Nona Bell Leibhart passed away at her home in North Platte, Nebraska surrounded by her family on September 4, 2022 at the age of 93.
Nona, the daughter of Floyd and Lucy Peterson, was bon on June 27, 1929 on the family farm southeast of Arnold, Nebraska. She grew up on the farm and attended country school, then worked as a waitress in Arnold.
On February 10, 1947, Nona married Lloyd Leibhart at Smith Center, Nebraska. The couple settled on a ranch 8 miles southwest of Callaway, Nebraska and raised two children, living on the Red Wing Ranch for 43 years. Nona was a member of HHH club and the American Legion Auxiliary in Callaway. In 1989, Nona and Lloyd moved to North Platte, Nebraska. They were married for 43 years when he passed away in 1990.
When Lloyd and Nona were younger, they enjoyed dancing together. Nona also enjoyed bowling, was a coin collector, and especially like dressing up and looking pretty! She was an amazing seamstress who made clothes for her kids and beautiful quilts for family and many of her friends. Nona said the happiest times were when she set peddlin' away at her sewing machine.
When she was young, church was important, and as she got older praying was important, but it was family that was always most important to her. Nona wants to be remembered for the love she has for her family.
She leaves behind her daughter, Lourall Strasburg of Loveland, Colorado; grandchildren, Jennifer, Wendy, Crystal, Desiree, and Alisha; three step-grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; her sisters, Betty (Norman) Schuster of Phillips, Nebraska, Jane Wilkiins of Omaha, Nebraska, Kay (Neil) Nielsen of North Platte, Nebraska, and Sheila (Dennis) Malcolm of Callaway, Nebraska; brothers Kenny (Marge) Peterson of Bertrand, Nebraska and Jay (Jeannie Peterson of Arnold, Nebraska; and many other family members.
Along with her husband, Lloyd, Nona was preceded in death by their son and daughter-in-law, Johnnie and Rita Leibhart; son-in-law, Mitchell Strasburg; her brothers Don, Jerry, LorenDee, and Jimmy Peterson; sisters, Violet Hankins and Lela Bacon; her parents; and a step-granddaughter.
Services will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 8, 2022 at Odean Colonial Chapel in North Platte, Nebraska. Burial will follow in Fort McPherson National Cemetery near Maxwell, Nebraska. Visitation is prior to the services at Odean Colonial Chapel at C & Sycamore in North Platte, which is in charge of arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are to the Bridge of Hope in North Platte.
Online condolences may be shared at odenchapel.com.