Goldie Marie Steinacher

1929 - 2012  (82 years)

• Name	Goldie Marie Steinacher  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	5 Mar 1929	Nebraska   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Died	10 Jan 2012	Crete, Saline County, Nebraska   [1, 2]
  Buried	Y  [2]
  Notes	Obituary Goldie Marie (Steinacher) Matejka, 82 years of age of Crete, passed away on January 10, 2012 at Tabitha Care Center of Crete, NE. Goldie was born March 5, 1929 to Tillie (Soukup) and Valentine Steinacher. Goldie was the eldest of four children. She attended school at Milligan. On July 7th, 1949 she married William "Bill" Matejka. Three children were born to this union, Leonard, Don and Lori. The family lived in the Geneva/Milligan area until settling in Dorchester in 1967 until moving to Crete in 1997. Goldie loved to cook and bake. Her specialty was kolaches and dinner rolls. She shared with her family that she made 30 dozen kolaches in one day and she thought she would never get done making those on that day. She had the talent and training to extend a helping hand to others as she volunteered with the Blue Valley organization for many years. She enjoyed playing Bingo and attending auctions with Bill. They would travel to all the local area farmers markets and sell their produce from their garden. She had such a collection of recipes that she published her own cookbook. She was proud of her accomplishments and loved sharing stories with others. On several occasions Goldie would teach words and phrases to her family in Czech to keep her ability to speak and understand her language of national heritage. Goldie would open her home to anybody who needed a place to get a bite of food or need someone to visit with. She always had company at her apartment at Centennial Terrace when family would stop for a visit. Holidays were important for Goldie. She would prepare, cook and bake for more people than were invited. This way everyone would go home with a goodie bag. She was preceded in death by her husband, daughter in infancy, her parents, brother Emil Steinacher and brother and sister-in-law Milo and Linda Steinacher. Goldie is survived by her sons; Leonard and wife, Jane of Loomis, Don and wife Terri of Crete. Five grandchildren; Jennifer Henshaw of Ashburn, VA, Stephanie Matejka of Lincoln, Matthew Matejka of Lincoln, A.J. and Aden Matejka of Loomis. One great-granddaughter Chloe Matejka of Lincoln, sister, Rose Mae Pomajzl and husband Roy of Wilber, Sister-in-Law Shirley Steinacher of Geneva and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services for Goldie will be Friday, January 13, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. at the Farmer & Son Funeral Home - Kotas Chapel in Milligan, Nebraska. Interment will be in the Bohemian National Cemetery. Visitation will begin 1:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday in Milligan. Memorials in care of the family. Farmer and Son Funeral Home, Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy
  Person ID	I5058	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Valentine Steinacher,   b. 11 Feb 1891,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Tillie Soukup,   b. 14 Dec 1909,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	The 2008 Milligan History book notes that in addition to daughter Goldie, they were also the parents of sons Emil and Milo and daughter Rose Mae Steinacher (Mrs. Roy Pomajzl) of Wilber.
  Family ID	F11303	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Matejka,   b. 18 May 1913, Saline County, Nebraska ,   d. 24 Dec 2001, Crete, Saline County, Nebraska  (Age 88 years)
  Married	7 Jul 1949  [3]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Lori Luann Matejka,   b. 28 May 1964, Saline County, Nebraska ,   d. 28 May 1964, Saline County, Nebraska  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2013
  Family ID	F13127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Mar 1929 - Nebraska Died - 10 Jan 2012 - Crete, Saline County, Nebraska  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [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). [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.), # 83309948 (Reliability: 3). [S26] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee, "Milligan Nebraska 1988-2008, Centennial Supplement Book", p. 227 (Reliability: 3).