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John Egan "Ego" Kopetzky
3 May 1887 – 31 Jul 1957
| Birth | 3 May 1887 |
| Death | 31 Jul 1957 |
| Cemetery | Saint Bonaventure Cemetery Columbus , Platte County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Shirley (Bruhn) Martys on 08 Oct 2008 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18078923 |
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Web site; http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~neplatte/vitals/vitals1957.html The Columbus Daily Telegram, August 1, 1957 KOPETZKY--John E. Kopetzky dies; services on Saturday John Ego Kopetzky, 70, of Rt. 2, Columbus, died about 6:15 p.m. Wednesday in St. Mary's hospital. He had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage Monday morning. Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Bonaventure Catholic church with the Rev. Fr. Roch Hettinger, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. The body will lie in state at the McKown Funeral home from 1 p.m. Friday until the hour of the service, and Rosary will be prayed at the funeral home at 8:30 p.m. Friday. Mr. Kopetzy, a lifetime resident of Platte county, was born near Humphrey on May 3, 1887, the son of Joseph and Julia Brauner Kopetzky. He attended St. Mary's parochial school at Humphrey, and resided in that community until 1912. Since that time he farmed near Columbus. He married Julia Speicher on June 23, 1913 at St. Bonaventure Catholic church. She preceded him in death Oct. 12, 1940. Mr. Kopetzky was a member of St. Bonaventure church and the Holy Name society. He is survived by five sons, Arthur, Ralph, Leo, Herbert and Walter, all of Columbus; two daughters, Eleanora, at home, and Mrs. Walt (Grace) Oppliger of Columbus; one brother, Rudolph of Denver; three sisters, Mrs. Phillip Wemhoff of Humphrey, Mrs. Earl Dicus of Sunnyside, Wash., and Mrs. Vincent Wieser of Columbus; and nine grandchildren. One sister, Mrs. Henry Wieser of Humphrey, is deceased.
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- Rudolph Kopetzky 1891–1963 FaG
- Anna Kopetzky Wemhoff 1892–1975 FaG
- Emma Kopetzky Wieser 1894–1950
- Elizabeth Frieda Kopetsky Dicus 1896–1986 FaG
- Wilhelmina Victoria "Minnie" Kopetzky Wieser 1900–1973 FaG
Children
- Eleanora E. Kopetzky 1914–1990
- Arthur Kopetzky 1915–1990
- Ralph Frank Kopetzky 1916–1996
- Leo M. Kopetzky 1917–1987
- Herbert P. Kopetzky 1920–1976
- Walter Henry Kopetzky 1922–1999
- Grace Kopetzky Oppliger 1924–2006
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