Albina M. "Albie" Beznoska

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Albie Kucera

Funeral services for Albie M. Kucera, 94, were held Tuesday afternoon at Moser Memorial Chapel in North Bend. Rev. Anderson Kwankin of the United Methodist Church officiated, with music provided by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Diffey.

Burial was at the National Cemetery at Prague, with Robert Allan, Leland Tomasek, Willis Lambrecht, Bill Lambrecht, Don Kruger and Duane Arthur serving as pallbearers.

Albie M. Beznoska was born Aug. 27, 1885 at Morse Bluff, the daughter of Frank and Caroline (Datel) Beznoska. She married Jerry R. Kucera, Aug. 2, 1904 at Wahoo and they farmed near Prague, Hooper and North Bend. He died July 30, 1965.

She was a member of the Methodist Church, was a resident of Birchwood Manor at the time of her death, Saturday, Feb. 9, 1980.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Joe (Olga) Krepel of North Bend; a brother Adolph Beznoska of Lawton, Oklahoma.; sisters, Mrs. Lillie Tomasek, Mrs. Millie Arthur and Mrs. Agnes Muckendorfer, all of North Bend; two grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, a son Ernest, sister Anna, and brothers, Frank, Joe, Jim and Louis.

(Undated, unreferenced clipping courtesy of Caroline Mastny, Schuyler, Nebraska: 1980 handwritten on clipping)

Albina married Jaroslav "Jerry" Rudolph Kucera on 2 Aug 1904 in Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska. Jaroslav was born on 8 Jun 1884 in Prague, Saunders County, Nebraska; died on 30 Jul 1965 in North Bend, Dodge County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Olga married Clarence A. Butcher on 13 Apr 1926 in Nebraska. Clarence was born on 5 Jun 1908 in Nebraska; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Olga married Joseph Krepel on 2 May 1950 in North Bend, Dodge County, Nebraska. Joseph was born on 7 Feb 1910; died in Dec 1983 in North Bend, Dodge County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ernest Kucera

Funeral services were at 2 pm last Wednesday at Moser Memorial Chapel, North Bend, for Ernest G. Kucera, 62, who died Monday, October 20 at his home in Fremont after a short illness.

Surviving are his widow; his mother, Mrs. Albie Beznoska Kucera, North Bend; and a sister, Mrs. Joe (Olga) Krepel, North Bend. He was preceded in death by his father, Jerry R. Kucera.

Mr. Kucera was born at Brainard Sept. 15, 1913. He farmed in Dodge County before moving to Fremont. He was a 20-year employee of Lincoln Sand and Gravel.

He married Eugenia Barta on Aug. 31, 1943, at Hiawatha, Kansas.

The Rev. Audrey Scott officiated, and burial was in Calvary Cemetery, Fremont.

Pallbearers were Robert Barta, Leonard Tomasek, Leland Tomasek, Robert Allan, Raymond Beznoska, and Bill Lambrecht.

Mrs. Ralph Diffey was organist and Mrs. Richard Nott was vocalist.

(Undated, unreferenced clipping courtesy of Caroline Mastny, Schuyler, Nebraska: 1975 handwritten on clipping)

SSN 506-40-8676

Ernest married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married Willis Lambrecht (born 15 Dec 1925) on 21 Dec 1946. They were the parents of Connie Lambrecht (born 25 Nov 1947), who married Don Krueger on 18 May 1968 in North Bend, Nebraska. Connie and Don Krueger had two children, Rebecca Jean who married Dennis J. Hellman of Fairbury and Bill Wayne who married Debra Sue Waiski and has one son. A "Five Generations" picture was published in a local paper showing "Miss Rebecca Jean Kruger, held on the laps of great grandmother, Olga Krepel, and her great grandmother, Albie Kucera. Standing were her grandmother, Dolores Lambrecht and her mother Connie Kruger."