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Edward Frederick "Ed" Stava

28 Oct 1895 – 15 Aug 1963

Birth28 Oct 1895
Death15 Aug 1963
CemeteryHoly Sepulchre Cemetery
Plattsmouth , Cass County , Nebraska , USA
Added byAndrea Byrom on 12 Aug 2013
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I am Edward Stava's daughter. All the information in this bio is accurate. A copy of his death certificate is located on the JLStava-family tree page on ancestry.com or free on Missouri Digital Heritage - #34142.

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********************************************** EDWARD FREDERICK STAVA, age 68 years, of Crete, Nebraska, died Friday, August 15, 1963 at the Missouri Pacific Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri following complications during surgery. Ed was born in Walnut Grove, Minnesota on October 28, 1895 to Martin George and Anna (Dostal) Stava. He was the second oldest child born to a family of eight children. Ed left home at 14 years of age following the rails and found himself working various jobs on the railroad. It was during this time that Mr. Stava married Miss Augusta Jensen, on June 16, 1916 at Pender, Nebraska; they made their home in Plattsmouth, Nebraska and together had 9 children. Martin, Ralph, Lee Edward, Mary Rose, Jean, John, Anna, Bridget and Joseph. Mrs. Augusta Stava died November 8, 1940 and shortly after her death Mr. Stava moved his family to Douglas, Nebraska where for many years he was the Missouri Pacific Railroad dispatcher. Ed also did two terms as member of the Douglas Village board. Ed met Florence K. (Kaufman) Duda at a town dance in Plattsmouth, Nebraska and they were married on June 30, 1950 in Douglas. Together they had a daughter, Judith Lynn. The new family lived in Douglas until early 1956 when Mr. Stava was promoted to the position of head dispatcher for the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Crete, Nebraska. A position he held until his death. Ed was an avid hunter and fisherman, setting a record in Saline County, for catching one of the largest Channel Catfish in the Blue River, downstream from Crete. A true story tells of a day when the fish were not biting, so Ed decided to throw a dynamite stick into the water. Suffice it to say, he had plenty of fish to take home. He was always making his own lures, bobbins and weights for his fishing expeditions. Ed was a handyman and loved to build things. He designed, and then built his own boat in the basement of his home in Crete. He worked on this boat every spare minute of every day and it was the topic of conversation to many family members and faithful fishing companions. Came the day to take his prized shiny red fishing boat out and put it into the water until he was met with a small snag....he forgot that it needed to go out the basement door and up the steps; the boat was too big for the opening....Problem solved.... knock out the wall of the basement, then rebuild the wall. You gotta have a pretty understanding wife for that....a story better saved for later. Survived by his wife: Florence, Crete; sons, Martin G., Omaha, John L., Paris, France, Joseph, Whittler, California.; daughters, Mrs. Mary (Henry) Dhooge, Wilber, Nebraska, Mrs. Jean (Howard) Bruner, Fort Collins, Colorado, Mrs. Anna (Thomas) Blevins, Geneva, Nebraska, Mrs. Florene (Darrell) Smith, Douglas, Nebraska, Mrs. Shirley (Marvin) Brugman, Wood River, Nebraska., Miss Judith Stava, Crete, Nebraska.; 18 grandchildren; brothers, Thomas, Plattsmouth, NE., Louis, Hot Springs, South Dakota.; sisters, Mrs. Kenneth McCarthy, Mrs. Lester Gaylord, and Mrs. Katherine Spidell, all Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Preceded by: parents, former wife Augusta, son and daughter Lee Edward and Bridget who died in infancy. Funeral Service, Requiem High Mass, Monday, August 18 at 10 a.m., St. Johns Catholic Church, Plattsmouth. Rev. Myron Pleskac officiating., Rosary Sunday 7:30 p.m. at the Caldwell Funeral Home. Interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Plattsmouth, Nebraska Sources: Plattsmouth Journal, Omaha World Herald, The Crete News, St. Louis Dispatch, family records & memories. ______________________________________ NOTE: The Missouri Pacific Hospital , 1755 S. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO. This building is now the Anheuser-Busch Eye Institute of St. Louis University, ********************************************************* Buried in the 6-plot section which has the large DUDA stone. *********************************************************

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