn moved to North Platte in 1978 where she worked...
Don Clinton Arnold
Apr 9, 2013
Don Clinton Arnold, age 58, passed away April 9, 2013 in North Platte. Don was born in Sutherland, NE on May 7, 1954 to Vance and Marjorie (Bierma) Arnold. Following his graduation from Sutherland High School in 1972 he attended the University of Nebraska and graduated from it's College of Pharmacy in 1978. He was united in marriage to Cynthia...
Ione Marie Schrader
Apr 4, 2013
Ione Marie Schrader, age 67 of Sutherland, passed away April 4, 2013. Ione was born on April 27, 1945 in Tilden, NE to John and Beatrice (Hietoff) Richart. She graduated from Neligh High School in 1963. She raised her family in Sutherland. In 1978 Ione went to work for NPPD. She officially retired from there in 2011. She was a...
Maxine Lois Kelley
Apr 2, 2013
Maxine L. Kelley, age 79, of North Platte passed away April 2, 2013 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. She was born December 17, 1933 in North Platte to Walter and Petrea Sorensen Hunter. She grew up in North Platte, graduating from North Platte High School with the class of 1951. On April 30, 1951 Maxine married Charles R. Kelley...
Marcel Vieyra
Mar 31, 2013
Marcel Vieyra, 59, of North Platte died Sunday, March 31, 2013 at his home in North Platte. He was born April 26, 1953, in North Platte, Ne to Raymond and Mary Martinez Vieyra. Marcel married Estella Enriquez July 14, 1977. He worked for the Union Pacific Railroad for approximately 20 years and worked for CR England for approximately 10 years...
Barabara Bobbie E. Fulton
Mar 26, 2013
Barbara E. ""Bobbie"" Fulton, age 105 of North Platte, passed away Tuesday March 26, 2013. Bobbie was born on October 20, 1907 in Hooper, NE to Will and Emelia (Dressen) Rodgers. On July 7, 1927 she married Bart Fulton and moved to California where they had two daughters. They moved back to Hooper in 1930 where one son and two...
