Harvey D. Cordsen
Sep 3, 2008
Harvey D. Cordsen died Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at the Golden Living Center in Columbus. Harvey D. Cordsen was born June 5, 1931 in Marshall County, Kansas to John and Minnie (Leseberg) Cordsen. He was raised in Kansas until his freshman year of high school when he moved to Beatrice. Harvey then moved to Central City where he graduated from...
Lowene M. Jackson
Sep 2, 2008
Lowene Jackson died Tuesday, September 2 at Columbus Community Hospital. Lowene was born March 6, 1917, in Humphrey, Neb. to Roy and Louisa Hall. She attended St. Francis High School and graduated from Norfolk Business College. After graduating she went to work as a bookkeeper for Jackson Dry Cleaners and Launderers, where she met her husband Lee C. Jackson. They...
Bennie J. Koziol
Aug 30, 2008
Mr. Koziol died Saturday, August 30, 2008 at the Columbus Community Hospital. Bennie J. Koziol was born May 26, 1930 in Columbus, Nebraska to Joseph F. and Clara (Krzycki) Koziol. He attended St. Anthony Elementary School and graduated from Kramer High School. Bennie served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War for 2 years spending 17 months in Alaska....
John Paprocki
Aug 28, 2008
John C. Paprocki, 89, of Columbus died Thursday, August 28,2008, at Golden Living Center in Columbus. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday September 2, 2008, at St. Bonaventure Catholic Church in Columbus with the Rev.Tom Weisbecker officiating. Burial will be at St. Michaels Cemetery in Tarnov at 1 :30P.M. following the lunch. There will be Military...
Joseph A. Buresh
Aug 23, 2008
Joe died Saturday, August 23, 2008 at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Joseph A. Buresh was born February 7, 1934 southwest of Morse Bluff, Nebraska to Joseph J. and Mary A. (Hladky) Buresh. When he was 3 weeks old his family moved to a farm northeast of North Bend, Nebraska. Joe attended District #10 school and graduated from North Bend...
Edmund J. Kasarda
Aug 20, 2008
Edmund J. Kasarda of Genoa died Wednesday, August 20 at his home in Genoa. Edmund Joseph Kasarda was born January 29, 1932 in Forest City, Pennsylvania to Andrew and Mary (Payer) Kasarda. He grew up in Carbondale, Pennsylvania where he graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School in 1950. He later received his Associates Degree from Central Community College in Columbus....
Robert Winchester
Aug 8, 2008
Robert F. Winchester died Friday, August 8, 2008 at the Columbus Community Hospital.
James C. Prucha
Aug 1, 2008
James C. Prucha died Friday at the Meridian Gardens in Columbus. James C. Prucha was born on December 12, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois to Charles and Barbara (Tlamka) Prucha. He was raised in Brainard, Nebraska where he attended school. He moved to Chicago where he worked various factory jobs. James married Agnes Zach on July 18, 1942 at St Leonard...
Charlene M. Vetick
Jul 29, 2008
Charlene M. Vetick of Columbus died Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, IA. Charlene M Vetick was born May 17, 1937 to Frank and Mabel (Brand) Carman in Algona, IA. Charlene grew up in Silver Creek, NE and graduated from Silver Creek High in 1954. She moved to Grand Island in 1981 where she worked for...
Charli Elizabeth Podliska
Jul 4, 2008
Charli Elizabeth Podliska, newborn infant daughter of Morgan Birchem and Nick Podliska, died on July 4, 2008 at Columbus Community Hospital. Charli is survived by: Parents Nick Podliska and Morgan Birchem of Humphrey Grandparents Randy & Linda Birchem of Columbus, NE Grandfather Kirt Podliska of Fullerton, NE Great Grandparents Leonard & Joan Birchem of Columbus, NE Great Grandmother Berniece Boyle...
Ellen &Quot;Moosh&Quot; Kopetzky
Jul 1, 2008
Ellen K. Kopetzky was born January 2, 1918 in Columbus, Nebraska to John Henry and Bertha (Glur) Tylle. She grew up in Columbus where she received her education at Kramer High School. She married Herbert P. Kopetzky on September 15, 1942 at St. Bonaventure Church in Columbus. The couple lived in Columbus before moving to rural Shelby in 1955 where...
Leslie Carroll Olcott
Jun 29, 2008
Leslie Carroll Olcott died Sunday, June 29, 2008 at Columbus Community Hospital. Les was born February 7, 1954 in Columbus to Carroll and June (Dallegge) Olcott. He graduated from Columbus High School in 1972. Les was a lifelong Columbus resident. He worked for Union Pacific Railroad, Gerhold Concrete Company (Lyman-Richey), Johnson Trucking, and was currently working at Gehring Construction and...
Shirley Dixon
Jun 26, 2008
Shirley M. Dixon was born October 28, 1926 in Belvidere, Illinois to Leon and Lillian (Britton) Graham. She grew up and received her education in Belvidere. She married H. Elwood Martenson on January 20, 1945. The farmed in Belvidere. In 1945 she contracted bulbar polio. Folowing a long rehabilitaion, she was busy raising her family. She married Harold Berkheimer on...
Elsie M. Martin
Jun 25, 2008
Elsie died Wednesday at the Genoa Long Term Care. Elsie M. Martin was born June 20, 1913 in Marshall, Minnesota to Ivar and Hilda (Gustafson) Carlson. She moved with her family to Polk County, Nebraska in 1916 and grew up on a farm near Havens, Nebraska. She attended Riverside School and graduated in 1932 from Silver Creek High School where...
Dorothy Kontor
Jun 24, 2008
Dorothy died Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at the Midwest Covenant Home in Stromsburg. Dorothy was born April 5, 1922 in Duncan, NE to Tony and Agnes (Stopak) Starostka. She grew up on the family farm in Polk County. In June of 1942 she was united in marriage to Edmund Kontor in Silver Creek. Dorothy was a farm wife and worked...
Joan Jenkinson
Jun 24, 2008
Merna Joan (Osborn) Jenkinson of Columbus died at home June 24th, 2008. Joan was born to Andy & Maude (Rife) Osborn in Powers County, Colorado on November 23, 1934. On September 13th, 1953 she married Clyde Jenkinson at Pleasant Heights Church in rural Lamar, Colorado. They moved to rural Columbus Nebraska in 1960 where they farmed until 1970. They moved...
Nickela Nicole Haddix/Tech
Jun 21, 2008
Nickela, her 5 year son Damien Haddix and her infant daughter Natalie Rae Marie Tech died Saturday, June 21st in an automobile accident. Services for all 3 will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the United Methodist Church in Albion. Nickela was born December 18, 1985 in Norfolk, Nebraska to Clinton and Patricia (Taylor) Haddix. She grew up in Albion...
Jacqueline Ann (Stuefer) Marler
Jun 17, 2008
JACQUELINE ANN (STUEFER) MARLER, Age 82, of San Bernardino, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at Milam Manor Residential Home in Colton. Born January 26, 1926 to John (Jack) and Gladys Stuefer in Rising City, Nebraska. She attended Parochial School through the seventh grade in Columbus, NE. In 1938 her family moved to San Bernardino where she graduated...
Evelyn Weber
Jun 15, 2008
Evelyn Weber of Columbus died Sunday at her home in Columbus. Evelyn Weber was born at her home near Platte Center on October 27, 1919 to Edward and Anna (Miksch) Waldman. She was united in marriage to Victor Weber on October 3, 1939. They farmed until 1947. Evelyn went to work at the Night and Day Restaurant until going to...