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Ernest T. Prochaska, 80

Ernest T. Prochaska, 80, of Blair, died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005, at Methodist Hospital in Omaha.

Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, at St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church in Blair. Interment will be 11 a.m. Thursday in the Seward Cemetery.

Visitation will begin at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec.6, at Campbell-Aman Funeral Home, with a Rosary at 7:30 p.m. at the church.

Ernest Thomas Prochaska was born Nov. 4, 1925, at Dwight to Ernest and Marie (Kriz) Prochaska. He lived in Dwight, Aurora, Ulysses, Seward and Omaha and, since 1970, in Blair.

He was a World War II veteran, and served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946.

On Aug. 5, 1950, he married Helen Krejci at Ravenna.

Mr. Prochaska was employed by the Omaha Public Schools for more than 22 years, retiring in 1988.

He is survived by his wife, Helen; son and daughter-in-law, Tom and Ann Prochaska; and grand-son and family, all of Springfield; stepsister, Erma (Mrs. Leonard) Skoda of Wahoo; stepbrothers and spouses, Herb and Ann Townsley of Hinesville, Ga., Gene and Dee Payne of Wahoo, Emil and Myrtle Krejci of O’Fallon, Mo.; many nieces and nephews.

Memorials are suggested to the St. Francis Borgia Building Fund.

#2 Omaha World Herald 5 Dec 2005

PROCHASKA----Ernest, age 80, of Blair. Survived by wife, Helen; son and daughter-in-law, Tom and Ann; grandson Mark and Mary, all of Springfield, NE; stepsister, Erma (Mrs. Leonard Skoda), Wahoo, NE; step-brothers, Herb and wife Ann Townsley, of Hinesville, GA, Gene and wife, Dee Payne, Wahoo, NE, Emil and wife Myrtle Krejci, of O’Fallon, MO.

SERVICES 1 pm Wed., St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church. ROSARY Tues 7:30 pm at the Church. Burial 11 am Thurs. Seward, NE Cemetery. Memorials to St. Francis Borgia Building Fund.

CAMPBELL-AMAN FUNERAL HOME Blair, NE 402-426-2191

#3 Funeral Leaflet

In Loving Memory of Ernest T. Prochaska

Born November 4, 1925 Dwight, Nebraska ~ Entered Into Rest December 4, 2005 Omaha, Nebraska

Mass of Christian Burial 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, December 7, 2005 St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church, Blair, Nebraska. Celebrant: Father Alfred Salanitro. Music Provided By: Lynn Sobota. Musical Selections: “On Eagles Wings”, “Ave Maria”, “How Great Thou Art”, “Going Home”

Casket Bearers: Mark Prochaska, Steve Krejci, Gary Krejci, Lou Allen, Rod Skoda, Wayne Skoda

Honorary Casket Bearers: Herb Townsley, John Skoda, Phil Krejci, Gene Krejci, Lyle Allan, Kevin Foster

Graveside Services: 11 A.M. Thursday, December 8, 2005 Seward Cemetery, Seward, Nebraska

Arrangements by Campbell-Aman Funeral Home, Blair, Nebraska

~~~ Obituaries and funeral leaflet courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska~~~

FindaGrave #: 12620626