Dawson County NeArchives Obituaries.....Neu, Emily Brooks March 7, 2010
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Lexington Clipper-Herald March 10, 2010
Emily Brooks Neu, 80, of Cozad, formerly of Lexington, died Sunday, March 7, 
2010, at Golden Living Center in Cozad.

Services will be Thursday, March 11, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. at the Berean Bible 
Church in Lexington with Pastor Russell Matzke officiating.

Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Visitation will be held Wednesday, March 10, 2010, from 5-7 p.m. at the 
Reynolds-Love Funeral Home.

She was born Sept. 25, 1929 at Ogden, Utah, to William Joseph and Gladys Irene 
(Avery) Brooks.

She grew up and lived with her mother, father, and brothers and sisters in 
Ogden until the family moved to Englewood, Colo., in 1942.  While in Ogden, 
Emily, her mother, and brothers and sisters played in the Salvation Army 
Band.  She graduated from Englewood High School in 1947.

Emily met Warren Richard “Dick” Matzke during high school and they were 
married on May 25, 1947.  Dick and Emily were in the ministry as pastor and 
wife for almost 30 years.  Emily was his loving, faithful, supportive wife of 
38 years until Dick’s death in 1985 while pastor of the Berean Church in 
Lexington, which they served for almost 18 years.

Emily married Cecil Neu in 1996 and moved to Sumner.  She was married to Cecil 
until his death in 2008.

Emily loved to play golf and did so until April, 2004, when she moved to 
Indian Hills Manor in Ogallala because of Alzheimer’s disease.  She moved in 
February of 2006 to Golden Living Center in Cozad, where she resided until she 
went home to Heaven on March 7, 2010.

Emily is survived by two sons, Richard (Mary) Matzke of Ellis, Kan., Pastor 
Russell (Claudine) Matzke of Walsh, Colo.; one daughter, Pam (Mark) Carlton of 
Colby, Kan.; grandchildren,  Matthew Matzke, Andrew Matzke, Jason Carlton, 
Wendy Geschwentner, Benjamin Matzke, Blake Matzke, and Tiffiny Carlton; two 
sisters,  Beverly Robinson of Denver, Jeannine DeGarmo of Rocksboro Park, 
Colo., and 13 great-grandchildren, many nieces, nephews and friends.

Emily was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, William Monroe Brooks 
and Donald Brooks; her husbands, Warren Richard “Dick” Matzke and Cecil Neu; 
by her sister-in-law, Aline Brooks and by her niece, “Jenny.”


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