Colfax Co., NE - Sun Misc. 1977 Obits
COLFAX COUNTY, NEBRASKA
Miscellaneous Obituaries Reported in the Schuyler Sun (1977)


ONDRACEK, ELIZABETH (VAFEK) [November 28, 1885 - February 21, 1977]
ELIZABETH ONDRACEK FUNERAL WEDNESDAY
    Funeral service was held Wednesday for Elizabeth Ondracek, 91, former Schuyler resident, who died Monday in Omaha.
    Father Jerome H. Dickes officiated at 2 p.m. at Svoboda Funeral Home. Burial was in Schuyler Cemetery.
    The daughter of Frank and Anna Rychly Vafek, she was born Nov. 28, 1885, in Chlumu, Czechoslovakia. She came to Colfax County from Czechoslovakia in 1911, and moved to Schuyler in 1948. her husband Charles J. Ondracek died April 13, 1957. Mrs. Ondracek moved to Omaha in 1971. She was a member of the ZCBJ Lodge of Schuyler.
    Survivors include five daughters, (Blanche) Mrs. Alfred Radek, (Georgia) Mrs. Frank Paskach, (Julie) Mrs. Rudy Volenec, (Marie) Mrs. William Sorenson, all of Omaha; (Elsie) Mrs. Julien Hall, Bellevue; four sons, Joseph B., Howells, John, Scribner, Charles, Roundup, Mont., Laddie, Tulsa, Okla.; 31 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
    Two daughters, one brother and one sister also preceded her in death.
[The Schuyler Sun, Thursday, February 24, 1977 - submitted by Elizabeth Sebranek]

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