Gladys Esther Sukraw, 78, of North Platte, died March 7, 1997.

She was born January 26, 1919, at Orafino to John E. and Antonia Johnson Oberg. She was raised in the Farnam community, where she attended school and graduated from Farnam High School in 1936.

She also completed one year of college in Nampa, Idaho, and taught school at Ingham, Stockville and Fort McPherson.

She married Harold A. Sukraw June 29, 1941, at Farnam. He preceded her in death September 2, 1982. They lived in the Maxwell community for 47 years.

Mrs. Sukraw moved to North Platte in 1987 and lived there until her death. She was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene, where she was a long-time Sunday school teacher and was very active in the missionary circle. In 1995, she received the church’s Distinguished Service Award.

Survivors include two daughters, Sharold of Texarkana, Arkansas, and Sharlene of North Platte; sons, John of North Platte, Jim (Leah) of Pittsburg, Kansas, and Joe (Susan) of North Platte; sister, Lois Rice of Del Rio, Texas; brother, Clarence Oberg of Farnam; five grandchildren and many neices and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister and one brother.

Services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 11, 1997, at First Church of the Nazarene of North Platte. The Rev. Stanley Aubrey officiated. Burial was in Plainview Cemetery at Maxwell.

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