PAULINE RUTH MAXWELL WAS BORN JUNE 14, 1928 IN NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, TO ANTHONY (TONY AKA AR) AND HELEN (WARNER) HORA, THE YOUNGEST OF THREE CHILDREN.
RAISED IN NORTH PLATTE AND GRADUATED FROM NORTHPLATTE HIGH SCHOOL, PAULINE ATTENDED BUSINESS COLLEGE IN DENVER, COLORADO. AFTER GRADUATION SHE RETURNED AND MARRIED RAYMOND MAXWELL ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1947. PAULINE WORKED AS STENOGRAPHER FOR SEVERAL LINCOLN COUNTY ATTORNEYS AND LATER FOR ATTORNEY ROBERT CROSBY (GOVERNOR ELECT OF NEBRASKA). SHE ALSO WORKED AS STENOGRAPHER FOR KRAEMER CONSTRUCTION. PAULINE WENT TO WORK FOR THE UPRR WHERE SHE SPENT THE NEXT 40 YEARS WORKING AS A STENOCLERK, DISPATCHER/TRAIN CALLER AND OTHER CLERICAL POSITIONS BEFORE RETIREMENT. ALL THE WHILE SHE WAS RAISING THEIR THREE CHILDREN JEFFREY RAY, RICHARD DAVID AND THOMAS WILLIAM AND HELPING HER HUSBAND WITH THEIR FIRST BUSINESS, NORTH PLATTE FIRE EQUIPMENT. IN 1975 THE DECISION WAS MADE TO START A SECOND BUSINESS WITH THE FAMILY CALLED MAXWELL'S OFF ROAD CENTER. OUT OF THAT VENTURE CAME OFF ROAD LTD. OPERATED IN DENVER BY THE OLDEST SON JEFF MAXWELL AND HIS WIFE LUCY AND THEIR FAMILY. THE YEAR 1985 BROUGHT A THIRD BUSINESS TO THE FAMILY IN THE FORM OF A MOTORCYCLE DEALERSHIP, MAXWELL'S KAWASAKI. SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ALL THREE BUSINESS AS THE CO-OWNER, BOOKKEEPER, ACCOUNTANT AND SECRETARY. HER PASSION WAS BEING INVOLVED IN OFF ROAD RACING FROM THE DESERTS OF NEVADA, COLORADO, ARIZONA AND BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO. PAULINE WORKED CHECKPOINTS DURING THE RACES HELPING KEEP TRACK OF RACERS AND WORKING WITH OTHER CHECKPOINT CREW MEMBERS HELPING DRIVERS AS NEEDED.
OVER THE YEARS PAULINE HAD BEEN INVOLVED WITH OTHER ACITIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS A CUB SCOUT DEN MOTHER, NORTH PLATTE FIRE DEPARTMENT AUXILLIARY, MASONIC EASTERN STAR AND BPOE DOES. SHE HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FOR OVER 60 YEARS.
PAULINE WAS CONSIDERED A MOM (FIRST OR SECOND) BY EVERYONE THAT GREW UP WITH HER CHILDREN AND BY THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED AT MAXWELL'S OFF ROAD AND KAWASAKI OVER THE LAST 30 PLUS YEARS. SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO LEND AN EAR OR HELP HOWEVER SHE COULD AND PROVIDE MOTHERLY ADVICE AS NEEDED.
PAULINE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER MOTHER AND FATHER, HER BROTHER JACK HORA AND SISTER LORRAINE (HORA) BATES. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER HUSBAND RAYMOND, JEFFREY AND WIFE LUCY (ELIZABETH, COLO), RICHARD AND WIFE DEE (NORTH PLATTE), THOMAS AND WIFE GEORGIA(NORTH PLATTE), (5) GRANDCHILDREN CHRISTA(HUSBAND, JOHN SHOGREN), GREGG(WIFE, SHANNON), GILBERT GAONA, EMILY AND TYLER MAXWELL AND (7) GREAT GRANDCHILDREN NISSA AND KATELYNN(MAXWELL), BREAHNA(SHOGREN), AND CHANDLER, CAMRON, CAIDAN AND CALEB(GAONA). A VERY SPECIAL FAMILY FRIEND MIKE DuTEMPLE
PAULINE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND HER RESCUE DOG AND EXTRA SPECIAL FRIEND, CLYDE, WHO WILL ALSO MISS HER DEARLY. DIAGNOSED WITH BRAIN CANCER IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, PAULINE KNEW THE FUTURE WAS VERY UNCERTAIN AND HAD WRITTEN A LOT OF THESE WORDS FOR HER OBITUARY. THE LAST LINE READS "" STILL HAD A LOT OF LOVE TO GIVE BUT NOT MUCH TIME LEFT"" THE FAMILY REQUESTS IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS TO PAULINE MAXWELL MEMORIAL FUND.