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Mildred B Polak Vasicek

25 Apr 1924 – 18 Jul 2023

Birth25 Apr 1924
Death18 Jul 2023
CemeteryIowa Valley Cemetery
Madison County , Nebraska , USA
Added byJudy Johnson on 28 Jul 2023
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/257131321

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A Memorial Service for Mildred B. Vasicek, 98, of Madison, will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 26, 2023, at the Home for Funerals Chapel in Norfolk, 708 Georgia Avenue. Reverend Todd Kollbaum will officiate. A private family burial will follow. Visitation with the family will be one hour prior to the service at the chapel. Mildred died Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at the Arbor Care Center in Madison. Mildred was born in Ord, Nebraska, on August 25, 1924, to Frank and Frances (Lancova) Polak. She grew up and attended school in Ord, where she graduated high school in 1942. After graduating, she worked as a welder in a shipyard in Maryland during World War II. On December 11, 1945, Mildred married Jerry Vasicek. The couple lived together in various Nebraska towns, including Dix, Ord, and Schuyler, before moving to Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin 1961. They moved back to Nebraska in 1966, living in Madison initially. In 1972, the couple moved to Elkhorn to manage a trailer court together for three years, before returning to Madison to settle down. They had four children. Jerry died in September of 2002. Mildred was always a hard worker, whether it be on the family's farm or any of her various other jobs, working at restaurants, dry cleaners, and even a hatchery. In later years, she worked in the kitchen at Tyson until she retired at 88 years old. Mildred was known for her cooking, with her kolaches being a family favorite. She enjoyed fishing, playing cards, and painting the woodwork pieces that her husband Jerry would make. She also had a green thumb- she loved to tend to her flowers and pickle and can her vegetables. Mildred and Jerry loved to go to polka dances in Ord, and even won a waltzing contest. She is survived by her children, Beverly and Bob Ellis, Charlene and Mark Rakowsky, and Jerry Vasicek, Jr. and his significant other Galla Pleskac Smith; 9 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; sister Betty Manchester; brothers Frank, Hank, and Joe Polak; her son Roger Vasicek; and grandson Matthew Rakowsky.

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