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...
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...
