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...
Robert Bernard Deutschman
Dec 18, 2015
Robert Bernard Deutschman, age 85, of North Platte, died December 18, 2015 at Centennial Park Retirement Village. He was born on August 21, 1930 in Laramie, WY to Ben and Zida (Stinger) Deutschman. Bob graduated from North Platte High School in 1949. After graduation, he began serving his apprenticeship as a machinist, following in his father's footsteps. He was then...
Tucker James Brown
Dec 18, 2015
Tucker James Brown, age 20 of North Platte, passed away Friday December 18, 2015 at Children's Hospital of Colorado after a lengthy and courageous battle with leukemia. Tucker was born on December 15, 1995 in North Platte to Derwyn and Carolyn (Thayer) Brown. He attended Cody Elementary School, Adams Middle School and graduated from North Platte High School with the...
Rodney Lee Hessling
Dec 16, 2015
Rodney "Unk" Lee Hessling, age 52 of Tryon, passed away Wednesday December 16, 2015 at Great Plains Health. Rodney was born on October 20, 1963 in Omaha, NE to Donald Richard and Lois June (Hogan) Hessling. After his graduation from Ralston High School he mostly worked with Washington Inventory Service in Omaha. He moved to Tryon in March of 2007...
Ruth Emily Beckius
Dec 16, 2015
Ruth Emily Beckius 62, of Stapleton passed away December 16, 2015 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Ruth was born August 4, 1953 in North Platte to Emory and Frances (Blevins) Long. She was raised in Stapleton and Gandy, graduating from Stapleton High School in 1971. On May 22, 1971 she married Dan Beckius in St. John's Catholic Church in...
Fred Herman Maire
Dec 12, 2015
Fred Herman Maire, 81 of Sutherland passed away December 12, 2015 at Great Plains Health. Fred was born April 1, 1934 in Mullen, NE to Herman and Grace (Sexton) Maire. Fred attended school in Mullen where he excelled at football and basketball. He worked for Peter Kewitt Construction driving a truck for a year, then returned home to the ranch...
Peggy Joann Beem
Dec 11, 2015
Peggy JoAnn Beem, age 75 of North Platte, passed away Friday December 11, 2105 at Great Plains Health. Peggy was born on January 29, 1940 in Hyannis, NE to Harry and Iola (Brown) Miller. She graduated from Hyannis High School with the class of 1958. She married Elmer Beem on December 1, 1960 in Las Vegas, NV. The couple lived...
Phyllis Valneta Kern
Dec 10, 2015
Phyllis V. Kern, 88 of North Platte passed away December 10, 2015 at Linden Court. She was born on November 13, 1927 in Long Beach, CA to Ray and Frances (Hartford) Gamble. After living most of her childhood years around the Los Angeles, CA area, she moved to North Platte with her mother. Phyllis met and married Orville L Kern...
Joseph "Joe" Elwood Inlow
Dec 5, 2015
Joseph "Joe" Elwood Inlow, age 60 of North Platte, passed away December 4, 2015 at his home. Joe was born on January 7, 1955 at St. Mary's Hospital in North Platte to Gary E. and Joanne L. (Piper) Inlow. He attended school in North Platte, graduating from St. Patrick's High School with the class of 1973. He enlisted in the...
Greta Susanna Mueller
Nov 24, 2015
Greta S. Mueller beloved wife of 35 years and devoted mother of 4 amazingly successful and wonderful children, passed away peacefully in her sleep while visiting family and grandchildren in North Platte the morning of November 24, 2015. Greta was born in 1958 in North Platte, NE, to Robert Eugene Sr. and Kathryn Ann (Duryea) Roeder. She resided in Maxwell,...
Ralph Boyd Meredith
Nov 22, 2015
Ralph Boyd Meredith, 93 of Cozad passed away November 22, 2015 at the Golden Living Center in Cozad. He was born May 21, 1922 in Cozad to Edward A. and Rhoda A. (Pebley) Meredith. Boyd attended school in Dawson and Lincoln Counties. He entered the United States Army on November 19, 1942. He was an Amphibian Tank Driver; serving as...
Fredreka "Reka" Dorlene Winder
Nov 20, 2015
Fredreka "Reka" Dorlene Winder, age 93, a lifetime resident of the Stapleton community passed away at Linden Court Friday, November 20, 2015 surrounded by her family. Reka was born on January 6, 1922 in Gandy, NE to Samuel Fredrick and Ada Myrtle (Rogers) Weber, the 7th of 11 children. She attended country school in the Gandy area until the 8th...
Violet Vyvene Young
Nov 20, 2015
Vyvene Young, 85, of North Platte went to be with our Lord on November 20, 2015. She was born on June 5, 1930 to Clyde James and Violet Vyvene (Murphy) Gardner on a farm near Quick, NE in Frontier County. She grew up in Frontier County and attended high school in Curtis, NE graduating in 1947 and then attended Kearney...
Leetta Sue Coons
Nov 18, 2015
LeEtta Sue Coons, age 70, of North Platte, passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at her home. LeEtta was born on September 27, 1945 in North Platte to Arthur W. and Erma Alma (Watson) Kohl. She grew up in North Platte and graduated from North Platte High School with the class of 1963. She held various jobs over the years...
Richard A. Tackett
Nov 15, 2015
Richard A. Tackett, 64, of North Platte, was promoted to glory November 15, 2015 at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. He was born September 8th, 1951 to Walter and Imogene Tackett in Goody, Kentucky. Richard grew up in Willamson, West Virginia where he attended high school and became an amazing athlete. Being short in stature, Richard was nicknamed "Mighty Midget"....
