Frances Johnson
Aug 31, 2015
Frances Arlene Johnson, 87, of North Platte, NE, passed away surrounded by her family on Monday, August 31, 2015, at the North Platte Care Center. Frances was born July 10, 1928, to John and Maude Peterson at North Platte where she grew up. She graduated from North Platte High School in 1946. Frances was united in marriage to Robert Fay...
Pete Herrada
Aug 29, 2015
Pedro 'Pete' Herrada, 83, of Hershey, NE, passed away surrounded by his family on Saturday, August 29, 2015, at Great Plains Health in North Platte, NE. Pete was born February 23, 1932, to Jose and Maria Herrada at Castorville, TX. The family moved to Pearsall, TX in 1941 when his father bought a shoe shop and did custom boots and...
Bob Siegmann, Sr.
Aug 28, 2015
Robert Paul 'Bob' Siegmann, Sr., 83, of North Platte, NE, passed away Friday, August 28, 2015, at Centennial Park Retirement Village in North Platte. Bob was born August 14, 1932, to Fred and Corrine Siegmann at Omaha, NE. The family lived in Omaha until 1941 when they moved to North Platte. Bob graduated from North Platte High School in 1950...
Cliff Triplett
Aug 24, 2015
Clifford Martin Triplett, 80, of North Platte, NE, passed away at his home on Monday, August 24, 2015. Cliff was born January 11, 1935, to Marion 'Shorty' and Isabell Triplett at Holly, CO. The family later moved to Nebraska and lived in Grant, Keystone and Ogallala. Cliff graduated from Ogallala High School then worked for a gas station before joining...
Jim West
Aug 15, 2015
James Wallace West, 47, of Hershey, NE, died at his home on Saturday, August 15, 2015. Jim was born September 15, 1967, to Willard and Yvonne West in Des Moines, IA. He grew up in the Midwest before the family moved to Hershey in 1981. He graduated from Hershey High School in 1986 then attended Doane College on a football...
Arlene Laurinat
Aug 14, 2015
Arlene Kathryn Laurinat, 91, of North Platte, NE, passed away Friday, August 14, 2015, at Great Plains Health in North Platte. Arlene was born August 8, 1924, to Reuben and Esther Anderson near Elm Creek, NE and grew up on the family farm. She graduated from Holdrege High School in 1941 then attended Grand Island Business College. Arlene later worked...
Opal Johnson
Aug 8, 2015
Opal Harriet Johnson, 68, of Axtell, NE, formerly of North Platte, NE, passed away Saturday, August 8, 2015, at Phelps Memorial Health Center in Holdrege, NE. Opal was born December 23, 1946, to Ollie Cullen and Opal Alice Barnum Johnson at Maywood, NE and grew up in North Platte. Due to an injury at an early age, Opal was cared...
Delmar Sando
Aug 6, 2015
Delmar Elvon Sando, 86, of Tucson, AZ, formerly of Ogallala, NE, passed away at his home in Tucson on Thursday, August 6, 2015, with his family by his side. Delmar was born February 15, 1929, to Wilhelm Walter and Amanda Jensine Ordal Sando at Colton, SD where he grew up. After graduating from high school, Delmar attended Augustana College and...
Harold Chapman
Aug 2, 2015
Harold C. Chapman, 68, of North Platte, NE, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, August 2, 2015, at Great Plains Health in North Platte. Harold was the oldest of three children born to Harold Conrad, Jr. and Donaldean Lorene Beisner Chapman. He was born November 6, 1946, at North Platte where he grew up. Harold attended Buffalo Elementary School and graduated...
Bill Votaw
Jul 27, 2015
William 'Bill' B. Votaw, 100, of North Platte, NE, passed away Monday, July 27, 2015, at the Grand Island Veteran's Home. During W.W.I Bill was born on June 9, 1915, to Eli B., Sr. and Grace Votaw at Wellfleet, NE. He grew up on a farm northeast of Wellfleet and graduated from Curtis High School. Following his education he farmed...
Brenda King Hazen
Jul 23, 2015
Brenda Sue King Hazen, 44, of North Platte, NE, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, July 23, 2015, at Great Plains Health in North Platte. Brenda was born August 28, 1970, to Wayne Roger 'Butch' and Janet Kay King at North Platte. She grew up in Sutherland, NE and graduated from Sutherland High School in 1990. Following graduation Brenda traveled and...
Raymond Barnett
Jul 20, 2015
Raymond Wiley Barnett, 89, of North Platte, NE, passed away Monday, July 20, 2015, at Centennial Park Retirement Village in North Platte. Ray was born December 29, 1925, to Donald Ray and Eva Barnett at North Platte where he grew up. Ray graduated from North Platte High School in 1943 then joined the U.S. Navy in January 1944. Following his...
Ret. Colonel Richard Maney Patterson
Jul 19, 2015
Ret. Colonel Richard 'Dick' Maney Patterson, 91, of McCook, NE, passed away Sunday, July 19, 2015, at Hillcrest Nursing Center in McCook. Richard was born June 9, 1924, to Col. Earl S. and Adeline Patterson in Glendale, CA and was the great-grandson of Tennessee Governor Cannon Maney. He grew up in California and attended prep school at Mercersburg Academy in...
Gary Reed
Jul 18, 2015
Gary Porter Reed, 81, of Hershey, NE, passed away Saturday, July 18, 2015, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE. Gary was born July 1, 1934, to George and Delpha Reed at Shambaugh, IA where he grew up on a farm. Gary attended Shambaugh Grade School and graduated in 1953 from Clarinda High School in Clarinda, IA. He then attended...
Loren Jackson
Jul 2, 2015
Loren Fred Jackson, 92, of Hershey, NE, passed away surrounded by family on Thursday, July 2, 2015, at the Golden Living Center in Cozad, NE. Loren was born May 19, 1923, to Fred and Nellie Jackson at North Platte, NE where he grew up. Loren graduated from North Platte High School then went to work for different ranches in the...
Twila Voss
Jul 1, 2015
Twila Lorraine Voss, Lincoln, aged 68, passed from this earth to her heavenly home on Tuesday, July 1, 2015. She bravely endured the ravages of pancreatic cancer for three years. Twila was born in Central City, NE, to Gilbert and Ieleen Larsen. She grew up on a farm in Hamilton County near Marquette, NE and attended Marquette schools until 1961...
George T. Robertson
Jun 30, 2015
George T. Robertson, 100, of North Platte, passed away at Great Plains Health on June 30, 2015. He was born November 20, 1914, in Dickson, TN to George C. and Esther Robertson, but the young family soon moved to a farm near his grandfather outside O'Neill, NE. The farm had no electricity or running water. George attended a one-room grade...
Patricia White
Jun 25, 2015
Patricia J. G. White, 66, of Wellfleet, NE, passed away Thursday, June 25, 2015, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE. She was born September 4, 1948, to William and Carolyn Gallager in Kearney. Patricia grew up in central Nebraska and graduated from Madison High School in Madison, NE. She then attended the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha...
Michael Ruybalid
Jun 21, 2015
Michael Ruybalid, 60, of North Platte, NE, passed away at his home on June 21, 2015. Michael was born January 5, 1955, to Gilbert and Regina Ruybalid in Los Angeles, CA. Michael served in the U.S. Army, the same branch in which his son, Jeffrey, currently serves. In February 1980 Michael hired on with the Union Pacific Railroad and worked...
Ruth Carlson
Jun 17, 2015
Ruth Elva Carlson, 85, of North Platte, NE, passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2015, at Linden Court in North Platte. Ruth was the fifth of 13 children born to Harry and Rosa Lee on May 7, 1930, at North Platte. She grew up in North Platte and attended school in the country and in town. On July 27, 1947, Ruth...
