Fern V. Fulk
Mar 22, 2016
Fern V. Fulk, 95, of Wallace, went to her heavenly home on March 22, 2016 at Linden Court with her family at her side. She was born on September 3, 1920, on the farm southeast of Dickens, NE, to William and Myrtle (Tanner) Boyes. She attended country school and graduated with honors from Dickens High School in 1938. On October...
Mary Elourdez Gomez
Mar 19, 2016
Mary E, Gomez, age 103, of North Platte, died March 19, 2016 at Centennial Park Retirement Village. She was born on February 11, 1913 in Silao, GTO, Mexico to Victor and Florentina Therersa (Hernandez) Ybarra. On August 23, 1931 she was united in marriage to Manuel Vieyra in Medford, OK. To this union 12 children were born. Mary married Guadalupe...
Connie Sue Bohnas
Mar 16, 2016
Connie Sue (Armstrong) Bohnas, age 55 of North Platte, passed away Wednesday March 16, 2016 at Great Plains Health. Connie was born on August 1, 1960 at St. Mary's Hospital in North Platte to Clark and Katherine (Dailey) Armstrong. She grew up in Arizona and graduated from Snow Flake High School with the class of 1978. After high school she...
Charles "Chart" Nicholson
Mar 11, 2016
Charles 'Chart' F. Nicholson, age 89, of Tryon, passed away Friday, March 11th at his home. He was born October 7, 1926 in Sutherland to Arthur and Alma (Arensdorf) Nicholson. He grew up in the Southwest corner of McPherson County. At a young age he went to work on a harvesting crew. In 1945, he entered the U.S. Army, serving...
Myrtle Jeannette Gary
Mar 9, 2016
Myrtle Jeannette Gary, age 88, former longtime resident of Kearney, passed away March 9, 2016 at the North Platte Care Center. Myrtle Jeannette was born on June 21, 1927 in South Dakota to Steener John and Clara Ruth (Hove) Carlson. She grew up on a farm near White Butte, SD, graduating from Lemmon (SD) High School. She worked at a...
Pamela Kay Sweeney
Mar 8, 2016
Pamela Kay Sweeney, 56, of North Platte passed away March 8, 2016 at her home. Pam was born July 18, 1959, to Harold and Beverly (Herbek) Sweeney in Cozad, Nebraska. She attended elementary through high school in Cozad, graduating in 1977. She then attended University of Nebraska at Kearney before completing her Bachelor of Science Degree in Health Information Management...
Jeremy Rex Stephen
Mar 8, 2016
Jeremy Rex Stephen, 43, of Cozad, Nebraska, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Jeremy was born December 29, 1972 to Rhonda (Irish) and Lewis Stephen at Cozad, Nebraska. As a young child the family moved to Sterling, Colorado and he graduated Sterling High School with the Class of 1992. Growing up Jeremy found his...
Juanita "Jennie" Luna
Mar 7, 2016
Juanita "Jennie" Luna, age 87 of North Platte passed away March 7, 2016 surrounded by her family. She was born December 3, 1928 to Luis and Nicolasa (Garcia) Ponce in Clearwater, Kansas. On November 27, 1948 in North Platte she married Petronilo "Pete" Luna. Jennie was a Social Worker in Lincoln County for 20 years. Jennie was a life time...
James Joseph "Jj" Bryant
Mar 5, 2016
James Joseph "JJ" Bryant Jr. of North Platte passed away on the morning of Saturday, March 5, 2016 at the age of 64. J.J. was born in Tarboro, NC to James Joseph and Joanne (Hufham) Bryant, Sr. on September 8, 1951. He spent his childhood in California before moving to North Platte in 1970. He married Rebecca Hert and to...
Jeanette Louise "Jenny" Murrain
Mar 5, 2016
Jeanette "Jenny" Murrain, 52 of Gothenburg passed away March 5, 2016. Jenny was born September 30, 1963 in Grand Island to Leonard F. and Mary Frances (Leonard) Buhrman. She graduated from North Platte St. Patrick's Catholic High School with the class of 1982. Jenny attended Mid Plains Community College and worked at Quik Shop while she finished her degree. She...
Steven Jay Votaw
Mar 4, 2016
Steve Votaw, age 69 of Wellfleet passed away at his home on Thursday, March 3, 2016. He was born in North Platte, NE on January 22, 1947 to Francis and Verna (Sandstrom) Votaw, and was raised on the family farm near Wellfleet. He graduated from UNSA in Curtis in 1966 and was drafted into the army. Steve was a very...
Cullen Harold Rishel
Mar 3, 2016
Cullen Harold Rishel, age 76 of North Platte, passed away at his home on Thursday March 3, 2016. Cullen was born on December 5, 1939 in Plankinton, SD to Zura and Florence (Rademaker) Rishel. He joined the US Navy and served from August of 1957 until August of 1963. After his Honorable Discharge from the Navy he worked as an...
Thurston Fay Allen
Mar 2, 2016
Thurston Fay Allen, age 81 of North Platte, passed away Wednesday March 2, 2016 at the Medical Center of The Rockies, in Loveland, CO. Thurston was born on February 16, 1935 in Monte NE, AR to Clarence and Daisy Elizabeth (Crossan) Allen. He grew up on a ranch North of North Platte, being raised by his Aunt Laura and Uncle...
Bonnie Jean Steinbrink
Mar 1, 2016
Bonnie Jean (Thompson) Steinbrink, age 53 of North Platte, passed away March 1, 2016 at her home in North Platte, NE. Bonnie was born in Attleboro, MA on August 2, 1962 to Donald and Carol (Ford) Thompson. Bonnie spent her early childhood at Camp Lejeune, NC then moved to Newport, NC where she attended high school at West Carteret High....
George Melvin Andre
Feb 29, 2016
George Melvin Andre, age 88 formerly of Stapleton, NE passed away on Monday February 29, 2016 at the Callaway Good Life Center. Melvin was born on June 19, 1927 at the family home in McPherson County, NE to George Martin and Iva Elsie (Cassens) Andre. He attended Pleasant Hill Country School. He thoroughly enjoyed working for farmers and ranchers in...
Delores "Dee" Jane Krebs
Feb 23, 2016
Delores "Dee" Jane (Steele) Krebs, 86, of North Platte passed away February 23, 2016 at her home. Dee was born April 6, 1929 in Kearney, Nebraska to Richard and Mabel (Alm) Steele. Dee attended the Omaha Technical High School, graduating with the class of 1949. On July 29, 1950 in Omaha she married Robert (Bob) F. Krebs. The two recently...
Dean Edwin Ward
Feb 19, 2016
Dean E. Ward, age 79 of North Platte passed away at his home on Friday February 19, 2016. Dean was born on March 10, 1936 in North Platte to Albert E. and Elizabeth E. (Vaughn) Ward. He lived in North Platte his entire life, graduating from North Platte High School with the Class of 1955. As a boy he had...
Arthur Wayne Lockhart
Feb 19, 2016
Arthur "Art" Wayne Lockhart, age 91 formerly of Lemoyne, passed away Friday February 19, 2016 at Linden Court Nursing Home in North Platte. Art was born on August 6, 1924 in Stapleton, NE to Richard and Grace Harriet (Colburn) Lockhart. He was the 3rd living child born to his parents and had 4 surviving siblings. He grew up in the...
Darrell Leroy Stack
Feb 15, 2016
Darrell LeRoy Stack, age 90, of North Platte passed away February 15, 2016 at Great Plains Health. He was born April 28, 1925 in Tryon, Nebraska to Donald and Esther (Schipper) Stack. Darrell graduated from Oconto Public Schools, entering the United States Army, serving in Italy during WWII. After his discharge in 1946, he returned to Oconto where he began...
Richard Maurice Kurtz
Feb 13, 2016
Richard Maurice Kurtz, 86, of Akron, Ohio passed away February 13, 2016 in Medford, Oregon. He was born on July 5, 1929 to John and Garnet (Sullivan) Kurtz in Dover, Ohio. Upon graduation from Dover High School in 1946 he joined the armed service in which he played the French horn for the marching band. After being honorably discharged from...
