Obituaries

(1923-2019)

Elwood Resident:

Maxine Joy Leggott, age 96, passed into Eternal Life on Monday, April 1st, 2019 at Mt. Carmel Home in Kearney, NE. She was born in Elwood, Nebraska on January 17th, 1923 to Dewey and Myrtle (Steinbrink) Smith and continued to live at home in Elwood until health issues necessitated a move to the Elwood Assisted Living/Care Center in 2013. In 2014 she moved to Prairie View Gardens, and later to Mt. Carmel Home, both in Kearney, NE.

(1934-2019)

Cozad Resident:

LaVeda M. Stombaugh of Cozad passed away Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney at the age of

84.

(1918-2019)

Cozad Resident:

Noreen D. Benjamin of Cozad passed away Monday, April 1st, 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 18th, 1918. Her parents were Louis Baade and Alma Retzlaff Baade. She graduated from Hickman High School. On April 6th, 1945, Noreen married Ralph O. Benjamin in Cozad, Nebraska. Noreen and Ralph had two children, Howard (Howdy) Benjamin and Kathryn (Kathy) Libal.

(1962-2019)

Eustis Resident:

Michael D. Koch, 56, of Eustis was drafted to play shortstop at God's ball field early on April 8th, 2019 after a long battle with cancer.

Mike was born in Cozad, NE on October 31st, 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 he married Lisa Debban of Elwood, NE and loved her son, Dustin as his own. The two welcomed their own son, Dylan, in 1991.