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...
Robert Franklin Kramer
Mar 7, 2017
Robert Franklin Kramer, age 85 of Stapleton, passed away Tuesday March 7, 2017 in Lincoln, NE. Robert was born on September 21, 1931 in rural Logan County near Stapleton, NE to Franklin J. and Ethel T. (Gill) Kramer. He served in the Army from September 1953 until September 1955, during the Korean Era, serving at Ft. Lewis, WA. He was...
Chet Binegar, Jr.
Mar 6, 2017
Chet Binegar, Jr., 83, of Sutherland, NE, passed away March 6, 2017 in Sutherland. He was born to Chet Binegar, Sr. and Georgia (Kindscher) Binegar on August 2, 1933, in Sutherland, NE. He graduated from Sutherland High School in 1951 and his entire life was spent in the Sutherland community. In high school he was a member of the FFA...
Edward Lee Greenwood
Mar 6, 2017
Edward Lee Greenwood, age 61, passed away Monday, March 6, 2017 peacefully at his home in North Platte, NE. Ed was born on January 21, 1956 in North Platte, NE. to Lawrence W. and Dixie R. (Jennings) Greenwood. He attended McDaid Elementary and graduated from St. Patrick's High School in 1974. He and Jana Johnson wed on May 2, 1981...
Jack Edwin Creel
Mar 2, 2017
Jack Edwin Creel, age 87 of North Platte, went to meet his beloved wife in paradise on Thursday March 2, 2017. Jack was born October 6, 1929 in Sour Lake, TX to Benjamin J. and Effie G. (Hardie) Creel. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1948 and served until 1952 on the U.S.S. Block Island CVE 109. Upon his...
John "Jack" James Thalken
Feb 28, 2017
John "Jack" James Thalken, age 91, of North Platte passed away February 28, 2017 at Great Plains Health. Jack was born on December 27, 1925 in Laramie, WY to George and Catherine (Welsh) Thalken. At an early age, the family moved to North Platte, NE. Jack attended McDaid Elementary and St. Patrick's High School, graduating with the class of 1945....
Aleda Beth Ehrbar
Feb 27, 2017
Aleda Beth Black Ehrbar, 65, of North Platte, daughter of Orval and Leah Black, went into the loving arms of the Lord Feb. 27, 2017, in Lincoln, after a brief illness. Beth grew up and attended school in Tryon, graduating with the class of 1970. In 1973, she met and married Glen Madrigal. To this union, a daughter, Amanda Lynn,...
Esther Marie Dobbins
Feb 25, 2017
Esther Marie Dobbins, 96 of Stapleton passed away February 25th 2017, at her home. Esther was born February 2nd, 1921 to Abraham "Earl" and Maude (Arritt) Gallington on the family homestead North of Arnold, NE. Esther completed her elementary education in a country school North of Arnold. Esther attended two years of high school in Anselmo and graduated High School...
June Denise Tomlinson
Feb 23, 2017
June Denise Tomlinson, age 52 of North Platte, passed away Thursday February 23, 2017 at Great Plains Health. June was born on October 26, 1964 in Tewksbury, MA to Christine Cyrus and Bill McClurd. She grew up in Massachusetts and Arizona and moved to North Platte when she was seventeen. She married Vernon Tomlinson on May 29, 1992 and to...
Wilford Nmn Friend
Feb 16, 2017
Wilford Friend, age 77 formerly of Missouri, passed away Thursday February 16, 2017 at Centennial Park Retirement Home. Wilford was born on May 25, 1939 in Reed Springs, MO to Raymond and Amy (Poor) Friend. He grew up in Missouri and Sacramento, CA. He married Sharon Horton in Colorado and to this union three children were born, Angie, Jimmy and...
Mary Jane Boyer
Feb 16, 2017
Mary Jane Boyer, age 81 of North Platte, passed away Thursday February 16, 2017 at the Gothenburg Hospital. Mary was born on May 14, 1935 in Goodland, KS to Wesley Lee and Luella Frances (Ingram) Taylor. She graduated from Burlington High School in Burlington, CO in 1953 then attended Cosmetology School in North Platte. She moved to Sidney, NE after...
