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Dolores Margaret Petersen Cech

21 Jul 1927 – 25 May 2015

Birth21 Jul 1927
Death25 May 2015
CemeterySchuyler Cemetery
Schuyler , Colfax County , Nebraska , USA
Added byTeresa on 13 Oct 2022
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DODGE — Dolores Margaret Cech, 87, of Dodge, formerly of Schuyler, passed away Monday, May 25, 2015, at Columbus Community Hospital in Columbus. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 28, at First Presbyterian Church in Schuyler. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Wednesday with a 7 p.m. prayer service at Svoboda Funeral Home North Chapel. Burial will be in Schuyler Cemetery. Dolores was born July 21, 1927, at Cedar Bluffs, the daughter of George and Mary (Brousek) Petersen. She received her elementary education at a Dodge county rural school district and graduated from North Bend High School in 1945. She married Frank L. Cech on Sept. 21, 1948, at St. Patrick's Church at Clyde, North Bend. They lived in Schuyler where Schuyler Lumber is now located. They purchased the George Keller farm northwest of Schuyler where they moved in 1963. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Shipmates and Friendship Circle. She entered the Parkview Nursing Home in Dodge on Feb. 20, 2014. Dolores enjoyed her family and prepared food and baking for all the holiday gatherings and celebrations. She especially enjoyed Christmas with gifts for all her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She loved flowers, her garden, canning, sewing, quilt making and puzzles. She also enjoyed Czech music and they enjoyed polka dances in their earlier years. In her later years, she enjoyed traveling, including a trip to the Czech Republic. She is survived by 10 children, LaVaine (Rudy) Novak of Howells, twins Donald (Denise) Cech of Howells and Marilyn Stoklasa of Clarkson, Galen Cech of Schuyler, Ronald (Dawn) Cech of Howells, John (Julie) Cech, Robert Cech, Dennis Cech and Daniel Cech, all of Schuyler, and Nancy (Dan) Martensen of Columbus; 21 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; sister, Dorothy Parr of Dodge; and sisters-in-law, Ella Petersen and Dorothy Petersen, both of North Bend. Dolores was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Frank in 1988; son-in-law, Duane Stoklasa; grandson, Zachary John Cech ; brothers, Leo Petersen and Orvil Petersen ; and brother-in-law, Lambert Parr . The family suggests memorials to First Presbyterian Church in Schuyler or the donor's choice. Arrangements by Svoboda Funeral Home in Schuyler.

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MARRIED SEPTEMBER 21, 1948

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