OBITUARIES

Dorothy 'Dottie' A. Davis

Dorothy 'Dottie' A. Davis

Jul 26, 2020

Dorothy (Dottie) Davis, age 76, of Cozad, Nebraska, passed away July 26, 2020, Meadowlark Pointe. Dottie was born to Lowell and Edith (Mulholland) Puckett in Billings, Montana on April 17, 1944. She lived with her family in Anchorage, Alaska for 10 years. They then moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming and then later to Denver, Colorado where she graduated from Denver South...

Lavonne Mae Petersen

Lavonne Mae Petersen

Jul 26, 2020

Lavonne Mae Petersen, 89, passed away Sunday, July 26, 2020 at Avamere in Lexington, Nebraska with her children by her side. Lavonne was born October 13, 1930 in Emerson, Nebraska to John and Marie White. In 1947, she married the love of her life, Darrell (Bubs) Petersen. Two children joined this young family, Linda Kneifl and David Petersen, both of...

Jerry Lee Rush

Jerry Lee Rush

Jul 26, 2020

Jerry Lee Rush of Cozad, Nebraska, peacefully passed away at home on Sunday July 26, 2020.  He was born October 13, 1943 to Jack A. Rush and Elaine M. (Smith) Rush in Broken Bow, NE. Jerry attended Halsey and Anselmo schools until 11th grade.  After Anselmo consolidated with Merna, he graduated with the class of 1961 from Anselmo-Merna High School.  ...

Helen Elaine Jorges

Helen Elaine Jorges

Jul 22, 2020

Helen Elaine Jorges, age 94, passed away at the Elwood Care Center on July 22, 2020. She was born April 25, 1926 in rural Eustis, Nebraska to Charley and Henrietta (Fasse) Hueftle. She attended school and graduated from Eustis Public School with the class of 1943.

Following graduation, she worked for a number of years at the Gauger Store in...

Floyd Louis Gengenbach

Floyd Louis Gengenbach

Jul 20, 2020

Floyd L. Gengenbach of Eustis passed away Monday, July 20, 2020 at Elwood Care Center at the age of 97. Floyd was born July 2, 1923 to Gottlob and Emma (Gruber) Gengenbach at their farm home northeast of Eustis. Floyd was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church in Eustis. Floyd attended Dawson County Rural School District #70 and...

Betty May Kennedy

Betty May Kennedy

Jul 12, 2020

Betty May Kennedy of Cozad passed away Sunday, July 12, 2020 at Callaway, Nebraska at the age of 91. Betty was born January 30, 1929 northeast of Cozad, Nebraska to George and Edith (Swayne) Harvey. She attended country schools through the 8th grade, and graduated from Cozad High School with the class of 1946. On June 4, 1952 she married...

JoAnn Sehi

JoAnn Sehi

Jun 30, 2020

JoAnn Sehi of Cozad passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at St. Luke's Good Samaritan Society in Kearney at the age of 76. JoAnn was born June 24, 1944 in Fort Smith, Arkansas to Don and Ina (Tennison) Joslin. The family moved to California where JoAnn attended Kings River School. On August 1, 1967, she married Jerome Sehi. The couple...

Roy A. Loshonkohl

Roy A. Loshonkohl

Jun 27, 2020

Roy Alfred Loshonkohl, age 84, of Cozad, Nebraska, passed away June 27, 2020, at Kearney, Nebraska, at KRMC. Roy was born March 14, 1936, in Exeter, Nebraska, to Alfred and Verdie (Dyer) Loshonkohl. The family later moved to Lincoln before settling in Cozad, Nebraska. 

Roy served in Heilbronn, Germany, for the U.S. Army where he met the loves of...

Oscar Palmer Jr

Oscar Palmer Jr

May 26, 2020

Oscar Palmer Jr. of Cozad passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at Emerald Care Center at the age of 87. Oscar was born April 18, 1933 at Seminole, Oklahoma to Oscar Sr. and Deloris (James) Palmer. Oscar served in the U.S. Air Force from 1953 to 1957. In November of 1959, Oscar married Deloris Alspaw in Bakersfield, California. Their union...

Marilyn Ann Kelly

Marilyn Ann Kelly

May 21, 2020

Marilyn Kelly, loving wife and mother of three children, passed away at the age of 70 on Thursday, May 21, 2020. Marilyn and her husband, Gerald Kelly, have resided in Cozad, NE, for 16 years.

On July 22, 1949, in Lexington, NE, Roger and Ella (Wilcox) Fleming welcomed Marilyn into the world a few minutes before her identical twin sister,...

Eldon Richard Cawthra

Eldon Richard Cawthra

May 19, 2020

Eldon Richard Cawthra, age 89, went to be with Jesus May 19, 2020 at his home in Cozad.  Eldon was born January 30, 1931 at his Grandpa & Grandma Nelson’s farm north of Max, NE.  He was born to Ralph S. and Joyce (Nelson) Cawthra and was the first living son of a first born Cawthra and the oldest of...

Althea Joyce Schroeder

Althea Joyce Schroeder

May 11, 2020

Althea J. Schroeder, age 92 of Eustis, passed away Monday, May 11, 2020 at Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska. Althea was born May 21, 1927 to Otto and Elizabeth (DeBoer) Hansen. She was united in marriage to Carroll Schroeder on January 11, 1945. They made their home west of Eustis on the family farm, and later moving into town. They...

Ethel Hattie Fox

Ethel Hattie Fox

May 11, 2020

Ethel Hattie (Brecks) Fox passed away Monday, May 11, 2020 at Meadowlark Pointe Assisted Living in Cozad at the age of 83. Ethel was born January 9, 1937 in Cozad, Nebraska to William Franklin "Earl" and Sophie (Ostendorf) Brecks. She graduated from Cozad High School with the class of 1954. Ethel married Donald James Fox of Gothenburg on March 8,...

Kenneth Owen Seybold

Kenneth Owen Seybold

May 6, 2020

Kenneth O. Seybold, age 88, passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2020 at his home in Cozad, NE. He was born December 4, 1931 in Eustis, NE to Otto and Viola (Haug) Seybold.  He attended Cozad High School, graduating with the class of 1949 and was honorably discharged after serving 4 years in the U.S. Air Force.

He married Beverly J....

Oscar G. Porter

Oscar G. Porter

May 5, 2020

Oscar G. Porter of Cozad passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at the Cozad Community Hospital at the age of 74. Cremation was chosen. Inurnment will be Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Cozad Cemetery.

Pedro Garcia the third

Pedro Garcia the third

May 2, 2020

Pedro Garcia the third was born on October 15, 1992 in Orange, New Jersey. Pedro graduated from Cozad High School in 2011. He continued his education and wrestling career at Colby CC where he graduated with his associates degree. He then went on to wrestle and continue his education at Hastings College, later transferring to the University of Nebraska at...

Marilyn L. Ramsay

Marilyn L. Ramsay

Apr 28, 2020

Marilyn Ramsay, age 85 of Cozad, passed away April 28, 2020 in her home surrounded by family.  She was born to Dale and June Wrede in Garrison, Nebraska on September 29, 1934.

Marilyn married William E. Ramsay on June 6, 1954 in Gibbon, Nebraska.  They made their home in Cozad, raising their children Bill and Robin. Marilyn worked as a...

Doris Ora Vogt

Doris Ora Vogt

Apr 19, 2020

Doris O. Vogt of Cozad passed away Sunday, April 19, 2020 at Emerald Care Center at the age of 96. Doris was born February 22, 1924 at Cozad, Nebraska to Virgil and Sophia (Weiland) Peden. On January 4, 1940, Doris married William Armagost at Elwood, Nebraska. She worked at Monroe Auto Equipment in Cozad from 1966 to 1975. Doris enjoyed...

Michael Jerome Kapustka

Michael Jerome Kapustka

Apr 15, 2020

Michael J. Kapustka passed away April 15, 2020, of natural causes at his home in Cozad, at the age of 47. Mike was born January 12, 1973 at Cozad, Nebraska to Robert Kapustka and Maureen (Ogorsolka) Kapustka. He graduated from Cozad High School and attended college at Milford, Nebraska where he obtained an Auto Body Degree. Mike was an avid...

Elna LaRee Banzhaf

Elna LaRee Banzhaf

Apr 12, 2020

Elna LaRee (Knappert) Banzhaf of Eustis passed away Sunday, April 12, 2020 at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington at the age of 83. Elna was born in the farm home of her parents, Edward J. Knappert and Sylvia B. (Weber) Knappert on March 18, 1937. The farm home was located about six miles southwest of Hendley, Nebraska. Elna attended...

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