Marie Therese Danielle Welch
Jun 8, 2013
Marie Therese D. Pinilla-Welch, 55, of Ogallala went home to Jesus on June 8, 2013. Known by all who loved her as ""Terri"". Terri was born on March 31, 1958 to Dorothy Allet Stensgaard-Pinilla and Leo ""Billy"" Pinilla in New Jersey USA. Terri's family returned to her father's native land 6 weeks after her birth and she grew up in...
Arthur Art Dewey Gragg
Jun 6, 2013
Arthur Dewey Gragg, age 80 of Tryon, passed away June 6, 2013 at GPRMC. Art was born on October 18, 1932 in Alliance, NE to Dewey and Myrtle (Connell) Gragg. He lived in Hooker County and at a young age moved to Arthur County east of Swan Lake. At the age of 5 his family moved to Birdwood Creek north...
Frederick Leroy Cotton
Jun 5, 2013
Frederick LeRoy Cotton, age 88 of North Platte, passed away Wednesday June 5, 2013 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Fred was born on September 7, 1924 in Cheyenne, WY to Roy and Mayme (Smith) Cotton. He grew up in Cheyenne and graduated from Cheyenne High School in 1942. On April 2, 1944 he married Betty Jane Zarr in Reno,...
Mary Elizabeth Ridder (Young)
Jun 5, 2013
Mary Elizabeth ""Liz"" Ridder (Young), age 77 of North Platte, passed away June 5, 2013 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Lincoln, NE with all four of her children at her bedside. Liz was born May 30, 1936 in Callaway, NE to Dr. Albert Theodore and ""Minnie"" Margaret (Brosius) Ridder. Her family moved to North Platte and she graduated from St....
Dale Alan Micklevitz
Jun 4, 2013
Dale Alan Micklevitz 64, of Columbus, NE born April 27, 1949 in Elgin, Ill. to Melvin and Barbara (Nickel) Micklevitz, passed away on Tuesday June 4, 2013 at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, NM. Dale graduated from Sandia High School in 1967 and UNM in 1972 with a BS in Industrial Arts. On February 11, 1983 he married Deanna Gottula. He...
William Willie Heasell Wheeler
Jun 3, 2013
William ""Willie"" Heasell Wheeler, age 40, formerly of North Platte, NE passed away in Denver as the result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident on June 3, 2013, surrounded by family and friends. He was born July 6, 1972 in Sutherland, NE, the son of Edith ""Squeak"" (Williams) Wheeler and George Wheeler Sr. He was raised in North...
Juanita Jenny Tarango
May 31, 2013
Juanita Tarango, 68, of North Platte passed away to be with her Lord on May 31, 2013 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. She was born on November 11, 1944 to Elisa Contreras and Tereso Medrano in Hillsdale, MI. She was united into marriage to Augustine Tarango on June 3, 1967. Juanita devoted her life to her Lord, family and...
Virgil Neil Adle
May 30, 2013
Virgil Neil Adle, age 86 of North Platte, passed away May 30, 2013. Virg was born February 12, 1927 in Cozad to Charles and Jessie (Montgomery) Adle. The family moved to North Platte in 1929 and he graduated from NPHS in 1945. He attended the University of Nebraska and played for the Cornhusker football team. In 1946 he enlisted in...
Loretta Rosa Price
May 29, 2013
Loretta Rosa Price, age 86 of North Platte, went to be with her Lord on May 29, 2013. Loretta was born on June 24, 1926 in Miltonvale, KS to John and Marie (Wehking) Gunter. She grew up in Kansas and married Marion Everett Price in Miltonvale on June 22, 1947. The couple settled in North Platte where she worked at...
Emma Darnel
May 26, 2013
Emma Darnel, 92, of North Platte, joined her Lord Jesus on May 26, 2013. Emma was born to Max and Emma (Teyler) Hasenauer on January 22, 1921 near Wellfleet. She farmed in the area with her husband Lawrence, with whom she enjoyed 60 wonderful years of marriage. She loved life and was active in playing the piano and singing for...
Gwendolen Rosie Bruns
May 24, 2013
Gwendolen Rosie Bruns, age 95 of Wellfleet, passed away on May 24, 2013 at GPRMC. Gwendolen was born on March 9, 1918 in Kearney, NE to Burt and Mabel (Bowker) Dady. She graduated from high school in Kearney and attended one year of college. She married Glenn R. Bruns in Gordon, NE on April 9, 1944. She was a beautician...
Frances Emily Long
May 21, 2013
Frances Emily Long, age 90 of Stapleton, passed away Tuesday May 21, 2013 in North Platte. Frances was born on December 24, 1922 at a relative's home near Arnold, NE to Alfred and Anna A. (Patterson) Blevins. During her early years she lived near Stapleton, NE then the family moved to McCook, NE and Oberlin, KS where she attended country...
Roger Lee Beckett
May 18, 2013
Roger Lee Beckett, age 67 of Stapleton, passed away Saturday May 18, 2013 as the result of an auto accident. Roger was born on July 14, 1945 in Huntington, WV to Arnold and Loevenia (Blevins) Beckett. He grew up in Huntington and after high school entered the US Army. He served in Korea during the Vietnam War. Roger earned a...
Ramon Mony Vieyra
May 15, 2013
Ramon ""Mony"" Vieyra, age 71 of North Platte, passed away Wednesday May 15, 2013 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Mony was born on February 16, 1942 in North Platte to Apolonio and Mary (Zavala) Vieyra. He attended North Platte High School. He entered the U.S. Army in 1960 and was honorably discharged in 1966. He married...
Inez Rey Rey Ramos
May 13, 2013
Inez Rey Ramos Jr. age 62, of North Platte, passed away May 13, 2013 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Rey was born December 13, 1950 in Lamesa, Texas to Inez Rey and Marie DeLuz Ramos Sr. Rey lived in New Mexico, traveling with his family working the fields, eventually settling in Nebraska. He entered the United...
Norma Genevieve Brown
May 12, 2013
Norma Genevieve Brown, age 86, of North Platte, NE passed away May 12, 2013 surrounded by her loving family. She was born November 28, 1926 in Bellaire, Kansas to Elmer E. and Dorothy Isom Lumpkin. Norma grew up in Phillipsburg, Kansas where her parents operated Lumpkin's IGA. She graduated from Phillipsburg High School and attended Kansas State graduating with a...
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...
