Dawson-Keith-Sarpy County NeArchives Obituaries.....Bazata, Glen Richard April 8, 2010
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Lexington Clipper-Herald April 14, 2010
Glen Richard Bazata, 57, of Ogallala, died April 8, 2010 following a 
courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.

Funeral services were held on Monday, April 12, 2010 at St. Luke’s Catholic 
Church in Ogallala with Father Ernest Bryan officiating. 

A wake service was held on Sunday, April 11, 2010.  The committal service was 
at the Cozad Cemetery on April 13, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.

Glen Richard Bazata was born on Dec. 8, 1952 in Columbus to Ervin and Elaine 
Bazata.  Having moved to Omaha with his family at the age of three, Glen 
attended Catholic grade schools and graduated from Rummel High School in 
Omaha, where he was a standout athlete, excelling at baseball; awarded 
Baseball Player of the Year as a senior.  Glen participated in many other 
sports including basketball and tennis. 

After graduating from high school in 1971, he attended the University of 
Nebraska at Lincoln where he met his future wife, Mary Ann Downin.  They were 
united in marriage on Sept. 1, 1973 at St. James Catholic Church in Omaha.
Glen was drafted into the U.S. Army in August 1972 and served honorably for 
two years as a military policeman.  He also served his country as security 
supervisor in the Air Force National Guard.  Glen earned the Air Force 
Longevity Service Award and was honorably discharged on April 15, 1978. 
 
While continuing his education at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Glen 
worked at Bryan Memorial Hospital in the respiratory therapy department.  In 
1976, Glen and Mary moved back to Omaha, where Glen completed the respiratory 
therapist program at Immanuel Hospital.  In conjunction, he received a 
bachelor’s of biological sciences degree from Midland Lutheran College in 
Fremont. 
 
In 1978, Glen and Mary moved to Ogallala where he established a respiratory 
therapy department at Ogallala Community Hospital, raised a family and 
maintained a residence until his death.  In 1982, Glen started Good Air Home 
Medical Equipment.  Over the next 26 years, his business grew and developed to 
serve hundreds of clients, and covered a large area of western Nebraska and 
northeastern Colorado.  Following the sale of Good Air in 2008, Glen and Mary 
established a second home in Goodyear, Ariz., for their retirement.

Glen was a member of St. Luke’s Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus 
Council # 4979.  Also, he was a lifetime member and past president of the 
Ogallala Optimist Club, past president of the Ogallala Baseball Association 
and served as president of the Ogallala Country Club Board of Directors. He 
was a member the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks and the American 
Legion Post #135, serving in the Ogallala Honor Guard for many years.

Glen was well known and respected in the community, treating friends and 
strangers alike with kindness—his handshake as good as his word.

He was an avid sports enthusiast and a lifelong Cornhusker football fan.  He 
coached his children in all levels of youth baseball and softball.   In his 
spare time, Glen enjoyed pheasant and goose hunting, fishing, golf and 
reading.  He loved being a grandpa and is now reunited with his beloved 
grandson, Ethan Glen Bazata.

He is survived by his wife, Mary; his three children, Brian (Heidi) Bazata of 
Cozad, Alison (Fernando) Gutierrez of Omaha and Brenton Bazata, also of Omaha; 
his parents, Ervin and Elaine Bazata of Surprise, Ariz.; his two sisters Diane 
(Gene) Carlon of Prosper, Texas and Kimberly (Brian) Dolphin of Omaha; three 
grandchildren, Jacob, Elizabeth and Joshua Stallbaumer of Cozad, several 
nieces and nephews and many dear friends.  

He was preceded in death by his grandson, Ethan Glen Bazata and his maternal 
and fraternal grandparents.


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