Obituaries

Dec 1, 2020

D ale P eregrine, age 89, of North Platte, passed away December 1, 2020, at Linden Court.

Dale was born December 29, 1930, to Dale and Mary Peregrine at Grant, Nebraska. He graduated from North Platte High School in 1950. Dale later hired on with the Union Pacific Railroad and worked for 36 years until retiring in...

Nov 28, 2020

P atricia 'Pat' Johnson-Roberts, age 97, of North Platte, formerly of Carroll, passed away November 28, 2020, at Linden Court.

Pat was born November 9, 1923, at Charleston to Joy and Ethel Tucker. In 1924, the family moved to a farm west of Carroll. She graduated from Carroll High School in 1941 then attended Wayne State College....

Nov 26, 2020

P amela S kinner, of North Platte, died at Great Plains Health on November 26, 2020, at the age of 56.

Pam was born in North Platte to Larry and Dorothy Stoner on June 5, 1964. She grew up in Hershey where she graduated from high school in 1982. Pam earned her Nursing Degree from Kearney State...

Nov 25, 2020

I lene (Johnson) Blattner, age 90, of Cozad, died at Meadowlark Pointe in Cozad on November 25, 2020.

Ilene was the youngest of 10 children born to Albert and Hilma Johnson. She was born on September 22, 1930, south of Brady. When she was 4, the family moved into town and she went on to graduate from...

Nov 22, 2020

T yson T rosper, age 29, of North Platte, died at Bryan East in Lincoln on November 22, 2020.

Tyson was born to Doris Trosper and Russell Dytrych on February 10, 1991, in North Platte where he grew up. When he was done with school, Tyson moved to Colorado.

While in Colorado he met the...

Nov 21, 2020

C onnie (Sanders) Westfahl, age 72, of North Platte, went to be with our Lord on November 21, 2020, while staying at Emerald Nursing Home in Cozad.

Connie was born to Virgil and Delcie Sanders on January 22, 1948, in Sutherland. She attended elementary and high school in Ogallala, graduating from Ogallala High School in 1966 then...

Nov 20, 2020

G ary Lee Johnson, age 73, of Tryon, died unexpectedly on Friday, November 20, 2020, at Great Plains Health in North Platte.

Gary was born August 1, 1947, to Phillip and Kathryn Johnson in Franklin. He grew up in nearby Bloomington and graduated from Bloomington High School then went to Chadron State College where he earned his...

Nov 18, 2020

P atsy O gier, of North Platte, peacefully passed away at home on November 18, 2020.  She was 87 years old.

Patsy was born September 4, 1933, to Francis and Elta Orton at Odell. She grew up in Wallace where she graduated from high school in 1951 then worked as a secretary. Her first position was for...

Nov 17, 2020

E dward Day, or Earnest Holiday as he was known, died at his home in North Platte November 17, 2020, at the age of 65.

Ed was born September 30, 1955, in Las Vegas, the son of Clarence and Marie. When he was 14 years old, Ed was adopted by Omar and Lorraine Boyer of North Platte....

Nov 16, 2020

R on B eisner, S r., age 81, of North Platte, died unexpectedly on November 16, 2020, while at Faith Regional Health in Norfolk.

Ron was born March 18, 1939, to Clyne and Hilda Beisner in North Platte where he resided all his life. He graduated from high school in 1957 then worked for Fairmont Dairy and...

Nov 15, 2020

H arlan H errick, age 94, of North Platte, died at Linden Court on November 15, 2020.

Harlan was born to J. Lee and Mae Herrick on April 8, 1926, in Morefield where he grew up. Harlan attended school in Stockville and after graduating from high school he joined the U.S. Army. He honorably served our country...

Nov 12, 2020

A rnold L ightfoot, age 77, of North Platte, died at the North Platte Care Center on November 12, 2020.

Arnold was born in Iowa to Arnold and Margaret Lightfoot on January 29, 1943. He attended Boystown then continued to live in the Omaha area and went to work for the Campbell Soup Company.

Through...

Nov 11, 2020

G len L emon, 89, of North Platte, Nebraska, passed way with family close by his side on November 11, 2020, at Centennial Park Retirement Village.

Glen was born in Max, Nebraska, to Bert and Jessie Lemon on September 17, 1931, and grew up on the family farm, north of Max. He graduated from Max High School...

Nov 9, 2020

Janice Berglund, age 77, of North Platte, died at Great Plains Health on November 9, 2020, with her family by her side.

Janice was born at North Platte to Howard and Edwina Layher on December 28, 1942. She grew up in Stapleton where she graduated from high school then started working. Janice worked as a telephone operator...

Nov 8, 2020

Darrell Sukraw, formerly of North Platte, passed away at Maple Crest Care Center in Omaha on November 8, 2020.

Darrell was born in Gothenburg on July 9, 1940, to Marvin and Reva Sukraw at North Platte where he grew up. He graduated from North Platte High School in 1959 then went to Kearney State College and later...

Nov 6, 2020

M urray S chad, age 82, of North Platte, passed away surrounded by his family on Friday, November 6, 2020, at Kearney Regional Medical Center, from Covid-19.

Murray was born September 6, 1938, to Ambrose 'AF' and Ida Schad in Gothenburg. During World War II, the family moved to Portland, Oregon, while AF worked in the ship...

Oct 30, 2020

I rene R efior, age 89, of North Platte, passed away surrounded by her family on Friday, October 30, 2020.

Irene was born at Vivian, South Dakota, to Zura and Florence (Rademaker) Rishel on March 26, 1931. She grew up and attended school in South Dakota and years later received her GED.

On July 24,...

Oct 30, 2020

S harlene S cranton, age 81, of North Platte, died unexpectedly at Great Plains Health on Friday, October 30, 2020.

Sharlene was born October 19, 1939, to Allen and Lila Sutter in Lincoln where she grew up and graduated from high school.

On December 13, 1958, Sharlene married Richard Scranton in Lincoln. They moved to...

Oct 28, 2020

S hirley L indekugel, of North Platte, peacefully passed away at her home in Linden Estates Cottage on Wednesday morning, October 28, 2020, with her friends, Cathy and Jim Smith, at her bedside.

Shirley was born May 22, 1921, to Robert and Myrl Frank at Marksville, Louisiana. She grew up in New Orleans and graduated from Joseph...

Oct 28, 2020

B onnie M agee G reco, age 84, of North Platte, went to her heavenly home on October 28, 2020.

Bonnie was born south of Maxwell to LeRoy and Olga Magee on March 28, 1936. She grew up on a farm north of Curtis and graduated from the University of Nebraska School of Agriculture High School at...