Marcee Villwok

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Villwok-Tomasek

Craig-Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Villwok of Craig announce the engagement of their daughter, Marcee to Richard Dean Tomasek, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Tomasek of North Bend.

Miss Villwok is a graduate of Oakland-Craig High School and was recently employed by Russell Stover Candies Inc. in Lincoln.

Tomasek is a graduate of North Bend High School and Nebraska Technical College at Milford. He had served with the armed forces and is presently engaged in farming in North Bend.

The couple is planning a March wedding at the First Lutheran Church in Oakland.

(Undated, unreferenced newspaper clipping, courtesy of Caroline Mastny)

Marcee married Richard Dean Tomasek on 12 Mar 1977 in Oakland, Burt County, Nebraska. Richard (son of Leonard Tomasek and Living) was born on 8 Sep 1947 in North Bend, Dodge County, Nebraska; died on 1 Sep 2020 in Madison, Madison County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living

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Leroy J. Villwok, 89 years, of Fremont, NE formerly of Oakland, NE died Thursday, September 24, 2015 at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on September 11, 2015. Leroy was born January 7, 1926 in Elkhorn, Nebraska to Julius and Meta (Labs) Villwok.

He grew up in Waterloo, Nebraska. He served in the U.S. Army from November 30, 1953 to March 2, 1955 and was stationed in Japan. Leroy married Donna Rae Hirt on January 19, 1952 at Bethany Lutheran Church in Elkhorn, NE. He bought the family farm near Waterloo, NE in 1958 and moved to Craig, NE in 1970, where he farmed for 38 years. He sold that farm in 1997 and moved to Oakland. He spent 15 winters in Apache Junction, Arizona. He was a member and president of the Missouri River Volunteer C.B. Club, past member of the American Legion in Craig, section leader of Rain Dance Mobile Home Park in Arizona. He is survived by his wife, Donna Rae of Fremont; son, Mark and wife, Sara Villwok of Coolidge, Arizona; daughters, Marcee and husband, Richard Tomasek of Craig and Rhonda and husband, Gale Miller of Soldier, Iowa; grandchildren, Aaron, Arick, John, Todd, Andrea, Nick, Grace, Jacob, Ryan, and Jared; great grandchildren, Tristen, Katlynn, Amber, Marissa, Katelyn, Kyle, Gavin, and Harper.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Funeral service will be 10:30 A.M., Monday, September 28, 2015 at First Lutheran Church in Fremont. The Rev. Marty Tollefson will officiate. Visitation will be Sunday from 1 PM to 4 PM at Moser Memorial Chapel in Fremont. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church. Military honors will be conducted by the Fremont Honor Guard of V.F.W. Post #854 and American Legion Post #20. Burial will be at the Prospect Hill Cemetery in Elkhorn, NE at a later date.

Memorials may be directed to the family for a designation yet to be determined.

Moser Memorial Chapel, Fremont, Nebraska.

Copied from Find A Grave

Leroy married Donna Rae Hirt. Donna was born on 29 Aug 1932 in Waterloo, Douglas County, Nebraska; died on 11 Oct 2023 in Oakland Heights, Oakland, Burt County, Nebraska; was buried on 15 Oct 2023 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Elkhorn, Douglas, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Donna Rae Villwok was born on Aug. 29, 1932, at Waterloo, Nebraska, to Ben and Agnes (Fallon) Hirt. She passed away Wednesday Oct. 11, 2023, at Oakland Heights in Oakland, Nebraska. Donna grew up on the family farm near Waterloo and attended Waterloo Public School. She graduated in May 1950 as the salutatorian of her class.

She was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Catholic Church in Valley in 1947. During summers she detasseled corn and hoed beans. After graduation she worked at Boys Town running their robotype machines printing out contribution letters.

She married Leroy Villwok of Waterloo on Jan. 19, 1952, at the Lutheran Church in Elkhorn, Nebraska. After they were married, they lived in many different places. On June 11, 1957, their first daughter, Marcee Ellen, was born, two years later Rhonda Rae was born on July 16, 1959, and five years later Mark Leroy was born on March 11, 1964.
In March 1970 they bought and moved to a farm outside of Craig, Nebraska, where they lived for 27 years. They joined the Lutheran Church of Oakland. When they retired from farming, they moved to Oakland and wintered in Arizona for the next 15 years.

In 2011 they moved to Fremont. Leroy and Donna were married for 63 years when Leroy passed away from injuries sustained in a car accident on Sept. 24, 2015.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Leroy Villwok.

(Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy)

Survivors include daughters: Marcee (Randy) Schmidt of Oakland, Rhonda (Gale) Miller of Soldier, Iowa; son, Mark (Sara) Villwok of Coolidge, Arizona; 9 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Memorial Service: Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, 3 p.m., at First Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Memorial Visitation: One hour prior to service at the church.

Private Family Burial: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Elkhorn.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to the family for future designation.
Pelan Funeral Services Oakland
Oakland, NE 68045 402-685-5673

Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy