Elmer Dewitt Thompson
Aug 13, 2015
Our beloved father, Elmer Dewitt "Bud" Thompson, Jr., 93, of North Platte, passed away peacefully and surrounded by his family at Josie Harper Hospice House on August 13, 2015. Elmer "Bud" Thompson was born to Elmer D. and Ida Mengel Thompson in August of 1922. He was a longtime resident of North Platte, with the exception of his childhood years...
Gerald Eugene "Gene" Hill
Aug 13, 2015
Gerald Eugene "Gene" Hill, age 91, of North Platte, passed away August 13, 2015 at Centennial Park Retirement Village. He was born February 29, 1924 in North Platte to Clifford G. and Myrtle M. Weesner Hill. Gene attended school in North Platte and graduated from North Platte High School in 1942. After graduation he entered the U.S. Navy, serving in...
Charlotte Ruth Lundberg
Aug 10, 2015
Charlotte Ruth Lundberg of North Platte, Nebraska died August 10, 2015 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 91. She was born March 31, 1924 near Arnold, Nebraska to Warren and Ethel Eddy Simms. She attended Arnold schools and taught school near Broken Bow, Nebraska for two years. In 1946 she went to Omaha, Nebraska and worked for Bell...
August "Augie" Robert Torrez Jr.
Aug 3, 2015
August "Augie" Robert Torrez, age 71, of North Platte, passed away Monday August 3, 2015 at Bryan East in Lincoln. He was born September 11, 1943 in Sterling, CO to August Sr. and Louise Salzado-Torrez. He attended school at North Platte High School. After school he began work at Brewer's Construction. He also worked for the State of Nebraska before...
Thomas "Tom" Walter Smith
Aug 1, 2015
Thomas 'Tom' Walter Smith, age 66, of North Platte, passed away August 1, 2015 at Great Plains Health. He was born November 25, 1948 in North Platte to Earl and Frieda (Epure) Smith. Tom attended North Platte public schools then enlisted in the United States Navy. He served on the USS Dubuque. After the Navy he worked in California at...
Frances "Vicky" Mary Williams
Jul 23, 2015
Frances Mary "Vicky" Williams, age 88 of North Platte, passed away Thursday July 23, 2015 at Centennial Park. Vicky was born October 24, 1926 at Seven Oak's, Kent, England to James and Frances Ada (Long) McClernon. She attended London Wenchmore Hill School. On February 4, 1947 she married Clarence Williams at Phillipsburg, KS. She worked 25 years in health care,...
Junnie Lee Folchert
Jul 22, 2015
Junnie Lee Folchert, age 72 of North Platte, passed away Wednesday July 22, 2015 at Creighton Medical Center in Omaha, NE. Junnie was born on September 30, 1942 in Denver, CO to Ross and Margaret (Mortinson) Widener. She graduated from North Platte Senior High school in 1961. After graduation she went to beauty college in Chadron and became a beauty...
Walter Leroy Carlyle
Jul 22, 2015
Walter (Roy) Leroy Carlyle of North Platte, born January 28, 1927, in Giltner, NE, to Frank and Clara (Reab) Carlyle, died July 22, 2015, at the Golden Living Center in Cozad, NE. Walt served in the United States Navy 1944-1945, and one of his proudest moments was participating in a Flight of Honor to the WWII monument in Washington, DC...
Glendin Kaye Patrick
Jul 18, 2015
Glendin Kaye Patrick, 64, of North Platte passed away July 18, 2015 at her home. Glendin was born June 5, 1951 in North Platte to Demar "Dee" W. and Ethel F. (Timmons) Garner. She graduated from North Platte High School with the class of 1969. She lived in Louisiana for about six months before moving back to North Platte where...
Bernard "Ben" D. Norton
Jul 17, 2015
Bernard D. "Ben" Norton, age 83, of North Platte, died July 17, 2015 at Centennial Park Retirement Center. He was born on February 22, 1932 in Valley Falls, Kansas to Ross and Beulah Belle (Alcock) Norton. Ben Began his career driving trucks in the Valley Falls area. He entered the US Army, serving during the Korean War as an MP....
Patrick Bennette Irish Sr.
Jul 8, 2015
Patrick B. Irish Sr. 61 of North Platte passed away July 8, 2015 at Bryan East in Lincoln. Patrick was born May 22, 1954 in North Platte to Bennette and Verina Dell Glenn Irish. He graduated from Cozad High School in 1972. He entered the United States Army and served from 1973-1977. He married DeEtta Swisher on September 6, 1973...
Olivia Rae Swedberg
Jun 30, 2015
Olivia Rae Swedberg, age 3 of North Platte, passed away Tuesday June 30, 2015 in North Platte. Olivia was born on October 3, 2011 in North Platte to Brock and Lauressa (Whitney) Swedberg. She was a do-it-myself kind of girl; independent and strong willed, but a lover to the core. She loved to be given a job like unloading the...
Robert E "Bob" Morgan
Jun 28, 2015
Robert E. "Bob" Morgan, 73, of North Platte passed away June 28, 2015 at his home. Bob was born in North Platte, on August 16, 1941 to Earl E. and Jane Morgan. He grew up in North Platte, attended North Platte High School, graduating in 1960. He attended McCook Community College to be an electrician. In 1962 he married Kathryn...
Linda Kathryn Winder
Jun 26, 2015
Linda Kathryn Winder, 67 of North Platte passed away June 26, 2015 at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, Colorado. She was born April 11, 1948 in Fremont, NE to Ray and Evelyn (Kutlas) Anderson. Linda graduated from Goodland High School in 1966. She worked for the Goodland Daily News before moving to North Platte where she worked for...
Joann W. Bettinger
Jun 25, 2015
JoAnn W. Bettinger, age 81 of North Platte, passed away at Centennial Park Retirement Village on Thursday June 25, 2015. JoAnn was born in North Platte on November 14, 1933 to Orlo E. and Wilma L. (Todd) Eglehoff. She grew up in the area and attended Lincoln Elementary School and then North Platte High School, graduating in 1951. She went...
Darlene Marie Atchison
Jun 17, 2015
Darlene Marie Atchison, age 84 of North Platte, passed away June 16, 2015 at Centennial Park Retirement village. Darlene was born on May 22, 1931 on a farm south of Curtis, NE to Peter and Elsie (Hansen) Kjargaard. She attended rural grade school and the University Of Nebraska School Of Agriculture at Curtis and graduated in 1948. She married Dellas...
Margaret E. Long
Jun 16, 2015
Margaret E. Long, widow of western artist Ted Long, died June 16, 2015. Margaret was the middle child of Tom and Catherine Hoatson and was born and raised on the Hoatson Ranch north of Hershey. She attended rural grade school, riding her horse to school. Later she attended Hershey High School. Margaret was the first homecoming queen at Hershey High...
Lance Conrad Wallin
Jun 16, 2015
Lance C. Wallin, 72, currently from Haines City, Florida formerly from North Platte, Nebraska, went home to be with Our Lord in heaven on June 16, 2015. He was the son of Winton and Maurine Belgum Wallin of Kimball, Nebraska. Lance had a long battle with COPD/Emphysema and passed in his home with his family by his side. Lance was...
Clinton William Kalblinger
Jun 14, 2015
Clinton William Kalblinger, age 93 of Valentine, passed away June 14, 2015 at North Platte Care Center. Clinton was born on March 14, 1922 in Valentine, NE to William "Bill" Melvin and Dora (Petersen) Kalblinger. He grew up in the area and graduated from Mission High School, in Mission, SD. He worked on his father's farm-ranch until his marriage to...
George Wayne Nason
Jun 13, 2015
George Wayne Nason, age 80, passed away on Saturday, June 13th, 2015 from cancer. George was born January 18th, 1935 on the Nason homestead in Sheridan County, 10 miles northeast of Alliance, Nebraska to Ralph Hilton Nason and Emma Amelia (Kline) Nason. George graduated from Alliance High School in 1953. He was united in marriage to Mary Jo Andrews in...
