Ethel J. Hardee, 80, died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1988, at Cozad. She was born June 7, 1908, to James and Lulu Heath Teel at Farnam and was raised on a farm near there. She was a graduate of Farnam High School and Grand Island School of Business. She made her home in Gothenburg and Wyoming before moving to Cozad in 1941.

Mrs. Hardee was a member of the Church of Christ on Newell.

Survivors include six sons, Ivan Harwood, Dennis Hardee and Marvin Hardee, all of Cozad. Douglas Hardee of Fayetteville, Ark., Donald Hardee of Seoul, Korea, and Robert Hardee of Ontario, Calif.; a daughter, Luella (Mrs. Dale) Steele of Ravenna; a brother, James Teel of North Platte; three sisters, Nona Cooper of North Platte, Gladys Harwood of Deaver, Wyo., and Luella Stevens of Gothenburg; 17 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Warren; a son, a daughter, a brother and a granddaughter.

Services were held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Church of Christ with Bill Poling officiating. Burial was in the Cozad Cemetery. A memorial has been established.