Raymond W. Smith
Aug 29, 2013
Raymond W. Smith, age 71 of Lemoyne, formerly of North Platte, passed away August 29, 2013 at his home at Lake Mac surrounded by his family. Ray was born on May 16, 1942 in North Platte to Phillip and Marie (Miller) Smith. He grew up in North Platte and graduated from NPHS in 1960. He married Sharon McKnight and to...
Dorothy Regina Folchert
Aug 28, 2013
Dorothy R. Folchert, age 91 of North Platte, passed away August 28, 2013. Dorothy was born on March 12, 1922 on the family farm north of Wellfleet to Ed and Katie (Greenwood) Folchert. She attended Community Center School, a country school, through the 8th grade, then North Platte Senior High graduating with the class of 1940. She taught schools for...
Elta M Roberts
Aug 26, 2013
Elta M Roberts, 90, of Hershey, passed away August 26, 2013 at the Sutherland Care Center. She was born September 23, 1922 in Hornick, Iowa. Elta attended school in Sargent, NE. After she graduated from High School she moved to Hornick, Iowa where she worked at a grocery store while attending college, receiving a BA degree from Wayne State College...
Dorothy Jean Mcfarland
Aug 23, 2013
Dorothy J. McFarland, 83, of North Platte passed away August 23, 2013 at Centennial Park Retirement Village. She was born March 16, 1930 in North Platte to Clyde and Edna (Panzer) Macomber. Dorothy attended North Platte High School. On November 25, 1946 she married Francis Dale McFarland. At the age of 55 she received her G.E.D. Dorothy was a homemaker...
Bernard Leon Mccants
Aug 20, 2013
Bernard Leon ""Max"" McCants, 79, of North Platte passed away August 20, 2013 at the Bellevue Medical Center in Bellevue, NE. He was born on June 12, 1934 in Arnold, NE to Bernard W. and Josephine Bay McCants. Max graduated from Stapleton High School. He lived most of his life in North Platte. Max was a veteran of the Korean...
Gary L. Bates
Aug 17, 2013
Gary L. Bates, age 45 of North Platte, died August 17, 2013 at his home. He was born on August 30, 1967 in Nebraska City, NE to Roger and Edna (Pennington) Bates. Gary grew up in Auburn, but moved with his family to Wallace where he graduated from Wallace High School with the class of 1986. He worked several years...
Patsy J. Howell
Aug 17, 2013
Patsy J. Howell, age 82, of North Platte, died August 17, 2013 at Linden Court. She was born on November 8, 1930 in Laurel, NE to Millard C. and Gertrude R. (Taylor) Spencer. Patsy grew up in North Platte and graduated from North Platte High School. She moved to Kansas where she married Forrest Howell in 1951. To this union...
Marion J. Sellers
Aug 12, 2013
Marion J. Sellers, age 86, of Wellfleet, passed away August 12, 2013 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. She was born December 21, 1926 in Lewellen to Irvin and Stefina (Policky) Biehl. Marion lived near North Platte all her early life, graduating from North Platte High School in 1944 with a teaching certificate. She moved to Wellfleet to teach school...
Allan John Marquette
Aug 11, 2013
Allan John Marquette, age 81, of North Platte passed away August 11, 2013 at his home. He was born March 23, 1932 in Alexandria, MN to John and Freda Bruske Marquette. Allan grew up in Alexandria, and was baptized and confirmed in the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church. He served in the United States Air Force as an Airman 1st class...
Stanley Ralph Smedra
Aug 5, 2013
Stanley Ralph Smedra, age 86, of North Platte, died August 5, 2013 at Centennial Park Retirement Village. Stanley was born October 24, 1926 in Boelus, NE to Joseph and Helen (Gorecki) Smedra. He grew up in the Boelus/Rockville area and graduated from Loup City High School in 1944. He entered the US Army in July of 1946 and was discharged...
Donna Jean Conrey
Aug 5, 2013
Donna Jean (Sapp) Conrey entered the presence of our Lord on Monday, August 5, 2013. She was born to Herman Everett and Sergia (Barnell) Sapp on October 12, 1924 in Fremont, NE. Donna attended school there until moving to North Platte her senior year, where she graduated with the class of 1944. She then received two years of nurse's training...
Gary L. Searcey
Aug 3, 2013
Gary Searcey, 67, North Platte (formerly of Liberty, NE) passed away on August 3rd, 2013 in the company of loved ones. He was preceded in death by his parents Harry and Joy Searcey, his brother Larry Searcey, and many aunts, uncles, and cousins. He is survived by his wife Tammy Carr, ex-wife Anita Searcey, sister in law Louise Searcey, sons...
Dorothy Mae Pueppka
Aug 3, 2013
Dorothy Mae Pueppka, age 97 of North Platte, passed away Saturday August 3, 2013. Dorothy was born January 15, 1916 in Arthur, NE to Harry and Florence (Heldt) Cullinan. She grew up in Arthur County and graduated from Arthur County High School. She was a teacher for 50 years, graduating from Kearney Teacher's College in 1972. After her retirement, she...
Pauline Ethel Clouse
Aug 1, 2013
Pauline E. Clouse, age 90, formerly of Purdum, NE, passed away August 1, 2013 in Crawford. Pauline was born in a sod house in rural Logan County on December 19, 1922 to Henry and Theresa (Constant) Uphoff. She grew up in that area and after graduating from Stapleton High School earned a teaching degree through Kearney State Normal Training. She...
Wanda Lula Evans
Jul 27, 2013
Wanda L. Evans, age 91, of North Platte, died July 27, 2013 at her home. She was born on August 1, 1921 in Kearney, NE to Burt and Mabel (Bowker) Dady. Wanda graduated from Kearney High School with the class of 1938. She then worked as a secretary and helped at the Dady Cafe. On February 13, 1943 Wanda married...
Cathy Ann Kohl
Jul 19, 2013
Cathy Ann Kohl, 61, of North Platte passed away July 19, 2013 at the North Platte Care Center. She was born April 7, 1952 in North Platte to Everett and Jan Gray Zeigler. Cathy attended school in North Platte, graduating from North Platt High School in 1971. She was a cook and waitress while raising her children, then drove a...
Elisa Medrano
Jul 11, 2013
Elisa Medrano, age 89 of North Platte, passed away Thursday July 11, 2013. Elisa was born on May 30, 1924 in Lockhart, TX to Christopher Contreras and Olivia Tobias. She grew up in Reynosa, Mexico. On July 25, 1938 she married Tereso Medrano and they had 7 children. She worked at TRW in Ogallala and was a member of St....
Marvin Wayne Owen
Jul 8, 2013
Marvin W. Owen, 82, formerly of Sheridan, WY died Monday, July 8, 2013, at his home in North Platte, Nebraska after a long illness. He was born February 4, 1932 in Sheridan, Wyoming to Clair and Elizabeth (Salsbury) Owen. He married Chongchit Ngoenyuang in 1985 in Thailand. He was a Sargent in the Korean War from 1950-52. After the Korean...
Helen Stearns
Jul 8, 2013
Helen Stearns, 89, formerly of North Platte, passed away on July 9, 2013 in Rogers, AR. Helen was born June 7, 1924, to George and Barbara Engleman. Helen married Archie Stearns on April 28, 1945, and 2 children were born of their union, Sharon and Judy. Helen worked as a custodian for the North Platte public school system for 40...
Diana Lynn Fricke
Jul 7, 2013
Diana Lynn (Roberts) Fricke, 63, of Lewellen, died Sunday, July 7, 2013 at the Ogallala Community Hospital. She was born December 17, 1949, the daughter of Jack and Evelyn (Steger) Roberts. She grew up and attended school at Ogallala and was a 1968 Ogallala High School graduate. From 1968-2012, she was employed with American Schizuki, formerly known as TRW. On...
