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Helen Marie Jirovsky Hedges
30 Jun 1924 – 5 Mar 2024
| Birth | 30 Jun 1924 |
| Death | 5 Mar 2024 |
| Cemetery | Saint John Nepomucene Cemetery Weston , Saunders County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Judy Johnson on 07 Mar 2024 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/266075856 |
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Date of Birth June 30, 1924 Cedar Bluffs, Nebraska Entered into Rest March 5, 2024 Wahoo, Nebraska Mass of Christian Burial Saturday, March 9, 2024 ~ 10:00 a.m. St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church ~ Weston, Nebraska Interment at St. John Cemetery ~ Weston, Nebraska Visitation & Rosary Friday, March 8, 2024 Visitation ~ 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Rosary ~ 7:00 p.m. St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church ~ Weston, Nebraska Helen Marie Hedges (Jirovsky, Virgil) was born 6/30/1924 and died on 3/5/2024 at the age of 99. Helen was born in Cedar Bluffs, Nebraska, to Frank and Frances Jirovsky. The youngest of six children, her siblings were Lloyd, Frances, Mary, Frank and Agnes. They lived on the family farm in Cedar Bluffs where she spent her days doing many chores assigned to her. Faith was very important to her parents and the family would spend Sundays going to church and socializing with other families. Helen had a huge interest in teaching and received a teaching degree from Midland College. She loved baking, quilting, art and music. She taught herself to play the piano. Helen married Lloyd Virgil in 1947. They moved to his family farm near Raymond, Nebraska, and had six children: Marie, Lucille, Roseann, Leslie, Richard and Joseph. Ten years after they married, Lloyd passed away from a brain tumor. Helen moved her children to her sister's farm where she sold eggs and milk to provide for her family. She then bought a small house in Weston, Nebraska, where she ironed clothes, and worked at the local bank to pay for the needs of her family. She soon met Adolph Hedges and they were married in 1961. They lived on Adolph's family farm and added three more boys to the family: Robert, Douglas and Nicholas. Helen continued to be active in the Catholic Church. She cooked for the nuns in Weston, she ironed church linens and vestments and made floral arrangements for church. She served on many women's groups and contributed her baked goods to different fundraisers. At a church auction, one of her strudels sold for $200. Helen is preceded in death by her first husband, Lloyd Virgil, her second husband, Adolph Hedges, and three of her sons, Nicholas (1993), Robert (2022) and Richard (2023). Helen is survived by her children, Marie (Paul) Aksamit, Lu (Craig) Vavak, Leslie Virgil, Roseann Virgil, Joe (Sue) Virgil, and Doug (Jodi) Hedges. Helen has 19 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
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- Frances C. "Sadie" Jirovsky Wotipka 1909–1983
- Lloyd James Jirovsky 1912–2005
- Marie/Mary Katherine Jirovsky Cherovsky 1914–1998
- Frank Joseph Jirovsky 1919–2012
- Agnes Frances Jirovsky Rezac 1921–2016
Children
- Richard L "Ogle" Virgil 1955–2023 FaG
- Robert Allen "Bob" Hedges 1962–2022 FaG
- Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Hedges 1967–1993 FaG
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