Cleao Fern Connell, 96, of North Platte, formerly of Tryon, passed away Nov. 14, 2023 at Linden Court in North Platte.  She was born March 21, 1927 to Walter Henry and Laura Mae (Worden) Avery at home in rural McPherson County.  

She grew up in the Sandhills in McPherson County and graduated from McPherson County High School with the class of 1945.  Cleao worked for various families in McPherson County as a hired girl and one of her favorite memories of that time was helping when new babies came and she would help the doctor with the new babies and give them their first bath.   She, along with a sister, moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming where she worked as a nanny. 

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