Sylvester
Sylvester Prorok
d. August 27, 2001
SYLVESTER F. PROROK, AGE 88 DIED AUG 27, 2001 AT VALLEY, NE. FUNERAL SERVICES ARE 10:30 PM THURSDAY AT ST. ANTHONY CATHOLIC CHURCH IN COLUMBUS WITH THE REV. CHRISTOPHER GRIMMOND OFFICIATING. VISITATION WILL BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY AT 3 PM WITH A VIGIL SERVICE TO FOLLOW AT 7:00 PM, ALL AT MCKOWN FUNERAL HOME. VISITATION WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY MORNING FROM 8-10 AM AT MCKOWN FUNERAL HOME. BURIAL WILL BE IN ST. BONAVENTURE CEMETERY WITH A LUNCH TO FOLLOW AT THE CHURCH SOCIAL HALL.
SAL WAS BORN NOVEMBER 16, 1912 ON A FARM NEAR PLATTE CENTER, NE THE FIRST
BORN OF FRANK AND KATHERINE (KUSH) PROROK. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE
SISTERS. HE ATTENDED WATTSVILLE SCHOOL AND KRAKOW BOARDING SCHOOL NEAR
GENOA TO THE 8TH GRADE. HE MARRIED CLARA JAZWIEC IN 1937 AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH IN LINDSAY AND UNTO THIS UNION DUANE AND MELVIN WERE BORN. THEY FARMED IN THE GENOA, ST. EDWARD, FULLERTON AREA UNTIL 1952 WHEN HE WENT TO WORK FOR KENT & BURKE COMPANY AT THE MERCHISTON RANCH NEAR FULLERTON. HE LATER CONTINUED HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH THE COMPANY AT THE RANCH AT GENOA. HE THEN WENT TO WORK ON THE TRAVELING CONSTRUCTION CREW FOR BEHLEN MFG. CO., WHERE HE WORKED FOR SEVEN YRS. HE WORKED FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBUS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THAN FINALLY RETIRED FROM D & L IN COLUMBUS AFTER 10 YRS.
SAL AND CLARA LOVED TO FISH AND IT WAS ALWAYS A CONTEST WITH THEM WHO COULD
CATCH THE MOST CATFISH. THEY DID SOME TRAVEL IN THEIR RETIREMENT YEARS,
MAKING SEVERAL TRIPS TO VISIT HIS BROTHER FRANK IN CALIFORNIA.
AFTER CLARA'S DEATH IN 1986, SAL CONTINUED TO LIVE IN THEIR HOME IN
COLUMBUS UNTIL DEC. OF 1998. HE MOVED INTO ASSISTED LIVING AT NYE SQUARE IN
FREMONT UNTIL JULY OF 1999 WHEN HE SUFFERED A STROKE THAT LEFT HIM
INCAPACITATED. HE MOVED INTO VALHAVEN NURSING HOME IN VALLEY WHERE HE LIVED
UNTIL HIS DEATH ON AUGUST 27, 2001. HE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. ANTHONY CHURCH AND THE HOLY NAME SOCIETY.
SAL IS SURVIVED BY SON DUANE AND WIFE ZITA OF VALLEY, GRANDSONS GREG & WIFE LINDA
OF GRETNA, PHILIP OF NORTH PLATTE, RONALD AND WIFE MISSY OF DAKOTA DUNES,
S.D., AND PATRICK OF ONAWA, IA. GRANDAUGHTERS CHRISTINE, MRS MARK JENSEN OF
ST. MICHAEL, MN AND VICKI, MRS DOUGLAS HEEREN OF LEMARS, IA., 10 GREAT
GRANDCHILDREN, SISTER FLORENCE DUBAS OF GRAND ISLAND. SPECIAL COUSIN RITA
TATE, AND SPECIAL FRIEND DENNY REIS, BOTH OF GENOA.
HE IS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE CLARA JAZWIEC PROROK, SON MELVIN F., AND 8 BROTHERS AND SISTERS
MEMORIALS TO ST.ANTHONY CHURCH OF COLUMBUS
SAL WAS BORN NOVEMBER 16, 1912 ON A FARM NEAR PLATTE CENTER, NE THE FIRST
BORN OF FRANK AND KATHERINE (KUSH) PROROK. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE
SISTERS. HE ATTENDED WATTSVILLE SCHOOL AND KRAKOW BOARDING SCHOOL NEAR
GENOA TO THE 8TH GRADE. HE MARRIED CLARA JAZWIEC IN 1937 AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH IN LINDSAY AND UNTO THIS UNION DUANE AND MELVIN WERE BORN. THEY FARMED IN THE GENOA, ST. EDWARD, FULLERTON AREA UNTIL 1952 WHEN HE WENT TO WORK FOR KENT & BURKE COMPANY AT THE MERCHISTON RANCH NEAR FULLERTON. HE LATER CONTINUED HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH THE COMPANY AT THE RANCH AT GENOA. HE THEN WENT TO WORK ON THE TRAVELING CONSTRUCTION CREW FOR BEHLEN MFG. CO., WHERE HE WORKED FOR SEVEN YRS. HE WORKED FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBUS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THAN FINALLY RETIRED FROM D & L IN COLUMBUS AFTER 10 YRS.
SAL AND CLARA LOVED TO FISH AND IT WAS ALWAYS A CONTEST WITH THEM WHO COULD
CATCH THE MOST CATFISH. THEY DID SOME TRAVEL IN THEIR RETIREMENT YEARS,
MAKING SEVERAL TRIPS TO VISIT HIS BROTHER FRANK IN CALIFORNIA.
AFTER CLARA'S DEATH IN 1986, SAL CONTINUED TO LIVE IN THEIR HOME IN
COLUMBUS UNTIL DEC. OF 1998. HE MOVED INTO ASSISTED LIVING AT NYE SQUARE IN
FREMONT UNTIL JULY OF 1999 WHEN HE SUFFERED A STROKE THAT LEFT HIM
INCAPACITATED. HE MOVED INTO VALHAVEN NURSING HOME IN VALLEY WHERE HE LIVED
UNTIL HIS DEATH ON AUGUST 27, 2001. HE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. ANTHONY CHURCH AND THE HOLY NAME SOCIETY.
SAL IS SURVIVED BY SON DUANE AND WIFE ZITA OF VALLEY, GRANDSONS GREG & WIFE LINDA
OF GRETNA, PHILIP OF NORTH PLATTE, RONALD AND WIFE MISSY OF DAKOTA DUNES,
S.D., AND PATRICK OF ONAWA, IA. GRANDAUGHTERS CHRISTINE, MRS MARK JENSEN OF
ST. MICHAEL, MN AND VICKI, MRS DOUGLAS HEEREN OF LEMARS, IA., 10 GREAT
GRANDCHILDREN, SISTER FLORENCE DUBAS OF GRAND ISLAND. SPECIAL COUSIN RITA
TATE, AND SPECIAL FRIEND DENNY REIS, BOTH OF GENOA.
HE IS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE CLARA JAZWIEC PROROK, SON MELVIN F., AND 8 BROTHERS AND SISTERS
MEMORIALS TO ST.ANTHONY CHURCH OF COLUMBUS
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