Deaths and Funerals Shorts and Rood Families
Short obituary notes Mrs. Zella Shorts 76 of 3010 16th Street died at Columbus Hospital. Funeral arrangements to be announced. Mrs. Sarah E. Rood 83 of Silver Creek died after a yearlong illness. Services Wednesday at United Methodist Church Silver Creek with burial there. Visitation Tuesday at McKown Funeral Home. Rood family details and survivors listed. memorials to Green Memorial Alliance Church Lincoln. Also notes Ordematt Odermatt and Mrs. George Spitz deaths. funeral details and survivors included. Memorials to American Cancer Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shorts
Mark
Zella) Shorts
16Th Street
Columbus Hospital
McKown Funeral Home
Rood
John AH
Sarah E.) Rood
Silver Creek
Central City
United Methodists Church
Mike McCutcheon
Lincoln
Platte County
Lindsay
Martin
Anna
Metta) Christensen
John H. Rood
Palestine Baptist Church
Columbus
Women’s Relief Corps
Arvada
Colo
Lynn D. Crozier
Barbara Randall
Thomas Rood
Aurora
Alfred
Canby
Ore
Einar
Pat
Hubbard
Richard
St. Edward
Otto
Albany
Oscar
Geneseo
Ill
Clarence
Anna) Nelson
Genoa
Martha Petersen
Junction City
Erma Crozier
Willard
Green Memorial Alliance Church
Odermatt
Werner Odermatt
East
North Bend
Schuyler
North Bend Catholic Church
Spitz
John
Elsia (Connor
George Spitz
Dakota City
Polk County
St. Mary Catholic Church
Pilsno
Rural Osceola
Altar Society
S.U.R. Club
Gerald
Houston
Tex
Virgil
Shelby
Orville
Rising City
Delmar
Duane
Gaylord
Melba) Gewecke
Roy Pridy
Apple Valley
Calif
Louise Gibbler
Kelso
Wash
Hulda Hughes
Long Beach
Marine Pfc Jospeh
Millingen
Tenn
Teresa
Karen
Gloria
Eva Kresha
Holdrege
Osceola
Charles
Humphrey
Arthur
Wilfred
Bill
Amelia Lukassen
Canon City
Lillian Witulski
Beatrice
Mary Lukassen
Kimball
Rita Kresha
Sacramento
Leo
Adolph Kresha
George and
Garhart
Mike
Bakersfield
Sophia Kresha
Mitchell
Ann Hansel
Reseda
Rose Hilger
David City
American Cancer Society
Hospital Names and Moves in Central Nebraska Listings
Columbus and surrounding communities report hospital admissions and discharges. Notable entries include Alvin Cooney and Nancy Viergutz among admissions at Columbus Hospital, and several births at Boone and Schuyler Hospitals with March dates. Dismissals include Constance Leifeld and others from Albion Randolph Tekumah and Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Hospital
Alvin Cooney
Edwin Eden
Platte Center
Anthony Drozd
Duncan
Nancy Viergutz
Henry Konwinski
Silver Creek
Tonia Becker
Shelly Dreifurst
Carolina Eller
Gregory Henninger
Paul E. Scharff Jr
Columbus
Kevin Vondruska
Schuyler
Francis Lloyd
Lindsay
Constance Leifeld
Albion
Douglas Manzer
Randolph
Richard Doty
Tekumah
New principal named for Stromsburg Junior Senior High
Stromsburg Public Schools announce Morris Gillaspie as principal for the 1977 78 year. A Emporia State College graduate, he now teaches at Republican Valley High School and will pursue a master’s degree at Kearney State College this summer. He has taught and coached in Campbell Nebraska and Smith Center Kansas. Gillaspie is married with a one year old daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stromsburg
Morris Gillaspie
Emporia
Kan
State College
Gillaspie
Republican Valley High School
Kearney State College
Campbell, Neb
Smith Center
Personal notices fill weeks with travels baptisms and visits
The column lists Mr. and Mrs. Harold Goodwin returning from a 3 1/2 month vacation including a 14 day Caribbean cruise and winter at Indian Rocks Beach Florida. Ruth Groteluschen returned from Escondido California after a month with relatives and attended the Dinah Shore Show in Los Angeles. Mary Kathryn Pierce was baptized at St Patrick Fremont with Dan Schmitz and family as sponsors. Mary Kathryn born March 10 in Dodge County Memorial weighs eight pounds. The column notes various returns visits to Chicago San Clemente San Diego Las Vegas and other locales plus a family birthday in Beatrice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Goodwin
Caribbean
Venezuela
Indian Rocks Beach
Fla
Ruth Groteluschen
Escondido
Calif
Ted Matzen
del Dios
Encinitas
Redondo Beach
Orange
Dinah Shore
Los Angeles
St. Patrick Catholic Church
Fremont
Mary Kathryn Pierce
Larry Pierce
Dan Schmitz
John
Clayton Pierce
Plattsmouth
Walt Wrable
Columbus
Brenda
Julie
Danielle Schmitz
Bernard Urbanek
Mike
Tommy
Mary Kathryn
Dodge County Memorial Hospital
Ray Gattermeyer
A.J. Kalin
Steinauer
Bob Goracke
Beatrice
Paul
City Briefs and Club Meetings Highlight Local Events
Rotary Club speaker Jack Graham of the Valley of Hope Assn discusses Drug Rehabilitation at noon at Elks Country Club with Lee Berkheimer as program chair. Also noting Book Review at Virginia Smith’s home with Judy Dworak evaluator, Right to Life meeting on March 24, American Legion Junior Auxiliary gathering, rummage reminder for several orders, Earlybird Toastmasters news, European trip slides at Ladies Auxiliary, Izaak Walton events, Alanoa Alateen meetings, Overeaters Anonymous, Elks Ladies Stagette luncheon, Blue Rock Shooters start dates and contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Jack Graham
The
Valley of Hope Assn
Elks Country Club
Lee Berkheimer
Blue Rock
Izaak Walton
Lark Bar
Spiegel wins Green Pancake Contest at parish feed
Tim Spiegel son of Mr and Mrs Bob E Spiegel topped the field by eating 12 pancakes to win the Green Pancake Contest during a free pancake feed at Saint Michael Catholic Church. About 1000 people attended the event which used 100 pounds pancake flour 200 pounds sausage 10 pounds coffee 10 gallons syrup and 300 half pints of milk. Organizers aim to make the meal an annual affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albion
Tim Spiegel
Bob E. Spiegel
Chamber of Commerce
Saint Michael Catholic Church
Weber Heads Nationwide School Group
Dr. Del C. Weber of Columbus, former Fremont resident, elected president of the Association of Colleges and Schools of Education in State Universities and Land Grant Colleges in Washington. Weber is dean of the Arizona State University College of Education. The group includes about 125 member institutions and affiliated private universities such as Harvard, Columbia, Stanford and USC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del C. Weber
Columbus
Charles Weber
Association of Colleges and Schools of Education
Washington, D.C
Weber
Arizona State University College of Education
Columbus High School
Midland College
Fremont
University of Nebraska
Harvard
Columbia
Stanford
Southern California
Nebraska Hero Award for Glenn Hovie
Glenn Hovie of Columbus receives the Nebraska Hero’s Award from the Nebraska Funeral Directors Association for rescuing one year old Jill Paprocki from a smoke filled home on December 17 1976. Hovie crawled through dense smoke to reach the crying infant, saving her from suffocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Funeral Directors Association
Glenn Hovie
Columbus
Nebraska
Hovie
Jill Paprocki
First woman senator visits Albion from Nebraska Legislature
Nell Krause of Albion, the first woman to serve in Nebraska’s Legislature in 1946 47, attended the second meeting of past state legislators in Lincoln. Sen Donald Dworak introduced her at a Nebraska Club banquet as more than 100 alumni met the current Unicameral body. The weather note records Vero Beach Florida 93 degrees and Valentine Nebraska four below zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albion
Nebraska
Lincoln
Nell Krause
New York
UPI
National Weather Service
Alaska
Hawaii
Vero Beach
Fla
Valentine
Neb
Record of Break-Ins and Court Actions In County
Break ins at Mueller Schoeps Dry Wall Potters Grocery and Columbus Hydraulics reported with cash or change taken and vandalism noted. County court actions include multiple minors in possession charges and traffic related offenses with fines and costs. Several traffic accidents list names and damages across multiple locations with substantial losses in some cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mueller & Schoeps Dry Wall Inc
Potter’s Grocery
Columbus Hydraulics
Constance E. Mimick
Shelby
Theodore Kurtenbach
Stevan van Schooten
Norfolk
Richard L. Molacek
Ricky J. Ritzdorf
Columbus
Ronald D. Garretson
Creston
Larry D. Meyer
Donald Ingwersen
David City
Noland Beisner
Columbian Village
George H. Schaecher
27Th Street
Clarence D. Bruns
7Th Street
Jack
Tempo
Felicia A. Swett
St. Edward
Evelyn N. Tylle
5Th Street
13Th Street
Easter Seal Telethon Volunteers Set for 18 Nebraska Communities
Residents of Platte County join a statewide 18 community effort to raise funds for the Easter Seal Society. American Legion Auxiliary and Veterans of Foreign Wars groups operate a 20 hour pledge line on WOWT channel 6 Omaha March 26 and 27. Virginia Kirchner says Columbus volunteers handle calls at 564 5823.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platte County
Nebraska
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Army
Virginia Kirchner
Columbus
American Legion Auxiliary
WOWT
Channel 6
Omaha
Also Mentioned on This Page
Osceola High School
Mesa College
Grand Junction
Eugene Thomas
Pleasant Hill
Walsenburg
Boulder
Castle Rock
Schuyler Hospital
Daniel Swasek
Harold White
David Kaminski
Marcia Huss
Allan Motycka
Leigh
Faye Schiefelbein
Clarkson
Neleigh Perkins
Air Charter
Europe
Frankfurt
London
Munich
Zurich
Chicago
Allied Tour & Travel, Inc
U.S. 30 Center
Holiday Inn
Kelly Miller
Kenny Kopecky
Steve VanDeWalle
Cedar Rapids
Diane McCray
Fullerton
Marian Keller
Boone
Nance
Platte
Jim Pillen
Schweser’s
David Kincaid
Mrs
Milo Kincaid
William Gregorius
Tom McCray
San Clemente
San Diego
Palm Springs
Las Vegas
I.D. Papa
Mary Carr
Litchfield
Virginia Smith
Judy Dworak
Right To Life
Columbus Area
Right
Equitable Community Room
Bonnie and
Paul Ramaekers
the Legion Hall
Job
Masonic Temple
Earlybird
Mike Langan
Randy Schwalke
Gary Shipley
Dan Sterup
Gale Kennedy
Columbus Fire Department
Art Roth
Alanoa
Alateen
American Legion Club
21St Avenue
Spiegel Wolfs
National
Earl Mall
John Hill
12Th Street
Nebraske
24Th Avenue
Delbert J. Klevemann
College View
Mildred L. Salak
17Th Street
26Th Avenue
Kathleen K. Dreesen
28Th Street
David Herbert Kuper
Council Bluffs
12Th Avenue
Richard Lee Biolas
9Th Avenue
Della M. Loeffler
15Th Street
Michael A. Loseke
Robert D. Lucht
Country View
25Th Avenue
Lorna P. Cuza
29Th Street
Daniel K. Riley
18Th Avenue
Monroe
Michelle R. Schmidt
Kirk K. Cisler
Crete
Michael Prokopek
Camp Pawnee
Eens Columbus
Sissy Spacer
Piper Laurie
G. Dunker—Schuyler
Gibson Pharmacy
23Rd Street
By Jim Uhlmann
Posses
Andersons
U.S. Hwy
Anderson Floral CO. Inc
26Th Ave
23Rd St
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