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Gene E. Petrzilka
22 Nov 1934 – 18 May 1973
| Birth | 22 Nov 1934 |
| Death | 18 May 1973 |
| Cemetery | Calvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum Lincoln , Lancaster County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | The Busbooms on 01 Jun 2025 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90207529 |
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GENE E. PETRZILKA Services In Lincoln Funeral services for Gene E. Petrzilka, 38, of Lincoln, former resident of Butler County, were conducted Monday morning, May 21, from St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lincoln. He died Thursday, May 18, at Lincoln. Pallbearers were Raymond Petrzilka, Louis Petrzilka, Laurance Codr, Joe Petrzilka Donald Zetocoka and Donald Arney. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery at Lincoln. Gene, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Petrzilka, was born on a farm east of Loma and moved to Dwight at the age of 11 years. He graduated from Dwight Assumption High School in 1953. In 1955 he graduated from Milford Trade School with a diploma in radio and television repair. On June 25, 1957, he was united in marriage to Doris Ann Tvrdy. To this union were born three children. They resided in Lincoln where he had been employed by Sperry's TV for the past 15 years. He is survived by his wife Doris Ann, son, Steve, daughter, Deanna, both at home, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Petrzilka of Osceola, formerly of Dwight, brother, Cletus Petrzilka of Omaha and one sister, Mrs. Norman (Marian) Hofbauer of Osceola. He was preceded in death by one son, Johnny, who died in infancy, and one sister, Evangeline. From the Banner Press, David City, Nebraska, Thursday, June 21, 1973 GENE AND DORIS PETRZILKA I, Doris Ann, was born in a little two-room farm house east of Valparaiso to Louis and Irene Zetocha Tvrdy on September 26th. This home was without electricity or plumbing. It was heated with a cob and wood-burning heater. The windmill provided us with water which had to be carried in by the bucketful. I started my education with a daily mile and one-half walk on an ungraveled road in Dist. 49 in Rock Creek township. Here I completed my K-8 grades. I boarded a bus to enter Valparaiso High. During my senior year I thought bus riding was enough and I decided to ride with a neighbor girl to school. I graduated with 22 classmates in the year of 1955. After graduation four classmates and I enrolled at Midland College in Fremont, pursuing a teaching career. Dormitory life was a new experience for me. I received my teaching certificate and returned to Saunders County to teach a rural school. Gene was born on November 21, 1935 near Loma, Nebraska in a farm house and attended a rural school near Loma. Later, his parents, Charles and Agnes Pesek Petrzilka, moved to Dwight where they purchased a business. Gene attended Assumption School. He loved to play football as a center, and lettered for five years. He graduated in the year of 1953. After graduation he attended Milford Trade School for two years and received his diploma in electronics. Gene and I were married on June 25, 1957 at St. Mary's Church in Valparaiso. After a honeymoon to the western states, we made our first home in Tecumseh. Gene worked as a television technician in a store. Later, we moved to Lincoln where Gene continued his work in the electronics field. We moved back to Saunders County where I taught my home school, District 49. It was a thrill to teach in my school which I attended while I was a little girl. It brought back many fond memories. On December 3rd, 1959, our first child, a son, Steven, was born. He received his formal education in the Lincoln Public Schools. He graduated from Lincoln High. At the present time he is a senior at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. He is majoring in the electronics field. His hobbies are photography and stamp collecting. Our daughter, Deanna, was born on March 7, 1968 in Lincoln. She attended Belmont and Goodrich Junior High School in Lincoln. She belongs to the Girls Scout Troop 180. She plays the violin and has taken ballet lessons for four years. My hobbies are crocheting, knitting and sewing clothes for Deanna and myself. We enjoy traveling, having driven across 26 states visiting historic sights. The most impressive was our vacation to Washington, D.C. A beautiful city with its lovely parks, magnificent public buildings and memorials. We spent several hours in the Smithsonian Institution and hope to return someday. Submitted by Doris Ann Tvrdy Petrzilk
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