Rolland "Bud" Hood
Dec 7, 2014
Rolland "Bud" Hood, age 91 of Cozad, passed away December 7, 2014 at Cozad Community Hospital. Rolland was born November 6, 1923 in Keith County, Nebraska to Thomas and Josephine (Vanek) Hood. He was raised on a farm and ranch in the Ogallala and Lewellen areas. Rolland served in the US Navy on aircraft carrier USS Sitko during WWII. On...
Marilyn Nyla Oberhauser
Dec 7, 2014
Marilyn N. Oberhauser, age 78 of Eustis, passed away December 7, 2014 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Grand Island, Nebraska. Marilyn was born February 29, 2014 in Cozad, Nebraska to Leonard and Addie (McKinney) Cochrane. She spent her younger years in Cozad before the family moved to Scottsbluff, Nebraska where she graduated from high school. On July 24, 1954...
Angie Beans
Dec 2, 2014
Angie Beans, age 86 of the Cozad and Lexington area, passed away December 2, 2014 at Good Samaritan Society in Woodriver, Nebraska. Angie was born January 22, 1928 to Andrew and Mary (Milletti) Dorsey and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn, New York in 1945. Angie married Kenneth L. Beans on...
David J. Earl
Nov 17, 2014
David J. Earl, age 75 of Cozad, passed away November 17, 2014 at Bryan Medical Center West in Lincoln. David was born October 30, 1939 at Kearney to Francis and Doris (Flynn) Earl. David grew up in Lexington where he attended school. In 1958 David was joined in holy matrimony to Jean Sabin. David resided in Gothenburg and Lexington before...
Viola Victoria Bevard
Nov 12, 2014
Viola Victoria “Toots” Bevard, age 95 of Bayard, Nebraska, passed away Wednesday, November 12, 2014 with her family by her side at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Viola was born November 15, 1918 in Stamford, Nebraska to Lawrence A. and Margaret L. (Poehlman) Abbott. Viola was nicknamed, “Toots” at the age of three by her father and was...
LeRoy D. Gaudreault
Nov 3, 2014
LeRoy D. Gaudreault, age 96 of Cozad, passed away November 3, 2014 at Golden Living Center in Cozad. LeRoy was born September 27, 1918 to Alcide and Aura (Demars) Gaudreault in Farnam, Nebraska. He attended school at Farnam and Cozad. In 1936, he began collecting metal, rubber tires, cars, bones, old mattresses and other odds and ends to open a...
Virginia Howard Sitorius
Oct 22, 2014
Virginia (Ostergard) Sitorius, age 95 of Cozad, passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at Meadowlark Assisted Living in Cozad. Virginia was born April 10, 1919 at Gothenburg, Nebraska to Samuel J. and Anna (Khristensen) Ostergard. She spent her childhood on the family farm North of Gothenburg. Virginia graduated from Gothenburg High School and attended the University of Nebraska, majoring in...
Orin W. Hendricks
Oct 22, 2014
Orin W. Hendricks, age 83 of Cozad, passed away October 22, 2014 at Golden Living Center in Cozad. Orin was born January 14, 1931 to Rollie and Cleta (Boggs) Hendricks on their farm near Callaway, Nebraska. Orin attended school in Callaway and graduated with the class of 1948. He was a superior athlete in football, baseball and track. Following graduation,...
Patsy L. Roenfeldt
Oct 11, 2014
Patsy L. Roenfeldt, age 69 of Cozad, passed away October 11, 2014 at Cozad Community Hospital. Patsy was born March 21, 1945 in Lexington, Nebraska to Frank and Dessie (Rakestraw) Batie. She attended school in Cozad and graduated with the class of 1963. Patsy went to work for ESU 10 in Cozad performing Diagnostic Testing and as an administrative assistant...
Kay F. Blomquist
Oct 8, 2014
Kay "Katie" F. Coller-Blomquist, age 64 of Cozad, passed away October 8, 2014 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Katie was born August 20, 1950 in Cozad, Nebraska to Lewis and Dolly (Smith) Coller. She attended school in Pontiac, IL and graduated from Flanagan, IL. After moving back to Cozad, Katie married Bill Kostman. The couple was blessed with 5...
Robert M. Matz
Oct 5, 2014
Robert Milton Matz, age 93 of Cozad, passed away on October 5, 2014 at Golden Living Center in Cozad. Bob was born in Cozad on April 10, 1921 to Walter and Elsa (Huenefeldt) Matz. The family, including a sister Carol, resided on the “Matz Hill”, 8 miles north of Cozad. He attended country school north of Cozad and graduated from...
Virgil Christian Stienike
Sep 30, 2014
Virgil Christian Stienike, age 101 of the Cozad / Eustis area, passed away September 30, 2014 at Meadowlark Pointe Assisted Living in Cozad. Virgil was born July 26, 1913 at Norman, Nebraska to Guy and Anna (Rasmussen) Stienike. Virgil grew up in the Elm Creek and Lexington area. He worked for a well business, digging many of the first irrigation...
Robert R. Herbek
Sep 28, 2014
Robert R. Herbek, age 69, former resident of Cozad, passed away September 28, 2014 at his home in Lincoln. Bob was born September 16, 1945 in Hastings, Nebraska to Albert and Anna (Lindeman) Herbek. Bob attended and graduated from Cozad High School and graduated with the class of 1963. On August 23, 1969 Bob married Debra Adams at United Methodist...
Velma M. Romatzke
Sep 23, 2014
Velma M. Romatzke, age 98 of Eustis, passed away September 23, 2014 at Cozad Community Hospital. Velma was born September 4, 1916 to Gottlob and Kate (Uebele) Schultheiss North of Eustis, Nebraska. She started school at Plum Creek District #51 through 8th grade and then attended Eustis High School, graduating with the class of 1934. On November 16, 1936 Velma...
Martha Schroeder
Sep 11, 2014
Martha Schroeder, age 90 of Cozad, passed away September 11, 2014 at Park Avenue Estates in Lexington, Nebraska. Martha was born March 26, 1924 at Lincoln, Nebraska to John and Anna Marie (Spadt) Klein. Martha's family moved to Cozad when she was 8 years old. She attended school in Cozad and graduated with the class of 1942. On September 5,...
Irene M. Ballheim
Sep 3, 2014
Irene M. Ballheim, age 90 of Eustis, Nebraska, passed away September 3, 2014 at the Elwood Care Center in Elwood, Nebraska. Irene was born November 16, 1923 at Eustis, Nebraska to Charles and Pauline (Gengenbach) Kuebler. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church. She graduated from Eustis High School with the class of 1941. On January 7,...
Marty J. Harris
Sep 1, 2014
Marty Harris, age 48 of Cozad, passed away September 1, 2014 at the Cozad Community Hospital. Born August 17, 1966, Marty was the eldest son of Dennis Harris and Linda (Catlett) Kuszak. Marty graduated from Cozad Senior High in 1985 and attended the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Always mechanically inclined,...
Gilbert Devine
Aug 28, 2014
Gilbert L. "Gib" Devine of Cozad passed away August 28, 2014 at Golden Living Center in Cozad at the age of 85. Gib was born September 7, 1928 in Farnam, Nebraska to Albert and Rebecca (Hilton) Devine. He grew up in the Eustis-Farnam area, and attended rural schools. On March 16, 1949 Gib married Kelva Beans at the Cozad United...
Phillip J. McDonald
Aug 27, 2014
Phillip J. McDonald, age 35 of Hastings, passed away August 27, 2014 in St. Anthony, Idaho. Phillip was born August 9, 1979 in Kearney, Nebraska to Daniel and Lynee (Hardesty) McDonald. He attended Overton High School and graduated with the class of 1998. On July 17, 2004, Phillip married Christina Louann Fox in Lexington, Nebraska. The couple was blessed with...
Karen L. Shantz
Aug 23, 2014
Karen L. (Hoisington) Shantz, age 43 of Cozad, passed away August 23, 2014 at Cozad Community Hospital. Karen was born July 19, 1971 at Anaheim, California to Howard and Darlene (Pugh) Hoisington. The family eventually moved to Cozad, Nebraska where Karen graduated from Cozad High School. Following graduation, she attended Central Community College. Karen was blessed with a daughter, Alyssa,...
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