OBITUARIES

Dec 17, 2021

Leah Mae Votruba of Cozad passed away Friday, December 17, 2021 at Cozad Community Hospital at the age of 86. Mae was born August 16, 1935 at Gothenburg, Nebraska to Howard and Amy (Lake) Davis. She attended school in Cozad, Nebraska and worked at the Dixie Inn. In 1957, Mae moved to Denver, Colorado and worked as a waitress and...

Dec 12, 2021

Dec 8, 2021

Ila Mae "Ike" Davenport passed away Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at Meadowlark Pointe Assisted Living in Cozad at the age of 94 years and 10 months.  Ike was born January 31, 1927, at the family farmstead in Guide Rock, Nebraska. She graduated from Guide Rock High School and attended the University of Nebraska, where she was a proud member of...

Dec 4, 2021

Encherina, fondly called "Angie" was born in the islands of Chuuk, Micronesia on July 14, 1960 where she was the 6th child of 7 children. She then moved to Guam where she met her husband Kennedy and had their 3 children. They were married for 21 years. Later in 2020, she made the move to Nebraska to be reunited with...

Dec 1, 2021

Karen Kay Lehmann, age 60, passed away peacefully at her home in Lincoln, Nebraska on December 1, 2021. Karen was born April 6, 1961 in San Diego, California to Ted and Phyllis (Adams) Thomas. She was the middle of three daughters. Karen graduated from Cozad High School with the class of 1979. Following graduation, she attended Central Community College in...

Nov 29, 2021

Dale E. Cochrane, 92 of Eustis, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Monday, November 29, 2021 at the Cozad Community Hospital. Dale was the 3rd oldest of eight children and was born August 21, 1929 in Cozad, Nebraska to Leonard and Addie (McKinney) Cochrane. He served in the U.S. Army from 1948 to 1952. On September 17, 1953, Dale...

Nov 27, 2021

Gwendolyn J. Debban passed away Saturday, November 27, 2021 at Lakeside Hospital in Omaha at the age of 92. Gwen was born February 2, 1929 in Elwood, Nebraska to Francis and May (Moncrief) Bannister. Following her high school graduation, she went on to earn a teaching certificate. On May 29, 1949 she married her childhood sweetheart, Dale Debban. Their union...

Nov 26, 2021

Derold D. Davidson of Cozad passed away Friday, November 26, 2021 at Athens, Greece at the age of 88.

Derold was born on September 24, 1933, to Harry and Gladys Davidson in Polk, Nebraska. He was the youngest of three brothers and grew up on a farm in Scottsbluff where he helped deliver milk before school to the Prisoner of...

Nov 18, 2021

Memorials are suggested to the family in his name for later designation. Cremation was chosen. There will be no visitation. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at the Church of Christ on Newell with Pastor David Haynes officiating.

Garry Bauer passed away Thursday, November 18, 2021 at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha at...

Nov 12, 2021

Martha M. Smith of Cozad passed away Friday, November 12, 2021 at Meadowlark Pointe Assisted Living at the age of 93. Martha Mae (Downs) Smith was born on June 13, 1928 on a farm north of Lexington Nebraska. She was born to Mark and Hazel (Hodgeson) Downs and was the oldest of five siblings. Her homestead was busy and therefore...

Nov 10, 2021

Vera L. McCance of Cozad passed away Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at Cozad Community Hospital at the age of 81. Vera was born January 22, 1940 at her family's home in Cozad, Nebraska to Merlin and Mildred (Warren) Earll. She attended rural schools near Gothenburg and Cozad. Vera married Dick Bullis in 1957 and had two children, Denise and Richie....

Nov 10, 2021

A memorial service will be held Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. at the Berryman Funeral Home Chapel. It was Florence's wish to be cremated, and will be interred at the Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery at a later date. Memorials are suggested to Emerald Care Nursing & Rehab or donor's choice.

Florence Irene Oliver of Cozad passed away Wednesday,...

Nov 10, 2021

Services will be held at the Cozad United Methodist Church on Monday, November 15, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. with Pastor Doug Gahn officiating. Burial will be at Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Nebraska. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be directed to Central Plains Home Health & Hospice in Cozad or Cozad United Methodist Church. 

Harold A. Neill...

Nov 4, 2021

Barbara Gail Nelson of Cozad passed away Thursday, November 4, 2021 at Emerald Care Nursing Home at the age of 75. Gail was born September 9, 1946 in Bakersfield, California to Harvey and Nadine (Martin) Clark. She worked at Monroe's for 30 years. She was blessed with 3 children, Shannon, Mike and Chris. Mike passed away last year. Gail loved...

Oct 31, 2021

Lawrence W. Hall of Cozad passed away Sunday, October 31, 2021 at Emerald Care Nursing Home at the age of 97. Lawrence was born April 1, 1924 in Cozad, Nebraska to John and Della (Pitts) Hall. He attended Cozad City Schools and lived his entire life in Cozad. On July 21, 1945, Lawrence married Beulah Maret. Their union was blessed...

Oct 31, 2021

Nancy Ann Poore passed away Sunday, October 31, 2021 at Emerald Care Nursing Home at the age of 79. Cremation was chosen. There will be no service.

Oct 26, 2021

Gayle E. Wize of Willow Island, Nebraska passed away Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at the Cozad Community Hospital at the age of 70.  Cremation was chosen and a private family service will be held at a later date. Those wishing to sign the memorial book may do so on Saturday, October 30, 2021 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at...

Oct 24, 2021

Jack D. Reeves passed away October 24, 2021 at his home in Cozad at the age of 84. Jack was born March 19, 1937 at Opp, Alabama to Phoenix and Mattie Viola (Stafford) Reeves. His school years were spent in the Samson, Alabama and Darlington, Alabama schools. His military service began in the Alabama National Guard, followed by eight years...

Oct 24, 2021

Robert G. Collins Jr. of Gothenburg passed away October 24, 2021 at Bryan East Hospital in Lincoln at the age of 50. Bob grew up in Nebraska. His first 5 years of school were in North Platte, he went to school in the country near Willow Island, then in Junior High, lived in Minden, 8th and 9th grade were in...

Oct 17, 2021

Robert Joseph Dillon, a life-long Cozad resident, died on October 17, 2021 at the age of 78 in Mesa, Arizona. Bob is survived by his daughters Kim (Dillon) and Brett Sassali of Cozad and Michelle (Dillon) and Cory Spotanski of Elm Creek and Abbi Jensen of Omaha. He had five brothers George (Margaret) Dillon of Gothenburg, Jack (Judy) Dillon of...