Tomas C Briseno

Tomas married Melvarae Djernes on 5 Nov 1951 in Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska. Melvarae was born on 19 Dec 1926 in Stuart, Holt County, Nebraska; died on 5 Apr 2007 in Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Tom and his wife Melvarae lived in Grand Island and owned and operated the T&R Motel and Circle B Motel, retiring in 1991 after 38 years of ownership.

Rosalio married Maria Aguilera on 6 Aug 1921 in Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska. Maria was born on 7 Oct 1899 in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico; died on 11 May 1967 in Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Grand Island (Nebraska) Independent Saturday, May 13, 1967

Mrs. Rosalio (Maria) Briseno, 67, of 221 North Vine died Thursday at her home. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Mary's Cathedral with a requiem mass. Burial will be in the Grand Island Cemetery. (Further funeral arrangements omitted here)

Mrs. Briseno was born Oct 7, 1899, at Silao, Qot (Gto?), Mexico. When she was 19, the family moved to El Paso, Texas, and came to Grand Island a year later. Mr. and Mrs. Briseno married in 1921 in Grand Island and have made their only home here. She belonged to St. Mary's Cathedral Parish and was affiliated with its Altar Society.

She is survived by her husband; four sons, Rudolph of Wayne, Mich., and Tom, John and Robert of Grand Island; five daughters, Juanita and Mary Ellen of Omaha, Basiliza of Washington, D.C., and Frances and Mrs. Tom Jensen of Grand Island; 16 grandchildren and one great grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Sgt. Rosalio Briseno, Jr., who was killed in World War II; three infant children and three sisters.