Obituary Listing

Sep 12, 2019

Lorain K. "Red" Bartmess, 78, of Cambridge, formerly of Elwood passed away September 12, 2019.  She was born July 3, 1941 to Niels and Florence (Essley) Nielsen at Arnold, NE.

Red was raised around Stapleton and graduated from Stapleton High School with the class of "60".  She became a...

Sep 6, 2019

On September 6, 2019 Carol Jeanne Holtz passed away in her home in North Platte, Nebraska after a battle against Brain Cancer.  Carol was born July 21, 1943 in Winona Minnesota to Earle and Emma Drenckhahn.  She married James Holtz November 24th 1966 in Iowa where they resided until moving to North Platte in 1969.

Sep 6, 2019

Barbara J. Peterson, 89, of North Platte, passed away September 6, 2019 at Great Plains Health and Lyle E. Peterson, 100, passed away September 6, 2019 at Linden Court. Services will be at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 11, at Carpenter Memorial Chapel. Burial will be at the Gothenburg Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00...

Sep 5, 2019

Michael L. Duca 49, of Hastings, NE, formerly of North Platte, passed away Thursday, September 5, 2019 at Good Samaritan Hospital following an accident.

Michael was born August 8 th 1970 to John and Susan (Refior) Duca.  He graduated from North Platte High School in 1989. He attended North West Kansas Technical College. ...

Sep 4, 2019

Roseilyn Henryetta (Nedrig) Kennedy , 99, of Sutherland, passed away September 4, 2019, at the Sutherland Care Center. Roseilyn was born July 1, 1920, at Palmer, Nebraska, to Henry and Rose (Wegner) Nedrig, the fourth child in a family of five. She grew up on the family farm near Palmer and attended a country school. ...

Aug 30, 2019

Bruce L. Sellers, 63, of Maywood, passed away August 30, 2019 at Great Plains Health.  He was born to Lawrence "Mutt" and Esther (Walker) Sellers.

Bruce lived in Colorado for 43 years.  He had his own trucking company for 23 years.  He then opened his own business "The Sign Man" for 20 years,...

Aug 30, 2019

Lynne M. Higgins, 60, of North Platte, passed away August 30, 2019 at home with her husband, Jim Higgins, at her side.

Lynne was born April 14, 1959 to Charles and Katherine Ritter in Salina, Kansas.  She graduated from Sacred Heart High School and later attended Kansas State University and Marymount College in...

Aug 27, 2019

Velma P. Wright, 90, of North Platte, passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at Linden Court.  Velma was born December 24, 1928 in Moorefield, NE to Ernest and Gladys (Johnson) Peters.

Velma attended school at Curtis, then the UNSA (School of Agriculture), graduating in 1946.  The day after graduation her mother told her...

Aug 27, 2019

Marian I. Christiansen, 91, of North Platte, passed away August 27, 2019 at Linden Court. She was born July 11, 1928 to Otto and Nellie (Welden) Valentine at Minden, NE.  Marian attended schools in Minden.

She was united in marriage Jan. 11, 1947 to Clarence "Chris" A. Christiansen at Smith Center, KS.  They...

Aug 21, 2019

Antone "Tony" L. Muhlenkamp, 83, of North Platte, passed away August 21, 2019 at the North Platte Care Center.  He was born August 30, 1935 to John G. and Clara (Alberts) Muhlenkamp at Park, KS.

Tony worked for Carl Shear in the Hershey area farming and haying and later for Central Nebraska Packing...

Aug 15, 2019

Ronda K. Stacy, 74, of North Platte, passed away August 15, 2019 at Centennial Park Retirement Village.  She was born May 1, 1945 to Bernard and Irene (Kummer) French at Sutherland.

She attended schools in North Platte including beauty school. She became a cosmetologist and was later an instructor at the North Plate...

Aug 13, 2019

Karen Irene (Powell) Kramer, was born January 22, 1945 in North Platte, Nebraska to Alver and Maxine (Wilson) Powell.  She passed away August 13, 2019, surrounded by her family.  Karen grew up and attended school in North Platte, graduating from North Platte High School on June 4, 1963. She was united in marriage to Richard ("Rich") O....

Aug 10, 2019

Steven A. Fisher , 60, of Ashland, Nebraska and formerly of North Platte, passed away Saturday, August 10, 2019 at Lakewood Hospital in Omaha. He was born January 18, 1959 at North Platte to Dutch and Betty (Rosendahl) Fisher. Steve was an entrepreneur who dedicated much of his early career managing and operating restaurants for...

Aug 8, 2019

Vel ma J. Carlson, 87, of North Platte, passed away August 8, 2019.  She was born March 20, 1932 to Charles and Viola (Cooper) Cheever at Gothenburg. She attended schools at North Platte. She acquired her pilots license and loved to fly her Cessna.  She was a member P.A.L., R.S.V.P., T.O.P.S. and loved to read, quilt and her fur pets....

Aug 7, 2019

Matthew V. Melcher t, 59, of North Platte, passed away August 7, 2019 at Indian Hills Manor, in Ogallala.

He was born May 4, 1960 in Imperial, Nebraska to Burdette and Patricia (Shackleford) Melchert.

Matthew enjoyed working on the farm, doing projects along with others and taking...

Aug 3, 2019

Marilyn Brandvold was born on the family farm in Stapleton, Nebraska to John and Helen Wells. She became a Registered Nurse upon graduation from Nurse's Training in Scott's Bluff, NE, a career that she loved. She married Gerald Brandvold in 1958. They had 61 years of marriage, two children, John and Anne, and one grandson, Jake....

Jul 31, 2019

Larry A. Lieberth , 62, of Maywood, passed away July 31, 2019 at Centennial Park Retirement Village.

He was born October 12, 1956 at North Platte to  Barbara (Edward) Dowell.

Larry went to school in North Platte most of his life, graduating from Lincoln Northeast in 1975....

Jul 29, 2019

Everald L. Baxter, 89, of North Platte, passed away July 29, 2019, at Linden Court. He was born January 22, 1930, at the farm southeast of Moorefield to Elmer and Iola (Stedman) Baxter. At one year of age, he and his parents moved to their farm 18 miles south of North Platte. He attended Lone Star country...

Jul 27, 2019

Rex Howard , 65, of North Platte, passed away July 27, 2019, at his  home.

He was born April 17, 1954, to H.C. and Murena (Hoehne) Howard at North Platte.

Rex was a lifelong resident of North Platte and was employed at the North Platte Opportunity Center....

Jul 21, 2019

Berdonna "Donna" J. Leeper, 65, of North Platte, passed away July 21, 2019 at Great Plains Health.  She was born April 13, 1954 to Bert B. and Adina "Joan" (Younkers) Housman.

Donna graduated from North Platte High School with the class of "72".

She married Doug Mentzer on August...