Odean Colonial Chapel

Allen Lewis Lindsey, age 80, of North Platte, NE, passed away peacefully at Centennial Park Retirement Village on May 8, 2020. Allen was born to James and Esther (Brown) Stewart at Emporia, Kansas, on January 19, 1940, and when he was young, he and his brother, David, were adopted by Amos and Edith Lindsey. Allen grew up in Red Willow County, NE, where he graduated from high school in 1958 then attended McCook Junior College. He later went to Colorado Springs with a friend and that is where he learned how to drywall. Allen loved the work so much he moved to North Platte in 1962 to be a drywaller until being drafted a year later. On December 28, 1963, Allen married Sandra Jo Wilkinson in...

Retired Captain Ronald David Maleika passed away in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on December 8, 2021. He was 90 years old. Ron was born to Herman and Lois (Weber) Maleika in Appleton, Wisconsin, on March 19, 1931. He was raised by his grandparents, Theodore and Mary Weber, and stepfather, David Howley. During high school Ron served four years in the Army ROTC program then enlisted with the U.S. Air Force in 1950. He served all over the world and eventually retired in 1978 with the rank of Captain. While serving in the military, Ron also served as a Boy Scout Leader wherever he went. Following his retirement, Ron made Cheyenne his home and started AAA Computers, which he owned from 1979-98. He...

Jacob Stamm, 95, of North Platte, NE, died March 6, 2021. Jake was born September 8, 1925, to Peter and Amelia Stamm in Wheatland, and grew up working on the family farm. In 1942 he hired on with the U.P. Railroad in Cheyenne and there he met the love of his life, Edith Danielsen, and they married September 18, 1943. Jake served in the Army from 1943-46 then returned to Cheyenne and his job. Jake and Edith were blessed with their son, Jon, and blessed again with the adoption of a daughter, Jonelle, and later her older siblings, Daniel 'Danny' and Michelle 'Shelly'. The family moved to North Platte in 1973 and Jacob continued working with the railroad until retiring in '86. Jake was a...

Graveside service will be held 2 p.m. (CT) Friday, July 31, in Ft. McPherson National Cemetery, south of Maxwell, NE. The memorial book may be signed at odeanchapel.com. Odean Colonial Chapel, North Platte, NE, is in charge of arrangements.