Frances Jasa, 87, of Pender NE

March 20, 2016 Leave a comment


Frances Anne (Prokop) Jasa, 87, of Pender, NE passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at the Pender Community Hospital in Pender, NE. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. at St. John’s Catholic Church in Pender; Father Gerald Leise will be officiating. The Visitation will be held on Monday from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. at St. John’s Catholic Church with a wake service at 7:00 p.m. Burial will be in the Rosehill Cemetery of Pender. Munderloh – Smith Funeral Home of Pender is in charge of the arrangements.

Frances was born on November 28, 1928 in Pender, NE, the daughter of Frank and Frances (Urbanec) Prokop. She attended Pender High School, graduating in 1946. On October 1, 1949, she was united in marriage to James Robert Jasa. To this union ten children were born. The couple farmed near Thurston. Frances was a member of St. John’s Catholic Church and the Thurston Legion Auxiliary. Frances enjoyed gardening, but took pride in her family, enjoying the time she was able to spend with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

She is survived by her children; Robert (Robin) Jasa of Laurel, NE, Steven (Teresa) Jasa of Marlboro, MA, Jeff (Cindy) Jasa of Thurston, NE, Kevin Jasa of Estherville, IA, Karen (Don) Pearson of Pender, NE, Cheryl Hatley of Pender, NE, Kerry (Janice) Jasa of Omaha, NE, Gina (Jason) Slama of Thurston, NE and Kristine Jasa of Omaha, NE. Frances is also survived by numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Gladys Prokop of Pender, NE and brother-in-law, Joseph Tesarek of Omaha, NE.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband James Robert in 2007; son, Dennis; grandson Justin Slama; brothers, Frank, Alvin, Charles, James, Edwin and Reynold and sisters, Agnes and Alice.

Frances Jasa

Frances Jasa

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Georgian Vraspir, 84, of Thurston NE

March 20, 2016 Leave a comment


Georgian (Pope) Vraspir, 84, of Thurston, Nebraska died on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at Heritage of Emerson Nursing Home in Emerson, NE. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Emerson with Pastor Gretchen Ritola and Vicar Rebecca Truland officiating. The visitation will be held on Tuesday from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. at St. Luke Lutheran Church. There will be a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday evening at the church. Burial will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery of Emerson. Memorials may be directed to the family for future designation. Munderloh – Smith Funeral Home of Emerson is in charge of the arrangements.

Georgian was born on October 15, 1931 in Emerson, NE, the daughter of George and Emma (Stimson) Pope. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Emerson and attended Emerson High School. On June 10, 1955 she was united in marriage to Robert Vraspir at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, IA. For several years she worked at the Pender Community Hospital, retiring due to her health. Georgian was a member of the Legion Auxiliary in Thurston, NE and St. Luke Lutheran Church in Emerson, NE; where she was a member of the Mariam Circle. She loved baking and traveling; but her greatest joy was time spent with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

She is survived by her sons: Mike (Joan) Vraspir of Emerson, NE and Steven (Melynda) Vraspir of Roundup, MT; daughter, Diane (Keith) Lamp of Emerson, NE. Georgian is also survived by her grandchildren; Amy (Jason) Modlin, Jenny (Todd) Skoglund, Valerie and friend Joe Messerschmidt, Jeremy Vraspir, Merissa, Emilie, Hannah Vraspir, Nathan (April) Lamp, Jessica (Zach) Wehner, Adam Lamp; her great grandchildren: Jacob, Karrena, Kylie, Emma, Raegan, Ryan, Ethan, Adyson, Wyatt, Reed, Isabelle, Tyson, Toby, Ansleigh, Joey and Maddox; and several nieces and nephews.

Georgian was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Robert, sister Betty and brothers: George, Glen, Art, Johnny, Charles, Harold and Teddy.

Georgian Vraspir

Georgian Vraspir

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Doris J. Worley, 91, of Decatur NE

March 20, 2016 Leave a comment


Doris J. Worley was born January 17, 1925 to John and Jenny (Walker) Beard in rural Decatur, Nebraska. She passed away peacefully at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Blair, Nebraska on March 19, 2016.

On September 29, 1942, Doris was united in marriage to Don L. Worley. They were married for 70 years.

Doris was a homemaker and also assisted Don with his farming activities. She was an active member of the Decatur United Methodist Church, the Blackbird Aid Society and volunteered as a fund raiser for several charities. She enjoyed spending time with her family, baking, gardening and dancing.

Doris was preceded in death by her husband, Don; daughter, Janice Sears; great grandsons, Garrett Hartman and Max Sears; granddaughter-in-law, Ann Sears; her parents; sisters, Beulah (Howard) Lewis, Sara (Robert) Baker; brothers, Louis (Dona) Beard, Charles Beard, Johnnie Beard; brother-in-law, William Witthuhn.

Survivors include her sons, Phil (Mitzi) and Marty (Karen) of Omaha, NE; eight grandchildren and their spouses; seventeen great grandchildren; one great great grandchild; sister, Betty Witthuhn of Loveland, CO; sister-in-law, Mary Lou Beard of Tekamah; many nieces, nephews, and friends.

Visitation will be on Monday, March 21st from 5:00-7:30 p.m. at Pelan Funeral Services in Tekamah. Family will be receiving friends during this time.

The Funeral Service will be Tuesday, March 22nd at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Decatur. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service.

Burial is in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Decatur, NE.

Memorials suggested to the United Methodist Church in Decatur, NE.

Doris Worley

Doris Worley

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Wilma H. Neitzke, 103, of Oakland NE Formerly of Manistee MI

March 20, 2016 Leave a comment


Wilma H. Neitzke, 103 years, of Oakland, Nebraska, formerly of Manistee, MI, passed away Friday, March 18, 2016 at Oakland Heights, in Oakland.

The Funeral Service will be held on Sunday, March 20th at 6:00 p.m. at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oakland. Visitation will be held on hour prior to service at the church. Burial will be at a later date at Oak Grove Cemetery, Manistee MI.

Memorials suggested to the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oakland.

Pelan Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements.

 

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Elsie Hansen, 98, of Lyons NE

March 20, 2016 Leave a comment


Elsie Wilhelmina Hansen was born June 22, 1917 to Henry and Emma (Hoegemeyer) Heitshusen on their farm east of Lyons. She passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of 98.

Elsie was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church and later joined the Divide Center Presbyterian Church. She transferred her membership to the First Presbyterian Church in Lyons in 1979.

Elsie attended rural school at Viles School District 56 for eleven years and graduated in 1935 from Lyons High School. She was secretary for Johnson Commission Company at the Livestock Exchange Building in Omaha several years before her marriage to Harry L. Hansen in 1942. Two daughters were born to this union; Marinell and Carolie.

Harry and Elsie lived on a farm east of Lyons, in the Divide Center Community. They left the farm in 1982 and retired in Lyons. Elsie enjoyed traveling, playing cards and gardening.

The past year she has lived at Golden Living Center in Tekamah, Nebraska.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Harry; four brothers, Elmer, Clifton, Lloyd, Norman; two sisters, Bernice Nelson, Gladys McKenzie.

She is survived by her two daughters, Marinell (Gary) Neuhaus of Omaha, Carolie (Daniel) Smith of Lyons; three grandchildren, Jay (Alicia Klein) Neuhaus of Zurich, Switzerland, Jacquie (Erik) Nordwall of Shoreview, MN, Heather (Jason) Lauritsen of Lyons; two great grandchildren, Aubrey and Blake Lauritsen.

A Memorial Visitation will be on Friday, April 8th from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Pelan Funeral Services in Lyons. Family will be receiving friends during this time.

A Memorial Service will be Saturday, April 9th at 10:00 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Lyons.

Burial is in the Lyons Cemetery.

Elsie Hansen

Elsie Hansen

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Elsie W. Hansen, 98, of Lyons NE

March 18, 2016 Leave a comment


Elsie W. Hansen, 98 years, of Lyons, Nebraska, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska.

MEMORIAL SERVICES are pending with Pelan Funeral Services Lyons.

Elsie Hansen

Elsie Hansen

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Helen Jean Nelson, 100, of Oakland NE

March 16, 2016 Leave a comment


Jean (Helen Jean) Nelson was the firstborn of Edward N. and Henrietta (Johnson) Nelson January 29, 1916 on a farmstead south east of Oakland, NE. She ended her time here on earth as she slept during the early morning hours of March 9, 2016, at Oakland Heights Nursing Home, of old age.

She had just started attending country school when the family bought their own farm, and moved to where she would grow up, helping her mother to care for her eventual five siblings. She attended a new country school, and would graduate from Oakland High School at the age of 16, where she obtained her first teaching certificate. Later, she would attend Wayne State for a year to expand it.

She taught at Homer, Nebraska for a year before moving back to teach at a country school closer to home. During the summers, and even after her move to North Platte where she taught fourth grade, she took classes during the summers at the University of Nebraska in Omaha, and eventually graduated with a bachelor’s degree. Once she was asked by her mother to care for her sister Evelyn, who had been mentally damaged by a fall as a child, the two of them moved to Duluth Minnesota for two years. From there it was on to Chicago, Illinois, where Jean taught for over 30 years, was a Sunday school teacher and ran a Girl Scout troop in addition to caring for her sister. Jean retired at 65 because of a rule of the times. Soon after, she returned to Nebraska and the farm to live with her brother Gordon while Evelyn chose to stay at a Home in Chicago. Jean attended the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oakland and for decades belonged to and enjoyed helping others, the goal of their many organizations, until she could no longer do so.

Jean, never wasteful of her time also used the summers to work. One summer during WWII, Jean became a “Rosie the Riveter,” another summer she took Evelyn to Washington and the Pentagon to work and while Evelyn ran an elevator Jean worked in an office. They both met General Charles de Gaulle there during his 1944 visit. During the later 50s through the 70s they made trips to Europe to visit their younger sister Ruth and her family and enjoyed discovering Europe for themselves. However, whether it was Christmas or summer break from school Jean made it a point to first go back to the farm to spend time with her folks before anything else.

She never married but always said she had had many, many children in the ones she taught and in her nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; four siblings; two nephews.

She is survived by her youngest sibling, Ruth Schmidtmayr of Vienna, Austria; two nieces; two nephews; sixteen great-nieces and nephews; eleven great-great nieces and nephews.

Memorial Services will be held at a later date.

Pelan Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements.

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Thomas S. Elliott, 52, of Monticello IL

March 16, 2016 Leave a comment


Thomas S. Elliott, 52, of Monticello, passed away at 8:15 a.m., Sunday, March 13, 2016. Tom was born on October 18, 1963 in Macomb, IL the son of Robert K. Elliott and Christy E. (Hausmann) Elliott. He married Christine Marie Bures on August 29, 2003 in Monticello. She passed away on January 23, 2016.

Tom is survived by his daughters, Kayla Elliott and Jenna Elliott both of Mowequa; son, Matthew Pieper (Raechel) of Normal; grandchildren, Liam and Elise Pieper; mother, Christy Elliott of Urbana; and sister, Lori L. Elliott of Urbana. Also surviving are Marilyn and Ken Bures; sisters-in-law, Carin and Melissa; brothers-in-law, Carl and Andy Bures; along with a large number of spouses and children.

He was preceded in death by his wife and father. Tom worked as an IT Administrator at the University of Illinois. Tom served in the U.S. Marine Corp and was a member of the USO. He was also a member of the NRA and the Gun Owners of America. Tom was proud to be a long time blood donor and he enjoyed camping, fishing, hunting, various nature groups, jogging, any sporting events and anything computer related. Most of all Tom loved spending time with his family, grandchildren and his large group of rowdy friends often led by his bestfriend Mike Astrosky. Above all else, Tom was an upstanding father. He always went out of his way to be everything his family needed. Late night phone calls from his girls about whatever they were going through to always providing them with things they needed. He wasn’t just a rock for his girls, if any family or friends were in need they could count on him. Tom was a giver and made sure everyone’s needs were met before his by donating to a number of charities. The world is truly a poorer place with his passing.

A visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Thursday, March 17, 2016 at the Mackey-Wright Funeral Home, Monticello. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, March 18, 2016 at the Mackey-Wright Funeral Home with Rev. Kurtis Bueltmann officiating and burial will be held in Monticello Township Cemetery at 11:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers charitable donations to a worthy cancer charity or the USO to support our troops at uso.org will be greatly appreciated.

Thomas Elliott

Thomas Elliott

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Barbara Jean Buck, 64, of Sioux City IA

March 15, 2016 Leave a comment


Barbara Jean Buck, 64 years, of Sioux City, Iowa, passed away Saturday, March 12, 2016 at the Hallmark Care Center in Sioux City.

SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE

 

Memorial Contribution: Donor’s Choice.
Pelan Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements.

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Upcoming Reminders

March 15, 2016 Leave a comment


Oakland Heights is having their annual Easter Bazaar on Fri., March 18th from 8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome. There will be crafts and goodies available for everyone’s Easter pleasure.

The Oakland City Council will have their monthly meeting Mon., March 21st at 5:30 p.m. The meeting is open to the public. The agenda is on file at the Oakland City Office. 

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