Roland N. Everett
Roland Noel Everett “Sarge,” 74, of North Platte died Oct. 9, 1999, at his home.
He was born July 12, 1925, to Murl Adelbert and Jessie Viola Joy Everett at Monitor, Wash. He grew up and attended school in Gandy, where he graduated in 1946.
He was a retired veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, with more than 20 years of service. He enlisted at 17 in Denver Nov. 10, 1942. He served in the South Pacific Theater during World War II and also served in the Korean War. While in the Marines he was a skeet and trap shooter and qualified for the Olympics, as third alternate, to go to Rome in the 1960s. He retired as gunnery sergeant.
On Nov. 28, 1977, he married Eva Virginia Lee at Las Vegas, Nev. They made their home in North Platte. He worked at Detlefsen Oil Company for 12 years and retired in 1987.
Mr. Everett was a life member of the Golden State Trap Shooters Association, the Fleet Reserve Association and the Amateur Trap Shooting Association.
Survivors include his wife; two step-daughters, Chris (Randy) Matson of Alma and Katheryn (M.D.) Keenan of Cape Girardeau, Mo.; two stepsons, Rod Medinger of San Antonio, Texas, and Jerry (Brenda) Medinger of San Diego; three sisters, Glenna Losee of Hastings, Eloise (Roger) Kerr of Des Moines, Iowa, and Betty (Steve) Ford of Sun Lake, Ariz.; a stepsister, Florence Swan of Gothenburg; seven stepgrandchildren; a stepgreat-grandson; and other relatives.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Murl Everett and Jessie Everett Henderson; a sister, Joy Kramer; and a stepbrother, Harold Henderson.
A memorial has been established to the Great Plains Hospice.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church with Pastor David Lux officiating. Burial will be in Fort McPherson National Cemetery with military honors provided by the North Platte Veterans Honor Guard.
Visitation will be from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at Odean Colonial Chapel and before services at the church.