Memorials › Linda Kay Cernik Doncheske
17 Nov 1963 – 13 Mar 2018
| Birth | 17 Nov 1963 |
| Death | 13 Mar 2018 |
| Cemetery | Rose Hill Cemetery Palmer , Merrick County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Linda Berney on 23 Apr 2019 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188025811 |
PALMER — Linda Kay (Cernik) Doncheske, 54, of Palmer passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at Grand Island Park Place Care and Rehabilitation Center, surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the United Methodist Church in Palmer. The Rev. Michael Anderson will be officiating. Interment will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Greenway Funeral Home in Palmer is in charge of arrangements. Linda was born on Nov. 17, 1963, in Grand Island to Alvin and Carol (Stevens) Cernik. She received her kindergarten to second-grade education in Phillips. She then went to Palmer, where she attended third grade and graduated from Palmer High School in 1982. She was united in marriage to Leslie Doncheske on June 27, 2009, in Marquette. She was a supervisor for several years at Skagway in Grand Island where she met her lifelong friends. She managed the Dollar General in St. Paul for many years. In August of 2011, she started working in the St. Paul Public School kitchen and in 2015, she was promoted to head cook. She truly enjoyed being around all of the students every day. She especially enjoyed seeing her grandchildren. She also looked forward to having her grandkids stay with them every summer for a week so they could show pigs in 4-H. She loved her farm cats and her dog, “Little Bear.” She enjoyed being outdoors, helping her husband on the farm, and family get-togethers. Linda and Les enjoyed spending time fishing in South Dakota. Survivors include her husband, Les of Palmer; sons, Michael Allen Schwieger and his girlfriend, Stephanie Vance, of Dannebrog, Chase Doncheske and Chance Doncheske, both of Palmer; daughters and sons-in-law, Kelly and Jon Mierau of Grand Island, Dana Schwieger of Fullerton, Holly and Bob Sorgenfrei of St. Paul and Lacey Doncheske and her fiancé, Tyler Ditter, of St. Edward; 10 grandchildren, Alexis, Lyam, Jacob, Colton, Keghan, Carson, Autumn, Quentin, Jasper and Kayel; a brother and sister-in-law, Richard and Penny Cernik of Palmer; sisters and brothers-in-law, Marilyn and D.D. Dugger of Palmer, Kim and Rusty Rowe of York; nephews and nieces, Bob, Jennifer, Chris, Melissa, Brian, Michelle, Meaghan, Kayla and Rachael; and a great-nephew, Riley. Linda was preceded in death by her father, Alvin; grandmother, Barbara Kapustka; grandfather, Joe Cernik; stepgrandfather, Bolish Kapustka; grandfather, Floyd Stevens; grandmother, Esther Fox Stevens; grandfather, Joel McMullen; twin brothers, Kenneth and Keith Cernik; and a sister, Sandra Cernik.
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