Oscar O. Knoedler
Jan 27, 2014
Oscar O. Knoedler, age 92 of Cozad, passed away January 27, 2014 at Golden Living Center in Cozad. Oscar was born February 18, 1921, east of Cozad, Nebraska to Henry and Louise (Houser) Knoedler. Oscar attended rural school near Cozad and worked on the family farm. On February 1, 1949, Oscar married Olive "Ollie" Long at Minden, Nebraska. The couple...
Charles Howard Strasburg
Jan 15, 2014
Charles H. Strasburg, age 84 of Cozad, passed away January 15, 2014 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Charles was born June 17, 1929 at Arnold, Nebraska to Harold and Madeline (Carlson) Strasburg. Charles graduated from Gandy High School in 1947. On January 27, 1948, Charles married Marjorie Connely at the Strasburg family farm at Arnold, Nebraska. The couple moved...
Shane Eric Brooks
Jan 15, 2014
Shane E. Brooks, age 42 of Yuma, Arizona, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on January 15, 2014 at Yuma. Shane was born February 20, 1971 at Anaheim, California to David and Annie (Barnett) Brooks. Shane graduated from Kofa High School at Yuma in 1990. He went on to attend Arizona Western Jr. College. Shane worked in...
Roger Roland Blomquist
Jan 9, 2014
Roger R. Blomquist, age 74 of Cozad, passed away January 9, 2014 at his home surrounded by his family. Roger was born November 30, 1939 at Grand Island, Nebraska to Walter and Lola (Brundage) Blomquist. He attended school in and around the Grand Island area. He also attended a tech school for 1 1/2 years. In 1957, Roger joined the...
Carol Sue Schroeder
Jan 9, 2014
Carol Schroeder, age 67 of Cozad, passed away January 9, 2014 at Golden Living Center in Cozad. Carol was born September 2, 1946 at Grand Island, Nebraska to Donald and Mabel (Meith) Rasmussen. Carol attended rural school at Bluffs Center through the 8th grade and then graduated from High School at Cairo, Nebraska. Following graduation, Carol went to Beauty School...
Glen G. Stombaugh
Jan 8, 2014
Glen G. Stombaugh, age 74 lifelong Eustis resident, passed away January 8, 2014 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born January 28, 1939 at Buhl, Idaho to Clifford and Helen (Heater) Stombaugh. He attended school in Eustis until the 8th grade and then returned to work on the farm. Glen was united in marriage to Wilma Hazen on...
Eugene Schmeeckle
Jan 6, 2014
Eugene "Gene" Schmeeckle Gene Schmeeckle, age 88, of Eustis, passed away Monday, January 6, 2014 at Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. He was born May 1, 1925 to William and Marie (Koch) Schmeeckle at Eustis. Gene grew up and attended school in Eustis, later serving in the United States Air Force until his honorable discharge. On April 24, 1948...
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...
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