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...
Violet Ruth Fabik
Sep 7, 2012
Violet Ruth (Nordt) Fabik died on September 7, 2012, at the age of 92. She was living in North Platte NE, to be near to her son, Craig Fabik, and his family. Vi was best known as an artist, specializing in acrylic and watercolor paintings. In 1973, she began developing her technique in the field of miniature paintings. These tiny...
Victoria Coleen Turner
Sep 6, 2012
Victoria Coleen Turner, age 33 of North Platte, passed away Thursday September 6, 2012. Victoria was born July 16, 1979 in Colorado City, TX. Victoria had a natural born artistic talent and has done numerous drawings and art work. She worked at the Platte Bar for the last four years and never knew a stranger. She will be greatly missed...
Lowell E. Butch Pyzer
Sep 4, 2012
Lowell E. ""Butch"" Pyzer, Jr. age 54, of North Platte passed away September 4, 2012 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. He was born November 27, 1957 in North Platte to Lowell E. ""Pete"" and Lela June Meyer Pyzer Sr. Butch graduated from McPherson County High School in 1976. He worked at various jobs before finding his passion, first becoming...
Lathon & Landon Granados
Sep 1, 2012
Lathon Granados and Landon Granados, infant sons of David and Heather Granados, were born and died on September 1, 2012 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. Survivors include their parents of North Platte; a brother, David Granados of North Platte; grandparents, Jennifer Hunter of Wyoming, Vernon Tomlinson, June Tomlinson, Norman Koch, all of North Platte, and David Granados of Albuquerque,...
Thomas Robert Janes
Sep 1, 2012
Thomas Robert Janes, age 58, of North Platte, passed away Saturday, September 1, 2012 at his home. He was born January 24, 1954 in Philadelphia, PA to Robert and Barbara Proveux Janes. On August 27, 1978 he married Annette Jones in Pemberton, New Jersey. The family moved to North Platte in April 1982. Thomas had two passions in life, music...
Phyllis J. Hansen
Aug 30, 2012
Phyllis J. Hansen, age 92, of North Platte, Nebraska died Thursday, August 30, 2012, at Linden Court in North Platte. She was born April 7, 1920 to Roger & Romie (Sanders) Smith at Wellfleet, Nebraska. She grew up in Wellfleet, Nebraska. The family moved to a farm south of North Platte in 1936. She graduated from North Platte High School...
Foster E. Broge
Aug 27, 2012
Foster E. Broge, 91, of North Platte, formerly of Sutherland, passed away August 27, 2012 at Linden Court. He was born November 2, 1920, to Frank G. and Abigail Campbell Broge at Twin grove, Wisconsin. He was raised on a farm. He married Gertrude E. Rose on December 20, 1941, in Dubuque, Iowa. He served in the United States Army...
Wallace F. Wally Mckay
Aug 26, 2012
Wallace F. ""Wally"" McKay, 95, of North Platte, passed away August 26, 2012 at his home. He was born March 13, 1917, to Hugh and Lilian McKay of Prince Edward Island, Canada. At a young age they moved to Haigler, NE where Wallace graduated from Haigler High School. Wallace started a Chrysler/Plymouth dealership in Haigler in the late 1940's. He...
Harold R.Barney Peckman
Aug 24, 2012
Harold R. ""Barney"" Peckman, age 94, of North Platte, died August 24, 2012 at his home. He was born on August 17, 1918 in Kearney, NE to Roy A. and Pearl (Marlett) Peckman. Barney attended Kearney High School before being drafted on March 4, 1942 to serve in WWII. Barney served in Attu, Marshal Island, Philippine Island, and was wounded...
Jerry Dwayne Stevens
Aug 21, 2012
JERRY DWAYNE STEVENS, 85, of North Platte, Nebraska passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 21, 2012, at Delmar Gardens of Overland Park in Kansas. Born on May 2, 1927, in Omaha, Nebraska, the fifth of six children to Clinton and Vena (Drake) Stevens, he spent most of his adult life in North Platte. He was a 1944 graduate of Kearney...
Anna Marie Tucker
Aug 20, 2012
Anna M. Tucker, age 83, of North Platte, died August 20, 2012 at Linden Court surrounded by her family. She was born on October 16, 1928 in North Platte to Nickolas and Mary (Karn) Walz. Anna grew up between North Platte and Stapleton and graduated from St. Patrick's High School in 1946. After graduation, Anna completed her Lab Technical training...
Makenna Dianne Walters
Aug 19, 2012
MaKenna DiAnne Walters, age 8, of North Platte, passed away August 19, 2012 at the Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. MaKenna was born August 2, 2004 in North Platte to Steven and Jill Hoffman Walters. She was a first grader at Hall School. MaKenna was an independent, feisty, strong little girl with a stubborn streak. She loved soccer...
Deborah Lee Simants
Aug 19, 2012
Deborah L. Simants, age 48, of North Platte, passed away August 19, 2012 at her home. Deb was born August 3, 1964 in North Platte to Julio Candy and Mary G. (Gutierrez) Silos. She grew up in North Platte and attended North Platte High School, then married David Simants. Deb worked at the 6th Street Deli for many years and...
