Antone “Tony” Pycha, 88, of Winnebago NE

Antone “Tony” Pycha, age 88, of Winnebago, Nebraska passed away on Friday, December 30, 2016, at on Omaha hospital due to medical complications suffered in a house explosion on December 19, 2016.  Funeral services for Tony will be held on Saturday, January 7, 2017, at 11 a.m. at Faith Presbyterian Church in Walthill; Pastor Dean Ross will be officiating.  Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Walthill.  Visitation will be held on Friday, January 6, 2017, at the Munderloh – Smith Funeral Home in Pender from 3 until 7 p.m.  In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Pender Hospital Foundation.  Munderloh – Smith Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Tony was born near Rosalie, Nebraska, the son of James, Sr. and Mary (Stepanek) Pycha.  He attended and graduated from Winnebago High School in 1946.  He was a lifelong farmer.

Tony is survived by a sister Mary (Richard) Heyne of Pender, NE; sister-in-law, Mary Pycha of Schuyler, NE and many nieces and nephews and their families.

He was preceded in death by his parents James and Mary, siblings, Bessie (Claus) Eicke; Blanche (William, Sr.) Hamann; Joe Pycha; Helen Morgan; Louis Pycha; James, Jr. (Ruth) Pycha; and an infant brother Charles.