Obituaries

Dec 19, 2015

Chester Albert 'Chet' Bruner, Jr., age 85, of North Platte, NE, passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2015, at Great Plains Health in North Platte. Chet was born November 13, 1930, to Chester Sr. and Marguerite Bruner at Englewood, CO. In 1932 the family moved to Medicine Bow, WY, then to Omaha, NE in 1934 and to North Platte in...

Dec 15, 2015

Grace Loretta Basile, age 89, of Sutherland, NE, died at her home on Tuesday, December 15, 2015. Grace was born May 4, 1926, to John and Anna Farrish at Maspeth, NY. Grace grew up and attended school in New York and worked for Eagle Electric. She later married Frank L. Basile in New York where they lived until moving to...

Dec 12, 2015

Shirley Eileen Hoban, age 77, of North Platte, NE, passed away Saturday, December 12, 2015, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE. Shirley was born July 15, 1938, to Kenneth and Lucille Halverson at Pawnee City, NE. The family later moved to Colorado before settling in North Platte where Shirley attended school and graduated from North Platte High School in...

Dec 5, 2015

Helen Louise Rowland, age 82, of Sutherland, NE, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2015, at the North Platte Care Center. Helen was born May 28, 1933, to Emmett and Irene Thompson at Terre Haute, IN. She grew up in California and in later years moved to Sutherland where she worked at the Rodeo Bar before retiring. Helen liked playing Keno...

Dec 2, 2015

Virginia Irene Meyer, age 90, of Wellfleet, NE, passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2015, at Great Plains Health in North Platte, NE. Virginia was born April 28, 1925, to Ward and Bertha Tower at Grant, NE. She grew up in the Dickens area and graduated in 1942 from Dickens High School in a class that included her and two boys....

Nov 28, 2015

Walter Edward Woolson, age 92, of North Platte, NE, passed away at home on Saturday, November 28, 2015. Walt was born September 16, 1923 to Francis and Mary Woolson in Philadelphia, PA. Walt joined the U.S. Army and served our country during World War II. When he returned from the service, he graduated high school and took a job inspecting...

Nov 26, 2015

Richard Duane Francis, age 86, of North Platte, NE, passed away Thursday, November 26, 2015, at the Golden Living Center in Cozad, NE. Richard was born December 24, 1928, to Thistle and Bessie Francis near Rebanon, KS. For most of his young life Richard lived with his grandmother and grandfather Francis on the farm. Since it was during the Depression...

Nov 21, 2015

Edwin William Laurinat, age 91, of North Platte, NE, passed away Saturday, November 21, 2015, at the Sutherland Care Center where he had resided the past few years. Ed was born April 6, 1924, to August and Ina Laurinat at St. Paul, NE. He grew up in Grand Island, NE where he played American Legion Baseball during the summers and...

Nov 18, 2015

Gladys Pearl Wisner, age 99, of North Platte, NE, passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2015, at Centennial Park Retirement Village in North Platte. Gladys was born May 26, 1916, to Edward Merriam and Pearl Edna Black Robbins on the family farm southeast of North Platte. In 1919 the family moved into town where Gladys attended school and graduated from North...

Nov 17, 2015

Kathleen Ann 'Kay' Gerber, age 89, of North Platte, NE, died Tuesday, November 17, 2015, at Linden Court in North Platte. Kay was born June 29, 1926, to Jerome and Gladys Anna Rose Fain at Guymon, OK where she grew up and attended school. On October 11, 1958, Kay married Rudolph 'Rudy' Gerber at Clayton, NM and they settled in...

Nov 16, 2015

Margurette Alice Johnson, age 74, of North Platte, NE, passed away at home with her family by her side on Monday, November 16, 2015. She had fought a courageous battle with cancer for nearly nine years.

Margurette was the ninth of 10 children born to Leonard and Rose Trew. She was born August 7, 1941, on the...

Nov 15, 2015

Eloise Maxine Look, age 90, of Wellfleet, NE, passed away Sunday, November 15, 2015, at Centennial Park Retirement Village in North Platte, NE. Eloise was born February 15, 1925, to Joseph and Ethel DeTour northwest of Wellfleet, NE where she grew up. Eloise graduated from Wellfleet High School then went to work as an operator for Northwestern Bell Telephone Company....

Nov 9, 2015

Leland Lee Larreau, age 88, of Hershey, NE, passed away Monday, November 9, 2015, at the Sutherland Care Center in Sutherland, NE. Leland was born April 3, 1927, to Otis and Marie Larreau in Stanford, NE. The family lived in Stanford, on a farm in rural Stanford then moved to a ranch northwest of Thedford, NE. In 1942 they settled...

Nov 3, 2015

Velma LaVon Dawson, age 96, of North Platte, NE, passed away surrounded by her family on Tuesday, November 3, 2015, at Great Plains Health in North Platte. Velma was born September 25, 1919, to Clarence and Rose Dobson at Bristow, OK where she grew up. On February 3, 1940, Velma married Olan Harold Dawson at Cushing, OK. They lived in...

Nov 2, 2015

Lyle Eli Berg, age 76, of North Platte, NE, passed away Monday, November 2, 2015, at the North Platte Care Center. Lyle was born at home on June 4, 1939, to Eli and Earma Berg at Modesto, CA where he grew up. Lyle married Nita Louise Perkins in 1957 and they continued to live in the Modesto area. Lyle worked...

Nov 2, 2015

Lois Jean Buttermore, 89, of North Platte, NE, passed into God's presence on Monday, November 2, 2015, with her family at her side after many years of battling Parkinson's Disease and after many weeks of hospitalization. Lois was born to John and Elizabeth Shaneyfelt on August 21, 1926, in Aurora, NE. She lived her early years in Aurora, briefly in...

Oct 26, 2015

Betty Joann "Jo" Koch, 82, of Hershey, NE, passed away at home surrounded by her family on Monday, October 26, 2015. Following Jo's wishes, she will be cremated and a private family service will be held at a later date. The memorial book may be signed at odeanchapel.com. Odean Colonial Chapel at C & Sycamore is in charge of arrangements.

Oct 21, 2015

Clayton Kenneth Yonker, age 88, of North Platte, NE, passed away Wednesday, October 21, 2015, at Great Plains Health in North Platte. Clayton was born September 1, 1927, to George and Faye Yonker at Wallace, NE. He attended country school and ranched with his father until he joined the U.S. Army. Clayton served in Korea from 1951-53. Following his discharge,...

Oct 20, 2015

Marilyn Joy Schultz, age 84, of North Platte, NE, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 20, 2015, at Linden Court in North Platte. Marilyn was born June 18, 1931, to Orrie and Alice Birdsell at Wayne, NE where she grew up. She graduated from Wayne High School in 1949. Marilyn was united in marriage to Myron Gene Schultz on August...

Oct 16, 2015

Richard Dee 'Dick' Schultz, 85, of North Platte, NE, died Friday, October 16, 2015, at the North Platte Care Center. Richard was born May 6, 1930, to Garland and Anna Schultz on the family farm near Mitchell, NE where he grew up. In 1947 Dick joined the Nebraska National Guard and graduated from Mitchell High School in 1949. On October...