Betty Jane Palmer
Jun 10, 2013
Betty Jane Palmer, 77, of North Platte passed away June 10, 2013 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. Betty was born January 22, 1936 in Kansas City, MO to William and Twila Keith. She moved to North Platte when she was young. Betty was united in marriage to Everett Palmer, Sr. on July 9, 1954 in North Platte. She was...
John J Kirchner
Jun 10, 2013
John Joseph Kirchner, 73, of North Platte passed away June 10, 2013 at his home. John was born to Joe J. and Minnie (Zwiener) Kirchner on March 5, 1940 at Bellwood, Nebraska. He graduated in 1958 from St. Agnes Academy in Alliance and attended Chadron State College. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1962-1966 and served on the USS...
Mary Lou Sullivan
Jun 6, 2013
Mary Lou Sullivan Mary Lou Sullivan, age 80, of North Platte passed away June 6, 2013 at Linden Court in North Platte. Mary Lou was born March 19, 1933 to Guy and Mabel (Cox) Furrow in Broken Bow, NE. She graduated from the Broken Bow High School in 1951. She married Norman Gubser on July 27, 1955 he passed away...
Robert H. Olson
May 29, 2013
Robert H. (Bob) Olson was born December 11, 1932 in Redwood County, Minnesota to Minnie and Leonard Olson. He was the fourth of nine children living on the family farm on the banks of Plum Creek, near Walnut Grove. Bob graduated from Walnut Grove High and joined the U.S. Army in 1953. He was stationed in Germany, assisting with post-war...
Victor Keith Tatman
May 25, 2013
Victor Keith Tatman, 97, went home to be with our Lord and Savior on Saturday May 25th, 2013, in Puyallup, WA. Vic was born on Feb 20th, 1916, on a farm just north of North Platte NE, in a little sod house. He graduated from North Platte High School in 1934 and immediately went to work for the Union Pacific...
Layne L. Howell
May 22, 2013
Layne L. Howell, age 50 of North Platte, died May 22, 2013 at the VA Hospital in Omaha. He was born September 5, 1962 to Riley and Florence (Hoffman) Howell at Cameron, MO. Layne graduated from Wiggins High School in Wiggins, CO. He served in the United States Air Force and farmed with his family in Colorado, Missouri, and Nebraska....
Twila R Thompson
May 13, 2013
Twila Rose Thompson, 88, of Hershey, died May 13, at Centennial Park Retirement Village. She was born on December 1, 1924, in North Platte to Jess and Esther Gilmore. Twila was united in marriage to Everett L. Thompson on April 8, 1940. The couple resided in the Bignell area until moving to Hershey where they owned and operated a local...
C. Wayne Hill
May 12, 2013
C. Wayne Hill, 86, of North Platte, died May 12, 2013 at Centennial Park Retirement Village. He was born Dec. 11, 1926, in Tryon to A.C. and Helen Hill. The family moved to North Platte, then to Paxton, when Hill was in junior high, and then back to North Platte. As a high school senior, he began working afternoons and...
Dallis C. Dye
May 10, 2013
Dallis C. Dye passed away May 10, 2013 at Centennial Park Retirement, following a courageous battle with cancer. Dallis was born July 19, 1940 on a farm south of North Platte, NE to Orley and Edith (Miller) Dye Baxter. He attended grade school at Echo School graduating from North Platte High School in 1959. He married Connie Loghry April 24,...
Joan T Smith
May 8, 2013
Joan T. Smith Joan T. Smith, 85, of Omaha, formerly of North Platte, passed away May 8, 2013 at the Omaha Nursing Home. She was born Sept. 17, 1927 to Peter and Grace (Beaupre) Lamirande at Cloquet, MN. Joan was united in marriage to Clayton W. Smith on June 9, 1956 at Duluth, MN. They resided in Duluth, Denver, CO...
Michael Coleman
May 6, 2013
Michael Coleman was born on November 27, 1963 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was born the ninth child of eleven to the union of Burley Coleman Jr. and Odelia Coleman. Michael was baptized in the name of Jesus and attended Greater Bethlehem Temple Church. After school, he pursued a career in Construction specializing in Painting and many other accomplishments. Michael had...
Cindy W Cox-Votaw
May 4, 2013
Cindy W. Cox-Votaw, age 48, of Wellfleet, passed away Saturday, May 4, 2013 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. A memorial has been established and online condolences may be made at www.carpentermemorial.com. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM, Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at Carpenter Memorial Chapel with Pastor Tammy Aubushon officiating. Burial will follow at Wellfleet Cemetery. Visitation will be...
Jay A. Red Williams
Apr 28, 2013
Jay Alvin (Red) Williams, 80 of North Platte, departed this life on April 28, 2013 at his home. Jay was born on November 25, 1932 in Cozad, Nebraska to George H and Laura F Williams. Jay grew up in Cozad and graduated from Cozad High School in 1950. He was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church and was a...
Pauline R. Maxwell
Apr 25, 2013
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...
Robert Gail Thompson
Apr 23, 2013
Robert G. ""Punk"" Thompson, 68, of North Platte, passed away April 23, 2013 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. He was born to Ella Idona at St. Mary Hospital in North Platte, Nebraska on November 25, 1944. On June 17, 1967 he married Phyllis E. Simants at North Platte. Robert worked at the Holiday Inn and later hired out at...
Shirley E. Dodson
Apr 21, 2013
Shirley E. Dodson, 85, passed away April 21, 2013 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. She was born November 22, 1927 in Belgrade, Nebraska to Herman and Grace Marshall, who passed away when she was young. She was raised by her foster parents, Levi and Katherine Palmer. She moved to North Platte in her early teens and graduated from North...
Sharon K. Nixon
Apr 19, 2013
Sharon K. Nixon, 70, of North Platte, passed away April 19, 2013 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. Sharon was born March 23, 1943 at Hastings, Nebraska to Harold William and Lula Mae (Stewart) Wynn. Following her graduation from Hastings High School in 1961, she attended Hastings Beauty Academy in Hastings graduating in 1963. Sharon married Robert L. Nixon on...
Kenneth L Reeves
Apr 18, 2013
Kenneth L. Reeves, 94, passed away at Great Plains Regional Medical Center on April 18, 2013. He was born February 13, 1919 at Blair, NE to Omer L. & Mary Hutchison Reeves. In 1920 the family moved to a farm in Bignell community. There he attended Bignell School and graduated from Maxwell High School with the Class of 1937. In...
Alvin L. Nichols
Apr 16, 2013
Alvin L. Nichols age 95 passed away April 16, 2013 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. He was born Oct. 9, 1917 to Charles and Maud (Saunders) Nichols in Wauneta, NE., where he grew up and attended school. On Oct. 20, 1936 he married Beth Jones in Oberlin, KS. They moved to North Platte in 1959 from Palisade, NE. He...
Doris M Johnson
Apr 15, 2013
Doris May Johnson passed away on April 15, 2013, in Eads, Colorado. She was born May 4, 1924 to Frank O. and Mabel H. (Lind) Johnson of North Platte and attended Nichols School. Dorie was in the last graduating class at Nichols school in 1941. In 1945 she was employed by the First National Bank and worked in several departments,...
