Carol Ann Bender
Feb 8, 2016
Carol Ann Bender, 67, of North Platte passed away February 8, 2016 at Great Plains Health. She was born in Scottsbluff, NE on December 16, 1948 to Rueben and Rose (Reizenstein) Wiege. Carol grew up in various towns, finishing her high school career at North Platte High School. She married Gary Ridinger on July 7, 1968 in North Platte. The...
Alice Louise Phelps
Feb 7, 2016
Alice Louise Phelps, 90, of North Platte passed away February 7, 2016 at Linden Court. Alice was born June 26, 1925 in North Platte to Clarence and Mary (Craigie) Spicer. She attended Jefferson Grade School and Graduated from North Platte High School with the Class of 1943. She was in the National Honor Society and helped to organize many class...
Katherine Diane Lierley
Jan 21, 2016
Katherine "Kathy" Diane Lierley, age 69 of Paxton, passed away Thursday January 21, 2016 in Omaha at the Creighton Medical Center. Kathy was born on December 31, 1946 in Denver, CO to Ernest and Virginia (Rummerfield) McClure. As a youth she was a very active member of the Calvary Temple Church and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1965....
James Allen Kruback
Jan 18, 2016
James Allen Kruback, 71, of North Platte passed away January 18, 2016 in North Platte. He was born in Oxford, Nebraska on April 19, 1944 to Ralph and Merna (Dawson) Kruback. He graduated from Bertrand High School in 1963 then served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War from 1964-1968 on USS Coral Sea. Shortly before being discharged...
Harold "Hal" D. Vonbehren
Jan 18, 2016
Harold D. "Hal" VonBehren, age 65, of North Platte, died January 18, 2016 at Centennial Park. He was born on March 25, 1950 in North Platte to Harold H. and Annette (Razes) VonBehren. Hal graduated from North Platte High School in 1968. He hired on to the UPRR as a Brakeman/ Conductor, working for 34 years, retiring in 2010. He...
Glenda Marie Spies
Jan 14, 2016
Glenda Marie Spies, 90 years young of North Platte, passed away Thursday January 14, 2016 at Great Plains Health. Glenda was born on November 8, 1925 in Ainsworth, NE to Chester and Iva (McKim) McConnell. She was united in marriage to Carl E. Spies on June 12, 1963. She was a very loving wife, mother, grandmother and helping hand to...
Stanley Dale Murphy
Jan 14, 2016
Stanley Dale Murphy September 12, 1953 – January 14, 2016 Stanley Dale Murphy age 62, of Wellfleet, NE passed away January 14, 2016 following a battle with cancer at the VA Hospital in Omaha, NE. Stan was born September 12, 1953 in Holdrege, NE to Charles and Gwendol (Holtz) Murphy. He spent his childhood years in Harris, IA, Ragan, NE...
Vera Jean Foster
Jan 12, 2016
Vera Jean Foster, age 60 of North Platte passed away on January 12, 2016 at Great Plains Health in North Platte, NE with her husband by her side. Vera was born to Walter and Patsy (Culp) Payne on September 6, 1955 in Oklahoma City, OK. She went to school in Oklahoma until she met the love of her life, Douglas...
Vernon John Brosius Sr.
Jan 11, 2016
Vernon John Brosius Sr., age 91 of Stapleton passed away January 11, 2016 at Great Plains Health. He was born March 29, 1924 in Stapleton to William and Frances (Christ) Brosius. Vernon graduated from Stapleton High School in 1941 and continued to farm with his family, then began farming with his brother Bill, forming Brosius Brothers. He married Karen Portz...
Donald Leland Hansen Sr.
Jan 11, 2016
Donald Leland Hansen Sr., age 78 of North Platte, went to be with his heavenly father and his loved ones on January 11, 2016. Donald was born on January 19, 1937 in Omaha, NE to Lewis A. and Dorothy M. (Olsen) Hansen. He married Marilyn Ann Lincoln on August 18, 1953 and the couple was blessed with 6 children, Wes,...
Craig Louis Baxter
Jan 10, 2016
Craig Louis Baxter, age 28 of North Platte departed this life on January 4, 2016 in Lincoln, NE. Craig was born on August 28, 1987 to Dr. Kim and Nancy (Pelster) Baxter in North Platte, NE. He attended McDaid Elementary School and graduated in 2006 from St. Patrick's High School. While at St. Pat's, he participated in football and basketball,...
Norma Gladys Young
Jan 5, 2016
Norma Gladys Young, 92, of North Platte passed away January 5, 2016 at her home. She was born February 20, 1923 at Lakemba, N.S.W. Australia to Eliza (Fitzsimmons) and Charles Goodman. She attended St. George Girl's High School at Kogarah. Norma was first employed by the I.C. S. (International Correspondence Schools) as a mathematics instructor. She resigned to enlist in...
Kristian Douglas Woodhouse
Jan 3, 2016
Kristian Douglas "Kris" Woodhouse, 24, of North Platte, passed away Jan. 3, 2016, as a result of an automobile accident. He was born to Aridria Smith and David Woodhouse on born Nov. 20, 1991, in Denver, Colorado. At the age of seven they moved to North Platte. At an early age, Kris captured the hearts of his family with a...
Dick E. Deutschman
Dec 31, 2015
Dick E. Deutschman passed away December 31, 2015 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE after a battle with leukemia. Dick was 57 years old. Dick was born on January 28, 1958 in North Platte, NE to Robert and Mary (Eychner) Deutschman. He was baptized at Trinity Methodist Church in Grand Island, NE on October 5, 1958....
Melvin Rex Irish
Dec 31, 2015
Melvin Rex Irish, age 68 of North Platte, passed away Thursday December 31, 2015. Mel was born on February 28, 1947 in Nampa, ID to Bennett and Verna Dell (Glenn) Irish. He graduated from Cozad High School in 1966 and attended North Platte College where he played basketball for 2 years. On July 8, 1968 he married Glenna Smith in...
Dick E. Deutschman
Dec 31, 2015
Dick E. Deutschman passed away December 31, 2015 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE after a battle with leukemia. Dick was 57 years old. Dick was born on January 28, 1958 in North Platte, NE to Robert and Mary (Eychner) Deutschman. He was baptized at Trinity Methodist Church in Grand Island, NE on October 5, 1958....
Oliver Dean Befort
Dec 30, 2015
Oliver Dean Befort age 84 of North Platte, passed away Wednesday December 30, 2015 at Imperial Manor Nursing Home. Oliver was born on March 12, 1931 in Weskan, KS to Albert and Florine (Drieling) Befort. He proudly served our country as an Army PFC from 1951 to 1952. He was stationed in Germany and worked as a welder. Oliver married...
Merri Louise Magee
Dec 28, 2015
.On the evening of December 28, 2015, Merri Louise "Harden" Magee passed away in Chappell, NE. She was 58 years old when she passed. Merri was born May 28, 1957 in Lexington, NE to Herbert and Janice Harden. On that same day her father purchased the family farm on Dodge Hill. She was the youngest of her seven siblings and...
Donald Leroy Tobiasson
Dec 26, 2015
Donald L. Tobiasson, 92, of North Platte passed away December 26, 2015 at Centennial Park Retirement Village. He was born April 17, 1923 in Gibbon, NE to Jens and Evesta Rubina (Hogrefe) Tobiasson. Don grew up south of North Platte where he farmed with his family. He married Helen Campbell on August 3, 1946 in North Platte. The couple lived...
Dale V. Benham
Dec 22, 2015
Dale V. Benham, 89 of Sun City, AZ, and formerly of North Platte and Omaha, NE, died in Sun City, AZ, December 22, 2015. Memorial Services will be held at the Adams-Swanson Chapel on Tuesday, May 31, 2016, at 11:00 AM. Dale Benham was born October 3, 1926, in Cozad, NE to Howard B. & Beulah M. Miller Benham. He...
