Nettie Luree Frost, 92, formerly of North Platte, died Jan. 28, 2013, in Eagan, Minn.
Nettie was born Dec. 21, 1920, on a ranch near Sutherland, the oldest child of Edward and Mary Jennings. She graduated from North Platte High School in 1938.
She worked in several clerical jobs in North Platte before moving to California in 1944 to work for the Housing Authority of Marin County at Hamilton Field. She returned to Nebraska in 1948 and worked for the Bureau of Reclamation office in Indianola.
She married Robert E. Frost on Nov. 27, 1952, at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Indianola. They made their home in McCook. In 1953, they moved to Cheyenne, Wyo. They moved to Denver in 1960 and then made their home in Bountiful, Utah, in 1965.
Besides being a homemaker, Nettie loved baking and creating art and crafts. In 1978, she and her husband retired to Alpine, Wyo., where they resided until his death in 1994. She then moved to Apple Valley, Minn. Since 2008, she had been a resident of Clare Bridge of Eagan.
She is survived by four children, Barbara (Brock) Kiecker, of Eagan; Michael Frost (Debbie McDonald), of Salt Lake City, Utah; James (Cindy) Frost, of Albuquerque, N.M.; and Elizabeth (Bud) Rigoulot, of Spanaway, Wash. Her surviving siblings are Dale Jennings, Dixie Greenwood and Ralph Jennings, all of North Platte. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Besides her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by one son, Stephen Frost; and a sister, Bonnie Neely.
A Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled at 2 p.m., Friday, Feb. 1, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in North Platte with the Rev. Neal Hock as celebrant. Burial will be at the Amesville Cemetery near Etna, Wyo., on Monday, Feb. 4. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Alpine Fire Personnel and Emergency Management Services, P.O. Box 3030, Alpine, WY 83128. Adams and Swanson Funeral Home of North Platte is in charge of arrangements.