Obituary Listing

Jan 13, 2021

Patricia Jo Styles, 73, of North Platte, passed away January 13, 2021 at Great Plains Health. She was born on April 10, 1947 to Lewis and Doris (Adams) Smith in Rocky Ford, CO.

Patricia graduated from North Platte High School in 1965 and then had three children, Cyrus, Michael and Crystal. She moved to McPherson, KS and...

Jan 13, 2021

Cinda J. "Cindy" Cooper, 72, of North Platte, passed away January 13, 2021 at Great Plains Health. She was born March 20, 1948 to John and Mildred (Hibbs) Armatis in Omaha.

Cindy graduated from St. Patrick's Catholic High School in 1966. On February 15, 1969, she married Dennis Cooper at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. The couple resided...

Jan 11, 2021

Melanie LaVoy Hall, age 60, passed away peacefully January 11, 2021, at Great Plains Health due to complications from COVID-19.

Melanie was born October 22, 1960 in Callaway, NE to parents LeRoy and Nancy Wonch. She moved to North Platte with her family in 1966. Growing up she attended McDonald and Cody Elementary Schools and North Platte...

Jan 9, 2021

Mary Delores "Dee" Peckman, 98, of North Platte, Nebraska, died January 9, 2021 at Linden Court in North Platte. Dee was born June 19, 1922 to Henry and Mary Agnes (Moore) Wiest, in Hazard, NE.

She graduated from Hazard High School and attended St. Francis School of Nursing. Dee worked as a nanny in Lincoln, NE and...

Jan 9, 2021

Jack L. Griffin, 79, of North Platte, died January 9, 2021, at Great Plains Health.  Services are pending at Adams and Swanson Funeral Home who is charge of arrangements.

Jan 6, 2021

Robert Scott Forrester, 58, of North Platte, passed away, January 6, 2021 at Azaria Health in Sutherland. He was born October 29, 1962 to Robert and Penny (Cline) Forrester at Memorial Hospital in North Platte.

Scott graduate from North Platte High School with the class of 1981. He was an avid outdoorsman, learning hunting and fishing skills...

Jan 6, 2021

Steven Gordon Haman, 69, of North Platte, passed away January 6, 2021 at Great Plains Health. He was born February 10, 1951 to Gordon and Jean (Jackson) Osterlink in Omaha, Nebraska.

Steve graduated from Omaha North in 1969. He went to Iowa State and finished at UNO with several degrees. He started working as a special agent...

Jan 4, 2021

Eunice Yvonne Kramer, 89, of North Platte, died January 04, 2021 at Great Plains Health. She was born on October 15, 1931 to Earl and Pearl (Munson) Miller, in Ringgold, Nebraska. Eunice graduated from Tryon High School with the class of 1949. Then married Manley Kramer on May 27, 1950, in Ringgold.

Eunice taught school for one...

Jan 3, 2021

Byron D. Bandy, 72, of North Platte died on January 3, 2021, at his home with his family by his side. Bryon was born January 09, 1948 in Shreveport, Louisiana to Everett Lightfoot and JoAnn (Addington) Lightfoot. Byron lived in Shreveport for 17 years. He was a member of the United States Air Force and served in the Vietnam...

Dec 30, 2020

James Anthony Graham, 59, passed away December 30, 2020 at his home. He was born March 7, 1961 to Phyllis and Gary Graham. He grew up in Sutherland and the family moved to North Platte when James started 8 th grade. James became "Jim" in school attending in North Platte.

Jim was always an avid sports fan...

Dec 29, 2020

Richard Alfred (Dick) Peters, 92, of Hyannis passed away on December 29, 2020, at Box Butte General Hospital in Alliance with his children by his side.

Dick was born April 16, 1928, to John and Lucille (Crouse) Peters in Ashby, Nebraska. Dick was a lifelong resident of the Ashby/Hyannis area. At the young age of 17, he...

Dec 25, 2020

Don R. "Papa" Stratton, 79, of North Platte died December 25, 2020 at Great Plains Health. He was born September 12, 1941 to Cecil and Mary (Welty) Stratton. He grew up in the Addison, New York area, and married Mary Reagan. To this union 3 daughters were born, Elizabeth, Theresa and Mitzi. Later he met Betty Mell in Colorado,...

Dec 23, 2020

Theresa L. Sejkora, age 70, of North Platte, died December 23, 2020 at her home.  She was born on March 31, 1950 in Ogallala, Ne to Gilbert and Alma (Arensdorf) Walz.  She graduated from Ogallala High School in 1968.  She married Richard Sejkora and to this union two children were born, Roxann and William "B.J.". The couple lived in...

Dec 22, 2020

James K Bain (Jim Bain) 84 was born August 4, 1936 in Grand Island and when still young moved to Cozad. Jim started working as a young man as he talked about memories of unloading freight and grains from train cars as his first job helping the older boys and other men. He talked about hanging with and the...

Dec 20, 2020

Hulda M. Gothorp, 80, of Sutherland, died December 20, 2020, Azria Health in Sutherland. She was born May 10, 1940, in Colby, Kansas to Ben and Velma (Makings) Haremza.

She attended Gem School in Gem, Kansas and graduated with the class of 1958 from Gem High School. Hulda was a nurse's aide in Colby, Kansas. She moved...

Dec 18, 2020

Ralph W. "Bill" Whetro, age 80, of North Platte, died December 18, 2020 at Omaha. He was born on September 10, 1940 in Marion, Ohio to Donald and Cora (Moore) Whetro. After losing his mother at the age of 2, his father married Clara Moore, who raised him.

Bill graduated from high school in Marion, Ohio, he...

Dec 15, 2020

Richard Al Gaskill passed away on December 15, 2020 in North Platte, NE. Richard was born September 10, 1966 in Englewood, CO. His parents were Richard and Janice Sipes Gaskill. Richard grew up in Englewood CO. and graduated Englewood High school in 1985. He was a very active thespian having major roles in several high school productions. Richard...