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Esther Murphy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Salvador Mora-Zamora

Salvador Mora-Zamora

Nov 5, 2012

Salvador Mora-Zamora, age 58, of Columbus died Monday, November 5, 2012 in Omaha.

Ronald Sliva

Ronald Sliva

Nov 1, 2012

Ronald Sliva of Columbus died Thursday, November 1, 2012 at his home. Ronald J. Sliva was born November 2, 1949 in Columbus to Phillip and Geraldine (Morgan) Sliva. He attended St. Bonaventure Grade School and graduated from Columbus High School in 1968. Ron entered the US Army and served in Vietnam. On September 29, 1972 he was united in marriage...

Lawrence &Quot;Larry&Quot; Staroscik

Lawrence &Quot;Larry&Quot; Staroscik

Oct 30, 2012

Lawrence "Larry" Staroscik age 88 of Columbus died Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at his home in Columbus. Lawrence Larry Staroscik was born September 24, 1924 to Albert and Victoria (Sutko) Staroscik. He attended St. Anthonys through 8th grade and graduated from Kramer High School in 1942. He joined the Army Air Force in 1943 and served to 1946. He served...

Bonnie Mae Garretson

Bonnie Mae Garretson

Oct 30, 2012

Bonnie died Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at her home in Platte Center, Nebraska. Bonnie Mae Garretson was born June 8, 1939 in Silver Creek, Nebraska to Glenn Edmond and Mary E. (Hinkle) Mustard. She attended school in Silver Creek. On July 16, 1954 Bonnie was united in marriage to Dennis Garretson in Columbus. Bonnie loved spending time with her children,...

David Otterpohl

David Otterpohl

Oct 23, 2012

David Otterpohl of Columbus died Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at Bryan Medical Center East in Lincoln. David Otterpohl was born January 12, 1950 in Columbus to Alois and Harriett (Lee) Otterpohl. He worked for Behlen Mfg. before entering the United States Air Force in 1977. Following his time in the service he returned to Columbus. He is survived by: Brother...

Rose J. T. Olson

Rose J. T. Olson

Oct 21, 2012

Rose died Sunday, October 21, 2012 at the David Place in David City, Nebraska. Rose Josephine Theresa Olson was born April 29, 1923 in Platte County, Nebraska to John and Sophie (Rouks) Kosiba. She attended school in Platte and Colfax Counties. While in school she received a certificate for her entry in the Omaha World Herald state wide spelling bee....

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