Obituary Listing

May 16, 2018

William Junior Mackley, age 82 of Stapleton, NE, a former long resident of North Platte, NE passed away Wednesday May 16, 2018 at Cozad Care and Rehabilitation Center.

Bill was born January 24, 1936 in Arnold, NE to James Christopher and Emma Margaret (Smith) Mackley. He attended grade school in Arnold and when he was 14 his...

May 16, 2018

Ronald Leroy Vote, age 73, of rural Wallace, NE went home to heaven Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at home beside his loving wife, Mary.  Born an only child on March 26, 1945 in Colorado Springs, CO to Roy Vincent and Bertie Agnes (Clayburg) Vote, he lived the majority of his life on a small farm near Elbert, CO.  Ron...

May 14, 2018

Francisco "Frank" M. Rivera, age 88, of North Platte passed away May 14, 2018 at Great Plains Health.

Frank was born August 6, 1929 in Sarbin, NE to Eulogio "E.C." and Victoria (Munoz) Rivera. He attended St. Patrick's Catholic School in North Platte and entered the United States Navy in 1948, serving our country for four years. ...

May 13, 2018

Alice Victoria Morton, 91, of North Platte passed away May 13, 2018 at Linden Court.

Alice was born on January 26, 1927 in Omaha to John and Victoria (Hancock) Nyberg. She grew up in Omaha and graduated from Omaha Central.  After graduating she worked in Omaha for a travel agency and transferred to North Platte to manage...

May 12, 2018

Lonnie Lee Mundt, 47, of Hershey passed away May 12, 2018 at Great Plains Health.

Lonnie was born on February 23, 1971 in Hastings, NE to Larry and Marietta (Redinger) Mundt. Lonnie attended Sandy Creek High School and then moved to Ord in 1985, graduating with the Ord High School class of 1989.  He worked at Mormack...

May 8, 2018

Daniel Duane. Hoover age 75 of North Platte passed away Tuesday May 8, 2018 at his home.

Dan was born on September 2, 1942 in Sidney, NE at Taylor Hospital to Benny and Lois (Bolin) Hoover. When he was six days old his mother, brother and sister moved to California to be with his father who had...

May 8, 2018

Elizabeth Augusta Macomber, age 92 0f North Platte, passed away Tuesday May 8, 2018 at Cozad Community Hospital.  Cremation was chosen and private family will be at a future date at Westlawn Cemetery in Grand Island, NE.  Adams and Swanson Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

May 8, 2018

Leslie Sue Burke, 68, of North Platte passed away May 8, 2018 at her home.

Leslie was born on October 10, 1949 in North Platte to Lester and Marian (Whipple) Saathoff. Her father passed suddenly one month before she was born.

Leslie graduated from North Platte High School in 1968. She married Bill Burke on...

May 1, 2018

Delmar Joe Rotert, age 97, of Sutherland passed away May 1, 2018 at the Sutherland Care Center. Delmar was born on September 1, 1920 in Sutherland to Joe and Lillian (Myers) Rotert. He attended Sutherland Public Schools. Delmar was a lifelong member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

In his teen years he drove truck for Wesley Shoup,...

Apr 30, 2018

Kim Lee Keeling, 54, of Sutherland passed away unexpectedly April 30, 2018 in North Platte. He was born on December 28, 1963 in Muskogee, OK to Ronald and Sharon (Eytchison) Keeling. Kim graduated in Oklahoma at Fort Gibson High School. He attended Northeastern State University and then joined the Navy Reserves where he was a Corpsman. He graduated from Northeastern...

Apr 29, 2018

Kathleen Sanders died on April 29, 2018, at Linden Court in North Platte. She was born on August 7, 1927 to Robert and Avis Spargo in Franklin, NE. Kathleen graduated from Arnold High School in 1944 and worked in the family business, Spargo Store, until it was sold. She moved to Texas, spending 31 happy years selling Southwestern Indian jewelry...

Apr 25, 2018

The Reverend James Edward Novakowski, age 67 of North Platte, passed away at his home on Wednesday April 25, 2018.

Fr. Jim was born December 4, 1950 in Philadelphia, PA to Edward and Regina (Mulvey) Novakowski. His mother was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and he helped care for her until her death in 1986.  His father was...

Apr 25, 2018

Susan Marie Way, age 70 of North Platte, passed away April 25, 2018 at her home, which was full of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Sue was born January 10, 1948 in Olean, NE to Francis and Thelma (Gleason) Keech. She attended Bolivar Central High School in Ceres, NY.  She married Ronald Allen Dennis November 25, 1965 in...

Apr 23, 2018

Ruth Reynolds, 88, of North Platte went home to be with the Lord on April 23, 2018.

Ruth was born on October 24, 1929 in Logan County, NE on the family farm. She lived there with her parents, Richard and Harriet (Colburn) Lockhart, three brothers, and a sister until the age of 12.  She and her mother...

Apr 23, 2018

Micheline Jo "Mickie" Phagan, age 67 of North Platte, passed away Monday April 23, 2018 at Great Plains Health.

Mickie was born April 20, 1951 in Lexington to Don and Doris (Mutchie) Lemmer. She graduated from North Platte High School with the class of 1969. In October of 1975 she married Matt Phagan. To that union, two...

Apr 23, 2018

Micheline Jo "Mickie" Phagan, age 67 of North Platte, passed away Monday April 23, 2018 at Great Plains Health.

Mickie was born April 20, 1951 in Lexington to Don and Doris (Mutchie) Lemmer. She graduated from North Platte High School with the class of 1969.  In October of 1975 she married Matt Phagan.  To that union, two...

Apr 22, 2018

Mable May Rasmussen, 97, longtime resident of North Platte, Nebraska, passed away April 22, 2018 on Good Shepherd Sunday, in York, Nebraska.

Mable was born January 20, 1921 in North Platte, Nebraska, the youngest child of John and Zilphia (Freel) Cook. She attended grade school at District 3 Sioux Lookout School southeast of North Platte and graduated...

Apr 16, 2018

Harold (Buz) Ehlers, age 89, of North Platte passed away April 16, 2018 at Great Plains Health.

Buz was born on May 7, 1928 in North Platte to Edward and Elizabeth (Bailey) Ehlers.

He started school at Bell Prairie School, near Maywood and attended North Platte Schools later. He had fond memories of his youth,...

Apr 13, 2018

Robert Leroy Bassett, known as Bob to friends and family, age 88 of North Plate, passed away Friday April 13, 2018 with his family at his side.

Bob was born September 11, 1929 in Arnold, NE to Charles Edward and Hazel Leora (McCandless) Bassett. He was an avid football fan and dog walker in his later years. ...

Apr 13, 2018

Walter Eugene "Gene" Kohl, 80, of Hershey passed away April 13, 2018 at Great Plains Health.

Gene was born on June 26, 1937 in Sutherland, NE to Walter and Jennie (Grisby) Kohl. He attended grade school in Wallace, and junior high in North Platte, graduating from North Platte High School with the class of 1955. After graduation...