Rhonda Messersmith
Jan 18, 2020
Rhonda Lee Messersmith, 83, died January 18, 2020 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was born May 11, 1936 in Indianapolis, IN. to Allen and Helen (Nauerth) Conyers.
She married Robert Lee Messersmith on August 3, 1967 in Curtis, NE.
Rhonda worked as a secretary for Snell Services for 30 years until her retirement...
Theodore "Ted" Waugh
Jan 17, 2020
Theodore Keith "Ted" Waugh, 77, of North Platte, passed away January 17, 2020, at Great Plains Health. He was born November 10, 1942 to Levi and Harriett (Mahoney) Waugh.
Ted graduated from Hulett High School in Hulett, Wyoming, where he spent his childhood. After graduation, he entered the US Navy in 1960. After Ted was discharged in...
Donald "Don" Mentzer
Jan 15, 2020
Donald Eugene "Don" Mentzer, 83, died January 15, 2020 at Great Plains Heath. He was born June 25, 1936, in Arcadia, NE to Clyde and Irene (Hunt) Mentzer.
Don went to country schools in Custer County up until his family moved to Broken Bow where he attended his freshman year and then moved to Maxwell during the...
Sherry Munce
Jan 15, 2020
Sherry Lea Munce, 71, died January 15, 2020 unexpectedly in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born May 18, 1948 in Marysville, KS to Merle and Violet (Graham) Grauer.
Sherry graduated from Cosmetology School and worked as a hairdresser in Kansas. She married Doug Carl in 1967 and to this union two sons were born. She opened her own...
Betty Schwartz
Jan 7, 2020
Betty "Joan" (Foster) Schwartz, 88, of North Platte died January 7, 2020 at Centennial Park Retirement Home. She was born September 3, 1931, in Benkelman, Nebraska to Leo Chesney and VaLeita Fallert Foster. Joan was baptized and confirmed at the time of her marriage.
On December 28, 1949, she married Edwin "Ed" Schwartz in Benkelman, and they...
Steven "Steve" K. Dodge
Jan 5, 2020
Steven K. "Steve" Dodge
Steven K. "Steve" Dodge, 64, of North Platte, passed away January 5, 2020, at The Monarch in Lincoln. He was born May 14, 1955, to Keith and Ardy (Mohr) Dodge in Lexington. He grew up in Cozad, graduating with the Class of 1973, and attended Colorado State University. After living with...
Charles Cady
Jan 4, 2020
Charles "Chuck" Cady died at his home with his family in North Platte, NE on January 4, 2020 at the age of 90.
Chuck was born on November 19, 1929 in North Platte, NE. His parents were Charles and Ruth Cady. Chuck graduated from North Platte High School and joined the Navy in 1948. He went to...
Clayton Cooper
Jan 2, 2020
Clayton L. Cooper, 79, of North Platte passed away January 2, 2020.
Clayton was born July 8, 1940 in Leadville, CO to Ora and Velma (Thompson) Cooper.
He was the owner of Daylight Donuts in North Platte for 20 years before hiring out on the Union Pacific Railroad as a carman. He retired from the...
Scott Allison
Jan 1, 2020
Robert Scott Allison, 66, of North Platte, died January 1, 2020 at home. Scott was born on November 28, 1953 to John Robert Allison and Joan Elizabeth (Caldwell) Allison in Marceline, Missouri. Scott graduated from Marceline High School in 1972, attended Missouri Valley College in Marshall, MO, and then graduated from the University of Missouri – Columbia with a...
Dawn Anderson
Dec 30, 2019
Dawn Lee Anderson, 54, of North Platte, passed away December 30, 2019 at her home. Online condolences may be shared at www.carpentermemorial.com . Cremation was chosen and private family services will be held at a later date.  Carpenter Memorial Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.
Audrey Moore
Dec 30, 2019
Audrey Lee Moore, 90, of North Platte, passed away at Linden Court on December 30, 2019. Online condolences may be shared at www.carpentermemorial.com . Cremation was chosen and private family services will be held at a later date. Carpenter Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Lonice Franklin
Dec 28, 2019
Lonice Royal Franklin, 62, of Stapleton, formerly of Victoria, Texas, died December 28, 2019 at Great Plains Health. Online condolences may be shared at www.carpentermemorial.com. Services will be held January 9, 2020 in San Antonio, Texas. Carpenter Memorial Chapel is in charge of local arrangements.
Eddie O. Norton
Dec 26, 2019
Eddie Olin Norton, 80, of Maxwell, passed away December 26, 2019 at Great Plains Health.
Eddie was born June 8, 1939 in Limon, Colorado to Otis A. and Fern C. (Cook) Norton. He attended schools in Genoa and Sterling, Colorado. He was united in marriage to Margaret Lunkwitz on January 11, 1969 at the First Lutheran Church...
Robert Eugene Winchell
Dec 22, 2019
Robert Eugene Winchell age 98 died December 21 st , 2019 in North Platt, NE.
Bob was born December 13, 1921 In Goodland, Kansas, the son of Daniel and Martha (Erickson) Winchell.
He married Barbara Harding in Sidney, Nebraska on January 24 th , 1943. They were married 73 years before Barb's passing in 2015....
Eugene L. Stienbarger
Dec 22, 2019
Eugene Leroy Steinbarger , 56, formerly of North Platte passed away December 22, 2019 at Bryan Medical Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. A memorial has been established in his name. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m., Thursday, January 2, 2020, at the Plainview Cemetery in Maxwell, NE.
Jacqueline M. Tighe
Dec 4, 2019
Jacqueline Mae Tighe
Jacqueline "Jackie" Mae Tighe, 91, of North Platte passed away December 4, 2019 at Linden Court. Jackie was born November 3, 1928 in Omaha, NE to Edward "Jack" and Stella Mae (Buckendorf) Williams. She was the long awaited first child for Jack and Stella and the apple of their eyes....
Fred R Dircksen
Dec 3, 2019
Fred R. Dircksen , Sr., 67, of North Platte, passed away December 3, 2019 at his home. He was born May 28, 1952 to Fred and Anna (Thompson) Dircksen at North Platte. Fred graduated from North Platte High School with the class of "70".
In 1970, he hired out with the...
Lois M Sittner
Dec 2, 2019
Lois M. Sittner, 93, of North Platte, passed away December 2, 2019 at Great Plains Health. She was born August 8, 1926 to Glen L. and Helen D. (Smith) Marlatt at Torrington, WY.
On January 12, 1947, she was united in marriage to Ed Sittner at Lyman, NE.
Lois...
Johnnie "John" L Haines
Dec 2, 2019
Johnnie  "John"  Lee Haines , 86, of North Platte passed away December 2, 2019 at his home. He was born December 26, 1932 in rural Franklin, NE to John and Maurine (Ely) Haines. John grew up on the family homestead in Franklin; he worked on the family farm & also worked in his grandparents lumberyard (Ely Lumber...
Donald Lunkwitz
Dec 2, 2019
Donald Lunkwitz of Maxwell, NE, departed this world on Dec. 2, 2019, at North Platte Care Center at the age of 77. He was born to Otto and Doris (Bockus) Lunkwitz, on Sept. 2, 1942, in North Platte at the house, along with his twin brother Daniel. The twins were not expected to live and...
