Sarrah Frances Kuhl
Dec 26, 2016
Sarrah Frances Kuhl, 79, of Hershey passed away December 26, 2016 at Centennial Park Retirement Village. Sarrah was born April 1, 1937 in Wallace, NE to Sidney and Mary (Holub) Zimmerman. She graduated from Wallace High School in 1954. Sarrah took Normal School Training in McCook and following that taught several years at small country schools. On February 8, 1957...
Macayla Kristine Razes
Dec 23, 2016
Macayla K. Razes, 21, of North Platte passed away Friday, December 23, 2016, as a result of a car accident near Sterling, CO. Macayla was born December 11, 1995 in North Platte. She attended pre-kindergarten in Iowa, and returned to North Platte where she attended Lincoln Elementary, Madison and Adams Middle Schools, and graduated from North Platte High School in...
Marjorie Ruth Frels
Dec 21, 2016
Marjorie Ruth Frels, age 105, of Sutherland, NE passed away December 21, 2016 at the Sutherland Care Center. Marjorie was born on June 14, 1911 in Garden County near Lisco, NE to Elzi and Flora (Powell) Wollam. She moved to Arkansas as a small child, returning to Stockville, NE in 1914. Marge married Jess Warner in 1927 and to this...
Marcella "Sally" Grace Peters
Dec 17, 2016
Marcella Grace "Sally" Peters, 85, of North Platte passed away December 17, 2016 at Great Plains health. Sally was born July 9, 1931 in Ashby, Nebraska to Harry and Lelia (Warner) Paige. She graduated from Ashby High School in 1949, and was united in marriage to Richard Peters June 2, 1949. The couple lived in various places, moving with the...
Eva E. Swedberg
Dec 16, 2016
Eva E. Swedberg, age 86, of North Platte, went to Heaven on December 16, 2016 at Great Plains Health. Eva was born on November 7, 1930 in North Platte, the fifth child of Ray and Hazel (Pittman) Eberly. When growing up, Eva was her father's helper, milking cows, doing chores, and even breaking horses. Her mother Hazel was a volunteer...
Gary Ralph Cooper
Dec 13, 2016
Gary R. Cooper, 73, of North Platte, passed away December 13, 2016 at the Denver Hospice inpatient Care Center in Denver, CO. Gary was born February 17, 1943 in East Alton, IL to Ralph and Lucille (Ford) Cooper. He graduated from Wood River, Illinois High School in 1961, attended and graduated from Fort Hays University in 1965, and went on...
Sheryl Renee Kackmeister
Dec 12, 2016
Sheryl Renee (Marquette) Kackmeister, 62, of Union, NE passed away December 12, 2016 at Nebraska Methodist Hospital in Omaha, NE. Sheryl was born May 28, 1954 in Minneapolis, MN to Allan and Toni (Larson) Marquette. She moved to North Platte from Minneapolis until she met the love of her life, Darrel Kackmeister. The two were married June 3, 1995. Sheryl...
George J. "Tiny" Star
Dec 11, 2016
George "Tiny" Jackson Star Jr. age 92, of North Platte, NE passed away Sunday, December 11, 2016 at the North Platte Care Center. George was born on July 28, 1924 to George Sr. and Sadie (Tetterton) Star in North Platte, NE. He was the third of four children born to the family, Mildred, Glen, George "Tiny", and Lydia "Marge". Tiny...
Mabel Jane Brooks
Dec 8, 2016
Mabel Jane Brooks, 100, of North Platte died December 8, 2016 at Centennial Park Retirement Village. She was born November 7, 1916 in Chesterfield, Nebraska to Dean Warwick and Merle (King) Wood and grew up in the Cherry County and Mullen area. She Married Lawrence P Brooks June 20, 1941 in Valentine. They lived in the North Platte, Arnold, Brady...
Lynn Eugene Phillips
Dec 7, 2016
Lynn E. Phillips, the youngest child of Clarence and Jessica (Brott) Phillips was born in the home of his grandparents Edwin and Margaret Brott in Mullen, NE on August 17, 1933 and departed this life on December 7, 2016 at his home in Mullen. For the first two years he lived in a sod house on his grandparent Phillips' homestead...
Donald Kent Bandy
Dec 3, 2016
Donald Kent Bandy, age 96 of Stapleton, passed away Saturday December 3, 2016 at Linden Court. Don was born on October 6, 1920 near Lewellen, NE to Jesse and May (Gray) Bandy. He attended school in the Rackett area in Garden County. One of five children, he was raised on a ranch 35 miles north of Oshkosh, growing up fast...
Olive Irene Johnson
Nov 28, 2016
Olive Irene Johnson age 85 of Maxwell, passed away on November 28, 2016 at Great Plains hospital in North Platte Nebraska. Irene was born July 15, 1931 in Admire, Kansas to Oliver and Grace Burks. Irene attended Miltonville Weslyan College and studied education. It was here where she was introduced to and fell in love with Melvin K. Johnson, the...
Naomi Maxine Rickman
Nov 25, 2016
Naomi M. Rickman, age 86 of North Platte, passed away Friday November 25, 2016 at Great Plains Health. Naomi was born on July 8, 1930 in North Platte, NE to Herman and Emma (Frederick) Timmer. She grew up in North Platte and attended North Platte High School. She worked for a time at Rite-Way Laundry in North Platte before marrying...
Dorothy Ann Von Holt Swedberg
Nov 21, 2016
Dorothy Ann von Holt-Swedberg, 86, of North Platte passed away November 21, 2016 at the North Platte Care Center. Dorothy was born May 10, 1930 in Alamogordo, New Mexico to Clyde and Eula (Foller) Saye. One of three children, Dorothy was raised in Oklahoma City, and spent 70 years in North Platte. Dorothy became interested in helping others at the...
Neil R Salmon
Nov 20, 2016
Neil R. Salmon, 69, of North Platte, passed away November 20, 2016 at his home. Neil was born December 30, 1946 in Grant, Ne to Merle and Iona Ruth (Hartzell) Salmon. Neil grew up in and graduated from Aurora High School in 1965. After which he joined the United States Army, serving in Vietnam. After being discharged he returned to...
Merle Francis Axford
Nov 19, 2016
Merle F. Axford, 51, of North Platte passed away November 19, 2016 in North Platte. Merle was born April 30, 1965 in Fort Carson, Colorado to Francis and Beverly (Runyon) Axford. He graduated high school in Warren Township, IL in 1983 and attended Iowa State University, graduating in 1989. On June 13, 1992 he married Karla Forsch in Ames, Iowa....
Robert Wayne Allen
Nov 18, 2016
Robert W. "Bob" Allen, 65, of North Platte, passed away Nov. 18, 2016, at Great Plains Health. He was born on Nov. 7, 1951, in Tilden to Vernon and Bonita (Rogers) Allen. Bob grew up in Petersburg, graduating from Petersburg High School in 1970. He went on to Northeastern Nebraska College where he played basketball, then transferred on to Chadron...
Jack Dean Harkreader
Nov 15, 2016
Our beloved Jack Dean Harkreader of North Platte, NE passed on November 15, 2016 at 81 years old. Our Almighty Father called him to Heaven for eternal life. Jack was born on December 5, 1934 in Okmulgee, OK to James Robert Harkreader and Mary Magdeline Edwards. Jack graduated from Boys Town High School in 1953 in Omaha, NE. He was...
Peggy Ann Gray
Nov 15, 2016
Peggy Gray, age 46 of North Platte, passed away Tuesday November 15, 2016 at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln, NE. Peggy was born on July 12, 1970 in North Platte, NE to Floyd and Patricia (Negley) Gastineau. She grew up in the area and attended North Platte Public Schools. She married LeRoy Gray on June 1, 2007, and recently left...
Gracelyn Rain White
Nov 12, 2016
Gracelyn Rain White, 13, passed away in Sutherland November 12, 2016. She was born on July 20, 2003 to Brandy Smith in Denver, Colorado. Her parents Matthew and Jennifer received the call while barbequing hamburgers, they were able to take her home the following day to meet her older brother and sister, William and Cheyenne. Shortly thereafter, the family settled...
