Local obituaries for Moravec Johnson Mortuary
Arlene Vanis
Apr 14, 2014
Arlene Vanis, 83, of Madison, formerly of Schuyler, passed away Monday, April 14, 2014 in Norfolk. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, April 16 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Schuyler. Visitation will be held one hour before service time at the church. Burial will be in the Ulysses Catholic Cemetery in Ulysses. Arlene was born...
Elsie M. Divis
Apr 12, 2014
Elsie M. Divis, 88, of David City, passed away on April 12, 2014 at the Butler County Health Care Center. Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at 10:30am at St. Mary's Catholic Church with Fr. Bernard Kimminau officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday from 4-7pm followed by a 7pm Rosary Service all at the church. Viewing will...
Carol J. Cech
Apr 8, 2014
Funeral service for 79 year old Carol J. Cech of Howells will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, April 12th at the New Zion Presbyterian Church in Clarkson. Visitation will be held at the church on Friday from 4 PM to 7 PM and on Saturday from 10 AM to 11 AM. Burial will be in the Schuyler cemetery...
Daniel A Zavodny
Apr 4, 2014
Daniel A. Zavodny, 78, of Schuyler, died Friday at Butler County Health Care Center in David City. Daniel was born on December 7, 1935 on the farm near Brainard, Nebraska to Louis and Sophie(Ratkovec)Zavodny. He attended and graduated from Brainard High School. Dan helped his dad on the farm for many years and after his parents passed away, he moved...
Gary D. Jones
Apr 4, 2014
Gary D. Jones, 78, of Rising City, died Friday, April 4, 2014 at Bryan West Hospital in Lincoln. Gary Jones was born on July 14, 1935 at David City, Nebraska to Henry and Gertrude(Selden)Jones. He lived his life around the David City and Rising City areas. He graduated from Rising City High School and worked for Smith's Dairy. Gary married...
Lillian M. Mares
Apr 2, 2014
Funeral mass for 100 year old Lillian M. Mares, of Rogers, will be held at 10:30 AM on Saturday, April 5th at St Mary’s Catholic Church. Visitation will be held at the Svoboda Funeral Home North Chapel on Friday from 4 PM to 7 PM with a 7 PM Parish rosary. Visitation on Saturday will be from 9:30 AM to...
Mary Novotny
Apr 2, 2014
Funeral mass for 105 year old Mary Novotny, formerly of Schuyler, will be held at 10:30 AM on Monday, April 7th at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Visitation will be held at the Svoboda Funeral Home North Chapel on Sunday from 4 PM to 7 PM followed by a 7 PM parish rosary. Visitation on Monday will be held at the...
James S. Cech
Mar 21, 2014
Funeral mass for 93 year old, James S. Cech, of Schuyler, will be held on Tuesday, March 25th at 10:30 AM at Holy Trinity Catholic Church at Heun. Visitation will be held on Monday at the Svoboda Funeral Home North Chapel from 3 PM to 7 PM followed by a 7 PM rosary. Visitation on Tuesday will be held at...
Naomi C. Divis
Mar 13, 2014
Naomi Cleone Divis, 79, of Columbus, formerly of Schuyler, passed away Thursday, March 13, 2014 at the Golden Living Center in Schuyler. Funeral services will be Monday, March 17th at 10:00 A.M. at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in rural Schuyler with Rev. Bill Mattfeld officiating. Visitation will be Sunday March 16th from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Svoboda Funeral...
Mary McLeish
Mar 10, 2014
Mary was born July 12, 1930 in Highland, Wyoming to Bryan and Claira Bell (McMillan) Bird. She graduated from Powell High School in Deer Lodge, Montana in 1949 and moved to Schuyler. She worked for Grubbs Grocery Store where she met William McLeish and they were married on July 21, 1952. Mary operated a daycare in her home for many...
Margaret L Polivka
Feb 27, 2014
Margaret L Polivka, 93, of Brainard, passed away on February 27, 2014 at David Place in David City. The Funeral Mass will be Saturday, March 1, 2014, at 11:00am at Holy Trinity Catholic Church with Father Matthew Eickhoff officiating. Viewing will be Saturday from 9:30-10:30am followed by a 10:30am Rosary Service at the church. Burial will be in the Holy...
Edward R. Jindra
Feb 27, 2014
Funeral services for 98 year old Edward R. Jindra of Schuyler will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 4th at St. Augustines Catholic Church in Schuyler. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday at the Svoboda Funeral Home North Chapel with a Rosary at 7:00 p.m. Visitation will continue Tuesday one hour before services at...
Larry Vanis
Feb 24, 2014
Larry Vanis, 64, of David City, died Monday, February 24, 2014 at Immanuel Health Center in Omaha. Funeral Mass will be 10:00am Friday, Feb. 28 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, David City with Fr. Bernard Kimminau officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with military honors by Kregger Legion Post 125/VFW Post 5814 of David City. Viewing will be...
Emily E. Pacas
Feb 13, 2014
Funeral Services for 87 year old Emily E. Pacas of Schuyler, formerly of Clarkson will be held at 10:30 A.M. Monday, February 17th at the New Zion Presbyterian Church with Rev. Cathy Allen officiating. Visitation will be Sunday from 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. at the church and will continue Monday one hour before services. Burial will be in the...
Clarabelle Kilgore
Feb 10, 2014
Clarabelle Kilgore, 94, of David City passed away on February 10, 2014 at St. Joseph's Villa. Funeral Services will be Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 10:30am at St. Luke's United Methodist Church with Pastor Mark Schutt officiating. Visitation will be Friday from 4-6pm at Chermok Funeral Home and will resume one hour before the service on Saturday at the church....
John J Rerucha
Jan 28, 2014
John J. Rerucha, 95, of David City died Jan. 28 at David Place in David City. Funeral mass will be Monday, February 3, 2014 at 10:00am at St. Mary's Catholic Church with Fr. Bernard Kimminau officiating. Viewing will be Sunday from 12-1pm at St. Mary's with a 1pm Rosary service. Refreshments will follow the rosary at the school auditorium.. There...
George Janak
Jan 17, 2014
George Janak, 88, formerly of Bellwood, passed away on January 17, 2014 at the Grand Island Veterans Home. George was born January 11, 1926 to Albert and Molly (Zima) Janak near Surprise, Nebraska. He attended school through the 8th grade, then he helped his family on the farm. George joined the Navy in June of 1944 and served until July...
Jamie Sindelar
Jan 16, 2014
Jamie was born September 24, 1983 in West Point to James F. and Linda (Donoghue) Sindelar. She graduated from Howells High School in 2002 and from Wayne State College in 2008. Jamie taught English at Douglas County West Middle School in Waterloo for five years before teaching this year at Valley View Middle School in Elkhorn. She coached volleyball, track...
Richard Maresh
Jan 15, 2014
Richard was born May 9, 1926 in Dodge to Emil and Anna (Vogltance) Maresh. He attended St. Wenceslaus grade school and graduated from Dodge High School in 1944. Richard served in the U.S. Army from 1950-1952, serving in Korea. Following his military service, Richard returned to the family farm where he farmed his entire life. On May 22, 1955, Richard...
