Lynda Kock

Lynda K. Kock, 68, of Fremont, formerly of Bassett, died Wednesday, July 1, 2009, due to ongoing heart issues.

Lynda Kaye Saunders was born Nov. 1, 1940, in Dixon to James and Mabel (Bachman) Saunders. She was the youngest of eight children and attended elementary and high school in Dixon. She married Gene Benjamin in 1957 and moved to Coleridge. She lived there for a short period of time until marrying Kenneth Kock in 1960 and moving to Fremont where she lived until 1978. At that time, she moved to Bassett, where she was known as a great cook and worked as a certified nurse’s aide (CNA) for a period of time. In 1982, she met August Schuman and spent the rest of her time in Bassett traveling to different states until she became ill. In December 2008, Lynda returned to Fremont to be closer to her family. She was known to be an avid Elvis Presley fan and collected several items of memorabilia.

Survivors include: four sons, Rick Benjamin, Kevin (Barbara) Kock, James (Pamela) Kock, all of Fremont, and Timothy Kock of Kabul, Afghanistan; a daughter, Korina Cave of North Bend; four sisters, Lois Cavanaugh of Wahoo, Lynnete Benjamin of Omaha, Lorilei Fehringer of Bloomfield and Leta Whitlock of Ponca; 15 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and a sister as well as her longtime companion, August Schuman.

The memorial service will be 11 a.m. Monday at Dugan Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Greg Hall officiating. There is no visitation.

Condolences or reflections will be forwarded to the family when left at www.duganchapel.com.