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Alice Vachuta Vrbas
12 May 1922 – 14 Jan 2014
| Birth | 12 May 1922 |
| Death | 14 Jan 2014 |
| Cemetery | Rose Hill Cemetery Stratton , Hitchcock County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Lynet Vrbas Purnell on 02 Jul 2014 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123542183 |
Bio
Alice Vrbas was born May 12, 1922 to Joseph and Marie (Podskubka) Vachuta in Rawlins County, Kansas. Alice passed away January 14, 2014. Alice received her elementary education at Lone Tree School in Rawlins County, Kansas. She walked ¾ miles to and from school except when it snowed. She graduated from McDonald Rural High School, McDonald, Kansas in 1940. She was married at St. John's Church in 1942 to Blase Vrbas. She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Stratton, Nebraska and served offices for the Altar Society. She was treasurer for the Grant Deanery. She taught CCD. She was a 4-H sewing leader for 20 years and received a pin for her services. She was a treasurer one term for the Hitchcock County Council. She participated in Ground Observers Corp. She loved to work in her vegetable and flower gardens. Many flowers were put on the altar at church. Her special flower was her tea roses. It was her pride and joy to give produce to friends, relatives and nursing and retirement homes. She liked baking her Czech recipes. She would always have kolaches, cinnamon rolls, M&M cookies and cupcakes in the freezer. Alice was preceded in death by: parents; husband, Blase Vrbas; grandson, James Purnell, infant grandson, Christopher Mendoza and grandson-in-law, Keith Blomme. Survivors are: daughters, Sharon and husband, Richard Polson of Stratton, Nebraska, Verneta and husband, Donovan Dirks of Omaha, Nebraska, Charlene and husband, Robert Mendoza of Gering, Nebraska and Lynet and husband, Robert Purnell of Trimble, Missouri; son, Gaylord and wife, Ronda Vrbas of Stratton, Nebraska; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren; sisters: Mary Schwerdt of Benkelman, Nebraska and Julia Diehl of Stratton, Nebraska and a host of family and friends. Funeral Mass was 10:00 A.M. (CST), Satuday, January 18, 2014 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Stratton, Nebraska with Father Tom Wiedel as officiator. Interment was in Rose Hill Cemetery, Stratton, Nebraska.
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