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Eleanor Emma Kassik

Female 1925 - 2011  (86 years)


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  • Name Eleanor Emma Kassik  [1, 2, 3
    Born 22 May 1925  Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Died 28 Nov 2011  Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Buried Ohiowa Public Cemetery, Ohiowa, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • She married Louis MATTHIES and had Lorie, Louis, and Robert. (Milligan, p 328).

      Obituary
      Eleanor Emma Matthies (May 22, 1925 - November 28, 2011)

      Services for Eleanor will be Friday December 2, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. at the Farmer & Son Funeral Home - Kotas Chapel in Milligan, Nebraska. Interment will be in the Ohiowa Public Cemetery. Visitation will begin Thursday at 1:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the Chapel in Milligan. Memorials are in care of the family in lieu of flowers. Eleanor Emma Matthies was born on May 22, 1925 on a farm east of Geneva to Frank and Emma (Suda) Kassik. She passed away at the Fillmore County Hospital on November 28, 2011 at the age of 86 years, 6 months and 6 days.

      She graduated from Milligan High School in 1943 and then taught for a short time at area country schools. She married Louis H. Matthies Sr. on July 13, 1963 at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Ohiowa. He passed away in 1979. To this marriage 4 children were born. They lived on a farm east of Ohiowa.

      She moved to the Villa in Milligan and was currently living in the Exeter Care Center. She was a 44 year member of the American Legion Auxiliary and member of the Milligan and Geneva Senior Citizens. Eleanor cooked at area cafes until her retirement in 1990. She was preceded in death by her parents Frank and Emma Kassik, husband Louis Matthies Sr. and infant daughter Joy Marie. She is survived by her daughter, Lorie Pinkham and husband Scott of Minden, Louis (Butch) Matthies and wife Sherrie of Geneva and Robert (Bob) and wife Janet of Hastings; grandchildren Christopher, Joshua, Callie, Sophie and Ian Pinkham of Minden;Alexander and Catherine Matthies and Erick and Zackary Ackland of Geneva and Lauren and Andrew Matthies of Hastings; brothers Donald F. Kassik and wife Nori of Lawton Ok., Frank Kassik and wife Margaret and Robert Kassik and wife Marjorie all of Milligan.

      (Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy)
    Person ID I20219  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 11 Nov 2023 

    Father Frank William Kassik, Sr.,   b. 21 Nov 1900, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1955, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Emma Alice Suda,   b. 11 Dec 1907, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1998, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Family ID F7234  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Louis H. Matthies, Sr.,   b. 21 Feb 1920, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1979, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Married 13 Jul 1963  Ohiowa, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 1 Dec 2011 
    Family ID F11813  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 May 1925 - Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 13 Jul 1963 - Ohiowa, Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 28 Nov 2011 - Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Ohiowa Public Cemetery, Ohiowa, Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 328 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S548] Belohlavy, Dennis (belohdb@windstream.net) "Family Tree of Dennis L. and Rebecca J. "Becky" (Arnold) Belohlavy ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=belohlavy, (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=belohlavy).

    3. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 81230059 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S564] 1930 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Containing records for approximately 123 million Americans, the 1930 United States Federal Census is the largest census released to date and is the most recent census available for public access. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1930, and contains information about a household?s family members and occupants including: birthplaces, occupations, immigration, citizenship, and military service. The names of those listed in the census are linked to actual images of the 1930 Census.).