Local obituaries for Moravec Johnson Mortuary
William Armagost
Apr 18, 2011
William "Bill" Armagost age 86 of Fairbury and formerly of David City, passed away Monday April 18, 2011 at Heritage Care Center in Fairbury. A Celebration of Bill's Life will be held on Friday April 22, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Congregational Christian Church in David City with Pastor Jack McDonald officiating. Inurnment with Military Honors by Kregger Legion Post...
Thomas Richards
Apr 10, 2011
Thomas W. Richards, 91, of Rising City, died Sunday, April 10, 2011 at David Place in David City. Funeral Services will be Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 10:00am in the United Methodist Church of Rising City with Pastor Glenn Hubbard officiating. Burial will be in Circle Mound Cemetery. Viewing will be Friday, from 4-7pm at Chermok Funeral Home and on...
Mary Webber
Apr 9, 2011
Mary L. Webber, 53, of David City, died Saturday, April 9, 2011 at her residence. Funeral Services are 11:00 am Thursday, April 14, the Swedeburg Covenant Church in Wahoo, Nebraska. A private family inurnment will take place at a later date. The family will greet friends from 5 - 7 pm Wednesday at Chermok Funeral Home. Mary was born August...
Maureen Lnenicka
Apr 7, 2011
Maureen Lnenicka, 71, died Thursday, April 7, 2011 at her residence. Memorial Services will be on Monday April 11, 2011 at 2:00 PM at St. Luke's United Methodist Church in David City with Rev. Mark Schutt officiating. Inurnment will take place at a later date. There will be no visitation. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes for donations to...
Donna Deavers
Apr 3, 2011
Donna L. Deavers, 81, of David City, passed away Sunday April 3, 2011 at St. Joseph's Villa in David City. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 am Thursday, April 7 at the United Methodist Church in Rising City with Pastor Glenn Hubbard, officating. Visitation wil be Wednesday, April 6 from 5 - 7 pm at Chermok Funeral Home in...
Stanley Prokes
Apr 3, 2011
Stanley was born September 5, 1915 north of Rogers, NE. He attended Colfax County rural school and graduated from Schuyler High School in 1933. Following graduation he attended Radio and Refrigeration School. During his youth he worked in Schuyler and then in 1937 he took up farming. On May 22, 1938 he married Agnes Vavricek at the First Presbyterian Church...
Blanche Bazata
Mar 31, 2011
Blanche was born June 17, 1911 south of Dodge to Henry and Frances (Vrbicky) Diesterhaupt. She attended St. Wenceslaus Catholic School in Dodge. On October 7, 1930 she married Frank R. Bazata at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Dodge and they lived on a farm north of Howells until they retired in 1957. Blanche then worked at the grocery store...
Wilma J. Blum
Mar 29, 2011
Wilma was born March 19, 1920 southeast of Howells to Frank J. and Mary (Evert) Karel. She received her education in Colfax County rural school and schools near Leigh and Enola. Following her graduation from Enola High School in 1937 she attended the Grand Island School of Business for two years. Wilma worked for the Military Intelligence Division of the...
Elizabeth Ostrander
Mar 25, 2011
Elizabeth was born June 30, 1911 in Octavia to Samuel and Jennie (Keller) Breidenstine and she graduated from Schuyler High School in 1930. On July 10, 1934 she and Everett Ostrander were married in Springfield, NE. They lived in Schuyler before moving to Omaha where Everett worked as a mason and Elizabeth worked at Burke High School. Elizabeth moved back...
Emil Spatz
Mar 19, 2011
Emil Spatz, 94, of Brainard, passed away Saturday, March 19, 2011 at David Place in David City. A funeral mass will be held at 10:30 am on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Brainard. Visitation will be held from 4:00 - 8:00 pm Tuesday, March 22 at Holesovsky Mortuary in Brainard. Visitation will continue at Holy...
Georgia Svatora
Mar 16, 2011
Georgia was born January 27, 1924 at Abie to Edward and Jennie (Voboril) Zeleny and she graduated from Octavia High School. On April 8, 1942 she married William Hoskovec.and in 1961 they moved to Schuyler and owned and operated Hoskovec Grocery Store. In 1981 Georgia closed the business and married Elmer Svatora September 18, 1981. Georgia was active in the...
Arlene Houdek
Feb 22, 2011
Arlene was born February 4, 1954 in Schuyler to Lumir and Emily (Juva) Houdek. She was employeed in the Maintenance Department at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln for many years. She enjoyed collecting dolphins and bells and spending time with her family. Arlene died at her home in Lincoln unexpectedly on February 22nd. Arlene is survived by her son,...
Edward Dvorak
Feb 19, 2011
Edward Dvorak, 93, of Omaha died Saturday, February 19, 2011 in Omaha. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at Holesovsky Mortuary in Brainard with Pastor Glenn Hubbard officiating. Visitation will be one hour before services at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Bohemian National Cemetery in Brainard with military graveside services under...
John Bongers
Feb 16, 2011
John D. Bongers, 74, of David City, died Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at St. Joseph's Villa in David City. Funeral Mass will be Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 10:00am at the Aquinas Chapel, David City, Nebraska. Viewing will be Friday, from 6-7pm followed by a 7pm parish rosary also at the Aquinas Chapel. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery,...
Benedict J. Kobza
Feb 14, 2011
Benedict "Ben" J. Kobza, 77, of Bellwood, died Monday, February 14, 2011 at St. Josephs's Villa in David City. Benedict Kobza was born October 31, 1933 to Emil and Elizabeth(Duhon) Kobza of Brainard. Ben was born into a family of twelve children with him being the second youngest in the family. His formative years were spent growing up on a...
Elsie Simodynes
Feb 10, 2011
Elsie M. Simodynes. 91, of David City, passed away Thursday, February 10, 2011 at St. Joseph's Villa in David City. Funeral Mass will be Monday, February 14, 2011, at 10:00am in St. Mary's Church with Fr. Bernard Kimminau officiating. Burial will be in the St. Mary's Cemetery. Viewing will be Monday, from 9-10am at the church with a 9:30 parish...
Reinold Rhode
Feb 10, 2011
Reinold was born August 31, 1932 in Dodge to Joseph and Theresa (Knust) Rhode. He attended elementary school at Olean and graduated from Howells High School in 1950. He served in the Navy from 1950 to 1954 and then returned to Howells where he was employed at Farmers Union Co-Op for 35 years until he retired in 2000. He and...
Laverne Heins
Feb 7, 2011
Laverne L. Heins, 88, of Surprise, passed away Monday, February 7, 2011 at the Butler County Health Care Center in David City. Funeral Service will be Friday, February 11, 2011 at 11:00 am in Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rising City with Pastor David Schultz officiating. Burial will be in Faith East Cemetery, rural Rising City. Viewing will be Thursday...
Mary Scholz
Feb 5, 2011
Mary J. Scholz, 95, of Bellwood, passed away Saturday, February 5, 2011 at David Place in David City. Funeral Mass will be Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 10:30am in St. Peter's Catholic Church, Bellwood with Fr. Jay Buhman officiating. Burial will be in Sts. Peter and Mary Cemetery, rural Bellwood. Viewing will be Wednesday from 2-4pm at Chermok Funeral Home,...
Joe Hegemann
Feb 5, 2011
Joe was born March 24, 1938 at Howells to Theodore and Dorthea (Pieper) Hegemann. He attended Howells Catholic Schools, graduated from Howells High School in 1956 and attended Northeast Technical College in Norfolk. On June 10, 1961 he and JoAnn Svoboda were united in marriage at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Schuyler. Joe loved farming and raising hogs. He also...
