Della Mae Fisher
Aug 28, 2014
Della Mae Fisher, 84, of North Platte, NE, passed away Thursday, August 28, 2014, at Linden Court in North Platte. Della was born May 2, 1930, to Fred and AnnaDelia Dircksen in North Platte where she grew up and attended school. On March 12, 1947, Della married LeRoy Gene Fisher at North Platte where they made their home. Della worked...
Lucy Mae Alegria
Aug 18, 2014
Lucy Mae Alegria, 77, of North Platte, NE, passed away Monday, August 18, 2014, at Great Plains Health in North Platte. Lucy was born June 3, 1937, to Glenford C. and Margaret Haitz in Syracuse, NY. She was raised by the nuns in a Catholic orphanage in Naples, NY and attended school at Naples Central. Lucy worked for Dudley Poultry...
Franklin Dean Mcharness
Aug 16, 2014
Franklin Dean McHarness, 81, of Missouri, formerly of North Platte, NE, died Saturday, August 16, 2014, at the Benton House of Lee's Summit, MO. Frank was born March 21, 1933, to Clarence and Sylvia McHarness in Hayes Center, NE. He grew up in North Platte and graduated from North Platte High School. In 1953 Frank joined the U.S. Army and...
Janel Marie Gamble Godfrey
Aug 8, 2014
Janel Marie Gamble Godfrey, 34, of Sutherland, NE, died as the result of a car accident on Friday, August 8, 2014, at Great Plains Health in North Platte, NE. Janel was born October 28, 1979, to Darrell 'Bud' and Julie Gamble in Alliance, NE. She grew up in Sutherland and graduated from Sutherland High School in 1998. Janel married Jason...
Mark David Williams
Jul 25, 2014
Mark David Williams, 51, of North Platte, NE, died Friday, July 25, 2014, in McCook, NE. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Friday, August 1, 2014, at Odean Colonial Chapel at C & Sycamore with Pastor David Holland officiating. A memorial service will be at a later date in Farmington, NM. Visitation will be 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday...
Lorene 'Babe' Barton
Jul 21, 2014
Lorene 'Babe' Barton, 83, of North Platte, NE, died Monday, July 21, 2014, at the North Platte Care Center. Lorene was born March 2, 1931, to Roland and Viola Cahow at Grand Island, NE. She grew up in the Imperial, NE area and later worked for Goodalls in Ogallala before getting married. In 1955 Lorene married James Dean Barton in...
Genevieve 'Babe' Keslar
Jul 20, 2014
Genevieve Rose 'Babe' Keslar, 92, of Franktown, CO, formerly of North Platte, NE, died Sunday, July 20, 2014, at the Brookside Inn in Castle Rock, CO. Babe was born May 19, 1922, to Paul Jacob and Laura Joosten in Grant, NE. The family spent a short time living in Grant and Hershey, NE before moving 18 miles north of North...
Wynona Rose Grandel
Jul 19, 2014
Wynona Rose Grandel, 78, of North Platte, NE, passed away Saturday, July 19, 2014, at Bryan East Hospital in Lincoln, NE. Wynona was born April 3, 1936, to Elmer F. and Rose E. Bowker at Haigler, NE. She grew up in Big Springs, NE where she graduated from high school in 1954. Wynona worked in a cafe owned by her...
Mary Ann Virginia Everett
Jul 16, 2014
Mary Ann Virginia Everett, 94, of Brady, NE, died at her home on Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Mary Ann was born May 25, 1920, to Earl and Martha Panabaker in Omaha, NE. During her first year, the family moved to Dalton, NE where her father became the Seed Potato King of Nebraska. On July 12, 1937, Mary Ann married Leonard...
Kent Hothan
Jul 11, 2014
Gregory 'Kent' Hothan, 63, of Placitas, NM, formerly of North Platte, NE, passed away at his home Friday, July 11, 2014. Kent was born January 24, 1951, to C.J. 'Shorty' and Rose Hothan in Julesburg, CO. He grew up in Big Springs, NE, Rawlins, WY and Kearney, NE. Kent graduated from Kearney High School then hired on with the Union...
Larry Dean Young
Jun 16, 2014
Larry Dean Young, 66, of North Platte, NE, died Monday, June 16, 2014, at his home. Larry was born April 25, 1948, to Jim Henry and Laveda May Young at Mountain Home, AR. He grew up in North Platte, Curtis and Hershey, NE and graduated from Hershey High School in 1966. Larry then attended Mid-Plains Community College for a year...
Bob Miller
Jun 11, 2014
Robert Blaine 'Bob' Miller, 78, of Hershey, NE, passed away Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at St. Luke's Good Samaritan Society in Kearney, NE. Bob was born June 27, 1935, to Raymond Blaine Jr. and Alice Lavonne Miller at North Platte, NE and grew up in Hershey. In 1952 at the age of 16, Bob graduated from Hershey High School. He...
Cathy Spotts
Jun 11, 2014
Catherine Kay 'Cathy' Spotts, 74, of North Platte, NE, died at her home Wednesday, June 11, 2014. Cathy was born February 4, 1940, to Wilbert William Willard and Agnes Martha Johnson at Gothenburg, NE. She grew up south of Brady, NE and went to country school, graduating from the University of Nebraska School of Agriculture at Curtis, NE in 1957....
Bud Mayfield
Jun 3, 2014
L. Robert 'Bud' Mayfield, 85, of North Platte, NE, passed away June 3, 2014, at Linden Court in North Platte. Bud was born July 5, 1928, in Lincoln County, NE to Leslie Jasper and Dorothy Mayfield. He attended several Lincoln County grade schools and graduated from North Platte Senior High in 1947. On March 24, 1956, Bud married Phyllis Dodson...
Donn Wayne Hansen
Mar 19, 2014
Donn Wayne Hansen, 68, of North Platte, NE, passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at his home. Donn was born March 19, 1946, to John Wesley and Janet Malsbury Hansen at Superior, NE. He grew up on a farm near Bostwick, NE and graduated from Superior High School in 1964. In 1966 Donn was drafted into the U.S. Army and...
Max The Cat
Feb 8, 2014
Mr. Kitty Yoda Checker, also known as Max, came into our lives in 2005 as a little lost cat and left peacefully as family. He found a home with Mike and Katy Varicak on Sycamore Street and enjoyed visiting Rick and Dodie Odean at Odean Colonial Chapel. Katy and Mike took good care of Mr. Kitty giving him lots of...
John Thomas Brown
Feb 7, 2014
John Thomas Brown, 54, of Sutherland, NE, died Friday, February 7, 2014, at his home with his family by his side. Without complaining, John fought a courageous battle against his illness. John was born March 27, 1959, to Thomas Wayne and Ruth Lorraine Carlson Brown at Sutherland and was baptized and confirmed at Maria Lutheran Church in Hershey, NE. He...
