OBITUARIES

Joel Avalos Cañas

Joel Avalos Cañas

Jun 3, 2023

Joel Avalos Cañas passed away Saturday, June 3, 2023 at his home in Cozad at the age of 68. Joel was born November 17, 1954 at Big Spring, Texas to Joe and Rosario Avalos Cañas. He married Cheryl Parks in 1979. They shared 35 years of marriage, before divorcing in 2014, and were blessed with 3 children, Christina, Katrina and...

Verna M. Kvasnicka

Verna M. Kvasnicka

May 19, 2023

Verna May Kvasnicka of Cozad passed away Friday, May 19, 2023 at Emerald Care in Cozad at the age of 96. Verna was born in Elwood, Nebraska on September 17, 1926 to Gilbert and Anna (Hueftle) Houser. The family moved to Cozad in 1940. Verna graduated from Cozad High School with the class of 1944. In 1944, she married Darwin...

Candelaria Hernandez

Candelaria Hernandez

May 16, 2023

Candelaria Hernandez of Cozad, passed away in Kearney, NE on May 16, 2023 at the age of 77.

She was born on February 2, 1946 in Zacatecas, Mexico to Juana Rodriguez de Hernandez and Domingo Hernandez. 

During her time in Mexico, she would enter the United States for work. On one beautiful day she met her beloved husband Marcos...

Frankie Van Saathoff

Frankie Van Saathoff

May 12, 2023

Frankie Van Saathoff of Cozad passed away Friday, May 12, 2023 at his home at the age of 92. Frank was born in Kansas City, Missouri on September 16, 1930 to Ralph Edward and Opal Gussie (Barksdale) Saathoff. He joined an older brother Fredie Edward and later a younger brother Johnny Ralph Saathoff. Frank graduated from Ogallala High School in...

Sharon Marie Koch

Sharon Marie Koch

May 7, 2023

Sharon Koch passed away May 7, 2023 in Cozad at the age of 82.

Sharon Marie McNulty first saw the light of this world at the Harvey Hospital in Gothenburg, Nebraska on April 23, 1941. Born to loving parents, Everett and Elsye (Berryman) McNulty, Sharon soon arrived at the family home 10 miles northeast of Cozad. She loved living in...

Lynden LeRoy Griese

Lynden LeRoy Griese

Apr 29, 2023

Lynden L. Griese, age 71, of Cozad, NE passed away in Kearney, NE at Good Samaritan Hospital on April 29, 2023. He was born in Hoven, South Dakota on October 1, 1951 to LeRoy and Theresa Griese. They later move to Maxwell, NE and lived on the Pawnee Springs Ranch. In high school he played football, basketball and track. He...

Joyce Marie Melroy

Joyce Marie Melroy

Apr 27, 2023

Joyce Marie Melroy, age 79, of Cozad, Nebraska departed this life April 27, 2023 at Cozad Community Hospital. Joyce was born November 12, 1943 at Anselmo, Nebraska, the youngest of 9 children, to Harry Thomas and Elsie May (Howland) Cambell. Joyce attended Cozad High School and graduated with the class of 1962. Following graduation, Joyce worked for Monroe...

Judy Miller

Judy Miller

Apr 26, 2023

Judith Ann (Raymond) Miller of Cozad, passed away April 26, 2023, at Meadowlark Pointe Assisted Living at the age of 87. Judy was born January 27, 1936, in Cozad, to her parents: Robert and Margaret Raymond.

Judy spent her childhood on a farm, walking to her country schoolhouse, feeding the lambs her dad raised and sold. Her favorite subject in...

Archie Gene Curtice

Archie Gene Curtice

Apr 24, 2023

Archie Curtice of Cozad, NE went to meet his Heavenly Father on April 24, 2023 when he passed away peacefully at his home, at the age of 90.

Archie Gene Curtice was born in Willow Island, NE to Harold Guy and Myrtle (Lamb) Curtice on April 8th, 1933. Archie grew up on the farm his grandfather homesteaded in Willow Island. ...

Doris Ann Andersen

Doris Ann Andersen

Apr 23, 2023

Doris Ann Chesley Andersen, of Cozad, NE, passed away peacefully Sunday morning, April 23, 2023, at the Cozad Hospital at the age of 87. Doris and her husband Steve, have been residents at Meadowlark Pointe in Cozad for the past 5 years.  

 Doris was born on April 2, 1936, in Grand Island, NE to Earl and Stella (Cruickshank) Chesley. ...

Georgia J Johnson

Georgia J Johnson

Apr 18, 2023

Georgia Jeannette Johnson of Cozad died Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at Meadowlark Pointe in Cozad, Nebraska at the age of 87. She was born on November 8, 1935, in Eustis, daughter of George and Frieda (Schaaf) Roether, was raised in the rural Eustis area and attended school in the Village of Eustis.

On January 3, 1954, she married Jerry Johnson....

Mary Ann Morse

Mary Ann Morse

Mar 22, 2023

Mary Ann Morse passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at her home in Cozad at the age of 88. Mary was born March 11, 1935 in Buffalo, New York to Bernard and Joan (Kociemski) Zablotny. She came to Nebraska to help her two sisters in Arnold, Nebraska. She worked at the Blue Grill Café in Arnold, and cleaned houses for...

Junior Dishman

Junior Dishman

Mar 16, 2023

Grant “Junior” Dishman was born in Gothenburg, NE to Doriene & Grandville Dishman on June 8, 1954 and left this life on March 16, 2023.  He is survived by his true love of 51 years, Irma Dishman, his children Misty Dampier and husband Peter Dampier (London, England) and their children Grant & Henry, Chris Dishman and wife Anne Dishman (Indianapolis,...

Judy Evans

Judy Evans

Mar 16, 2023

Julia A. ‘Judy’ Evans of Cozad passed away Thursday, March 16, 2023 at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg at the age of 93. Judy was born April 25, 1929 at Lexington, Nebraska to George and Leta (Wilson) Kloepping. She graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1947. Judy married Gale Evans in May of 1949. Their union was blessed...

Melvin Lee Miller

Melvin Lee Miller

Mar 13, 2023

Melvin L. Miller, formerly of Cozad, passed away Monday, March 13, 2023 at Bryan West Medical Center in Lincoln at the age of 82. Memorials are suggested to the Shriners. Online condolences may be shared at berrymanfuneralhome.com. Graveside services will be held Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. at Cozad Cemetery with Harvey Pierce officiating. Visitation will be Saturday,...

Allan C. Weible

Allan C. Weible

Mar 11, 2023

Allan C. Weible of Cozad passed away Saturday, March 11, 2023 at Cozad Community Hospital at the age of 63. Allan was born December 28, 1959 in Cozad, Nebraska to Jack and Arlene (Johnson) Weible. He married Teresa Hernandez on April 30, 1997. Allan loved to tinker with woodworking and scrap. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and processing deer meat. He...

Kelly M Dorscher

Kelly M Dorscher

Feb 24, 2023

Kelly Martin Dorscher was born in Walnut, Iowa to June and Martin Dorscher on August 17, 1943 and left this life on February 24, 2023. He is survived by his only daughter, Deidre Andres Dorscher, who misses him with all her heart; his sister Kris Ferry, her husband David and their children Shannon and Kendra; his brother Rodney Dorscher, his...

Mary Ann Buesing

Mary Ann Buesing

Feb 18, 2023

Mary Ann Buesing  passed away Saturday, February 18, 2023 at Emerald Care at the age of 75. Mary was born February 16, 1948 in Cozad, Nebraska to Jessie and Doris (Loshonkohl) Werner. They lived in the country around Cozad and moved to town when she was in 4th grade. Mary graduated from Cozad High School with the class of 1966.

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David Scott Poore

David Scott Poore

Feb 18, 2023

David Scott Poore of Cozad, NE passed away on Saturday, February 18, 2023, at the age of 69. David was born in McCook, NE on August 1, 1953, to Dale and Peggy (Kelly) Poore. He graduated from Arapahoe High School in 1971 where he was active in basketball, football, and track. After graduation, he attended Kearney State College and was...

Joan Kay Rush

Joan Kay Rush

Feb 16, 2023

Joan Kay Rush of Cozad, Nebraska, peacefully passed away at home on Thursday February 16, 2023. She was born October 7, 1944 to Tom and Kate (Zeigler) Loughran in Broken Bow, NE. Joan attended Gates grade school through eighth grade, and then Merna High School where she graduated with the class of 1962. 

Joan married Jerry Rush in 1962...

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