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Elmer Reese Long was born on 7 December 1911 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.^1,2 He died on 14 July 1965, at age 53, in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.^1,2

William Reese Long was born on 11 May 1942 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.^1,2 He died in July 1987, at age 45, in Fairfield, Adams, Pennsylvania.^1,2

Keith Gordon Springen was born on 8 July 1938 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.^1,2 He died on 22 May 2003, at age 64, in Vienna, Fairfax, Virginia.^1,2 He was buried in Miami Valley Memory Gardens, Springboro, Warren, Ohio.²

Walter William Hoshor was born on 14 October 1914 in Butler County, Nebraska.^2,3 He and Clarabelle Maxine Treadway were married on 29 January 1945 in Oakland, Alameda, California.¹ He died on 26 July 2002, at age 87, in Saint Edward, Boone, Nebraska.^2,3 He was buried in Bellwood Cemetery, Bellwood, Butler, Nebraska.²

U.S. Navy- SeaBees- 1942-1945.¹ Walter William Hoshor was an owner/Operator Bellwood Lumber Company.¹ St. Edward- Walter William Hoshor, 87, of St. Edwards died Friday, July 26, 2002, at Countryside Home in Madison,

Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Methodist-Presbyterian Church in St. Edward with the Rev. Tom Henstock officiating. Graveside services are 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Bellwood Cemetery in Bellwood with military rites conducted by the Lavern Schmit Post 327 of Bellwood.

Visitation is 4-6 p.m. today at Miller-Levander Funeral Home in St. Edward.

Mr. Hoshor was born Oct. 14, 1914, to Clarence and Ann (Rose) Hoshor in Bellwood. He graduated from Bellwood High School in 1934 and was on the state championship Bellwood basketball team his senior year.

He entered the U.S. Navy in 1942 and was a SeaBee in the Naval Const. Battalion in the South Pacific. He was honorably dischared in 1945.

On Jan. 29, 1945, he married Clarabelle M. Treadway, Oakland, Calif. The couple lived in Butler County where he worked on the railroad. After World War ll, he worked as a carpenter and owned and operated the Bellwood Lumber Company. He semi-retired in 1987, but continued to do some carpentry work.

The couple moved to St. Edward in 2000.

He was a 50 year member of Bellwood Methodist Church before moving to St. Edward when he became a member of the United Methodist-Presbyterian Church there. He was a member of the Bellwood Fire Department and the town board in Bellwood. He was a member of the Lavern Schmit American Legion Post 327 in Bellwood and then later a member of the Crosier American Legion Post 226 of St. Edward. He served as the president of the school board, president of the Cemetery Board, and was on the Bellwood United Methodist Church Board. He was an avid baseball player. He played for the Mid-State League; he also coached and managed the Women's Kitten Softball Team in Bellwood in the 1930s. He also enjoyed hunting and fishing.

Survivors include his wife; one son, Keith M. (Sheila) Hoshor, two grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and one sister-in-law, Orietha (John) Hoshor of David City.

He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers and sisters in childhood; and another brother, John.

Joseph (Joe) T. Kopecky was born on 29 December 1925 in David City, Butler, Nebraska.^2,3 He died on 12 January 2012, at age 86, in Octavia, Butler, Nebraska.^2,3 He was buried in Catholic Cemetery of Presentation Church and Saint, Bellwood, Butler, Nebraska.²

Joseph (Joe) T. Kopecky was a Farmer/Trucker.¹ Joe T. Kopecky, 86, of Octavia, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, at his home.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Presentation Catholic Church, in Marietta, with Father Joseph Steele officiating. Committal will be in the Presentation Cemetery in Bellwood.

Visitation will be 3-7 p.m. Sunday, with a 7 p.m. rosary service, at Kracl Funeral Chapel in David City, continuing 9-10 a.m. Monday at the church.

Memorials suggested to the Presentation Catholic Church or Aquinas Guardian Angel Fund.

There will be a lunch at the KC Hall in David City.

Joe was born Dec. 29, 1925, in David City, to Bohumil and Anna (Justyn) Kopecky.

He attended Marietta School and graduated in 1943. On May 20, 1946, he married Dorothy Treadway at the Presentation Catholic Church in Marietta. She died May 4, 1993.

Joe was a member of Presentation Catholic Church where he also served as a Parish Acolyte. He was an Honorary Third and Fourth Degree Member of the Knights of Columbus. He also was a member of the Eagles Club and Aquinas Booster Club. Joe farmed until 1996 and did commercial trucking for 50 years. He was a football referee for 40 years and a basketball referee for 20 years.

He is survived by three sons, Donald Kopecky, of Aurora, Colo., Rick (Eileen) Kopecky, of Octavia, and Jack (Karen) Kopecky, of Altoona, Iowa; one daughter, Jody Kopecky, of David City; nine grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; three sisters, Agnes Orcutt, of Omaha, Hattie Bougger, of Brainard, and Marie Johnson, of North Bend.

He was preceded in death by his wife; parents; two brothers, Steve and Rudy Kopecky; and a sister, Anne Widener.

Kracl Funeral Chapel, of David City, is in charge of these arrangements.

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