Joan B. Hockley
Aug 9, 2018
Joan B. Hockley of Cozad passed away August 9, 2018 at Cozad Care Center at the age of 90. Joan was born August 3, 1928 on the Dillon Farm to Dana Bliss and Ella (Edwards) Dillon. The family moved to Corpus Christi, Texas after she graduated from high school. She attended Del Mar Junior College and met her husband, Calvin...
Ethel E. Meyers
Aug 7, 2018
Ethel E. Meyers of Cozad passed away August 7, 2018 at Cozad Community Hospital at the age of 93. Ethel was born February 3, 1925 in Frontier County, Nebraska to Charles and Louise (Silberman) Rader. She attended rural grade schools in Gosper County and graduated from Arapahoe High School with the class of 1943. Ethel achieved her teaching degree and...
Betty E. Magnuson
Aug 5, 2018
Betty E. Magnuson of Cozad passed away August 5, 2018 in Pierre, South Dakota at the age of 92. Betty was born October 30, 1925 in Bolivar, Missouri to Claude and Alma (Burris) Morgan. She graduated from North Platte High School. On September 26, 1943, she married Glen Magnuson at Santa Monica, California. They moved to Cozad in 1946. Betty...
John H. Worthman, M.D.
Jul 31, 2018
John H. Worthman, M.D. of Cozad passed away July 31, 2018 at Stonehearth Estates in Gothenburg at the age of 82. John was born August 20, 1935 in Omaha, Nebraska to Herbert and Margaret (McShane) Worthman. He graduated from Louisville, Nebraska High School with the class of 1953. On September 8, 1957, John married Carolyn Sear in Lexington, Nebraska. He...
Phyllis A. Wilson
Jul 30, 2018
Phyllis A. Wilson of Cozad passed away July 30, 2018 at Cozad Community Hospital at the age of 73. Phyllis was born August 18, 1944 in Kearney, Nebraska to Wilbur and Delores (Tatum) Bickford. On March 7, 1960, Phyllis married the love of her life, Harvey Duane Wilson. The couple moved to Cozad, Nebraska in 1970 and rural Cozad in...
Michael 'Lynn' Becker
Jul 3, 2018
Michael 'Lynn' Becker of Beaver City passed away July 3, 2018 at his home at the age of 58. Lynn was born February 2, 1960 in Kearney, Nebraska to Jerome and Ruth (Lynch) Becker. He graduated from Beaver City High School with the class of 1978. On November 7, 1981, Lynn married the love of his life, Laura Nelson, in...
Cindy E. Schurr
Jun 29, 2018
Cynthia E. Schurr passed away June 29, 2018 at her home in Eustis, Nebraska at the age of 62. Cynthia was born September 28, 1955 in Marshall, Minnesota to Thomas B. and Marie L. (Curwick) Sullivan. She graduated from Norfolk Catholic High School with the Class of 1974 and attended the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Cynthia married Stanley T....
Helen L. Koch
Jun 14, 2018
To those who were fortunate enough to know and love her, Helen Koch was an angel on earth, and despite her family’s immense sadness, she proudly gained her wings in heaven on June 14, 2018. This is the story of Helen’s life. In Bakersfield, California, on January 30, 1944, the world was given Helen Loretta Miller, a sparkling ray of...
Linda D. Supanchick
Jun 10, 2018
Linda D. Supanchick of Cozad passed away June 10, 2018 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney at the age of 51. Linda was born June 3, 1967 in Kearney, Nebraska to Larry and Doris (White) Royle. She graduated from Kearney High School with the class of 1986. Linda worked as a laborer at Morris Press for many years. Her hobbies...
Phyllis J. Jensen
Jun 9, 2018
Phyllis J. Jensen passed away June 9, 2018 at her home at Meadowlark Pointe in Cozad at the age of 88. Phyllis was born February 6, 1930 in Marion, Kansas to Willard and Helen (Richmond) Suffield. The family lived on a farm northeast of Marion until it was taken by a tornado. They moved to Wichita for a couple of...
Judith M. Smock
Jun 2, 2018
Judith Marlene (McNulty) Smock passed away June 2, 2018 at her home in Cozad at the age of 75. She was born May 29, 1943 in Cozad, Nebraska to Barney Sr. and Gladys (Weaver) McNulty. She attended Cozad City Schools and graduated in 1961. On June 4, 1961, she married Oran Eugene Smock. Three daughters were born to this union:...
Judy L. Morton
May 22, 2018
Judy Lee (Howard) Morton, former Cozad resident, passed away May 22, 2018 at her home in Lincoln at the age of 78. Judy was born January 3, 1940 to Woodrow 'Woody' and Louise (Cox) Howard. She grew up in Maxwell, Nebraska. Judy attended North Platte High School and it was during those years that she met the love of her...
Helen M. Spradlin
May 17, 2018
Helen Marie Spradlin, 95, Joined beloved family and friends in heavens' skies on Wednesday, May 17, 2018. Helen very much wanted to reach 100. On October 24th, 1922 Helen was born at the homesteaded farm northeast of Cozad to loving parents Fred and Nora Danielsen. As a little girl, Helen was able to visit her Grandmother who lived in a...
Lorene H. Pfannenstiel
May 12, 2018
Lorene Helen Pfannenstiel, age 94, a resident of Cozad, Nebraska for forty years, passed away May 12, 2018 at Aladdin Assisted Living in Keenesburg, Colorado. Lorene was born April 17, 1924 in Utica, Kansas to Paul and Helen (Jacobs) Younger. She grew up on their family farm north of Utica. On September, 11, 1944 she married Walter Pfannenstiel in Saint...
Bonnie J Hansen
May 8, 2018
Bonnie J. Hansen, age 65 of Cozad, passed away May 8, 2018 at The Cozad Hospital in Cozad, Nebraska. Bonnie was born July 9, 1952 in Wray, Colorado to Alfred and Mary (Darby) Stute. She attended school in Haigler, Nebraska, where she was active in 4-H, cheerleading, sports, and was the homecoming queen. Bonnie attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where...
Audrey V. Gentzler
May 5, 2018
Audrey V. Gentzler of Cozad passed away May 5, 2018 at her home at the age of 88. Audrey was born October 17, 1929 in rural Verdigre, Nebraska to Joseph and Eva (Oberle) Kukral. She graduated from High School in Creighton, Nebraska with the class of 1947. Audrey married Stanley Gentzler on June 2, 1949 at the American Lutheran Church...
William G. Umberger
Apr 29, 2018
William G. Umberger, formerly of Elwood, passed away April 29, 2018 at the Aksarben Village Independent Living facility in Omaha at the age of 86. William was born June 11, 1931 to Perry J. and Alice (Kolb) Umberger on the Umberger ranch southwest of Elwood, Nebraska, in the same bedroom where his father was born in 1895. William had two...
Clinton D. Hohnstein
Apr 27, 2018
Clinton D. Hohnstein, of Cozad passed away April 27, 2018 at the Cozad Community Hospital at the age of 94. Clint was born March 20, 1924 in rural Clay County, Nebraska to Henry and Esther Hohnstein. He grew up in rural Clay and Hamilton counties and attended school in Stockam for six years and moved with the family to Harvard...
Mary L. Morse
Apr 21, 2018
Mary L. (Fox) Morse of Cozad passed away April 21, 2018 at the Cozad Community Hospital at the age of 47. Mary was born April 8, 1971 in Atlanta, Iowa to Dennis and Elaine (Johnson) Fox. She grew up in Custer County and graduated from Arnold High School with the class of 1991. Mary attended Colby Community College in Kansas....
LaVonne Weber
Apr 20, 2018
LaVonne Weber of Cozad passed away April 20, 2018 at Cozad Care Center at the age of 83. LaVonne was born August 9, 1934 in San Angelo, Texas to George and Lora (Cunningham) Clark. She graduated from Midland High School with the class of 1953. LaVonne attended Odessa Jr. College, pursuing a degree in music. She played the organ professionally...
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