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Carroll Jerome McNeel

31 Oct 1922 – 8 Feb 2018

Birth31 Oct 1922
Death8 Feb 2018
Added byWilliam Simonetti on 21 Jan 2022
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Carroll J. McNeel, 95, of North Platte, passed away Feb 8, 2018, in Harlingen, Texas. Carroll was born on Oct. 31, 1922, in Sutherland to Charles Emilo and Jennie E. (White) McNeel. He grew up in Sutherland and graduated from Sutherland High School in 1942. He ranched with his brother, Marvin McNeel, where his grandfather, John McNeel, started the ranch on North West River Road. He spent the next 50 years there and was known as a great cattleman. He was in the business many years, topping the sale with his yearling steers and heifers. He raised three children, Marlea, Janene and Richard. In 1966, his wife, Barbara Robinson, climbed aboard to help with the ranching and he helped raise her three children, Connie, Pamela and Randy. He was a great father and stepdad. Carroll was known for quiet gentle ways and thoroughly enjoyed his travels, and hiking mountain trails and camping in the snowy ranges in Wyoming, where he and his wife were camp host for a few years. He loved to fly fish and was quite good at it. He and his wife retired in 1991 and went on the road full time for 24 years, visiting mainly the west coast in Indiana, and saw beautiful country in the U.S.A. He began to slow the pace when his health started deteriorating, but kept travelling from Nebraska to Texas for a few years. They were called those winter Texans. He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant brother, Dwaine McNeel; brother, Marvin; sister, Arlene Simonetti; stepdaughter, Connie Coady; brother-in-law, James Knapton; sister-in-law, Lois Houser; and stepdaughter-in-law, Mona Robinson. Carroll is survived by his wife, Barbara; a son, Richard (Carol) of Chapel Hill, North Carolina; two daughters, Marlea (Vance) Post of North Platte and Janene (Ken) Huffman of Dallas, Georgia; two stepchildren, Randy Robinson of North Platte and Pamela Robinson of College Station, Texas; 19 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; two brothers-in-law, Gene (Rena) Piel of Missouri and Bill Houser of Elwood; and several nieces, nephews and other relatives. He left many friends behind at the Yellow Rose RV Resort in La Feria, Texas. Most were from the northern states but many others were from states where they camped in different areas across the country. Your wife, Barb, is going to miss you, Carroll — 51 years has been a great trip! He chose Cremation . Carpenter Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

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