John C. “Pony” Spencer Posted on February 25, 2014 </p> <p>John C. “Pony” Spencer, age 76 of North Platte passed away Sunday February 23, 2014.<br /> John was born on June 8, 1937 in North Platte to George and Sarah (Favinger) Spencer. He graduated from Brady High School with the class of 1956. Pony was an excellent running back in high school football. Brady won the 6-man football championship his senior year.<br /> After high school he enlisted in the US Navy where he was an “airdale” on the Carrier U.S.S. Kearsarge. His favorite time in the Navy was when he was stationed in Kodiak,<br /> Alaska. He was proud to vote to make Alaska the 49th state.<br /> After the Navy he returned to the area and worked on the Howard Haythorn Ranch. He married Virginia Zeigler on April 6, 1963. He continued working on ranches through the 1980s and John was a jack-of-all-trades; his favorite thing was working with horses. He would give his shirt off his back for anyone and he had a great sense of humor.<br /> Survivors include his wife Virginia of North Platte; 2 daughters Linda (Duane) Fellows of North Platte, Staci (Phil) Hoyt of Arnold, NE; son Justin (Claudia) Spencer of Huttenburg, Germany; 9 grandchildren Andre, Owen, Steven, James, Melissa, Daniel, Darianne “Dweebo”, Alex and Brandon; 6 great grandchildren; a brother George (Marge) Spencer of Brady; a sister Genie (Lawrence) Hansen of North Platte; and numerous other nieces, nephews and friends.<br /> He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant brother.<br /> A memorial has been established in his name and online condolences may be shared at www.adamsswanson.com. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday February 28, 2014 at Ft. McPherson National Cemetery with full Military Honors with Pastor Gary Smith officiating. Cremation was chosen and those wishing to do so may sign the register book Wednesday and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at Adams and Swanson Funeral Home which is in charge of arrangements.</p> </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-64819 --> </main><!-- #main --> </div><!-- #primary --> </div><!-- #content --> <div style="text-align:center; color: gray; padding: 1rem 1rem 1rem 1rem;"> Copyright <a href="https://eagleradio.net">Eagle Radio</a> | <a href="https://eagleradio.net/fcc">FCC Public Files</a> | <a href="https://eagleradio.net/eeo">EEO Public File</a> </div> </div><!-- #page --> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://archive.northplattepost.com/wp-content/themes/post-archive/js/navigation.js?ver=20151215'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://archive.northplattepost.com/wp-content/themes/post-archive/js/skip-link-focus-fix.js?ver=20151215'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://archive.northplattepost.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js?ver=5.3.18'></script> </body> </html>