Obituaries in North Platte, NE

Michele Kierce age 53 of Burwell NE passed away on January 30 2026 at the Community Memorial Health Center in Burwell NE. Services are pending. Carpenter Memorial Chapel is assisting with arrangements.

Larry Roger Baumann was born on February 19 1946 in Chadron Nebraska to Bob and Mary Nadine Babe Simpson Baumann. Larry spent his childhood in Chadron playing baseball with his brothers and working in the family shoe store FM Bootery. His love for sports began in childhood and continued throughout h...

Elvina May Hill 84 of North Platte Nebraska pass away on January 30 2026 surrounded by her loving and devoted family. She was born on August 20 1941 to Clarence and Anna Cogdill Banks in Ogallala NE. Elvina graduated high school in Ovid CO. then married Ronald Hill. They lived in Julesburg CO Grand ...

Dale George Yanken age 74 of North Platte passed away on January 26 2026 at Maples at Centennial surrounded by his family. Dale was born to George and Opal Yanken of Maxwell NE on October 27 1951. He attended Maxwell Public Schools. On December 30 1970 he married Carlene T. Yanken Jensen. To this un...

Robert Lee Messersmith age 86 of North Platte Nebraska passed away Wednesday January 28 2026 at Great Plains Health. He grew up there finally graduating from Stockville High School in 1957. After working for a while Robert was called to join the United States Army in Korea in 1963. He served his cou...

Connie was born on March 30 1956 in Norfolk Nebraska to Edward Lester Jorgensen Jr. and Marjorie Lenora Johnson. She graduated from North Platte High School in 1974 where she was active in many activities. Connie was a cheerleader a member of the Girls Athletic Association Pep Club choir Powderpuff ...

Jeanette Phelps passed away peacefully on January 15 2026 with her eldest son Gerry by her side in North Platte Nebraska at the age of 87. She was born to John and Melvina Gibson Fletcher in North Platte. Jeanette grew up working on the family farm while attending Echo and Community CenterCountry Sc...

Patty Pat Lou Shultz age 94 of North Platte passed away on January 14 2026 at Linden Court surrounded by her family. She was born one of eight children to Willis and Marie Montague Prowett in Grand Island NE on October 26 1931. Pat attended Grand Island schools until the start of her high school car...

Francis Edwin Wever Jr. 89 of North Platte NE passed away peacefully on Monday December 22 2025 at his home. Francis was born on November 4 1936 in North Platte NE the son of Francis Sr. and Twila Hopkins Wever. He grew up on the family farm between Hershey and Sutherland that started as his grandpa...

Jean was a longtime resident of Maywood NE. She married Bob Shirley on February 20 1954 and had two children Mark and Brad. She was deeply connected to the community being the last remaining member of her class of 1950 and a lifelong member of the United Methodist Church. Bob and Jean purchased the ...

Dean Errol Hiser was born in 1941 to Fred and Lena (Daddow) Hiser. He was raised on a farm six miles west of Litchfield, Nebraska, with three siblings and attended a country gra...

Dillard Dean Anderson was welcomed into the world on April 25, 1941 by his parents Elsie and Fred Anderson of the Victoria Springs neighborhood near Anselmo, Nebraska and his so...