Leonard Dufek
Dec 19, 2012
Leonard Dufek, 77, of Columbus, died on December 19, 2012, at the Columbus Community Hospital. Leonard was born on November 7, 1935, in Verdigre, Nebraska, to George and Clara (Ondracek) Dufek, where they lived on the family farm. He enlisted in the Army and was an honored soldier in Washington, D.C. from 1956 to 1958. He also served his country...
Verna Jarecki
Dec 19, 2012
Verna Jarecki, of Omaha, formerly of Columbus died Wednesday, December 19, 2012 in Omaha Veronica Ann (Verna) Jarecki was born on January 22, 1920 in Genoa, Nebraska to John and Anna (Zelasney) Kmiecik. She married John Jarecki in Columbus, Nebraska on October 14, 1940. She and John were residents of Columbus until moving to Schulyer in 1963 to build and...
Bernard C. Cuba
Dec 16, 2012
Bernard C. Cuba died Sunday, December 16, 2012 at his home near Silver Creek, Nebraska. Bernard Charles Cuba was born June 24, 1948 in Genoa, Nebraska to Joseph P. and Veronica (Prososki) Cuba. He graduated from Genoa High School in 1966. Bernard served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam from 1968 - 1969. He married Sharon Grosch on May 16,...
Mary Ann Reeves
Dec 15, 2012
Mary Ann Reeves, age 66, of Columbus died Saturday, December 15, 2012 at Morys Haven in Columbus. Mary Ann was born January 23, 1946 in Columbus, Nebraska to Robert and Hilda (Schultz) Reeves. She grew up in Columbus. She left school at the age of 16 to help with her family. She later earned her GED at the age of...
Rosemarie Ann Brugger
Dec 13, 2012
Rosemarie died Thursday, December 13, 2012 at her home in Columbus. Rosemarie Ann Brugger was born May 24, 1957 in Ord, Nebraska to Robert Anton and Frances Marie (Koperski) Kush. She graduated from Grand Island Senior High School in 1975 and attended Central Community College in Columbus. Rosemarie married LeRoy Brugger on September 8, 1979 in Lexington, Nebraska. She worked...
Wanda Zuroski
Dec 12, 2012
Wanda died Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at Bryan LGH East in Lincoln, Nebraska. Wanda Yvonne Zuroski was born October 8, 1922 in Humphrey, Nebraska to Fred and Dorothy (Jansen) Henry. She graduated from Creston High School in 1940. Wanda then went to work at Pollys Shoe Store in Columbus. On June 9, 1948 Wanda was united in marriage to Thomas...
Esther Murphy
Dec 12, 2012
Esther Murphy of Columbus died Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at David Place in David City. Esther Josephine Murphy was born July 22, 1923 in Tarnov, NE to George and Mary (Sliva) Zoucha. She attended St. Michaels and St. Anthonys Grade School and St. Bonaventure High School. On August 20, 1944 she was united in marriage to John A. Murphy in...
Joseph H. Warth
Dec 7, 2012
Joseph H. Warth, age 80, of Columbus died Friday, December 7, 2012 at the Norfolk Veteran Home. Joseph was born March 8, 1932 in Cornlea, Nebraska to Otto and Adeline (Borer) Warth. He grew up in Cornlea and graduated from Humphrey High in 1949. He entered the United States Army and served during the Korean War from 1952-1954. Joe married...
Joseph Konwinski
Dec 5, 2012
Joseph A Konwinski, age 73, of Silver Creek died Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at his home in Silver Creek. Joe was born February 26, 1939 in Silver Creek, Nebraska to Joseph Sr. and Florence (Kantor) Konwinski. He graduated from Silver Creek Schools in 1955. After school in the year 1956 he joined the Navy where he was a Boiler man...
Carolee Bryant
Dec 1, 2012
Carolee F. Bryant, age 90, of Silver Creek died Saturday, December 1, 2012 at her home in Silver Creek. Carolee was born April 28, 1922 in Platte County, Nebraska to Carl and Frances (Blaser) Wuethric. She attended Kramer High School in Columbus for two years and graduated from Silver Creek High School. Carolee was married to John Jack Bryant on...
Evelyn Lisko
Nov 28, 2012
Evelyn died Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at the Lakeside Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Evelyn Rose Lisko was born March 14, 1923 at Clarks, Nebraska to John and Eva (Shotkoski) Zelazny. She married Clifford Lisko on November 18, 1952 at Clarks, Nebraska. Evelyn lived and farmed with her husband near Osceola until his death in 1976. She resided in Columbus, Nebraska...
George Svasek
Nov 28, 2012
George Svasek, age 69, of Columbus died Wednesday, November 28, 2012 in Grand Island. George A. Svasek was born May 20, 1943 in Columbus, Nebraska to Joseph and Helen (Valish) Svasek. He grew up in Schuyler and graduated from Schuyler High School. He worked at various jobs before joining the United States Navy. Upon his discharge he returned to Schuyler....
Elizabeth A. Allan
Nov 26, 2012
Elizabeth died Monday, November 26, 2012 at her daughter's home. Elizabeth A. Allan was born October 23, 1950 in Spalding, Nebraska to Leo and Florence (Phelan) Diessner. She graduated from Spalding Academy High School and received her LPN Degree from Platte College in Columbus, Nebraska. Elizabeth lived in Columbus where she was an LPN at the Columbus Community Hospital for...
John &Quot;Jack&Quot; Murphy
Nov 26, 2012
John "Jack" V. Murphy of Columbus died Monday, November 26, 2012 at his home. John Jack V.Murphy was born September 11, 1921 in Grand Island, Nebraska to John F. and Sara T. (Waite) Murphy. He attended St. Mary's Elementary and High School in Grand Island. After graduation he worked for Lockheed Aircraft Co. in Burbank, California until he entered the...
Ivan Preister
Nov 25, 2012
Ivan Preister died Sunday, November 25, 2012 at the Cottonwood House in Columbus. Ivan G. Preister was born December 27, 1960 in Newman Grove, Nebraska to Alphonse H. and Lois J. (Eisenmenger) Preister. He grew up in Humphrey and graduated from Humphrey High School. Ivan had worked at Heartland Products and was currently employed at Becton-Dickenson. He has lived in...
Bonnie Kay Krause
Nov 18, 2012
Bonnie Kay Krause, age 65, formerly of Columbus, NE, and Yankton, SD, died Sunday November 18, 2012 in Sioux Falls, SD. Bonnie Wallick, daughter of Ivan and Merle (Choat) Wallick, was born December 9, 1946 in Albion, NE. She was baptized and confirmed at the United Methodist Church in Albion. Bonnie attended Boone Country School, district 23-49, Albion Junior High...
Daniel Woerth
Nov 16, 2012
Daniel "Dan" Woerth of Columbus died Friday, November 16, 2012 at his home. Dan was born to Barbara and John Woerth of Columbus on October 16, 1961. Dan attended Scotus Central Catholic high school and graduated from Columbus Senior High School. He served in the U.S. Air Force and then went on to continue his education at the School of...
Charles &Quot;Chuck&Quot; Sand
Nov 15, 2012
Chuck Sand died peacefully November 15, 2012 at Columbus Community Hospital surrounded by family. Charles W. Sand, Jr. (Chuck) was born September 26th, 1943 to Charles W. Charlie and Angela (Preister) Sand in Columbus and was raised in Lindsay, Nebraska. He married Carol Luetkenhaus on October 9, 1965 at St. Francis Catholic Church in Humphrey, Nebraska. The couple lived in...
Lillian R. Jeratowski
Nov 11, 2012
Lillian died Sunday, November 11, 2012 at the Beverly Health Care in Schuyler, Nebraska. Lillian R. Jeratowski was born January 20, 1915 on the family farm near Arcadia, Nebraska to Igni and Anna (Moravecek) Nevrivy. She graduated from Ord High School. Lillian married Bolish Iwanski in Elyria, Nebraska. Following his death in 1966 she later married Matthew L. Jeratowski at...
Janet Kathleen Wright
Nov 6, 2012
Janet died Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at the Hospice House in Omaha, Nebraska. Janet Kathleen Wright was born August 29, 1946 in Genoa, Nebraska to John and Teresa (Zakrzewski) Czarnick. She attended school at Ss. Peter & Paul Krakow and graduated from Assumption Academy High School in Norfolk, Nebraska. Janet went on to graduate from College of St. Marys in...