Obituaries

Deloit N. Craig, Age 89

Deloit N. Craig of Cozad passed away Tuesday, February 9th, 2021 at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg at the age of 89.

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Royce E. Callihan, Age 87

Royce E. Callihan, 87, of North Platte passed away on Tuesday, February 9th, 2021 at Great Plains Health.

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Gary D. Kaps, Age 63

Gary Dale Kaps, 63, of Ogallala, passed away February 4th, 2021, at Great Plains Health.

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Phyllis E. Bovee, Age 92

Phyllis Ellen Bovee, age 92 of Cozad, Nebraska, passed away Friday, February 5th, 2021, at Meadowlark Pointe Assisted Living.

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Aspen C. McNeilly, Age 25

Aspen Christine McNeilly, 25, of Cozad, Nebraska, died January 29th, 2021 University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE.

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Isabel Kay Phelps passed away Thursday, January 21st, 2021 at her home in rural Callaway in the arms of her mother & father, 2 brothers, 2 grandmothers, and a cousin at the age of 7. She reached for God's hand to be taken to her heavenly home after having comfort in the arms of those that loved her dearly that day.

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Troy L. Tickle

Troy L. Tickle passed away Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 at his home in North Platte at the age of 58.

Troy was born May 23rd, 1962, in Grant, Nebraska, to Gerald "Jerry" and Laura "Freddie" (Knotwell) Tickle. He graduated from Arnold High School with the class of 1980 before attending McCook Community College and the University of Northern Colorado, prior to entering Mortuary School at the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science.

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David Hanna

David (AKA Renny to the Cozad citizens) Hanna passed away in Saline, Michigan, on January 25th, 2021. He was born to Eldred and Lorane Hanna on December 29th, 1932, in Trinidad, Colorado.

The family moved to Cozad when Dave was a 2nd grader in 1940 as his parents bought and managed the W.J.O’Connor’s Store. He graduated with the Cozad High School class of 1950. After high school he spent one year at Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, Missouri, before transferring to the University of Nebraska in Lincoln where he graduated in 1954 with a business administration degree.