Steven Larry Koziol, 78, of Columbus, Nebraska, died Friday, September 3, 2021, at the Columbus Community Hospital.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, September 10 at 10:00 AM at Gass Haney Funeral Home with Fr. Bill L'Heureux officiating. Interment will be in Valley View Cemetery in Genoa at 1:00 PM that afternoon.

Steven Lawrence "Larry" Koziol was born July 4th, 1943 in Genoa, Nebraska, to Joe and Dorothy (Krzycki) Koziol. He grew up in Genoa and graduated from Genoa High School 1962. He helped manage the family grocery store in Genoa and worked for the Loup Power Head Gates. He served in the U.S. National Guard for several years. He then worked at B-D where he invented the five beveled point needle and was granted a U.S. Patent in 1998. He retired after 37 years. He loved the outdoors and was an avid hunter and fisherman in his younger years.

Steven married Sharon Czarnick in 1967 and had two children from that union. He married Sunny Lee in 1996. Steven is survived by wife Sunny Lee of Columbus, daughter Sondra (Tim) Dubas of Omaha and grand-daughters, Ashley and Nicole, son Mike Koziol (Rochelle) of Omaha and grand-daughters Livia and Lennyn, step-son Michael Bevard of Lincoln, brother Jim Koziol of Lincoln, sister Mary (Chris) Rasmussen of Columbus, sister-in-law JoDean Koziol of Genoa, niece Mara (Brad) Weber of Schuyler, nephew Josepf (Ashley) Koziol of Waverly, niece Bailey (Dane) Fossler of Beatrice, aunt Alyce Eriksen of Genoa.

Steven was preceded in death by parents Joe and Dorothy Koziol, and brothers Charles Thomas Koziol and Jerry Koziol.