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August 8, 2015 Leave a comment
Wayne M. Allen, 84, of Pender, Nebraska passed away Saturday, August 8, 2015 at the Pender Community Hospital in Pender, Nebraska.
Funeral services are pending with Munderloh – Smith Funeral Home in Pender, Nebraska.
August 3, 2015 Leave a comment
Betty A. (Popken) Glodowski, age 82, of Hooper, formerly of Scribner, Nebraska passed away Friday, July 31, 2015 at the Hooper Care Center. Funeral Mass will be on Saturday, August 8 at 11 a.m. in St. Lawrence Catholic Church, Scribner. Father Damien Wee will officiate. Burial will follow at St. Mary’s Ridgeley Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be on Friday, August 7th, from 3-7 p.m. with the family receiving friends from 6-7 p.m. A wake service will follow the visitation at 7 p.m. all at St. Lawrence Catholic Church. Memorials are suggested to be made to the family to be determined at a later date. Online guestbook can be accessed at http://www.hooper-scribner.com. Ludvigsen Scribner Funeral Chapel in Scribner is in charge of arrangements.
Betty was born February 14, 1933 to John and Julia (Neels) Popken. She graduated from Hooper High School in 1950. She was employed at the Fremont National Bank as a bookkeeper for five years during which time she married Richard Glodowski of Scribner on April 28, 1953. In the fall of 1955, after Richard returned from active duty in Korea, they moved to a farm south of Scribner and started a dairy operation. She remained there until moving to Hooper in 2012 following Richard’s death in 2009.
Betty and Richard have seven children. She was a member of the St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Scribner and a member of the Ladies Guild. She enjoyed hard work and loved her role as a housewife and mother whether her work was in the kitchen, the barn, the garden, or in the field on the seat of a tractor. Betty was a 4-H leader for many years teaching not only her own children how to cook and sew, but passed on her knowledge to many others through the 4-H program.
Aside from the aforementioned activities, Betty’s favorite pastimes were those which centered around God, her husband, family and friends.
She is survived by her children Julie Todd, Mesa, AZ; David (Jeanne) Glodowski, Ames; Diane (Wendell) Ray, Greenfield, IA; Pat (Eddie) Garcia, Mesa, AZ; Terri (Doyle) Petersen, Firth; Lisa (Russ) Barnes, Minneapolis, MN; Susan (Ken) Goodall, Hardy; 16 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, sister-in-laws Betty Elbracht, Howells and Elsie Popken, Fremont.
Betty Glodowski
July 22, 2015 Leave a comment
Mary Ann Rose (Cerny) Petersen was born on September 4, 1924 to Frank and Marie (Studnicka) Cerny in rural Dodge, Nebraska. She passed away on July 22, 2015, at the age of 90 years, at Oakland Mercy Hospital in Oakland, Nebraska after a brief illness.
Mary Ann attended a rural school northeast of Dodge. In the 1930s the family moved northeast of Scribner, Nebraska, where she graduated from Scribner High School with the class of 1942. During World War II, Mary Ann was employed by the Rogers Tent and Awning Company in Fremont, Nebraska, making army tents for soldiers. After the war, she was employed at Fremont Guide and Tribune, and later worked as a receptionist for Drs. Van Metre and Hill in Fremont.
Mary Ann married Leeby R. Petersen of Lyons, Nebraska on January 28, 1948. He was the son of Hans and Christine (Koch) Petersen. They made the Lyons area their home, farming in the Liberty area, west of town.
Later in 1968, Mary Ann worked in Lyons at the Logan Valley Manor as an LPN, until she retired in 1981. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, UMW and VFW Auxiliaries, Liberty Club, Westside Aid and the Even Dozen Extension Club. Mary Ann enjoyed painting, gardening, crocheting, embroidery and collecting poems. One of the greatest enjoyments, later in life, was playing dominos with family and friends, and she usually won.
Mary Ann was preceded in death by her husband, Leeby (1985); sister, Evelyn Legband; brothers, Alvin and Marvin Cerny; seven brothers-in-law; eight sisters-in-law.
She is survived by her three children, Mary (Robert) Leifert of West Richland, WA, Jean (Craig) Novak of Loveland, CO, Richard (Lana) Petersen of Lyons; 12 grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren, a host of very close friends and relatives.
Mary Ann enjoyed life fully to the end. She will be remembered for her loving and kind-hearted ways with all people that she came in contact with. Mary Ann will be remembered for her love of life.
FUNERAL SERVICE: Friday, July 24, 2015 10:30 a.m. at Memorial United Methodist Church in Lyons.
VISITATION: Thursday 5:30-8 p.m., with family receiving friends at Pelan Funeral Services Lyons. Visitation will also be held one hour prior to services at the church.
BURIAL: Lyons Cemetery, Lyons, Nebraska
MEMORIALS: Memorial United Methodist Church in Lyons
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Mary Ann Petersen
July 22, 2015 Leave a comment
Janis Joyce Zvacek, 68, of Sioux City, Iowa passed away Monday, July 20, 2015 at her home in Sioux City, Iowa. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 24, 2015 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Pender, NE, with Pastor Miles Ruch officiating. Visitation will be 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday, July 23, 2015 at Munderloh – Smith Funeral Home in Pender, NE, with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery in Pender, NE. In Lieu, of flowers memorials may be directed to the family for future designation. Arrangements are under the direction of Munderloh – Smith Funeral Home in Pender, NE.
Janis was born January 13, 1947 in West Point, NE to Lambert and Dorothea (Lorenzen) Zvacek. She attended and graduated from Pender High School in 1965, and attended college at Wayne State College. Janis worked for Postal Finance for many years, Central United and most recently before retiring in December 2013 for Kramer Ernest and Swedean CPA in Sioux City. Janis enjoyed cross stitching and belonged to The Embroiderers’ Guild of America – Sioux City Chapter and the American Needlepoint Guild. She was also a member of the Pender VFW Auxiliary. Most of all, Janis loved spending time with her family especially her nieces and nephews.
Janis is survived by her sister, Frances (Dale) Anderson of Bancroft, NE; brother, Dennis (Nancy) Zvacek of Pender, NE; nieces, Sherry (Ryan) Roeber of Bancroft, NE, Aimee (Chris) Ibsen of Roca, NE, Tami (Mark) Nelson of Bancroft, NE, Andrea (Dustin) Holtz of Beemer, NE; nephews, Collin Zvacek and friend Amber of Pender, NE, Todd Anderson of Bancroft, NE, Rodney Zvacek of Pender, NE and many other great nieces and nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.
Janis is preceded in death by her parents, and an infant nephew Scott Alan Anderson.
July 21, 2015 Leave a comment
Janis Zvacek, 68, of Sioux City, Iowa passed away at her home in Sioux City, IA.
Funeral services are pending with Munderloh-Smith Funeral Home in Pender, Nebraska.
July 20, 2015 Leave a comment
Janice F. Kubik, 78, of Emerson, Nebraska passed away Sunday, July 19, 2015 at Heritage of Emerson in Emerson, Nebraska.
Funeral services are pending with Munderloh – Smith Funeral Home in Emerson, Nebraska.
July 20, 2015 Leave a comment
Shirley A. McAllister was born September 27, 1931 at the family home in West Point, Nebraska, the daughter of Harvey R. and Maude E. (Crist) Ellenberger. She died Saturday, July 18, 2015 at Heritage Care Center in Fairbury, Nebraska.
Shirley graduated from Tekamah High School in 1949, and while raising a family and working she graduated summa cum laude from Dana College, Blair, Nebraska in 1969.
Shirley was united in marriage to L. Dale McAllister in October, 1950. They lived on a farm near Craig, Nebraska for 51 years, before retiring to Tekamah.
Shirley was an elementary teacher for many years starting in Craig, Nebraska, subsequently at Tekamah-Herman Schools. She eventually earned certifications in Special Education and became a professor at Dana College in Blair where she taught Educational Psychology. She retired from teaching in 1996 to spend more time with family and to travel with Dale.
Memberships included First Presbyterian Church, where she was active in many ways, Chapter DC PEO, Order of Eastern Star, book club, Clio club and she enjoyed her Chatt Center friends and had served as Chatt Center Treasurer.
Preceding her in death were her husband, parents, sister and brother-in-law Phyllis and Bernard Pipher, and an infant daughter Lori.
Survivors include sons and daughters-in-law: Mike and Susan McAllister of Tekamah, Tim and Deb McAllister of Fairbury; grandchildren: Dr. Charles McAllister of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Jennifer and Jim Flak of New York City, Cristy and Aaron Fryzek of Lincoln, Jake and Katie McAllister of Elkhorn and their son Owen, Shirley’s great grandchild.
MEMORIAL SERVICE: Monday, July 27, 2015, 11:00 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Tekamah.
BURIAL: Tekamah Cemetery
NO VISITATION
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIALS: The First Presbyterian Church ~ Tekamah, Chatt Center, Burt County Museum or donor’s choice.
Shirley McAllister
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July 19, 2015 Leave a comment
Lester B. Jacoba, 91, of Wakefield, NE, formerly of Sioux City, IA, passed away Saturday, July 18, 2015 at the Wakefield Health Care Center in Wakefield. A private family graveside service will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Bressler – Munderloh – Smith Funeral Home in Wakefield, NE.
Lester was born August 12, 1923 in Blencoe, IA to Bert and Anna (Hussell) Jacoba.
He is preceded in death by his parents; Bert and Anna, wife; Beryl, one brother, and two sisters
Lester Jacoba
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