Darla Cohagan

Darla Cohagan, age 65, of North Platte, died at Great Plains Health as the result of a car accident on Monday, October 7, 2019.

Darla was born September 18, 1954, to Darrell and Beverly Stark at El Paso, Texas, and was raised on the family farm north of Loomis, Nebraska. After graduating from Loomis High School, Darla attended Kearney State College for a year then began working in Food Service. She first worked at Holdrege then at various places in Nebraska including Central City, Gothenburg and North Platte, and in Missouri and Hawaii. Darla was currently the manager of the North Platte Dairy Queen where she had worked for a number of years and enjoyed what she did.

On August 18, 1979, Darla married Ed Cohagan at the Methodist Church in Loomis. They had lived in several places and states before coming to North Platte. Darla and Ed had a son, Ryan, and were married for over 38 years when he passed away in 2017.

Darla was a kind person who loved taking care of people and would help anyone she could, no matter if she knew them or not. She will be greatly missed and in her passing she has earned her angel wings.

Darla leaves behind her son, Ryan (Mary) Cohagan, and two lovely grandchildren, Tegan and Keiran, all of Omaha; sisters, Darrie (Rick) Streeter, of Holdrege, Dawn Glinsmann, of Bertrand, Della (David) Ehlers, of Smithfield and Dora Stark, of Kearney; brother, Daniel (Lisa) Stark, of Plainview; best friend, Ann James, of North Platte; and her dog, Bunny; as well as many nieces, nephews, other family and friends.

Along with her husband, Ed, Darla was preceded in death by her parents, Darrell and Beverly Stark; brother-in-law, Robert Glinsmann; and nephew, Tyler Ehlers.

Cremation was chosen. Memorial service will be 11 a.m. on Friday, October 11, 2019, at the First United Methodist Church in North Platte with Rev. Dr. Douglas A. Delp officiating. Committal service will be 2 p.m. at Fort McPherson National Cemetery, south of Maxwell, then Darla will be placed in the columbarium. The memorial book may be signed online at odeanchapel.com or from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday at Odean Colonial Chapel at C & Sycamore, which is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorials are to the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy or to the family.