Catholic Voice - Omaha
Apr 2008

BRAZDA-Richard, 81. Funeral March 31 at St. Mary Church. 
Interment St. John Cemetery, Bellevue. Preceded in death by 
wife, Rose Marie; parents, Frank and Anna; daughter, Rita Ann; 
sister, Theresa Rice.

BREDEMEYER-Robert H., 56. Funeral April 10 at St. Margaret Mary 
Church. Interment Calvary Cemetery. Preceded in death by parents, 
Dewey M. and Mary M. Bredemeyer. 

BRIZA-William E., 82. Funeral April 14 at St. Gerald Church. 
Interment Hillcrest Cemetery. Preceded in death by parents, 
Hugo Sr. and Mary; sister, Frances Sopinski; brothers, Hugo Jr., 
Charles, Frank and Joseph. 

CAMERON-Russell M., 80. Funeral April 4 at St. Philip Neri Church. 
Inurnment April 5 at St. Mary Cemetery, Mapleton, Iowa. Preceded 
in death by parents, Lyle and Marie Cameron; wife, Maisel; step-son, 
Gary Clausen; brothers, Jerome and Earl; sister, Dorothy. 

CASSELL-Constance "Connie", 90. Funeral April 16 at St. Francis 
Assisi Church. Interment St. John Cemetery, Bellevue. 

CURRO-Gertrude, 93. Funeral April 1 at St. Joseph Church. 
Interment Calvary Cemetery. Preceded in death by 
husband, Salvatore "Sam"; grandson, Scott. 

DAUGHTON-Leola "Lee" (Taucreti), 90. Mass of Christian Burial April 17 
at St. Joan of Arc Church. Interment Calvary Cemetery. Preceded in 
death by parents, Charles and Johanna Wagner; two brothers; four 
sisters; husbands, Tony Taucreti and F. M. Daughton. 

DIGILIO-Joseph E., 44. Funeral 9 a.m., April 19 at Holy Ghost Church. 
Interment St. John Cemetery, Bellevue. Preceded in death by Jerome; 
grandparents, Ed Dworak, and Joseph and Leona Digilio. 

ECKELKAMP-Father David, OFM, 80. Mass of Christian Burial April 7 
at St. Francis Borgia Church, Washington, Mo. Burial in the parish 
cemetery. Preceded in death by parents, William and Mary Ann Eckelkamp.

FATTE-Tina Marie (Caniglia), 89. Funeral April 12 at St. Frances Cabrini. 
Interment Calvary Cemetery. Preceded in death by husband, Victor; 
brothers, Samuel P., Louie and Cy Caniglia. 

FONFARA-Helen E. (Kush), 88. Funeral April 10 at St. Bridget Church. 
Interment Hillcrest Cemetery. Preceded in death by husband, John. 

FOSTER-C.F. "John", 88. Mass of Christian burial April 3 at St. Pius X Church. 
Interment Calvary Cemetery. Preceded in death by wife, Mary. 

GAGNE-Ferdinand (Ferd) L., 89. Funeral 10 a.m., April 21 at Christ the 
King Church. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. Preceded in death by 
first wife, Virginia; brothers, Albert and Clarence. 

GIBSON-Mary Ann, 86. Funeral April 14 at St. Bernard Church. 
Interment Calvary Cemetery. 

GLORIA-Pauline E. (Lieb, Estrado), 87. Funeral April 7 at Sacred Heart 
Church. Interment Hillcrest Cemetery. Preceded in death by 
husband, Joe; 11 brothers and sisters.

HAMAN-Jeanette K., 74. Funeral April 12 at St. Philip Neri church. 
Interment Forest Lawn Cemetery. Preceded by parents, Wesley and 
Dorothy Haman; sister, Betty Noble; brother, Robert Bitney. 

HESS-Robert W., 70. Funeral April 3 at St. Margaret Mary Church. 
Interment Hillcrest Cemetery. 

HOOVER-Craig E., 83. Mass of Christian Burial March 29 at St. Theresa 
Church, Westphalia, Kan. Interment St. Theresa Cemetery, Westphalia.

HOWARD-Charles E., Jr., 75. Funeral April 17 at St. Leo the Great 
Church. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. 

HOWELL-Donald J., 91. Funeral April 4 at the funeral home. 
Interment Calvary Cemetery. Preceded in death by wife, Patricia. 

JAHN-Donald R., 76. Memorial Mass April 1 at St. Peter Church.

JENSEN-Edmund H., 82. Funeral April 8 at St. Stephen the Martyr Church. 
Interment Calvary Cemetery. Preceded in death by parents, Edmund R. 
and Kathryn L. Jensen. 

KOPCHO-Catherine J., 73. Funeral April 5 at St. Gerald Church, Ralston. 
Interment St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery. Preceded in death by 
husband, Nicholas Kopcho.

KOVAR-Luise M. (Meier), 92. Mass of Christian Burial April 15 at Christ 
the King Church. Entombment Calvary Mausoleum. Preceded in death 
by husband, Dr. Riley Kovar. 

KRESL-Sophie R., 73. Mass of Christian Burial April 1 at St. Gerald 
Church, Ralston. Interment Hillcrest Cemetery. Preceded in death 
by parents; sister, Frances. 

KRUGER-Sister Maxine, SSSF, 97. Funeral April 3 at St. Joseph 
Convent, Campbellsport, Wis. Interment Sisters Cemetery, 
Campbellsport, Wis. Preceded in death by parents, Henry and 
Appolonia Kruger. Survived by sister, Bernadette Baggett; brother 
and sister-in-law, Arby and Helen Kruger, Albion; friends; School 
Sisters of St. Francis.

KRUML-Sara Rose "Sallie" (Kelly), 75. Funeral April 9 at Immaculate 
Conception Church. Interment Calvary Cemetery. Preceded in death 
by parents, Dr. James F. Kelly Sr. and Henrietta Kelly; brothers, Thomas 
Kelly and Dr. Gerard Kelly; sisters, Mother Patricia Kelly, Mary Frances 
Manion and Jane Chmelir. 

LACKNEY-Hilda "Pat", 75. Funeral April 4 at St. Mary Church, Bellevue. 
Interment Bellevue Cemetery. Preceded in death by husband, A.J. 

MALFAIT-Julia, 92. Mass of Christian Burial April 14 at St. Gerald 
Church, Ralston. Interment Calvary Cemetery. Preceded in death by 
husband Maurice "Ease"; daughter, Juliann McGinnis; son, Jackie; 
parents; sister, Madeline Bober. 

MANDERS-Robert L., 75. Memorial Mass April 3 at St. Gerald 
Church, Ralston. Preceded in death by wife, Carole Ann Manders. 

MAPES-Jennifer Jude (Carlson), 45. Funeral April 8 at St. Margaret 
Mary Church. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. Preceded in death 
by father, Lawrence Carlson. 

MAURO-Nancy C., 80. Funeral April 5 at Mary Our Queen Church. 
Interment Resurrection Cemetery. 

MAYNES-Mary Beth, 54. Funeral April 11 at Blessed Sacrament Church. 
Interment Forest Lawn Cemetery. Preceded in death by father, Gerald. 

McINTOSH-Norma F. (Leaf), 83. Memorial Mass 1 p.m., April 19 at St. John 
Church, Valley, NE. Interment Fernhill Cemetery, Stuart, Fla. Preceded in 
death by husband, John A. McIntosh Jr.; son, David P. McIntosh. 

McKAMY-Vera Ann (Koutny), 67. Funeral April 10 at St. Stephen the 
Martyr Church. Interment Calvary Cemetery. Preceded in death by parents. 

MICEK-Sister Mary Annunciata, ND, 96. Funeral April 1 at Notre 
Dame Convent. Interment Calvary Cemetery. Survived by Notre 
Dame Sisters; nieces; nephews. 

MICKELLS-Sylvia "Sally", 71. Mass of Christian Burial April 2 at St. Bernadette 
Church, Bellevue. Entombment St. John Mausoleum, Bellevue. Preceded in death 
by son, George Jr.; parents, James and Sylvia McLaughlin; twin sister, 
Shirley Lamberte. 

MONZINGO-Joan (Steinauer), 87. Funeral April 12 at St. Thomas More Church. 
Interment St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery. Preceded in death by husband, Rex C.; 
great-grandson, Maddox Stanfield; parents, Ernest R. and Frances Steinauer; 
brothers, Nick and Ernie Steinauer; sister, Maureen Bovick; 
brother-in-law, Bruce Schlaebitz. 

NOHAVA-Charles J., 89. Funeral April 12 at St. Margaret Mary Church. 
Graveside service April 14 at St. John Cemetery, Bellevue. Preceded in 
death by parents, John and Marie Nohava; daughter, Laura Jean Nohava. 

O'BRIEN-Elizabeth "Bette", 80. Funeral April 1 at St. Robert Bellarmine Church. 
Interment Calvary Cemetery. Preceded in death by husband, Daniel B. O'Brien; 
sister, Phyllis Morrison. 

OLIVER-Chad M., 34. Funeral April 17 at St. James Church. 
Interment Woodbine Cemetery, Woodbine, Iowa. Preceded in 
death by paternal grandparents; maternal grandfather. 

PARKHILL-James R., 71. Memorial Mass 10:30 a.m., May 3 at St. Cecilia 
Cathedral. Private interment Calvary Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa. Survived 
by brother and sister-in-law, David and Del Parkhill, Minneapolis, Minn.; 
nephew; special friend, Beverly Meeks. 

PARKS-Nancy M. (Marchese), 51. Funeral April 4 at St. Thomas More Church. 
Preceded in death by sister, Susan (Marchese) Smith. 

POMIDORO-Katherine A. "Katie", 87. Graveside service April 1 at Calvary 
Cemetery. Preceded in death by husband, Nuncio Pomidoro; brothers, Louie 
Moneto and Ross Moneto; sisters, Virginia Palmisano and Rose Cemore. 

PRENDERGAST-Donata M., 92. Funeral April 7 at St. Thomas More Church. 
Graveside service Evergreen Cemetery, Beatrice. Preceded in death by 
husband, James; two sisters; four brothers. 

RANDOLPH-Dorotheann, 85. Funeral April 12 at the funeral home. 
Interment St. John Cemetery, Bellevue. Preceded in death by 
husband, Donald J. Randolph; grandson, P.J. Cunningham. 

RICHARDSON-Billy D., SMSGT USAF (Ret.), 70. Funeral April 8 at St. Mary 
Church, Bellevue. Interment Bellevue Cemetery. 

RISKOWSKI-Loretta M. (Mruz), 80. Mass of Christian Burial March 31 at 
Holy Ghost Church. Interment St. John Cemetery, Bellevue. Preceded in 
death by husbands, Edward Mruz and Alvin Riskowski. 

SCHMECKPEPER-Mary A. (Kush), 79. Funeral April 15 at St. Adalbert Church. 
Interment Hillcrest Cemetery. Preceded in death by 
husband, Kenneth; son, Joseph. 

SCHOMER-Garrett Lee, 10. Funeral April 18 at St. Pius X Church. 
Interment Forest Lawn Cemetery. 

SCHUMACHER-Gladys, 89. Funeral 10 a.m., April 21 at St. Pius X Church. 
Interment Calvary Cemetery. 

SEMPEK-Frances L. (Galus), 92. Memorial Mass April 12 at St. Frances 
Cabrini Church. Private Inurnment. Preceded in death by husband, Raymond; 
sisters, Antoinette Votrobek, Josie Greenslitt and Cecila Povondra; 
brother, Bernard Galus. 

SKOKAN-Genevieve "Jean" (Swierczek), 84. Funeral April 18 at St. Frances 
Cabrini Church. Interment St. John Cemetery, Bellevue. Preceded in death 
by husband, Godfrey "Bud"; great-grandson, Cody Skokan; parents, Thomas 
and Mary Swierczek; brothers and sisters-in-law, John and Mary Swierczek, 
Frank and Jane Swierczek, and Stanley and Joseph Swierczek; sisters and 
brothers-in-law, Kate and John Anson, Vernie and John Kaczmarek, Rose 
and Walt Rusterholtz, and Vickie Swierczek. 

STAROSKA-Louise L., 92. Funeral March 29 at St. Bridget Church. 
Interment Calvary Cemetery. Preceded in death by husband, Edward 
A. Staroska; parents, John and Barbara Lewandowski; sister, Helen 
Schroll; brother, Al Lewandowski; granddaughter, Tracy. 

STEWART-Mary Jane, 88. Funeral April 10 at the funeral home. 
Interment Calvary Cemetery. Preceded in death by husband, Roland; 
grandson, Ronald G. Janz Jr.; brother and sister-in-law, Raymond 
Murray and Dorothy Sorensen; sisters and brother-in-law, Catherine 
Curry, and Margaret and Jim Weiner. 

STUVA-Bruce, 43. Funeral April 5 at St. Bernadette 
Church, Bellevue. Interment Calvary Cemetery. 

SZYMANSKI-Robert J., 51. Funeral April 14 at Holy Ghost 
Church. Interment Calvary Cemetery. 

TABAKA-Sabina, 61. Mass of Christian Burial April 16 at 
St. Wenceslaus Church. Interment Calvary Cemetery. 

TRACY-Ruth Ann, 74. Funeral 10 a.m., April 19 at Our Lady of Lourdes 
Church. Interment Hillcrest Cemetery. Preceded in death by husband, 
Bernard; brother, David Burke. 

VAIL-Lauretta C. (Barr), 91. Funeral April 1 at St. Columbkille 
Church, Papillion. Interment Hillcrest Cemetery. 

VERA-John R., 80. Funeral April 11 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. 
Interment St. Mary Cemetery. Preceded in death by parents, Manuel 
and Margarita; brother, Philip. 

VOSS-Josephine F., 84. Funeral April 15 at St. Mary Church, Bellevue. 
Interment Bellevue Cemetery. Preceded in death by husband, John B. 

WALSH-Ron J., 75. Funeral April 10 at St. Pius X Church. Interment 
Calvary Cemetery. Preceded in death by daughter, Lisa Marie; 
parents, Robert and Clara Walsh. 

WESTON-John R. "Jack", 81. Funeral April 8 at Christ the King 
Church. Interment Calvary Cemetery. 

ZELENY-Ronald E., 68. Funeral April 1 at Ss. Peter and Paul Church. 
Interment St. John Cemetery, Bellevue. Preceded in death by father, 
John Sr.; brother, John Jr.; sister, Donna Jean Zeleny. 

ZUERLEIN-William J., 83. Funeral April 16 at St. Mary Church, Bellevue. 
Interment Bellevue Cemetery. Preceded in death by wife, Mary Ann; 
granddaughter, Elizabeth. 

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