Laveda F. Connelly
Mar 15, 2013
LaVeda F. Connelly, age 91, of Sutherland, went peacefully to be with her Savior on March 15, 2013 at Indian Hills Manor in Ogallala. She was born on July 9, 1921 to Henry and Ivie M. (Brown) Sytsma in a sod house nine miles south of Brady. She attended elementary school at District #74, later graduating from Brady High School...
William Bill Elmer Holson
Mar 9, 2013
William ""Bill"" Elmer Holson, age 59, of North Platte, passed away Saturday, March 9, 2013 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. Bill was born October 16, 1953 in Tucson, AZ, to William and Beverly (Barnes) Holson. He grew up in Oklahoma and Nebraska. He met Jamie Young at a young age and the couple has been together for years. They...
Mary Luella Schultz
Mar 8, 2013
Mary 'Luella' Schultz, age 86, of Sutherland, formerly of North Platte, passed away Friday, March 8, 2013 at the Sutherland Care Center. She was born October 15, 1926 to William Vangie and Mary Henrietta (Greeley) Reeves. She grew up in North Platte. On October 15, 1942 she married Harvey James Schultz in North Platte. The couple lived on the Pawnee...
Myrtle Ellen Houchin-Henderson
Mar 7, 2013
Myrtle E. Houchin Henderson, age 92, of North Platte, passed away, Thursday, March 7, 2013 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. She was born December 2, 1920 in North Platte to Claude and Lula (Hazen) Lantz. Myrtle married Robert Kenton in February 1937. To this union a son Blaine was born. On December 6, 1939, she married Paul Houchin. To...
Verlon Andrew Hopkins
Feb 28, 2013
Verlon A. Hopkins, age 90, of North Platte passed away February 28, 2013 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. He was born April 22, 1922 in Stapleton, NE to Benjamin and Gertrude Fifield Hopkins. Verlon graduated from Baker Rural High School in Stapleton. In 1943, he married Elsie Andre. He farmed and ranched for many years around Stapleton. He worked...
Robert Bob Lee Duysen
Feb 25, 2013
Robert ""Bob"" Lee Duysen, age 84 of North Platte, passed away on February 25, 2013. Bob was born on May 17, 1928 in Imperial to Rudolph and Luella (Kleist) Duysen. He grew up in Imperial and after school he worked for a rancher until he began working for the State of Nebraska. He was drafted into the US Army during...
Loren Lee Ledroit
Feb 24, 2013
Loren Lee LeDroit, age 72 of North Platte, passed away on February 24, 2013. Loren was born on March 24, 1940 in Lexington to Dewey and Elizabeth (Spiegel) LeDroit. He grew up in North Platte. He worked as a brick layer most of his life, working for many different construction companies and for himself. He was proud of the fireplaces...
Monte Kent Smith
Feb 15, 2013
Monte K. Smith, age 50, of North Platte, passed away Friday, at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. He was born June 6, 1962 to George W. 'Bill' and Twila Wilson-Smith. He attended Hershey High School graduating with the class of 1981. In high school he lettered in football and track. On November 17, 1984 he married Leonda Shepherd at the...
Leslie W. Gosnell
Feb 11, 2013
Leslie W. Gosnell, 90, passed away February 11, 2013 at his home south of Maxwell. He was born November 19, 1922 north of North Platte to BC and Beulah Reynolds Gosnell. Leslie was united in marriage to Grace Greeley on June 2, 1941 in Boise, Idaho. Born to this union were seven children, two of which passed away at birth....
Wallace Vern Grogan
Feb 10, 2013
Wallace Vernon ""Vern"" Grogan, age 80 of Moorefield, passed away February 10, 2013 in Moorefield. Vern was born in Hugoton, KS on January 4, 1933 to Wallace and Bertha (Brollier) Grogan. He attended school in Hugoton. He worked in the oil fields in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, North Dakota and California before entering the US Army, where he served in Korea....
Anna Marie Felty
Feb 7, 2013
Anna Marie Felty, age 60 of North Platte, passed away Thursday February 7, 2013 at her home. Anna was born on July 11, 1952 in Cheyenne, WY to Charles and Bonnie (Gates) Petrzelka. She grew up in Cheyenne and attended college there after high school. She entered the US Navy, serving in Guam. She was a radioman for the US...
Virginia Reyes
Feb 7, 2013
Virginia R Reyes, 74, of Fort Worth Texas, passed away on February 7, 2013. Virginia was born and raised in Hershey, Nebraska where she graduated High School in 1956. Virginia loved to cook, travel, find collectables, yard sale and above all she loved her family. She is survived by 5 sons, Mark Abbott of Coppell Texas, Eric Abbott of Lawton...
Loyal Lemoine Kohl
Feb 4, 2013
Loyal L. Kohl, age 81, of North Platte, passed away February 4, 2013 at his home. He was born in Wallace, Nebraska to Arthur W. and Alma Watson Kohl on August 8, 1931. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged in 1953. On April 18, 1953 he married Bonnie Lee Olive in...
Eugene Ray Seaton
Jan 31, 2013
Eugene Ray Seaton, age 74 of Maxwell, passed away January 31, 2013 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. Eugene was born on May 8, 1938 in North Platte to Emery and Cressie (Lindenmuth) Seaton. He grew up in Maxwell and graduated from Maxwell High School in 1957. He entered the US Marines and served in Okinawa. After his discharge he...
Rebecca Elizabeth Prill
Jan 25, 2013
Rebecca Elizabeth (McLaughlin) Fowler Prill, age 87 of North Platte, passed away at her home on January 25, 2013, surrounded by her family. Rebecca was born on May 7, 1925 in Philadelphia, PA. the only daughter of Alice and George McLaughlin. Rebecca attended Catholic school during her young years and embraced the Catholic faith and was baptized when she was...
Laura Lee Wohlford
Jan 20, 2013
Laura Lee Wohlford, age 56, of North Platte passed away January 20, 2013 at her home. Memorials may be made in her name and online condolences may be shared at www.adamsswanson.com. Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m. today, January 23, 2013 at Adams & Swanson Funeral Home. Those wishing to sign the register book may do so from 9:00 a.m....
Mahlon Earl Johnson
Jan 19, 2013
Mahlon Earl Johnson was born on his father's Arthur County ranch on July 16, 1927 to Chris H. Johnson and Almeda B. Stoddard Johnson. He passed away at home on January 19, 2013 at 1:06 P.M. He graduated from the Arthur County High School in 1945. Then, on June 12, 1949, he married Nina L. Waits at her parent's home...
Olive Pauline Rector
Jan 18, 2013
Olive ""Pauline"" Rector passed on Jan. 18, 2013 in Ocala, FL. Born in Mullen, Nebraska on June 1, 1913, she was 99. Pauline was teaching school in the fall after graduating high school in 1931. She taught 1-room country schools and later in the public elementary until 1971 when she used her college degree and became in charge of the...
F. Bertie Elfeldt
Jan 18, 2013
F. Alberta 'Bertie' Elfeldt, age 98, formerly of Sutherland, passed away Friday, January 18, 2013 in her home at Linden Court in North Platte. She was born on May 2, 1914 on a ranch west of Tryon to A.B. and Grace (McCance) Snyder. As a child, Bertie and her family moved to Oregon where she graduated from Salem High School...
Allison Elle Borg
Jan 5, 2013
Allison Elle Borg, of North Platte passed away at her home. She was born November 10, 2012 in North Platte to Justin and Trista Hidy Borg. She is survived by her parents, Justin and Trista Borg of North Platte; sister, Bailey Borg of North Platte; Barb and Tom Woracek of Maxwell and Jeff and Danette Keifer of Hastings; and many...
