HUSBAND: Emerson Rolland KASPAR
BORN: November 15, 1923, on a farm northwest of Richland, Nebraska
MARRIAGE: Gloria Bernadette MARES, April 6, 1948 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Schuyler, Nebraska
MILITARY SERVICE: United States Navy joined in February 1943. Trained at Farragut, Idaho, Naval Training Station. He also attended service schools at Iowa State University and Sand Diego, CA. On November 11, 1943, he was sent to Hawaii for more instruction on operating and repair of Higgins Landingcraft boats. He spent two years on Majuro and Eniwetok Atolls in the Marshall Islands as his stint during WWII. Emerson returned to the states in 1945 and was honorably discharged on January 26, 1946 after attaining the rating of Motor Machinist Mate 1C.
DIED: October 25, 2017, Albion, Nebraska
FATHER's NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Frank F. KASPAR
MOTHER'S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Anna H. Knopf KASPAR
NOTES: He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Schuyler, Nebraska. Attended grade school at District 12 in Richland, and graduated from Schuyler High School in 1940. After graduation, he worked on various farms and clerked at Becker Grocery in Schuyler, Nebraska. Emerson had blue eyes. Born in Colfax County. Emerson was a land leveler manager which he owned his equipment. Military Rites at funeral by American Legion Crosier Post #226 of St. Edward, Nebraska and American Legion Riders. Interment: St. Edward Catholic Cemetery of St. Edward, Nebraska.
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WIFE: Gloria Bernadette MARES KASPAR
BORN: August 29, 1925 in Colfax County, on a farm Northeast of Schuyler
MARRIAGE: Emerson Rolland KASPAR on April 6, 1948 united in marriage at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Schuyler, Nebraska.
DIED: October 30, 2005
FATHER's NAME and DATE OF BIRTH: Joseph MARES March 9, 1876 in Colfax County, Nebraska
MOTHER's NAME and DATE OF BIRTH: Julia Agnes KROUPA May 30, 1884 in Cepi Moravia, Czechoslavakia
NOTES: Joseph and Julia MARES were married on April 14, 1903. Interment: St. Edward Catholic Cemetery of St. Edward, Nebraska
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CHILD 1: Terrence Emerson KASPAR
SEX: Male
BORN: January 16, 1949 at St. Mary's Hospital, Columbus, Nebraska
MARRIAGE: Anita Ruth DITTER
MILITARY SERVICE: United States Army
DIED: June 22, 2015
NOTES: Married Anita on May 26, 1973 Divorced in May 1994. Three children born to the couple. Deceased child: Michele Jo Ann KASPAR WERTS was born on October 29, 1979 in Columbus Community Hospital, Columbus, Nebraska-died August 9, 2005. Married Brian T Werts on August 13, 2003. Interment St. Edward Catholic Cemetery of St. Edward, Nebraska.
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CHILD 2: [Living]
SEX: Male
BORN:
MARRIAGE Yes
DIED:
NOTES:
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CHILD 3: [Living]
SEX: Female
BORN:
MARRIAGE: Yes
DIED:
NOTES:
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CHILD 4: Carol Jane KASPAR
SEX: Female
BORN: October 22, 1954, Schuyler Memorial Hospital, Schuyler, Nebraska
MARRIAGE: [Living] NORDEEN
OTHER MARRIAGE: [Living] SHEPHERD
DIED: November 8, 2001; buried in Wyoming
NOTES: She was a beautician, had hazel eyes. Married [Living] Nordeen September 14, 1974, divorced in 1984; married [Living] Shephard August 17, 1985. Carol had two children (one boy and one girl).
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CHILD 5: [Living] KASPAR
SEX: MALE
BORN:
MARRIAGE: Yes
DIED:
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CHILD 6: [Living] KASPAR
SEX: MALE
BORN:
MARRIAGE: Yes
OTHER MARRIAGES: Yes
DIED:
NOTES:
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SUBMITTED BY: Bernadine R. JEDLICKA BAUMERT
DATE: March 26, 2018
E-MAIL: gjbaumert@gmail.com
MAILING ADDRESS: (optional) P.O. Box 356, Howells NE 68641-0356