Charles E. Chuck Edwards
Oct 14, 2012
Charles E. ""Chuck"" Edwards, age 80, of North Platte, died October 14, 2012 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. Chuck was born on September 8, 1932 in Cozad, NE to Edward N. and Eva (Kaiser) Edwards. Chuck attended school in Cozad and North Platte, graduating from North Platte High School. He then began working for Hoppe Lumber until entering the...
Dorthe Marie Jensen
Oct 14, 2012
Dorthe Marie Jensen, age 90 formerly of Chappell, NE, passed away October 14, 2012 in North Platte. Dorthe was born on March 28, 1922 in Chicago, IL to William and Clara (Sylvano) Affleck. She grew up in Chicago, graduating from high school there. Dorthe worked at various clerical jobs before moving with her family to Ogallala. Dorthe met Mervin Jensen...
Barbara Ann Shepherd
Oct 13, 2012
Barbara A. Shepherd, age 79 of North Platte, passed away October 13, 2012 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. She was born November 7, 1932 in Gary, IN to Lloyd and Mildred (Petersen) DeCent. Barbara did many things in her life including being a police woman in North Platte and a singer and entertainer (Bobbie Dee) in Las Vegas, NV....
Virginia Birdine Smith
Oct 7, 2012
Virginia Birdine Smith, age 84, of North Platte passed away October 7, 2012 at the North Platte Care Center. She was born March 20, 1928 in Duluth, MN to Don and Ethel Mehling Aydelott. Virginia grew up in Lincoln, NE, graduating from North East High School. After high school she married Robert Hansen. The couple lived in Idaho, and had...
Ada V. Allen
Oct 7, 2012
Ada V. Allen, age 93, of McPherson County and North Platte, died October 7, 2012 at the Sutherland Care Center. She was born on August 20, 1919 in McPherson County to Herbert and Mary (Harvey) Miller. Ada went to grade school through the 5th grade in a one-room schoolhouse, and graduated from McPherson County High School in 1936. After graduation,...
Regina M. Teichert
Oct 6, 2012
Regina M. Teichert, age 89, of North Platte passed away October 6, 2012 at the Sutherland Care Center. She was born December 25, 1922 in Grainton, NE to Joe and Edith Sintek Welch. She attended school in Grainton, NE graduating with the class of 1940. Regina attended college for a semester in 1940 at Kearney State and began teaching in...
Robert Fowler Getty
Oct 4, 2012
Robert Fowler Getty, M.D., age 83 of North Platte, died October 4, 2012 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. He was born July 16, 1929 at Monmouth, IL to Robert Lamont Getty and Lois (Fowler) Getty. The family moved to North Platte in 1939 where Robert attended the North Platte public schools, graduating from North Platte High School in 1947....
Rosemary Pueppka
Oct 3, 2012
Rosemary Pueppka, age 77 of North Platte, died peacefully in her sleep Wednesday October 3, 2012 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Rosemary was born February 1, 1935 on a farm near Wellfleet, NE to Leo and Veda (Flock) Greenwood. The family moved to North Platte in 1939. She attended school at St. Patrick's until her...
Shirley Lee Seaton
Oct 1, 2012
Shirley Lee Seaton, 67, of Brady, NE passed away October 1, 2012 at her home. Shirley was born December 12, 1944 in North Platte to Victor and Daisy Favinger Sukraw. She was raised north of Maxwell and graduated from Maxwell High School in 1962. Shirley married David Seaton June 9, 1963 in Maxwell. Shirley was an active leader in Girl...
Arlene Marie Lewis
Oct 1, 2012
Our beloved mother & grandmother & sister Arlene Marie Lewis passed away October 1, 2012 in Omaha. She was born December 8, 1942 to Allen Scott & Letha (Scott) VanNatta in North Platte. She lived and went to school in North Platte, spending some time in the country as well. Constantly smiling, Arlene was loving and caring and because she...
Bonnie Jean Cooper
Sep 26, 2012
Bonnie Jean Cooper, age 79 of North Platte passed away September 26, 2012 in North Platte. Bonnie was born September 26, 1933 in North Platte, NE to James and Mattie Pease. She graduated from North Platte High School. Bonnie worked at the Canning Factory in North Platte, at the Dodge Dealership in the parts department for many years, and at...
Floyd Russell Russ Masters
Sep 26, 2012
Floyd Russell (Russ) Masters, lifelong North Platte resident and newspaperman succumbed to cancer Wednesday afternoon, September 26, 2012, at his home. He was 80 years old. Russ was born on October 8, 1931 in North Platte, NE to Chester and Mabel Masters. After attending North Platte schools he graduated from NPHS in 1949. He served in Germany for the U.S....
Dennis Denny Wayne Ehmen
Sep 24, 2012
Dennis ""Denny"" Wayne Ehmen, age 54, of North Platte, passed away September 24, 2012 at his home. Denny was born September 30, 1957 in Lincoln, NE to Merlin Joy and Colleen LaVonne Points Ehmen. He grew up in Fairmont, graduating with the class of 1976. Denny worked for Standard Oil, before moving to North Platte in 1977. He hired on...
Marion L. Leu
Sep 24, 2012
Marion L. Leu, age 102, of Sutherland passed away September 24, 2012 at the Sutherland Care Center. Marion was born July 10, 1910 in Holdredge, NE to Fred and Bess Bliss Briggs. At the age of three, the family moved to Sutherland where she attended grade school and three years of High School. She took her senior year at Denver...
Sharon Ilee Tomlinson
Sep 21, 2012
Sharon Ilee Tomlinson, age 70 of North Platte, passed away at North Platte Care Center on September 21, 2012. She was born May 30, 1942 in Grand Junction, CO to William and Jennifer (Lierly) Drake. Sharon grew up in California in the East Bay Area. She graduated from Richmond High School in Richmond, CA and attended Contra Costa College for...
Maria Gastager Goldsmith
Sep 16, 2012
Maria Goldsmith, age 89, of North Platte, passed away September 16, 2012 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. Maria was born May 26, 1923 in Ruhpolding, Bavaria to Leo and Theresa Hallweger Gastager. She met Floyd V. Goldsmith during WWII and they were married in Norton, Kansas on March 23, 1947. Maria worked as the Head Banquet Waitress at the...
Evelyn Hardy Ady
Sep 16, 2012
Evelyn H. Ady, age 74, of North Platte, passed away September 16, 2012 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. She was born March 8, 1938 in Kanab, Utah to Joseph and Eva Gifford Hardy. Evelyn's parents passed away early in her life. She was raised by her grandmother, being one of 16 children, growing up in Ogden, Utah. She met...
Evelyn Marie Kleinow
Sep 9, 2012
Evelyn Marie Kleinow, age 88, of North Platte, passed away September 9, 2012 at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg, NE. She was born on October 22, 1923 in Oshkosh, NE to John Benjamin and Margaret Elizabeth Hassenstab Slattery. Evelyn attended primary school in Port Angeles, OR. She graduated from Julesburg, CO in 1943 where she lettered in band and sang in...
William Frederick Burford
Sep 8, 2012
William Frederick Burford, age 84, of North Platte, passed away September 8, 2012 at Centennial Park Retirement Park. He was born March 23, 1928 in Grand Junction, CO to Darwin and Neva Bragg Burford. During high school Bill played football. On the summer breaks he and his older brother Lee worked in Idaho to eradicate Pine Beetles and herded sheep...
Keith Franklin Lutes
Sep 8, 2012
Keith Franklin Lutes, age 80, of Tryon, passed away September 8, 2012 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte, NE. Keith was born on May 25, 1932 near Sidney, NE the eighth of 13 children born to Louis and Ernestine (Hanna) Lutes. He attended elementary school at Lone Valley north of Stapleton and high school at Stapleton for...
