Lana Marie Clouse
Apr 5, 2017
Lana Marie Clouse was born December 20, 1959 in Broken Bow, Nebraska to Donal and Pauline Clouse of Purdum. She passed away in her home April 5, 2017 at North Platte. At age 11 she developed diabetes. It was a struggle throughout her life to live with the disease. Lana loved the Sandhills and especially enjoyed working with livestock. She...
Douglas Lynn Baker Jr.
Apr 4, 2017
Douglas "Lynn" Baker, Jr. age 71, of North Platte passed away April 4, 2017 at Great Plains Health. He was born August 1, 1945 in Valentine, Ne to Douglas J. and Della Irene (Foster) Baker. Lynn graduated from Curtis High School where he was a three time State Champion Wrestler. After high school he worked on the family ranch for...
Isla Fay Beman
Apr 2, 2017
Isla Faye (Clausen) Beman, our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, lost her long struggle with Alzheimer's on Sunday April 2, 2017 at the Broken Bow Care and Rehabilitation Center in Broken Bow, NE. Isla was born on her father's cotton farm at the "Big Four", near Ralls, in Crosby County, TX, on New Year's Eve, 1922. She was the 5th...
Paula Roberta Newmyer
Apr 2, 2017
Paula Roberta Newmyer, age 88 of Kearney, formerly of North Platte, passed away Sunday April 2, 2017 at good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, as the result of an accident. Paula was born on February 15, 1929 in Scotia, NE to John C. and Gertrude (Chase) Poppe. She grew up in Tekamah, NE and graduated from high school in 1946. Paula...
Roderick "Rod" Aloysius Gerdes
Mar 31, 2017
Roderick Aloysius Gerdes, age 85 of North Platte, passed away Friday March 31, 2017 in North Platte at Great Plains Health. Rod was born February 22, 1932 to Henry and Erna (Kosemund) Gerdes on a farm in St Libory, NE. He grew up in Grand Island and graduated in 1950 from St. Mary's Cathedral High School. He graduated from the...
Homer "Ike" Darr Empfield
Mar 30, 2017
Homer D. "Ike" Empfield, age 77 of Stapleton, NE passed away Thursday March 30, 2017 at Great Plains Heath with his wife and two children at his side. Ike was born on December 16, 1939 in Stapleton, NE to Homer G. and Aletha (Yost) Empfield. He graduated from Stapleton High School in 1958 then attended Kearney State College for one...
Sally Jo Crandell
Mar 30, 2017
Sally Jo Crandell, age 59 of North Platte, passed away Thursday March 30, 2017 at Great Plains Health. Sally was born on February 1, 1958 in Kimball, NE to Edward D. and Rhetta Mary-Kent (Robinson) Crandell, Sr. She graduated from Brule High School and then attended Western NE Community College where she received a cosmetology degree. She opened her own...
Hazel Lillian Brackman
Mar 29, 2017
Hazel Lillian Brackman, age 81 of Brady, passed away Wednesday March 29, 2017 at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg, NE. Hazel was born on June 10, 1935 in Moorefield, NE to Frank and Lilly (Callahan) Reutzel. She spent her youth and teen years in the Lincoln County area. She graduated from Lincoln County Public Schools on May 15, 1948. She married...
Gary Leon Kemp
Mar 29, 2017
Gary Leon Kemp, age 68 of Maywood, passed away Wednesday March 29, 2017 at the Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, CO, surround by his children and Jean, his wife of 44 years. Gary was born on March 31, 1948 in Sutherland, NE to Emerson L. and Lucille (Fuller) Kemp. He grew up on the ranch 5 miles north of Tryon,...
Evelyn H (Heinzle) Anderson
Mar 27, 2017
Evelyn H. (Heinzle) Anderson, age 96, of North Platte, died March 27, 2017 at Linden Court. Evelyn was born on June 4, 1920 in Hershey, NE to Jonas and Bertha (Nation) Swedberg. Evelyn graduated from O'Fallons High School May 19, 1937. On October 31, 1939 in Grand Island, Ne she married Willard "Bill" "Shorty" Heinzle. The couple lived in North...
Sheila Mae Panek
Mar 27, 2017
Sheila Mae Panek, age 65 of North Platte, passed away Monday March 27, 2017 at the North Platte Care Center. Sheila was born on September 18, 1951 in Thief River Falls, MN to Kenneth and Mae (Hamburg) Maidment. After graduating high school she attended Northland Community Technical College to earn her RN Degree. Her passion was to take care of...
Norma Lee Houck
Mar 22, 2017
Norma Pounder Houck, 84, of North Platte passed away March 22, 2017 at Linden Court. Norma was a CNA for many years at St. Mary's Hospital, Great Plains Regional Medical Center, Linden Manor, and Linden Court. Survivors include her 5 children, Terry (Dee) Pounder, Brenda (Mike) Johnson, Roger Pounder, Phyllis Pounder, and Michelle Soto. Cremation was chosen. Family led graveside...
Jane M. Earnest
Mar 19, 2017
Jane M. Earnest, 82, of North Platte Ne. was reunited with her immediate family on March 19, 2017. Jane was born to Paul and Lois (Shick) McGuire on June 15, 1934 In Lexington, NE. She graduated from Lexington High School. She then attended Loretto Heights College in Denver, Colorado and graduated in 1958 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in...
Mary Frances Deutschman
Mar 18, 2017
Mary Frances Eychner Deutschman 87, of North Platte passed away March 18, 2017 at Linden Court. Mary was born August 2, 1929 in Grand Island, NE to Vernon and Margaret Eychner. She graduated from Grand Island High School in 1947. Mary attended Hastings College as a music major with a burning desire to teach. North Platte Public Schools needed an...
Patsy Ann Burke
Mar 14, 2017
Patsy Ann (Reutzel) Burke, age 75 of Brady passed away peacefully in her sleep March 14, 2017. She was born June 28, 1941 to Frank and Lilly Reutzel in Curtis. She graduated from Maxwell Public School in 1959. After school she moved to North Platte and worked as a file clerk for Northwestern Bell. In 1966 she married Gary Burke,...
Rebecca Shawn Foster
Mar 13, 2017
Rebecca Shawn Foster, age 46 of Lincoln, formerly of North Platte, passed away in Lincoln on Monday March 13, 2017. Becky was born on August 1, 1970 in Grand Island, NE to Frank and Elsie May (North) Foster. She graduated from North Platte Senior High School and spent most of her life in North Platte with her mom as her...
Mary Alyce Grow
Mar 12, 2017
Mary Alyce (Guynan) Grow, age 87 formerly of Sutherland and North Platte passed away March 12, 2017 at Stone Hearth Estates in Gothenburg, NE, surrounded by her family while in hospice care. Mary Alyce was born December 15, 1929, daughter of Bernard and Anne (Volish) Guynan in Schyler, NE. She grew up in Paxton and graduated from Sidney St. Pat's...
Wesley Bishop Dixon
Mar 11, 2017
Wesley Bishop Dixon, age 80 of Wellfleet, NE left this earth on March 11, 2017 after a brave and determined bout with Alzheimer's. Wes was born on April 6, 1936 in Pleasanton, NE to Lloyd and Mary (Reynolds) Dixon. He attended schools in the Pleasanton, Riverdale and Lexington areas. He entered the workforce at the very young age of 17...
Hazel Bea Funk
Mar 10, 2017
Hazel Bea Funk, age 85 of Sutherland, passed away Friday March 10, 2017 at the Sutherland Care Center. Hazel, known as Bea, and later on as Granny, was born on November 14, 1931 in North Platte, NE to Louis and Hazel (Phillips) Bokoskie. She attended Cody grade school and North Platte Senior High School. She married William Osborne in 1948...
Francesmary "Mary" Portz
Mar 8, 2017
Francesmary "Mary" (Harmer) Portz, age 94 of North Platte, passed away Wednesday March 8, 2017 at her ranch home. Mary was born on July 15, 1922 in North Platte to Norman J. "Doc" and Josephine (Hood) Harmer. She was raised in the Sandhills on the Mesmer Ranch at the head waters of the Whitehorse Creek. She had many roles in...
