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...
Eva Arline Votaw
Dec 30, 2012
Eva Arline Votaw, age 96, of Wellfleet, passed away December 30, 2012 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. She was born January 5, 1916 in Curtis, Nebraska to Arthur and Stella Blanche (Hinton) Poteet. Eva's father died November 1918 and she moved to Wichita to live with her grandparents, Ezra and Rose Hinton returning to Curtis in 1930. Eva attended...
Mary Jo Marshall
Dec 29, 2012
Mary Jo Marshall, age 66 of North Platte, died December 29, 2012 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. Mary Jo was born on October 8, 1946 in Rushville, NE to Herman and Lucille (McGannon) Arthur. She graduated from Assumption Academy in Chadron in 1965. She moved to Denver for a short while before moving back to Chadron where she married...
Marvin Russell Platt
Dec 29, 2012
Marvin Russell Platt, age 100, formerly of Paxton, passed away, Saturday, December 29, 2012 at Centennial Park in North Platte. Marvin was born October 1, 1912 in Cook, NE. to Dan and Jessie (Hunt) Platt. The family moved to Ogallala in 1919 and then to the Sandhills in 1923. His dad started Thune Store in 1924; moved to Flats and...
Annamae Walter
Dec 29, 2012
Annamae Walter, age 94 of Ainsworth, went to heaven on Saturday December 29, 2012. She was born in Elsmere, NE on May 6, 1918 to Lee and Hervian (Chase) Luther. She lived life fully and enviably, never failing to make people welcome in her home ~ feeding the masses, fixing hair or the roof ~ she always had a shoulder...
Floyd Hank William Hinrichsen
Dec 28, 2012
Floyd ""Hank"" William Hinrichsen, age 82 of North Platte, passed away December 28, 2012 at his home. Hank was born March 9, 1930 in Overton, NE to Walter and Anna (Hemstrom) Hinrichsen. He grew up in Overton and then went to work for the Union Pacific Railroad. From August 1951 to April 1953 he served in the Army, including 16...
Marvin Smith
Dec 28, 2012
Marvin Smith, 76, died December 28, 2012 in North Platte. He was born July 31, 1936 in Franklin, Nebraska to Milo and Viola Smith. At the age of 16, Marvin went to work as a ranch hand for Chas Long at the Long Ranch northwest of North Platte. He worked for three generations of the Long family. One of his...
Deloris May Dickman
Dec 26, 2012
Deloris May Dickman, age 80, of Maxwell passed away December 26, 2012 at Hilltop Estates in Gothenberg. She was born May 21, 1932 in Denver Colorado to Charles and Gertrude Moore Poland. She grew up in Sargent, NE graduating from Sargent High School. On December 24, 1950 Deloris married Dale Dickman in Sargent. He preceded her in death on May...
William Bill Foy Clark
Dec 24, 2012
William Foy ""Bill"" Clark, age 72 of North Platte, passed away December 24, 2012 at Clarkson Hospital in Omaha. Bill was born October 26, 1940 to Delbert ""Doc"" Valentine and Inez L. Clark at Rushville, NE. He spent much of his youth in Valentine, Norfolk and Omaha, graduating from North High School with the Class of 1960, before moving to...
Everett Lee Skeeter Thompson
Dec 22, 2012
Everett Lee ""Skeeter"" Thompson Jr., age 59, of Hershey, died December 22, 2012 at his home. Skeeter was born on September 28, 1953 in North Platte to Everett Sr. and Twila (Gilmore) Thompson. Skeeter grew up in the Bignell area and graduated from Maxwell High School in 1970. He worked at Quick Electric in Ogallala for several years before moving...
Michael Harper Lavelle
Dec 17, 2012
Michael Harper LaVelle age 69 of North Platte died December 17, 2012 at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday December 20, 2012 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church with the Rev. James Novakowski as Celebrant. Burial with full military honors will be at Ft. McPherson National Cemtery. The casket will not be open. Those wishing to...
Elna Wilene Wooden
Dec 16, 2012
Elna Wilene Wooden, age 87, of Sutherland, passed away December 16, 2012 at the North Platte Care Center. She was born in Keystone, NE, to Thomas and Ruth Markussen. She attended schools in Keystone through high school and especially remembered ice cream socials and dances during those years. Elna joined a brother stationed in Florida after graduation, and she met...
Ralph Clemond Kelley
Dec 15, 2012
Ralph C. Kelley, age 78, formerly of North Platte, passed away December 15, 2012 at the Sutherland Care Center. Ralph was born December 25, 1933 in Bignell, NE to Roy and Louise Yanken Kelley. He graduated from Maxwell High School and then was drafted into the United States Army where he served as a Corpsman. Ralph married Barbara Kostic in...
Payten Marie Fox
Dec 10, 2012
Payten Marie Fox, infant daughter of Kevin and Heather Fox of North Platte, was born and died December 10, 2012 at St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln. Survivors include her parents; grandparents Ben and Mary Ann Fox of Arnold and Ray and Mary Kahler of Lincoln; great-grandparents Tracy Clement of Hemet, CA; aunts and uncles Renee (David) Murphy of...
Levon Keith Scotty Scott
Dec 9, 2012
Levon Keith ""Scotty"" Scott, age 72, of Sutherland, passed away December 9th, 2012 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte, NE. Scotty was born August 13th, 1940 in Almena, KS to Elmer and Hattie Hayes Scott. He graduated from Densmore High School in 1958. On November 7th, 1959 he married Katheryn M. Bittel in Norton, KS. The couple...
