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Thressa Vernie Spatanski was born on 7 December 1918 in Genoa, Nance, Nebraska. She and Edgar Martin Judy were married on 8 October 1938 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa.¹ She died on 10 April 2000, at age 81, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa.

Marilyn A. Seeber was born on 1 October 1936 in Howard County, Nebraska. She was divorced Yes.¹ She was married in 1953.¹ She was married in 1995.¹ She died on 9 July 2015, at age 78, in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska. She was buried in Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska.¹

Merle Jean Addison was born on 30 November 1920 in Avaco, Pottawattamie, Iowa. She and Edgar Martin Judy were married in 1954.¹ She died on 12 April 1995, at age 74, in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska.

City Directory Omaha, Nebraska, has her married to Edgar Judy in 1954.

Providenza (Priscilla) Lucile Calabro was born on 23 March 1920 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa.¹ She and Charles Henry Judy were divorced Yes. She and Charles Henry Judy were married on 1 September 1940 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa.¹ She was married on 2 September 1950.¹ She died on 8 January 2018, at age 97, in Tara Hills, Contra Costa, California.¹ She was buried in Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, Dixon, Solano, California.

Charlotte Grace Judy was born on 13 February 1920 in Hastings, Adams, Nebraska. She died on 21 August 1922, at age 2, in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska. She was buried in Grand Island Cemetery, Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska.

Willis Lavern Pollock was born on 21 June 1918 in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska. He and Gretchen A. Judy were married on 24 September 1939 in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska. He died in January 1983, at age 64, in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska. He was buried in Westlawn Memorial Cemetery, Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska.¹

Thomas G. Stithem was born on 6 November 1944 in Broken Bow, Custer, Nebraska. He died on 26 November 2012, at age 68, in Lincoln, Douglas, Nebraska. He was buried in Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Lincoln, Nebraska.¹

The Grand Island Independent
Nov 29, 2012

Thomas G. Stithem, 68, of Grand Island died Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, at Nebraska Heart Institute in Lincoln. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Christ Lutheran Church. The Rev. David Wietzke will officiate. Burial with full military honors will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Fort McPherson National Cemetery near Maxwell. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday at All Faiths Funeral Home.

Mr. Stithem was born Nov. 6, 1944, in Broken Bow to Otto and Ruth Fern (Hartson) Stithem.

Survivors of the immediate family include his wife, Janet; a son and daughter-in-law, Todd and Marla Knecht of Wood River; two daughters, Kimberly Mostek of Hastings and Lisa Knecht of Twin Falls, Idaho; a brother and sister-in-law, Louis and Gwen Stithem of Broken Bow; a sister and brother-in-law, Patty and Jim Welch of York; and six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Evelyn, a granddaughter and grandson.

Thomas was raised and received his education in Broken Bow and Grand Island, graduating from Grand Island Senior High, class of 1962. He proudly served his country in the United States Army serving in Vietnam. On July 7, 1992, he was united in marriage to Janet Pollock. They made their home in Wood River and Grand Island. Thomas was employed for the Nebraska Department of Corrections.

Wayne Ambrose Strawder was born on 31 March 1932 in Wallace, Lincoln, Nebraska. He was married in December 1954.¹ He died on 26 September 2006, at age 74, in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska. He was buried in Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Lincoln, Nebraska.