Irena Stella Bors

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In Loving Memory Of Irene S. Stejskal
Irene Stella Stejskal was born March 10, 1916, the only child of Joseph and Christina (Bors) Stejskal on a farm southeast of Friend, Nebraska and passed away Sunday, January 8, 2012 at the Friend Manor in Friend at the age of 95 years 9 months and 29 days. As a young girl she attended country school District #94 near Friend. On November 20, 1935, she was united in marriage to Louis Stejskal at the Catholic Rectory in Milligan and to this union four children, Marvin, Phyllis, David and Dianne were born.
Together they made their home on a farm southeast of Friend until 1956 when they moved into Wilber, later in 1968 they moved into Friend. In 1999, Irene resided at the Friendship Terrace. She was a member of the ZCBJ Tabor Lodge #74. Irene was an excellent cook and was well known for her Sunday dinners of fried chicken and all the trimmings. She always raised a garden and shared the bounty with her family, as well as "putting by" plenty for her table over the winter months. She was a quiet, caring mother with a gentle personality who cared deeply for her children and her family.
She is survived by her daughters and son-in-law, Dianne and Ron Corbett, Friend, Phyllis Schmucker, Denver, CO, son and daughters-in-law, David and Cheryl Stejskal, Crete, daughter-in-law, Mary Jane Stejskal, Lincoln, ten grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, brother-in-law and sisters-in-law, Dallas and Shirley Stejskal, Norwalk, CA, Deloris Stejskal, Ralston, NE, and a host of other relatives and friends.
Irene was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Louis in 1992, son, Marvin in 2003, and her son-in-law, George Schmucker, and several brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.
A Funeral Service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 12, 2012 at Lauber-Moore Funeral Home, Friend with Rev. Roger Wolfe officiating. Interment will be in the Wilber Czech Cemetery, Wilber. Visitation will be on Wednesday, 1-8pm with family receiving relatives from 5:30-7 pm and until service time on Thursday at Lauber-Moore Funeral Home, Friend. Memorials have been established to Warren Memorial Hospital Foundation and Tabitha Foundation. Pallbearers are Russel Schmucker, Daniel Stejskal, Greg Ricenbaw, Tom Janecek, Michael Bietz and Eric Bresson.

Lauber-Moore Funeral Home, Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy

Family/Spouse: Louis John Stejskal. Louis (son of Louis "Lou" Stejskal and Katherine Mary Kucera) was born on 14 May 1915 in Nebraska; died on 8 Jul 1992 in Friend, Saline County, Nebraska; was buried in Wilber Czech Cemetery (Bohemian-Slavonian Cemetery), Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]