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Bryon Douglas True
Feb 19, 2018
Bryon Douglas True, age 67, of Sutherland, NE, was at home surrounded by his family when he went to his Heavenly home after a battle with cancer on Monday, February 19, 2018. Bryon was born September 28, 1950, to Dewey and Velda True in Bloomfield, NE, where he grew up. He graduated from Bloomfield High School in 1969. Bryon went...
Barbara Leigh Scranton
Feb 11, 2018
Barbara Leigh Scranton, age 52, of North Platte, Nebraska, passed away Sunday, February 11, 2018, at Great Plains Health. Barbara was born in Buffalo, New York, January 6, 1966, to Richard and Sharlene Scranton. She grew up in Buffalo and Aurora, Colorado, where she graduated from Aurora High School. Barbara loved her animals and her family. She also had a...
Ila Mae Calkin
Feb 10, 2018
Ila Mae Calkin, age 91, of North Platte, NE, passed away on Saturday, February 10, 2018, at Linden Court. Ila was born May 15, 1926, to Jesse and Della Hevlin on the family farm between Stockville and Curtis, NE, where she grew up. Ila graduated in 1944 from the University of Nebraska School of Agriculture High School in Curtis and...
Lyle Broeder
Feb 6, 2018
Lyle Glen Broeder, of Hershey, Nebraska, died at the age of 84, on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, at Great Plains Health in North Platte. Lyle was born June 25, 1933, to Louie and Agnes Broeder on the family ranch south of North Platte in Lincoln County, Nebraska, where he grew up. Lyle graduated from Curtis High School in 1952 and...
Karen "Tuffet" Schiebold Schiff
Jan 24, 2018
Karen DeEtte "Tuffet" Schiebold Schiff, of North Platte, NE, passed away at the age of 77, at Linden Court after a short battle with leukemia on Wednesday, January 24, 2018. Karen was born August 4, 1940, to Karl and Margaret Schiebold in Minneapolis, MN. When she was a toddler, the family moved to Fargo, ND, where she attended school and...
Deloris Othling
Jan 23, 2018
DeLoris Martha Othling, left this earth on Tuesday, January 23, 2018, at the age of 95, from the Sutherland Care Center. She went to meet her Lord after a long struggle with Alzheimer's. DeLoris was born March 31, 1922, to William and Wilhelmina Brettmann in Deshler, NE. DeLoris grew up on the farm south of town and attended school in...
Leona Hoatson
Jan 19, 2018
Leona Lucile Hoatson, of Hershey, NE, passed away at the age of 86 on Friday, January 19, 2018, at Centennial Park Retirement Village in North Platte, NE. Leona was born at home, north of Hershey on the Birdwood Table, on December 7, 1931, to Benjamin and Loretta Ross. Leona attended District #95 country school and graduated from North Platte High...
Clarence Arensdorf
Jan 5, 2018
Clarence Frank "Bub" Arensdorf, of McPherson County, NE, passed away at the age of 93, on Friday, January 5, 2018, at the Sutherland Care Center. Clarence was born October 23, 1924, to Nicholas and Margaretha Arensdorf on the family ranch in McPherson County. He grew up on the homeplace and graduated from District 60 Country School. Clarence stayed on the...
Galen Laverne Reed
Jan 1, 2018
Galen LaVerne Reed, 57, of North Platte, died at his home on January 1, 2018. Galen was born April 18, 1960, in Winchester, KS, to Francis and Leola Reed. He grew up in Kansas and later moved to Colorado then Nebraska. Galen worked in maintenance at the University of Colorado in Boulder, drove trucks for farmers in western Nebraska then...
Midge Weber
Dec 22, 2017
Magdalene Marie "Midge" Weber, formerly of Grand Island, NE, passed away at the age of 72, on Friday, December 22, 2017, at the North Platte Care Center. Magdalene was born March 24, 1945, to August and Etha Schulz on the family farm in Redwood County, MN. Midge began school in Minnesota then the family moved to Nebraska in 1960 where...
Billie Guilliaume
Dec 11, 2017
Lillian Margaret "Billie" Guilliaume, of North Platte, NE, passed away at the age of 91, on Monday, December 11, 2017, at Centennial Park Retirement Village. Billie was born in David City, NE, on May 11, 1926, the third of seven children to Roy and Blanche Powell. She grew up in David City and graduated from high school in 1944. Billie...
Carlyn Elaine Odean
Nov 28, 2017
Carlyn Elaine Odean died Monday, November 27, 2017, at Great Plains Health in North Platte, Nebraska, at the age of 60. Carlyn was born August 2, 1957, in Jacksboro, Texas, to Elmer and Marie Robinson. She was raised in Graham, Texas, where she graduated from high school. Carlyn later met Mark Weldon Odean and the two were married on March...
John Robert Dancer
Nov 27, 2017
John Robert Dancer, age 60, of North Platte, NE, died Monday, November 27, 2017, at Great Plains Health. John was born July 8, 1957, to Don and Deloris Dancer in North Platte where he grew up. John graduated from North Platte High School in 1975 then enlisted in the U.S. Army a few months later. On December 30, 1978, John...
Ross Shoemaker
Nov 25, 2017
Clinton Ross Shoemaker, of North Platte, NE, passed away at Great Plains Health on Saturday, November 25, 2017, at the age of 78. Ross was born February 11, 1939, at Madison, South Dakota to Clinton and Dorothy Shoemaker. The family lived in Omaha, Nebraska before moving to North Platte in 1949. Ross graduated from North Platte High School in '57...
George Alan Karis
Nov 23, 2017
George Alan Karis, of South Carolina, formerly of North Platte, died Thursday, November 23, 2017, in Anderson, South Carolina. George was born October 3, 1928, to James and Eva Karis at North Platte. He grew up in North Platte and the family attended Episcopal Church of Our Savior. After his schooling, George enlisted in the U.S. Army and served until...
Claude Zimmerman
Nov 23, 2017
Claude Gail Zimmerman, age 85, of North Platte, NE, died at Great Plains Health on Thursday, November 23, 2017. Claude was born July 20, 1932, to Frank and Clydie Zimmerman in Carneiro, KS and grew up in Brookville, KS. Claude graduated from Brookville High School in 1950 then worked for the C.K. Ranches. On October 28, 1951, Claude was united...
Opal Meyer
Nov 17, 2017
Opal Darlene Meyer, age 91, of North Platte, NE, went to be with her Lord on Friday, November 17, 2017, at Great Plains Health. Opal was born July 21, 1926, to Albert and Rebecca Cooper in North Platte where she grew up and lived her whole life. Opal attended Our Redeemer Lutheran School and graduated from North Platte High School...
Jason Alexander
Nov 13, 2017
Jason Robert Alexander, of North Platte, NE, passed away at home surrounded by his family on Monday, November 13, 2017, at the age of 45, after being diagnosed with appendix cancer in 2016. Jason was born November 11, 1972, to Jerry Lee and Patricia Ann (Turner) Alexander in North Platte where he grew up. Jason graduated from North Platte High...
Tom Kennedy
Nov 10, 2017
Thomas Lee "Tom" Kennedy, of Sutherland, NE, passed away at his home on Friday, November 10, 2017, at the age of 85. Tom was born April 20, 1932, at Wellfleet, NE, to Merle Leroy and Letha Jane Kennedy and spent his whole life in Sutherland, except for the time he served in the army. He graduated from Sutherland High School...
Laura Mae Erickson
Nov 1, 2017
Laura Mae Erickson, age 65, of North Platte, NE, entered into eternal rest with the Lord on Wednesday, November 1, 2017, at Great Plains Health. Laura was born May 14, 1952, to Bill and Betty Erickson in North Platte where she grew up. At the age of 13, Laura professed to serve the Lord, which she did the rest of...
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