Mary Jane Whiting
Feb 15, 2022
Mary Jane Whiting of Cozad passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at UNMC in Omaha at the age of 78. Mary Jane was born January 28, 1944 in Beatrice, Nebraska to Ray William Besse, Jr. and Darr Otto Besse. Her father worked for AT & T Longlines and they traveled all over the country. They moved to North Platte in...
Laurence Wayne Larsen
Feb 14, 2022
Laurence Wayne Larsen passed away Monday, February 14, 2022 at his home in Cozad at the age of 69. Wayne was born January 8, 1953 in Ogallala, Nebraska to Keith and Betty (Shuey) Larsen. He grew up in Grant, Nebraska on the family farm and graduated from Grant High School. His first marriage was to Debra Bank in 1971, their...
Donald Max Andersen
Feb 13, 2022
Donald Max “Don” Andersen of Cozad, Nebraska passed away Sunday, February 13, 2022, at Meadowlark Pointe Assisted Living, surrounded by family, and aged 97 years, 5 months, 3 weeks, and 3 days. Don was born on August 21, 1924 and was the youngest of eight children to Anders Emmanuel and Ella (Anderson) Andersen. Imagine the changes he observed from 1924...
Joseph Allen Spotanski
Feb 12, 2022
Joseph “Joe” Spotanski passed away unexpectedly on February 12, 2022 at his home in Cozad, Nebraska at the age of 69.
Joe was born in Loup City, Nebraska, to Bruno & Janet Elaine (Whitehead) Spotanski and was raised there on the farm with his 9 siblings. Loup City was always a home he hoped to get back to.
After high...
Paul Sweeney
Feb 10, 2022
Paul Sweeney, formerly of Cozad, passed away Thursday, February 10, 2022 at Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 91. Paul was born March 2, 1930 at Lexington, Nebraska to Bradley and Verna Sweeney. He was the 7th of 8 children. He attended a one-room school through the eighth grade and then graduated from Cozad High School, Cozad, Nebraska in 1947....
Glenda Evelyn Thomas
Feb 8, 2022
Glenda E. Thomas of Cozad passed away Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at Emerald Care and Rehab at the age of 68. Glenda was born May 16, 1953 in Lexington, Nebraska to Keith and Violet (Martin) Eggleston. She graduated from Oconto High School. Following graduation, Glenda married Dean Thomas in Broken Bow, Nebraska. Their union was blessed with two children, Bradley...
Annie Ellen Brooks
Feb 7, 2022
Annie Ellen Brooks of Yuma, Arizona past away Monday, February 7, 2022 after a long battle of COPD. She was born Annie Barnette on June 27, 1947 in Warsaw, North Carolina. She had been the loving wife of David Brooks for 56 years, including the first 23 years as a Navy spouse. Annie found great joy in being a loving...
Royce Rex Corder
Jan 30, 2022
Royce Rex Corder was welcomed into this world, Sunday, March 2, 1941 in Elwood to Rex and Ardis (Salisbury) Corder and entered his eternal life on Sunday, January 30, 2022 in Kearney. He was raised on the farm south of Elwood. He attended rural school and then attended and graduated from Elwood High School in 1959. After high school he...
Kay Etherton
Jan 27, 2022
Rosalie (Kay) Etherton of Cozad, Nebraska passed away Thursday, January 27, 2022 at Meadowlark Pointe Assisted Living at the age of 82. Kay was born December 3, 1939 north of Willow Island to Luther Clarence Ristine and Thelva (Elliott) Ristine. Their family moved to Waco because of Luther’s declining health. There, he opened a barbershop. Luther passed away when Kay...
Dallas Eugene Engleman
Jan 24, 2022
Dallas E. Engleman of Cozad passed away Monday, January 24, 2022 at Lexington Regional Health Center at the age of 58. Dallas was born April 1, 1963 at North Platte, Nebraska to Robert and Evelyn (Battershell) Engleman. He graduated from Cozad High School with the class of 1981. Following graduation, Dallas was a cook at various restaurants. He attended Mid...
Richard 'Rick' Joe Allen
Jan 23, 2022
Richard J. 'Rick' Allen of Cozad passed away Sunday, January 23, 2022 at his home at the age of 74. Cremation was chosen. Rick was born in Lexington, Nebraska on September 29, 1947 to Fred and Verna (Snyder) Allen. He graduated from Lexington High School in 1965 and then attended Milford Tech. Rick was preceded in death by his parents,...
Phyllis Jeanette Snider
Jan 20, 2022
Phyllis Jeanette Snider, formerly of Beaver City, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, January 20, 2022 at Good Samaritan Colonial Villa in Alma, Nebraska at the age of 88. Phyllis was born July 29, 1933 in a farmhouse near Orafino, Nebraska to Curtin and Lillian (Summers) Arnold. She attended school at Orafino and Cambridge, graduating with the class of 1951. In 1952,...
Patricia Ann Birt
Jan 19, 2022
Patricia Ann Birt of Elwood passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2022, at Lexington Regional Health Center at the age of 79. Patricia was born May 5, 1942, at Maywood, Nebraska to Albert and Nancy (Votaw) Glaze. She graduated from Sutherland High School. Travel and work took her from Nebraska to Idaho Falls, Idaho, where she met James Birt. The were...
Gary Wayne Mitchell
Jan 19, 2022
Gary Wayne “Mitch” Mitchell, 85, recently of Stuarts Draft, Virginia, passed away on January 19, 2022, in Fishersville, VA.
Gary was the only son of Florence (Bailey) and Marion Mitchell, of Eustis, Nebraska. He graduated from Eustis High School in 1953. He proudly served in the submarine service in the U.S. Navy from 1955 to 1959. Gary married his...
Joyce Ann Dewey
Jan 14, 2022
Joyce Ann Dewey of Cozad passed away Friday, January 14, 2022 at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg at the age of 88. She was born February 14, 1933 to Forrest L. and Rose A. (Adler) Dewey. She grew up and attended schools in Ansley, Nebraska. Joyce received her Bachelor's Degree in Education from Peru State College and a Master's Degree in...
Joseph Eugene Donahue
Jan 13, 2022
Loving husband, father, and papa, Joseph (Joe) Donahue’s love didn’t come to an end with his death. It continues to live inside the hearts of each and every person who had the pleasure to be touched by his friendship, generosity, and passion for life. Joe left this world peacefully on January 13, 2022, but his love and memories live on.
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Roger Lee Woodside
Jan 11, 2022
Roger Lee Woodside of Cozad, Nebraska passed away Tuesday January 11, 2022 at his daughter’s home in Fairbury, NE at the age of 79. Roger was born in Lexington, Nebraska on March 18, 1942 to Eldon and Esther (McKelvey) Woodside. He graduated from Cozad High School in 1960. On November 12, 1961 he married Sharron Jeanette Gould in Cozad, Nebraska....
Norma Jean Beans
Jan 9, 2022
Norma Jean Beans, former Cozad resident, passed away Sunday, January 9, 2022 at Sunrise Retirement Community in Sioux City, Iowa at the age of 89. Norma was born August 31, 1932 to Lloyd and Ruth (Peterson) Griffis in Cozad, Nebraska. When Norma was almost 9, her family moved to Southern California (August 1941), where she finished school and took classes...
Ellen Louise Olnhausen
Jan 8, 2022
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the death of Ellen Louise Olnhausen, 76, of Cozad, Nebraska. Ellen began her eternal life on January 8, 2022.
Ellen was born in Elwood to Homer and Leola (Tillitson) Haney on November 26, 1945. She graduated from Elwood High School in 1964. She married the love of her life, Galyn Olnhausen...
Dennis Mac Wilson
Jan 8, 2022
Dennis Mac Wilson of Cozad passed away Saturday, January 8, 2022 at Cozad Community Hospital at the age of 74. Dennis was born July 24, 1947 at Minden, Nebraska to John and Nellie (Pentecost) Wilson. On August 4, 1966, he married Suzanne McDowell at Kearney, Nebraska. Their union was blessed with two children, Charles and Denise. Their young family resided...
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