Doris Virginia Schock
May 18, 2019
Doris Virginia Matz Schock entered heaven on May 18, 2019 at Firth, Nebraska. Doris was born July 19, 1920 in Cozad, Nebraska to Gustavus and Jua Ashby Matz. She attended school in Cozad, graduating from Cozad High School and Nebraska Wesleyan University where she majored in Speech. She taught school at Loup City prior to her marriage to J. Oliver...
LaDonna J. Sweeney
May 15, 2019
LaDonna Jane Carpenter Sweeney passed away May 15, 2019 at Sun City, Arizona at the age of 90. LaDonna was born March 6, 1929 in Lexington, Nebraska to Arthur and Mabel (Castleberry) Carpenter. She was schooled in the Cozad Nebraska Community School and High School from Kindergarten through High School. She worked as a telephone operator in Los Angeles for...
Bette Rose Whitehead
May 7, 2019
Bette Rose Whitehead passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at Shenandoah, Iowa at the age of 91. She was born March 28, 1928 in Gothenburg, Nebraska. She was the daughter of George and Lena (Folkers) Ostendorf.
Bette grew up in the Gothenburg, Nebraska area and graduated from Gothenburg High School.
On June 13, 1948, she was united in marriage to...
Patricia A. Ratkovec
Apr 27, 2019
Patricia A. Ratkovec of Cozad passed away Saturday, April 27, 2019 at Cozad Community Hospital at the age of 53. Trish was born February 28, 1966 in Bassett, Nebraska to Dean and Emily (Richardson) Bartlett. She graduated from David City High School and attended Kearney State College. Trish obtained a Masters Degree in Special Education. She taught school at Lost...
Sarah H. McGinnis
Apr 24, 2019
Sarah Henderson McGinnis, age 55, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at her sister's home in Olathe, Kansas at the age of 55. She had been battling Multiple-Sclerosis for the last few years. She was born November 23, 1963 in Nebraska City to Howard and Joell (Henderson) McGinnis, and grew up in Cozad, Nebraska. After graduating from Cozad...
Richard Fred Roenfeldt
Apr 19, 2019
Richard Fred Roenfeldt, 83, of Treasure Island, Florida, passed away on April 19, 2019, at Sable Palms Assisted Living Facility in Largo, Florida.
Richard was born in Grand Island on April 18, 1936, to Russell F. and Edna Alice Roenfeldt. He will be truly missed as he was a very smart business man, loving brother, father and husband.
Richard grew...
Victor 'Bill' R. Cover Jr.
Apr 15, 2019
Victor R. 'Bill' Cover of Lexington passed away Tuesday, April 15, 2019 at Lexington Regional Hospital at the age of 70. Bill was born April 22, 1948 in Cozad, Nebraska to Victor and Edith (Winter) Cover. He graduated from Cozad High School with the class of 1966. Bill married Karen Chittenden in 1971. Together they had 3 sons, Jason, Josh...
Kenneth E. Willets
Apr 12, 2019
Kenneth E. Willets passed away April 12, 2019 at his home in Cozad at the age of 66. Kenneth was born June 2, 1952 in Lexington, Nebraska to Keith and Ruth (Kirwan) Willets. He graduated from Elwood High School with the class of 1970 and attended Hastings Community College. He married Amy Beavers on December 11, 1981 and together they...
Michael Dean Koch
Apr 8, 2019
Michael D. Koch, 56, of Eustis was drafted to play shortstop at God's ball field early on April 8, 2019 after a long battle with cancer.
Mike was born in Cozad, NE on October 31, 1962, the youngest of six children of Carl W. and Lieta (Weber) Koch. He was raised in Eustis and attended Eustis Public Schools. In 1990...
Patricia 'Patty' J. Brockmeier
Apr 4, 2019
Patricia J. 'Patty' Brockmeier passed away Thursday, April 4, 2019 at her home in Eustis at the age of 68. Patty was born June 2, 1950 in Lexington, Nebraska to Richard and Sherilynn (Foged) Malcom. She graduated from Minden High School and attended cosmetology school at St. Joseph's in Kearney. Patty owned and operated her own salons in Minden, Kearney...
LaVeda Marie Stombaugh
Apr 2, 2019
LaVeda M. Stombaugh of Cozad passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney at the age of 84. LaVeda was born November 23, 1934 in Overton, Nebraska to William and Helen (Klauz) Barta. She grew up near Sumner, Nebraska where she graduated from high school. On November 1, 1953, she married Clyde Stombaugh and to this...
Sara "Sally" Jane Stear
Apr 2, 2019
Sara Jane “Sally” Stear, 86, of Cozad went to be with her Savior on April 2nd, 2019, at Cozad Care and Rehabilitation Center.
Sally was born on July 1st, 1932 in Cozad to Bill and Deline (Morris) Lewis. She graduated in 1950 from Cozad High School. She attended Nebraska Wesleyan for two years and then took Med Tech training...
Noreen D. Benjamin
Apr 1, 2019
Noreen D. Benjamin of Cozad passed away Monday, April 1, 2019 at the Cozad Community Hospital at the age of 100. Her residence had been at Meadowlark Pointe in Cozad, Nebraska.
Noreen was born on her father's farm outside of Bennet, Nebraska on November 18, 1918. Her parents were Louis Baade and Alma Retzlaff Baade. She graduated from Hickman High...
Clarice E. Kleinknecht
Mar 27, 2019
Clarice E. Kleinknecht of Callaway passed away Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at Kearney Regional Medical Center at the age of 75. She was born on May 29, 1943, in Lexington, Nebraska to Charles T. and Myrtle K. (Fedderson) Wood. One of 11 children, Clarice grew up helping her family on the farm. She graduated from Elm Creek High School in...
Carol J. Stuckey
Mar 22, 2019
Carol J. Stuckey of Cozad passed away Friday, March 22, 2019 at Meadowlark Pointe Assisted Living at the age of 92. Carol was born September 11, 1926 at Kearney, Nebraska to Melva and Edith (Craig) Worrell. She graduated valedictorian from Cozad High School with the class of 1944. On May 7, 1946, Carol married Clifford Stuckey at the home of...
Inez L. Borth
Mar 21, 2019
Inez L. Borth passed away Thursday, March 21, 2019 at her home in Cozad at the age of 77. Inez was born December 29, 1941 in Streeter, North Dakota to Walter and Marie (Jundt) Schauer. She moved to Cozad from Jamestown, North Dakota and was employed at Monroe Auto Equipment for many years. Inez was a kind and giving person....
Evelyn E. Bogle
Mar 19, 2019
Evelyn Eva Bogle was born on November 7, 1937 in Granite City, Illinois to Earl A. and Juanita (Swanson) Hoffman. The oldest girl, their family soon added three boys: Earl, Eugene and Ronald, before moving to California. Evelyn was a graduate of Long Beach High School, Long Beach CA, and her High School memory of marching in the Rose Parade...
Bonnie Young
Mar 18, 2019
Bonnie Young of Cozad passed away Monday, March 18, 2019 at Meadowlark Pointe Assisted Living at the age of 89. Bonnie was born November 8, 1929 in Cozad, Nebraska to Henry and Mary (Harlan) Harding. She graduated from Cozad High School. She taught at a rural school near Eustis for one year. On May 20, 1950, she married Neil Young....
William 'Bill' Laird
Mar 9, 2019
William Calvin Laird's spirit was released from his worn out body March 9, 2019 at the age of 90. He was born on July 4, 1928 at the Laird Homestead west of Cozad, Nebraska.
Billy was baptized at 12 years of age at the Cozad Christian Church. He served on the church board and as a deacon for many...
Victor J. Buell
Mar 6, 2019
Victor J. Buell of Eustis passed away March 6, 2019 at Elwood Care Center at the age of 87. Vic was born October 23, 1931 in rural Frontier County, Nebraska to John and Minnie (Wolf) Buell. He attended rural Salem Country school and was baptized in the Salem Lutheran Church. Vic took over running the family farm after his father...
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