Betty Lou Kobza was born on August 31, 1935, near Dwight, Nebraska on the family farm to Joseph and Sylvia Adeline (Eret) Cihal and passed away on August 14, 2022, in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 86 years, 11 months and 14 days. Betty Lou grew up in the Dwight area where she attended and graduated from Assumption High School with the Class of 1954. She then attended Concordia Teachers College.

Betty Lou was united in marriage to Marion Joseph Kobza on October 29, 1955, at Dwight Assumption Catholic Church and to this union two daughters, Jennifer and Barbara, were born. After the couple's marriage they lived in Omaha for a couple of years before moving back to Brainard and later to their farm in 1960. Betty Lou taught school in the Butler and Sauders county areas until her retirement in the mid 1980's. She loved traveling, working on family genealogy and embroidering. Betty Lou was a longtime member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church where she was the church organist, member of PCCW, where she helped with many funeral dinners, and was also part of the quilting club at church.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Marion Kobza; sister, Nadine Dobesh-Hruska; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Bernard Krska, Leonard Dobesh, Ron Hruska, Alice Graffis, Leona and Arthur Divis, Sylvia Ratkovec and Emory Kobza.

Survivors cherishing her memory include her children, Jennifer and husband, Jim McDonald, David City, Barbara and husband, Mike Krenk, Lincoln; grandchildren, Hillary and husband, Joel Ganz, Panama, Makayla and husband, Doug Porter, Kansas City, MO, Devin Krenk, Lincoln, Blake Krenk, Lincoln; great-grandson, Theodore "Teddy" Porter; sister, Joyce Krska, Seward; brother, Joseph Cihal, Seward; brothers-in-law,  LeRoy Ratkovec and Andrew E. Kobza, David City. To this obituary we add our thoughts, prayers and memories of a life shared with Betty Lou.