Mary Elizabeth Molloy, age 93, of Hershey, NE, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, May 14, 2016.

Mary was born on the farm near Curtis, NE on January 18, 1923, to Frank F. and Anna Katie Bollner Thompson. She grew up on the farm and attended country school and then resided with her aunt, Elisabeth Cumming, while attending Cambridge High School, graduating in 1941. Mary then attended McCook Junior College and received her Associate Degree. She majored in nursing and was involved in half-court basketball, volleyball, archery and badminton. During college she worked by cleaning the lab and outlining books.

After college she worked at the Indianola, NE, Prisoner of War Camp during World War II. Mary was hired primarily to answer the phone but soon found herself taking dictation and transcribing. Later she became a Post Exchange Clerk. One of her duties was to get cigarettes, beer, pop, candy bars, plus sundries for pick-up to the side camps. German prisoners were brought to Indianola by train and then marched the mile north from town to camp after dark. She would watch or listen to the huge number of German soldiers swish, swishing as they marched the Goose Step on the gravel road. Nearly every day girls from other offices on camp would come to the PX during their lunch hour and dance the Jitterbug to the tunes on the jukebox. Sometimes during their lunch hour they would walk around the whole camp. Many times they would talk to the GI’s and watch them play ball. The camp closed briefly in June of 1944. In July it reopened and when she reapplied she met her future husband, Joseph Michael Molloy, Jr., guarding the main gate.

Mary and Joseph were married on November 2, 1944. Two daughters were born to this union, Ann Elizabeth and Betty Jo. They resided in Chicago, IL, and then returned to Nebraska.

Mary and the girls continued the tradition of living with Aunt Beth while the girls attended Cambridge Public Schools, returning to the family farm each summer. During this time Mary worked as a nurses aid at Republican Valley Hospital and then in the school cafeteria until the girls were through school. She then returned to the family farm to help her brother William F. Thompson in 1968. She and Bill built a new home in Hershey, NE, in 1985, where she has resided since.

Mary was a 60-plus year member of the Curtis United Methodist Church. She enjoyed crafting, sewing, quilting, needle work, cooking, gardening, canning, and feeding and watching the birds. She especially loved the six dogs she had over the years. She was an independent woman who was still mowing her lawn at 91 years of age.

She is survived by her two daughters, Ann Beatty, of Hershey and Betty Jo (James) Peterman, of Big Springs, NE; three grandchildren, Lindsey (Jesse) Pouillon, of Bend, OR, Allison (Travis) Wilkinson, of Omaha, NE, and David (Tara) Peterman, of McCook, NE; four great-grandchildren, Faith, Casey, Cooper and Gwendalynn Wilkinson. Another great grandbaby Pouillon is expected in October); step grandchildren, Katherine Reed, of Grand Island, NE and Steven Beatty, of Colorado; step great-granddaughter, Stephanie Gilmore, of North Platte; four step great great-grandsons, Jarison, Drue and Lathan Huntsman and Adrian Gilmore; and other family.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Anna Thompson; brother, William F. Thompson; and son-in-law, Evan Beatty.

Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 21, 2016, at Odean Colonial Chapel at C & Sycamore with Chaplain Gary Smith officiating. Burial will be at noon in the Curtis Cemetery.

Visitation will be on Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Odean Colonial Chapel at C & Sycamore which is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may also be shared at odeanchapel.com. Memorials are suggested to the Hershey United Methodist Church, Curtis United Methodist Church or Hershey Volunteer Fire Department.

Richard Alan McHose, Sr., age 71, of North Platte, NE, passed away at home surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, May 14, 2016.

Rick was born February 27, 1945, to Robert Edwin, Sr. and Helen Irene Potteiger McHose in West Reading, PA. He grew up in Berks County, PA until the family relocated to Dauphin, PA when Rick was 11. He graduated in 1963 from Central Dauphin High School in Harrisburg, PA.

In 1965 Rick joined the 193rd Special Operations Group of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard and served until he retired in 1994. Following his retirement, Rick worked for the Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank for eight years then retired in 2003.

On June 24, 1967, Rick was united in marriage to Mary Louise Klahr at Reading, PA and they lived in Middletown, PA for six months until settling in Elizabethtown, PA. In 2006 Rick and Mary moved to North Platte where they attended and supported the Berean Church.

Rick was a lifetime member of the 193rd S.O.W. as well as a member of the National Rifle Association and P.R. Halligan Post #163 American Legion. He was an avid gun collector and liked to hunt before he got married. Rick always enjoyed fishing but after moving to Nebraska, he really enjoyed fishing!

He is survived by his wife of nearly 49 years, Mary, of North Platte; son, Richard, Jr. ‘Rick’ (Shawnaa) McHose, of Spokane, WA; daughter, Nancy (Ryan) Hershey, of Frederick, MD; four grandchildren, Ryan McHose, Ashlee McHose, Chase Hershey and Aidan Hershey; brothers, Robert, Jr. (Susan) McHose, of Harrisburg, PA, and Terence McHose, of Halifax, VA; brothers-in-law, Howard Klahr, of North Platte, Robert (Carol) Klahr, of Elk Grove, CA, James Klahr (Anthony Tuchscher), of New Brighton, MN and Terry (Vickie) Klahr, of Council Bluffs, IA; and several nieces, nephews and other family.

Rick was preceded in death by his parents, Robert, Sr. and Helen; sister, Nancy Klahr; his brother, William; and in-law, Abraham Klahr and Esther Klahr Shaw.

Funeral Service will be 10 a.m. Thursday, May 19, 2016, at the North Platte Berean Church with Pastor John Stone officiating. Burial with full military honors will follow in Fort McPherson National Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Odean Colonial Chapel at C & Sycamore which is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may also be shared at odeanchapel.com. In lieu of flowers memorials are to the Wounded Warrior Project or Samaritan’s Purse.

Carroll Eugene Wilson, age 102, of North Platte passed away Friday, May 13, 2016 at Centennial Park Retirement Village. He was born November 11, 1913 in Trumbull, Nebraska. He was the second son of Chandler & Laura (Gillaspie) Wilson. The family moved to North Platte in 1917 when Chandler took a job on the Union Pacific Railroad.
Carroll’s mother called him “Hap” and taught him to do what he could to be happy and a help to the community. The name and lesson stuck for life.
Carroll graduated in1931 from NPHS (his was the first class in “new”, now demolished high school building). He enrolled in math/engineering program at UNL. After 20 hours of classes, he changed to business on advice of the Dean of Teachers College. He worked various jobs to afford tuition, including dinners for food, the YMCA for housing and Wadlow Mortuary. Carroll joined DeMolay fraternity (now part of Phi Gamma Delta) and attended St. Paul Methodist Church, where he became president of the campus Methodist Council. He graduated in 1937 with a Bachelor of Science and Business Administration.
Carroll served in the Navy from October 1942 to October 1945 including aboard PC1186 as Chief Pharmacist First Class on Atlantic and Pacific convoy duty. His 2 year enlistment came up while he was at sea. His commander told him that unless he could swim to shore his enlistment was extended for the duration. He received the Personal Navy Command Citation when the hospital he was assigned to in Panama was bombed. He was mustered out 1945 and returned to NP.
Carroll returned to job his old job with Cotterell and Rasmussen insurance where he ran office after the deaths of both principles. In 1954 he took a job offer with First National Bank eventually in their installment loan department. At the time he started the bank had a maximum loan limit of $500. A family friend needed a combine and Carroll convinced the bank to make the loan, the biggest at that time so raising the loan limit. Carroll worked there through 1979.
On Christmas day 1945 he married Inez Fenstermacher, originally of Sargent, Nebraska.
Carroll was past Master of the Masonic Lodge; Secretary/Treasurer of the Masonic Temple Craft; past Patron of Eastern Star; President of the American Heart Association in 1992; County Chairman of American Red Cross; life member of D.A.V., Optimist Club and Phi Gamma Delta. He was Post Adjutant of VFW, a charter member and Sheriff of Buffalo Bill Westerners, hospice volunteer, State Chairman for Easter Seals and was on the advisory board for RSVP.
He was involved in all levels of Boy Scouts starting at age 12. He met James West, the first Chief Scout Executive, who encouraged him to “get on the ball, kid”. He organized Troop 287 at the North Platte Police department by the water tower to give local youth something to do to stay out of trouble. He earned the Silver Eagle in 1937 and was awarded the Silver Beaver in 1964.
He received his commission as Admiral in the Nebraska Navy in 2013 and the Service to Mankind Awarded from Sertoma Club in 1983.
Survivors include two children, Robert and Kathleen both of Lincoln.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and his wife.
A Memorial has been established in his name and online condolences may be shared at www.adamsswanson.com.
Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 19, 2016 at the First United Methodist Church with the Reverend Dr. Douglas Delp officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery near Callaway, NE. Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at Adams & Swanson Funeral Home which is in charge of arrangements.