Larry Emmett Pedersen
Dec 9, 2020
Larry E. Pedersen, (84) of North Platte, Nebraska, died December 9, 2020 at his home.
Larry was born September 17, 1936, in Lexington, Nebraska to John and Ruth (Anthony) Pedersen. He attended Dawson County District 22 for the elementary grades and then attended Lexington High School and graduated with the class of 1954.
Following graduation,...
Vicki Lee Calhoun
Dec 8, 2020
Vicki Lee Calhoun, age 55, of North Platte passed away December 8, 2020 at Great Plains Health.
Vicki was born on June 21, 1965 in Omaha to William and Janet (Moore) Faber. Vicki grew up in Gibbon, graduating from Gibbon High School in 1983, and attended the University of Nebraska Lincoln. She worked as a nanny in...
Mary Delores Shaw
Dec 8, 2020
Mary Delores (Vieyra) Shaw, age 68, of North Platte passed away December 8, 2020 at Great Plains Health.
Mary was born on April 4, 1952 in North Platte to Raymond L. and Mary M. (Martinez) Vieyra. She grew up and attended North Platte Public Schools graduating from North Platte High School with the class of 1970. She...
Ruben Perez
Dec 7, 2020
Ruben Perez, 87 of North Platte passed away December 7, 2020 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney.
Ruben was born on August 26, 1933 in Edinburg, TX to Anthony and Stephanie Perez. He grew up in Texas, moved and lived with another family and attended school in Chicago before moving to Nebraska with his family to work...
John "Clem" Clement Carr, Jr
Dec 5, 2020
John "Clem" Clement Carr Jr., 83, of Farnam, Nebraska, passed away December 5, 2020, at Kearney Regional Medical Center, Kearney, Nebraska. He was born July 2, 1937 in Yankton, South Dakota to John Clement Sr. and Eva (Chausser) Carr.
Clem graduated from Lincoln Cathedral High School with the class of 1955. Went to Doane University for one...
Irene Jane Fischer
Dec 4, 2020
Irene Jane Fischer, 75, of Hershey, passed away December 4, 2020 at her daughter's home. She was born August 10, 1945 in Pueblo, Colorado to Roy and Elsie (Wagner) Young.
Irene grew up in Colorado, Oregon and Alaska. She graduated from high school in Thorn Bay, Alaska. She worked as a nurse in Boulder and Denver, Colorado....
Dallas Eugene White
Dec 4, 2020
Dallas Eugene White, 88, of North Platte, died December 4, 2020 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. He was born February 5, 1932, to Leonard White and Nola (Ryker) White in North Platte.
Dallas graduated from North Platte High School with the class of 1949. He entered the United States Army, serving in Korea. He returned to North Platte where...
Dale Eugene Shaner
Dec 2, 2020
Dale Eugene Shaner of North Platte, departed this life on December 2, 2020 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska.
Dale was born on May 22, 1926 to Ross D. and Hazel (Houser) Shaner in Maxwell, Nebraska. He was the middle child, having an older brother Don and a younger brother Ken.
Dale graduated from...
Elmer Dale Alexander
Nov 30, 2020
Elmer D. Alexander, 75, of North Platte, died November 30, 2020 at Great Plains Health. Elmer was born on October 01, 1945, in North Platte to Paul "Emery" and Violet (Bartholomew) Alexander.
Elmer worked at the UPRR as a machinist until he retired in 1998. He later worked for Mentzer Oil Co., until 2018, driving a fuel...
James D. Mcfarland
Nov 27, 2020
James D. (Jim) McFarland died in his home on November 27, 2020 in Omaha, NE due to complications following pancreatic cancer. He was 73.
Jim was born on October 4, 1947 in North Platte, NE to Dale and Dorothy Jean. Jim grew up in North Platte was an All-Conference football and basketball player while attending North Platte...
Joy Marie Steel
Nov 27, 2020
Joy Marie Steel of North Platte, Nebraska, passed away Friday, November 27, 2020 in North Platte. She was born December 20, 1933, in Sutherland, Nebraska to Simon & Wilda (Chase) Binegar.
She attended school in Sutherland for nine and a half years. The family then moved to North Platte where she attended North Platte Senior High and...
Leo Carl Walz
Nov 27, 2020
Leo Carl Walz, age 84 of Stapleton, died on November 27, 2020, at his home. Leo was born October 14, 1936, in North Platte, NE to Carl and Regina (Becker) Walz. He graduated from Stapleton in 1954.
On April 20, 1960, he married Veda Charlene Deterding in Stapleton. They enjoyed 60 wonderful years of marriage and were...
Lloyd Lyle Speicher
Nov 23, 2020
Lloyd Lyle Speicher, 97, of St. Louis, Missouri, formerly of North Platte, Nebraska, died on November 23, 2020. Lloyd was born on November 27, 1922, in Wray, Colorado to Jesse C Speicher and Mary V. "Saville" Speicher.
He graduated from High School in Wray, Colorado then graduated from Kearney State Teachers College in Kearney, Nebraska with a...
Ardis "Jo" Ginapp
Nov 21, 2020
Ardis (Jo) Ginapp, 91, of North Platte, died on November 21, 2020 in Cozad, Nebraska. She was born November 21, 1929, in North Platte, Nebraska to Joseph and Audrey Beaucamp Pearson.
Ardis married Quentin Ginapp in 1950. To this union 2 sons were born; Kenneth and Michael. Ardis taught school west of Cozad, while living on the...
Robin L. Shine
Nov 20, 2020
Robin Lynn Shine was born on January 10, 1968 in Marlbough, Massachusetts and died November 20, 2020 in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Later in life, Robin found her way to North Platte and she has called it home since 1998.
Robin loved her friends and considered them her family. Gibbs, Roxy, and Bear owned her heart and...
Rose Eleene Wonch
Nov 20, 2020
Rose E. Wonch, 89, of Stapleton, died November 20, 2020, at her home. She was born April 28, 1931 to William C. and Fern "Tomlinson" Joedeman. Rose grew up on the Joedeman farm and went to Gandy grade school and a local country school, graduating from Logan County High School in Gandy, Nebraska.
Rose married James Wonch...
Barbara Eileen Kohl-Matthews
Nov 19, 2020
Barbara Eileen Kohl-Matthews, 74, of North Platte, passed away November 19, 2020 at Bryan East in Lincoln. She was born February 18, 1946 to Edward and Pauline (Larson) Kohl in Gothenburg.
Barbara grew up in North Platte. She married Gary A. Matthews in Stockville and to this union four children were born, Tom, Polly, Gary "Bo", and...
Walter Joseph Revers
Nov 19, 2020
Walter Joseph Revers, 94, of North Platte, passed away peacefully at his home on November 19, 2020. Walter was born on April 14, 1926 to Thomas Revers and Winifred Wallace in Omaha, Nebraska.
Walt entered the United States Navy in July of 1943. After getting out of the Navy, Walt went to work for Union Pacific Railroad....
Bryan Jacob Melstrom
Nov 18, 2020
Bryan Jacob Melstrom, 28, of Dalton, Nebraska, formally of North Platte, died November 18, 2020, in Kellogg, Iowa as a result of a semitruck accident. Bryan was born on July 22, 1992, in North Platte, to Chris Amaya and Gregory Allen Melstrom.
He graduated from North Platte High School with the class of 2011. Went to the...
Patrick George Mcnamara
Nov 18, 2020
Patrick George McNamara, 79 of North Platte died November 18, 2020. He was born July 28, 1941 to James and Lucille (Foy) McNamara and raised on a farm outside Beemer, Nebraska. He graduated from West Point Guardian Angels High School in 1959 and graduated from Wayne State College in 1963. He went on to earn a Masters Degree in...
