Kenneth E. Meissner
Dec 15, 2019
Kenneth E. Meissner of Cozad passed away Sunday, December 15, 2019 at the Cozad Community Hospital at the age of 77. He was born November 12, 1942 in rural Frontier County, Nebraska to Leo and June (Carroll) Meissner. Kenneth graduated from Maywood High School and worked numerous jobs in the McCook area. On December 21, 1973 Kenneth married Eugenia Lehn....
Oran Eugene Smock
Dec 13, 2019
Oran Eugene Smock passed away Friday, December 13, 2019 at his home in Cozad at the age of 80. Eugene was born September 24, 1939 in Cozad and graduated with the class of 1958. On June 4, 1961, he married Judith McNulty at the Nazarene Church in Cozad. Three daughters were born to this union: Sherri Ann, Dawn Marie and...
Earl R. Pharris
Dec 12, 2019
Earl Roy Pharris of Cozad passed away Thursday, December 12, 2019 at Meadowlark Pointe Assisted Living at the age of 93. Earl was born January 1, 1926 in a small rural home near Jerome, Idaho. He graduated from the University of Idaho with a master’s degree in Animal Nutrition. Earl married Hazel Danquist on July 10, 1949 in Bonner’s Ferry...
Bryant J. Keller
Dec 8, 2019
The world lost a warm light on Saturday, December 8, 2019 when Bryant Keller passed away from a brain aneurysm in his home in Richfield, MN at 28 years old. He was born July 21, 1991 to John and Kathryn (Gronstal) Keller of Eustis, NE, minutes before his twin sister, Leah.
After graduating as valedictorian of the Eustis-Farnam High School,...
Margilu Ellen Peterson
Dec 5, 2019
Margilu E. Peterson of Cozad passed away December 5, 2019 at Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan, Kansas at the age of 83. Margilu was born October 11, 1936 in Arnold, Nebraska to Henry and Marjorie (Shaw) Anderson. She graduated from Arnold High School with the class of 1954. Margilu attended Kearney State Teachers’ College and earned her teaching certificate. On...
William 'Bill' Royal Vasey
Dec 1, 2019
William 'Bill' Royal Vasey, age 89 of Cozad, Nebraska, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2019, at Meadowlark Pointe Assisted Living. Bill, son of Royal and Hilda (German) Vasey, was born at Cozad, Nebraska, September 22, 1930. He attended District 19 and Cozad City Schools and graduated in 1948. Bill attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado and graduated in...
Mary Jeannette Adams
Dec 1, 2019
Mary J. Adams of Cozad passed away Sunday, December 1, 2019 at Emerald Care Nursing at the age of 88. Mary was born June 4, 1931 in Lincoln, Nebraska and adopted when only days old by Bryan and Jean Maurine (Webster) Harrell. She graduated from Doniphan High School as valedictorian in 1949. Mary worked briefly at a bank in Hastings,...
Ingrid Linnea Stevens
Nov 27, 2019
Ingrid Linnea Stevens, age 97, passed away Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at Meadowlark Pointe Assisted Living in Cozad, Nebraska and joined her beloved husband Clark. Born in Smöland, Sweden on September 19, 1922, Ingrid and her parents, Gus and Ada Hyllman, emigrated to the United States around 1923 and her sister Millie was born shortly after. The family eventually moved...
Mark Franklin Britt
Nov 24, 2019
Mark Franklin Britt of Gothenburg, Ne, passed away on November 24, 2019 at his home in Gothenburg at the age of 53. Mark was born October 10, 1966 in Creston, Iowa to Jonny Earl Britt and Frankie Sue (Fender) Britt. He was a graduate of Cozad High School. Following graduation, Mark worked at Valley Sales as a welder and later...
Shanna Lea Dillon
Nov 21, 2019
Shanna L. Dillon, formerly of Cozad, passed away November 21, 2019 at her home in Junction City, Oregon at the young age of 41. Shanna was born March 23, 1978 in Cozad, Nebraska to Don and Catherine (Edelman) Dillon. Shanna loved to travel and meet new people. People were her thing. In all the places she roamed, Shanna touched the...
Barbara "Barbie" Elaine Anderson
Nov 17, 2019
Barbara E. "Barbie" Anderson of Cozad passed away Sunday, November 17, 2019 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha at the age of 67. Barbie was born August 7, 1952 at Cozad, Nebraska to Calvin and Rosie (Cochrane) Howell. She grew up in Cozad and graduated from Cozad High School. On May 13, 1972, Barbie married Kenneth Anderson...
Elsa Heller
Nov 16, 2019
Elsa Heller of Cozad passed away November 16, 2019 at Meadowlark Pointe Assisted Living at the age of 92. Elsa was born on March 3, 1927, in Oberweissach/Baden-Wuerttemberg (Germany) to Gottlieb and Karoline Heller. Elsa was the 11th of 12 siblings. So Elsa grew up with 9 sisters and 3 brothers on a small farm to which also belonged a...
Bill D. Kinnan
Nov 14, 2019
Bill D. Kinnan, former longtime Cozad resident, passed away November 14, 2019 at Tucson, Arizona at the age of 70. Bill was born January 19, 1949 in Lexington, Nebraska to Norman and Dorothy (Heller) Kinnan. He graduated from Cozad High School with the class of 1967 and graduated from Central Nebraska Technical College at Hastings, Nebraska in 1969. Bill married...
Makayla Marie Linder
Nov 14, 2019
Makayla Marie Linder of Cozad, Nebraska passed away Thursday, November 14, 2019 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney at the age of 33. Makayla was born November 13, 1986 in Lexington, Nebraska to Marvin "Bud" Linder Jr and Debra Hill. She graduated from Cozad High School with the class of 2005. Soon after, Makayla and Bobby Tolle had their first...
Elizabeth (Betty) Lou McKeone
Nov 9, 2019
Elizabeth (Betty) Lou McKeone, 88, of Cozad, Nebraska, passed away on November 9, 2019 at Linden Court in North Platte. Betty was born on January 31, 1931 in Grand Island, Nebraska to Robert and Helen McElroy. She graduated from Grand Island High in 1948 and attended Hastings College for one year where she met Joe McKeone, the love of her...
Manuel Galaviz
Oct 23, 2019
Manuel "Manny" Galaviz of Cozad passed away Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at the age of 80. Manny was born April 9, 1939 in Electra, Texas to Augustine and Delores (Valenzuela) Galaviz. He grew up on a farm west of Ogallala, Nebraska and loved training horses. Manny lived most of his life in Ogallala where he owned a trucking company, Galaviz...
Bradley Eugene Morris
Oct 13, 2019
Bradley E. Morris of Cozad passed away Sunday, October 13, 2019 at the age of 78. Brad was born November 1, 1940 in Gothenburg, Nebraska to Glen V. and Arlene R. (Hughes) Morris. He grew up on the family farm north of Cozad, where he currently resided, and graduated from Cozad High School with the class of 1958. On November...
Charles E Mason
Oct 10, 2019
Charles E. "Chuck" Mason of Cozad passed away Thursday, October 10, 2019 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 51. Cremation was chosen. A family led Memorial Service will be held Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. at the Cozad Church of God with Harvey Pierce officiating. Berryman Funeral Home is assisted the family with...
Wanda Lu Koch
Oct 8, 2019
Wanda L. Koch of Cozad passed away Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at Emerald Care Nursing Home in Cozad at the age of 86. Wanda was born August 25, 1933 on a farm northeast of Eustis, Nebraska to Walter and Thelma (Kiesel) Hess. In early infancy, she was baptized in the name of the Triune God in the Evangelican Church in...
Violet E. Hayes
Sep 28, 2019
Violet E. Hayes, age 76 of Cozad, went home to be with Jesus on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at Elwood Care Center, surrounded by her family. Violet was born September 14, 1943 in Gothenburg, Nebraska to Sylvester and Mabel Tunison. Family meant everything to her, always loving to be surrounded by them, whether it was an ordinary evening gathering or...
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