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September 26, 2015 Leave a comment
David R. Farber, 80 years, of Decatur, Nebraska, passed away Saturday, September 26 at Pleasant View Care Center in Whiting, Iowa.
FUNERAL SERVICE: Services are pending with Pelan Funeral Services.
September 26, 2015 Leave a comment
Rodney K. Jensen, 60 years, of Fremont, Nebraska passed away Thursday, September 24, 2015 at Fremont Health Medical Center in Fremont.
MEMORIAL SERVICE: Tuesday, September 29, 2015, 11:00 am, at the Faith United Methodist in Hooper, Nebraska.
MEMORIAL VISITATION: Monday 5-7 pm with family receiving friends at Pelan Funeral Services in Oakland.
BURIAL: Craig Cemetery, Craig, Nebraska.
MEMORIALS: Faith United Methodist Church of Hooper and the May Museum in Fremont.
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Rodney Jensen
September 25, 2015 Leave a comment
OC dance team performs at homecoming pep rally. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.
September 25, 2015 Leave a comment
A homecoming pep rally will be held at the Oakland-Craig elementary school gymnasium today at 1:30 p.m. The homecoming football game against Ponca begins at 7:00 p.m. at the football field in Oakland. Following the game, the homecoming king and queen will be crowned at the football field.
Sunday, Sept. 27th is an open house for the newly remodeled Community Center in Lyons. The event begins at 1:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend.
Wed., Sept. 30th is the Oakland City Council regular monthly meeting beginning at 5:30 p.m. The meeting is open to the public. An agenda is on file at the Oakland City Office.
September 25, 2015 Leave a comment
Leroy J. Villwok, 89 years, of Fremont, NE formerly of Oakland, NE died Thursday, September 24, 2015 at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on September 11, 2015. Leroy was born January 7, 1926 in Elkhorn, Nebraska to Julius and Meta (Labs) Villwok.
He grew up in Waterloo, Nebraska. He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Japan. Leroy married Donna Rae Hirt on January 19, 1952 at Bethany Lutheran Church in Elkhorn, NE. He bought the family farm near Waterloo, NE in 1958 and moved to Craig, NE in 1970, where he farmed for 38 years. He sold that farm in 1997 and moved to Oakland. He spent 15 winters in Apache Junction, Arizona. He was a member and president of the Missouri River Volunteer C.B. Club, past member of the American Legion in Craig, section leader of Rain Dance Mobile Home Park in Arizona.
He is survived by his wife, Donna Rae of Fremont; son, Mark and wife, Sara Villwok of Coolidge, Arizona; daughters, Marcee and husband, Richard Tomasek of Craig and Rhonda and husband, Gale Miller of Soldier, Iowa; grandchildren, Aaron, Arick, John, Todd, Andrea, Nick, Grace, Jacob, Ryan, and Jared; great grandchildren, Tristen, Katlynn, Amber, Marissa, Katelyn, Kyle, Gavin, and Harper. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Funeral service will be 10:30 A.M., Monday, September 28, 2015 at First Lutheran Church in Fremont. The Rev. Marty Tollefson will officiate. Visitation will be Sunday from 1 PM to 4 PM at Moser Memorial Chapel in Fremont. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be at the Prospect Hill Cemetery in Elkhorn, NE at a later date.
Memorials may be directed to the family for a designation yet to be determined.
September 25, 2015 Leave a comment
Doris June (Lindberg) Modlin was born June 23, 1931 to Linde and Tora (Johnson) Lindberg on a farm 1 mile east and 1.2 mile south of Craig, Nebraska. She passed away on September 22, 2015 at CHI Health Lakeside Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, at 84 years of age.
Doris loved the farm, even without any modern facilities. She loved horseback riding and the farm chores. She attended country schools; Padock and Dist. 15. She and her father were baptized in the Methodist Church in Craig. She went to Craig High School and graduated in 1949. After her mother died, she moved to Craig, and worked for her Dad at Burt County Service Station. In 1952 she worked for a year at Mutual Insurance Company. In 1953, she and Helen Raver went to Yellowstone National Park, and worked a season at Fishing Bridge. There she met her first husband.
On May 8, 1954 she was united in marriage to Paul Eugene Johnson. To this union were born two daughters, Cynthia Jo and Janice Kay; two sons, Jeffrey Burt and Mark Alan. On June 28, 1964 Paul died suddenly of a massive coronary. At that time Doris and her family moved back to Craig. She again did bookkeeping for her dad at Lindberg Garage, and worked part time at Tekamah Nursing Home.
On September 2, 1966 Doris was united in marriage to William Eugene Modlin at Bridal Cave in Camdenton, Missouri. She became a homemaker for their seven children; she loved to cook and bake. After the family was grown, she worked at Oakland School for three years, then Oakland Heights Nursing Home for 8 ½ years . She then went to work at Tekamah School for 14 years, until ill health caused her to quit at age 82.
Doris was preceded in death by her parents; both husbands, Paul in 1964, William in 2003; two brothers, Bob Lindberg, Ted (Vera) Lindberg; a cousin raised as a sibling, Lucille Jancik; son, Donald Lee Modlin; four year old great granddaughter Sierra Grace Wilcox; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Clifford (Mary) Gustafson, Derrel Modlin, Clifford (Ruby) Modlin, John Modlin, Alta Foulk.
She is survived by her children, Cynthia (Mike) Johnson, Janice (Keith) Magill, Jeff (Marcy) Johnson, Mark (Sylvia) Johnson, Kim Ford, Lorri (Don) Steffen; 19 grandchildren; 25 great grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
FUNERAL SERVICE: Saturday, September 26, 2015, 2:30 pm, at United Methodist Church in Craig, Nebraska
VISITATION: Friday 6-8 pm, with family receiving friends at Pelan Funeral Services Tekamah. Visitation will also be held at the church one hour prior to service.
BURIAL: Tekamah Cemetery in Tekamah, Nebraska.
MEMORIALS: To the family for designation at a later time.
Doris Modlin
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September 25, 2015 1 Comment
Rodney K. Jensen, 60 years, of Fremont, Nebraska passed away Thursday, September 24, 2015 at Fremont Health Medical Center in Fremont.
MEMORIAL SERVICE: Services are pending with Pelan Funeral Services.
September 24, 2015 Leave a comment
BETTY JEAN KRUTILEK, 88 years, of Oakland, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, September 24, 2015 at the Oakland Mercy Hospital in Oakland.
FUNERAL SERVICE: Monday, September 28, 2015, 10:30 am at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oakland.
VISITATION: Sunday, 3-6 pm with family receiving friends at Pelan Funeral Services in Oakland. Visitation will also be held at the church one hour prior to service
BURIAL: Oakland Cemetery, Oakland
MEMORIALS: To the family for designation at a later time.
Please feel free to send your condolences to the family.
Each condolence will be printed and given to the family after the service.
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