Annemarie Fox
Jan 3, 2014
Annemarie Fox, age 82 of Cozad, passed away January 3, 2014 at Golden Living Care Center in Cozad. Annemarie was born November 23, 1931 at Lohnweiler, Germany to Rudolf and Anna Maria (Weber) Schneider. Annemarie grew up in Germany during WWII. The war impacted her life in a very real way. She witnessed planes dropping bombs, and had several friends...
Mike Swanda
Dec 31, 2013
Emil Michael (Mike) Swanda, Jr. of Cozad passed on December 31, 2013 after a short illness. Mike was a man of strong faith, a devoted husband to his wife Donna of 62years and a caring father and grandfather. He was a proud Navy veteran (Pharmacist Mate) who served in WWII and had a long history of community service and charitable...
Mina C. Higgason
Dec 31, 2013
Mina Claire Higgason, age 89, passed away on December 31, 2013 in the Alzheimer’s unit at Golden Living Center in Cozad, Nebraska. Mina was born to Margaret Claire (McCool) and Charles Towner on February 18, 1924 at Lakeland (Baronett) Wisconsin. The family later moved to South Dakota, and finally to Merino, Colorado, where she graduated from Merino High School. She...
Lawrence "Larry" Maack
Dec 30, 2013
Lawrence "Larry" Maack, age 94 of Cozad, passed away at his home, December 30, 2013. Larry was born November 16, 1919 north of Cozad, Nebraska to Frank and Clara (Kampfe) Maack. Larry graduated from Cozad High School in 1937. Following graduation, Larry went to work on family farm. In 1941, Larry was drafted into the U.S. Army and served during...
Gertrud Harvill
Dec 29, 2013
Gertrud Harvill, age 77, of Cozad, passed away December 29, 2013 at Cozad Community Hospital. She was born September 8, 1936 at Bad Wilsnach, Germany to Werner and Ellie (Reschardskowski) Gericke. Gertrud grew up and attended school in Berlin, Germany. She was united in marriage to Larry Harvill on November 28, 1963. They had just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary....
Theresa Benton
Dec 28, 2013
Theresa Benton, age 92 of Cozad, passed away December 28, 2013, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Theresa was born November 7, 1921 at Genoa, Nebraska to Stanley and Anna (Paprocki) Borowski. Theresa attended rural school at Perkins County and went on to Beauty School in Grand Island. Theresa married Leslie "Pete" Benton on March 21, 1943 at Lexington, Nebraska....
Carole Harris
Dec 26, 2013
Carole B. Harris, age 76 of Cozad, passed away December 26, 2013 at the Lexington Hospital. Carole was born August 6, 1937, to Guy and Gladys (Fox) Cone, at Sargent, Nebraska. She grew up in Burwell and attended school there. Carole was united in marriage to Ernest Harris, Sr. on November 4, 1956 at Burwell. They were self-employed and lived...
Ausencio "Archie" M. Chavez
Dec 25, 2013
Ausencio "Archie" Chavez, age 77 of Cozad, passed away December 25, 2013 at Cozad Community Hospital. Archie was born December 18, 1936 at Malakoff, Texas to Julio and Julia (Munoz) Chavez. The family moved to Cozad in the early 1940's to work for a farmer south of Cozad. Archie attended Middle 29 Country School. In 1951, his father purchased a...
Esther C. Brockmeier
Dec 17, 2013
Esther C. Brockmeier, age 99 of Eustis, passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska. Esther was born October 31, 1914, to Christian J. and Carrie (Gutenkunst) Koch at Eustis, Nebraska, where she grew up, along with 3 sisters and 3 brothers. When she was younger she moved to Lincoln, NE, where she worked as a...
Dean E. Mathews
Dec 15, 2013
Dean E. Mathews, age 77,of Cozad, died December 15, 2013 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born on August 12, 1936 in Cozad to Raymond A and Opal B. (Dutton) Mathews. Dean grew up in Cozad and joined the US Marine Corp in 1955. On September 28, 1958, he married Cecila Flores in San Diego. To this union...
Warren C. Hueftle
Dec 12, 2013
"So we always have confidence. We know that while we live in this body, we are away from the Lord. We live by what we believe will happen, not by what we can see. So I say that we have confidence. And we really want to be away from this body and be at home with the Lord". 2 Corinthians...
Leroy C. Beans
Dec 11, 2013
LeRoy C. Beans, age 86 of Cozad, passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2013, at Gothenburg. Leroy was born October 3, 1927, to Erwin E. and Clara L. (Frazier) Beans at Cozad. LeRoy graduated from Cozad High School in 1944. LeRoy farmed until entering the U.S. Army in November of 1950, serving in Europe during the Korean War. LeRoy returned to...
Dean F. Baalhorn
Dec 9, 2013
Dean F. Baalhorn, age 85 of Cozad, passed away Monday, December 9th, 2013, at Cozad Community Hospital. Dean was Born March 24, 2013 at Cozad to Fred and Minnie (Wolf) Baalhorn. Dean attended District 19 in rural Cozad and graduated from Cozad High School in 1945. Following high school, Dean attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln where he played...
Leon D. Nichols
Dec 2, 2013
Leon D. Nichols, age 84 of Cozad, passed away Sunday, December 2, 2013 at Golden Living Care Center in Cozad. Leon was born September 5, 1929 at Villisca, Iowa to Clyde and Ethel (Daly) Nichols. Leon grew up in Belgrade, Nebraska, where he met Reva M. Kraus. On August 25, 1948, Leon married Reva at Belgrade. This past August Leon...
Bertha Josephine Schmeeckle
Dec 1, 2013
Bertha Josephine Schmeeckle, age 97, of Eustis, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2013 in Lincoln. Bertha was born September 15, 1916 at Crandon, South Dakota to Herman and Wilhelmina (Koester) Peimann. Bertha was baptized at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Crandon, South Dakota and was confirmed on July 9, 1932. She graduated from Redfield High School in 1933. Bertha came...
Charlotte R. Kirkpatrick
Nov 23, 2013
Charlotte R. Kirkpatrick, age 92, of Lexington, died November 23, 2013 at the Plum Creek Healthcare Community in Lexington. Charlotte was born on November 7, 1921 in St. Edward, NE to Pearl E. and Minnie (Lee) Morris. Charlotte graduated from High School in Primrose, NE. She married Peter Feik in 1939. To this union, four children were born, Edward, Charles,...
Dolly M. Zlomke
Nov 19, 2013
Dolly Mae Zlomke, age 79 of Cozad, passed away November 19, 2013. Dolly was born on November 20, 1934 in Gothenburg, Nebraska to Sherman and Nancy (Earl) Putmam. She grew up in the Gothenburg and Cozad area and married Daniel Zlomke on November 13, 1950. The couple made their home in Gothenburg where Dolly raised her family. After her husband...
Lewise W. Smallfoot
Nov 18, 2013
Lewise W. Smallfoot, age 90, of Gibbon and formerly of Farnam, passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2013 at the Veterans Home in Grand Island. She was born January 20, 1923 at Ingham, NE to Ira and Ella (Adkisson) Wear. The family moved to Farnam and she attended Farnam Public School, graduating in 1940. She took normal classes and started teaching...
Jean E. Seybold
Nov 18, 2013
Jean E. Seybold, age 87, formerly of Cozad, passed away, November 18, 2013 in Denver, CO. She was born November 29, 1925 at Cozad, NE to Otto C. and Viola M. (Haug) Seybold. Jean graduated from Cozad High School in 1943 and later attended the University of Colorado in Boulder. She worked as a wholesale jeweler in Colorado eventually purchasing...
Marvin L. Hardee
Nov 18, 2013
On Monday, November 18, 2013, surrounded by family, Marvin L. Hardee succumbed to cancer in the Cozad Community Hospital at age 58. Born March 16, 1955, in the same hospital to Warren (Slim) and Ethel Hardee, Marvin lived his entire life in the community. After graduating from Cozad High School in 1973, he spent most of his years working in...
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