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...
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...
