Lois N. Coufal

Lois Nancy Coufal, of North Bend, passed peacefully in her sleep at the Nebraska Masonic Home in Plattsmouth, on Saturday August 16, 2025.

Memorials can be directed towards the Nebraska Masonic Home, Schuyler Community Church, or the Rawhide Extension Club.

Funeral Services for Lois will be held on Saturday, August 23, at 10:30 a.m. at the Schuyler Community Church, at 802 A Street. Visitation will be Friday, from 5 until 7 p.m. at Svoboda Moravec Johnson Mortuary. Visitation will resume Saturday from 9:30 until 10:30 at the church. Interment will be in the Schuyler Cemetery with lunch following in the church social hall. Svoboda Moravec Johnson Mortuary is handling arrangements for Lois’s family.

Lois was born in Columbus, Nebraska on March 2, 1944 to Joseph J. and Anne J. (Dudek) Cuda. She grew up on the family farm Northwest of Schuyler. Lois was baptized into the First Presbyterian Church in Schuyler and later confirmed in 1957, she continued on as a faithful member there for over 65 years. She attended Rural School District #6 and graduated from Schuyler Highschool in the class of 1962. After high school she attended Lincoln School of Commerce. She met her future husband John E. Coufal through Nebraska Rural Youth and they later were married on April 4, 1964. They lived and raised their three sons, Dennis, Gary, and Roger on a farm northwest of North Bend, Ne. 

She was a 60-year member of the Dodge County Extension Club- FCE. Lois enjoyed always working in her garden, and could regularly be found on a Friday or Saturday night lighting up the dance floor with John anywhere they could find a good polka band.

She is survived by her sons: Dennis (Pam) of Schuyler, Gary (Beth) of Columbus, and Roger and fiancé Johnna of North Bend. Grandchildren Andrew (Jesica), Rebecca (Derrick) Willcox, Trevor (Kelli), Anne, Emily, Faith, Danielle, Hazel, Oliver, and Ilisa. Four great granddaughters, Rosalie, Raelynn, Adalynn, and Alaina. Her sister Joanne Johannsen of Lincoln, Ne. Sisters-in-law, Bee Cuda of Arizona, Pat Cuda of Schuyler, Ne.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband John in 2013, brothers Allan, Duane, and Kenneth Cuda.