Local obituaries for Moravec Johnson Mortuary
Helen Riha
Dec 14, 2010
Helen M. Riha, 98, of David City, died Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at the Butler County Health Care Center in David City. Funeral Mass will be Friday, December 17, 2010 at 10:00am in St. Mary's Church, David City with Fr. Bernard Kimminau Officiating. Burial in St. Mary's Cemetery Viewing: Thursday 3-7pm at Chermok Funeral Home; followed by a 7pm PCCW...
Ernest Fiala
Nov 30, 2010
Ernest J. Fiala, 87, of David City, passed away Tuesday, November 30, 2010. Funeral Mass will be Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 10:00am in St. Mary's Catholic Church, David City with Fr. Bernard Kimminau officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Viewiing will be Friday, 2-5pm at Chermok Funeral Home and after 6pm at the church followed by a...
Helen Moore
Nov 14, 2010
Helen Moore, age 96 years of Columbus, died Sunday, November 14, 2010, at her home in Columbus. Mass of Christian Burial for Helen Moore will be held 10:30 AM Wednesday, November 17 at Divine Mercy Parish - St Mary's Catholic Church in Schuyler. The burial will be at Ss Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery in Howells at 1:30 PM on...
Gerald "Jerry" Reisdorff
Nov 12, 2010
Gerald L. "Jerry" Residorff, 67, of David City, passed away Friday, November 12, 2010 at the Butler County Health Care Center in David City. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 am Monday, November 15 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in David City. Visitation will be from 4:00 pm - 7:30 pm Sunday, November 14 at Chermok Funeral Home...
John A. Kment
Nov 9, 2010
John was born May 8, 1910 in Colfax County to John and Anna (Sloup) Kment. He attended rural school at Districts #11 and #8. He was a long time farmer in Colfax County. On September 17, 1935 he married Agnes Hozak at St. Augustine's Catholic Church in Schuyler. John loved farming, even though he lost his right hand in a...
Walter Svoboda
Nov 7, 2010
Walter Alois Svoboda, 75, of Waterloo, died Sunday, November 7, at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City from heart failure. He was born December 8, 1934, in David City, Neb., son of Rudy and Tillie Sypal Svoboda. He married Virginia Pleskac July 13, 1963 in David City, Nebraska. Walter attended St. Benedict’s College in Atchison, Kansas...
Rosalie Buck
Nov 4, 2010
Rosalie E. Buck, 78, of David City died Thursday, November 4, 2010 at St. Joseph's Villa in David City. Rosalie has chosen Anatomical Donation to assist those learning in the medical field. Memorial Mass will be Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 11:00am in St. Mary's Church with Fr. Bernard Kimminau officiating. A parish rosary will also be offered on Tueday...
Daniel Svoboda
Nov 3, 2010
Daniel K. Svoboda, of David City died Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at St. Joseph's Villa in David City. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 am Monday, November 8, 2010 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in David City. Visitation will be from 2:00 - 4:00 Sunday, November 7 at Chermok Funeral Home in David City and from 5:00 -...
Sybilla Legler
Nov 3, 2010
Billy was born January 7, 1917 north west of Schuyler. She was the ninth child of eleven born to Fred and Bertha (Dehmlow) Legler. She attended rural School District 64 to the sixth grade and then attended Immanuel Lutheran School and graduated from Schuyler High School in 1934. Billy worked as a receptionist for Dr. Fred Kolouch for many years...
Emil Kouba
Nov 2, 2010
Emil W. Kouba, 73, of David City, died Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at his residence. Funeral Mass will be Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 10:30am in St. Peter's Catholic Church, Bellwood with Fr. Jay Buhman officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, David City with military rites provided by Kregger Legion Post 125/VFW Post 5814 of David City. Viewing...
Janis Deavers
Oct 26, 2010
Janis M. "J.D." Deavers, 73, of Bruno, died Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at her residence in Bruno. Funeral Services will be Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 11:00am in the Congregational Christian Church of David City with Pastor Jack McDonald officiating. Cremation will take place after the funeral service with a burial of ashes in the David City Cemetery at a...
Harold Dowd
Oct 25, 2010
Harold was born June 26, 1924 in Schuyler to John Henry and Rosa Irene (McNally) Dowd. He attended Schuyler Public Schools and graduated from Schuyler High School. He worked for Wagner Mills in Schuyler and at the Dowd Grain Elevator in Aurora. He was a member of St. Augustine's Catholic Church. Harold died October 25, 2010, at the age of...
Editha Otradovsky
Oct 24, 2010
Editha was born September 30, 1909, in Schuyler, to John A. and Julia Marie (Holub) Prokes. She graduated from Schuyler High School in 1928 and then attended Peru State Teachers College where she earned her State Teachers Certificate. She taught school in Richland, NE prior to her marriage to Lumir F. Otradovsky on June 12, 1934 in Schuyler. Editha was...
Leonard A. Buresh
Oct 20, 2010
Leonard was born January 22, 1923 in Howells to Adolph and Barbara (Pojar) Buresh. He attended Howells Public School and graduated in 1940. While in the Army during WW II (January 15, 1943 to December 29, 1945) he served as a Radio Technician in the Philippines, Japan and New Guinea. Leonard married Pearl Gearhart in Omaha on June 24, 1950...
Judy Jakub
Oct 10, 2010
Judy was born September 22, 1949 in Columbus to Leonard and Goldiemae (Manzel) Palensky. She attended Saunders County rural grade school and graduated from Aquinas High School in David City in 1967. On April 22, 1972 she married Jerome Jakub at St. Isidore Catholic Church and they made their home in Columbus. Judy worked for Dale / Vishay Manufacturing and...
Lawrence Pokorny
Oct 9, 2010
Lawrence "Larry" V. Pokorny of Bellwood, died Saturday, October 9, 2010 at the Columbus Community Hospital. Funeral Mass will be Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 2:00 pm in St. Peter's Catholic Church, Bellwood with Fr. Jay Buhman officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Viewing will be Tuesday, from 4-7 pm followed by a 7 pm Knights of Columbus...
Eva Homan
Oct 9, 2010
Eva M. Homan, 90, of David City, died Saturday, October 9, 2010 at St. Josephs's Villa in David City. Funeral Mass will be 10:00am Wednesday, October 13, 2010 in St. Mary's Catholic Church, David City with Fr. Bernard Kimminau officiating. PCCW Rosary/Wake Service will be Tuesday, 7pm at St. Mary's Church followed by refreshments in the school cafeteria. Catholic Daughters...
Martin Mortensen
Oct 8, 2010
Martin "Don" Mortensen, 91, of Rising City, died Friday, October 8, 2010 at Columbus Community Hospital. The funeral service will be at 11:00 am Wednesday, October 13 at First Lutheran Church in Rising City. Visitation will be from 5 - 7 pm Tuesday at the church and one hour before services on Wednesday, also at the church. Burial will be...
Mary "Mae" Vodvarka
Oct 8, 2010
Memorial Mass for 88 year old Mary "Mae" Vodvarka, of Howells, will be held at 2 PM on Saturday, October 23rd at S.S. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Howells. A private family interment service was held at the S.S. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery. Mae died October 8, 2010 at Parkview Home in Dodge where she had been a...
Samuel J. Balak
Oct 5, 2010
Sam was born October 28, 1943 in Columbus to William J. and Martha (Lodl) Balak. He graduated from Schuyler High School in 1961 and attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Sam was the creator and writer of the "Bullpen" in the Schuyler Sun, managed the Schuyler Golf Club for many years, was Schuyler handi-van driver, member of Ducks Unlimited,,Knights...
