Obituaries

Feb 23, 2024

R ita U nderwood, formerly of Colorado, passed away at Great Plains Health in North Platte, NE, on February 23, 2024, at age 72.

Rita, the daughter of Thomas and Mary Coy, was born May 6, 1951, at Meadow Bluff, West Virginia.  She grew up in West Virginia, Ohio and Colorado.  Rita graduated from Arvada High School...

Feb 17, 2024

B renda R oberts unexpectedly passed away on February 17, 2024, at Great Plains Health at the age of 62.

Brenda, the daughter of David and Wilma Rosencrants, was born August 5, 1961, in North Platte where she has resided all her life.  Brenda graduated from N.P.H.S. then earned her cosmetology license.  She was a hairdresser for...

Feb 9, 2024

A lta S tubbs was surrounded by her family when she passed away at Great Plains Health on February 9, 2024, at the age of 89.

Alta was born to Harold and Evelyn Frohman on May 6, 1934, at Atkinson, NE, where she grew up.  After high school, Alta moved to Kearney and there she met Richard...

Feb 5, 2024

O n February 5, 2024, Frank Thompson peacefully passed away while staying at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg.  He was 78 years old.

Frank was the eighth of 10 children born to Jack and Jessica Thompson.  He joined the family on June 30, 1945, and the family lived on a farm west of Sutherland.  Frank and his siblings...

Feb 5, 2024

C arolyn G rabenstein of North Platte passed away at Great Plains Health on February 5, 2024, at the age of 79.

Carolyn, the daughter of Cecil and Helen Wonch, was born at Arnold on September 8, 1944, and she grew up on the family farm, southeast of Arnold.  When she was 12, the family moved to...

Jan 26, 2024

J anna S toddard, the daughter of Will and Virginia Stoddard, was born April 8, 1966, in North Platte.  She passed away at The Maples at Centennial (Centennial Park Retirement Home) on January 26, 2024, at the age of 57.

Janna grew up in North Platte where she attended Hall School and graduated from N.P.H.S.  She enjoyed...

Jan 22, 2024

D onald S tenger peacefully passed away at his home in Lincoln County on January 22, 2024, at the age of 77.

Don, the son of Lester and Roberta Stenger, was born October 31, 1946, in North Platte where he grew up.  He graduated from North Platte High School in 1965.

When he was 16,...

Jan 22, 2024

S andra "Sandy" Vargas of North Platte passed away at Great Plains Health on January 22, 2024, at age 73.

Sandy, the daughter of Howard and Ruth Scott, was born June 27, 1950, at Gothenburg and she grew up in Brady.  Sandy graduated from Brady High School then moved to the Omaha area where she worked at...

Jan 17, 2024

R uth F risto, of Lee's Summit, MO, and formerly of North Platte and Dickens, NE, passed away January 17, 2024, in Lee's Summit, at the age of 95.

Ruth, the daughter of Horace and Marvel Lowe, was born at Alma, NE, on March 24, 1929. She grew up in Huntley, NE.  After graduating from high school,...

Jan 16, 2024

D oris (Miller) Parrish of North Platte, NE, peacefully passed away on January 16, 2024, in Shanks, WV, surrounded by the love of family and friends.  She was 95 years old.

Doris was born May 28, 1928, at Wellfleet, NE, on the homestead of her parents, Andrew and Della Miller.  She grew up with her six brothers...

Jan 16, 2024

R uth B ertram, formerly of Sutherland and North Platte, passed away at Franciscan Healthcare in West Point, NE, on January 16, 2024, at age 77.

Ruth loved being a wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She held fond memories of growing up in California as the only child to Ben and Edith, being a member of the...

Jan 10, 2024

D ale R eichert passed away at his home in North Platte, NE, on January 10, 2024, at the age of 89.

Dale was born April 6, 1934, to Henry C. and Alice Elizabeth (Bath) Reichert near Bridgeport, NE, where he grew up.  Dale graduated from Bayard High School in 1952 then attended the University of Nebraska...

Jan 10, 2024

D on Garner, age 63, died at home in Gothenburg on January 10, 2024.

Don, the son of Demar and Ethel Garner, was born at Imperial on January 21, 1960.  He grew up in North Platte then enlisted into the U.S. Marines and served until 1979.  Following his discharge he returned home and worked various jobs, learning...

Jan 10, 2024

J ohn F reitas of North Platte, NE, peacefully passed away at the North Platte Care Center on January 10, 2024, at the age of 80.

John was born August 8, 1943, to Jose and Izabel Freitas in Portugal and grew up on the family farm at Lajes das Flores, Azores Islands.  He moved to the United...

Jan 7, 2024

J oAnne G rady of North Platte passed away at Linden Court on January 7, 2024, at the age of 82.  She was born June 20, 1941 to Maxwell and LaRena (Dantice) Willson. JoAnne grew up in North Platte, graduating from NPHS in 1959.

As a teenager JoAnne attended Methodist church camp, and it was there she...

Jan 5, 2024

R odney O gden of North Platte, Nebraska, passed away at Great Plains Health on January 5, 2024, at the age of 75.

Rodney was born in Bakersfield, CA, to John and Grace Ogden on January 30, 1948, and grew up in California.  He fell in love with cooking and this led to catering and eventually becoming...

Dec 29, 2023

T heresa F huere of Edgar, NE, unexpectedly passed away at Bryan Health in Lincoln on December 29, 2023, at the age of 55.

Theresa, the daughter of Victor and Shelia Derman was born in Kearney on May 28, 1968.  She grew up in Arnold then moved to North Platte where she graduated from North Platte High...

Dec 27, 2023

W allace resident Verlaine "Vee" Weir passed away in the company of family while at Great Plains Health in North Platte on December 27, 2023, at the age of 86.

Verlaine, the daughter of Herbert and Eunice Hasenauer, was born March 1, 1937, in Lincoln County.  She grew up in Wallace and graduated from Wallace High School.  ...

Dec 26, 2023

D orothy S mith of North Platte, Nebraska, passed away December 26, 2023, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook at the age of 96.

Dorothy was born April 4, 1927, to Edward and Josephine Hopkins in Chadron where she grew up.  After graduating from Chadron High School, Dorothy held several different jobs, her favorite was as a...

Dec 26, 2023

A nne F huere of North Platte peacefully passed away surrounded by her family on December 26, 2023, at the age of 84.

Anne was born September 22, 1939, to August and Elsie Bieber in North Platte.  She graduated from N.P.H.S. and then got married.

In November of 1956, Anne married Allison Fhuere in Bernalillo,...