Gertrude Jensen

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Gertrude Monk Racek

Lincoln

Gertrude Monk Racek, 87, Lincoln, died Monday (12/11/06). Born (11/20/19) on a farmstead near Bennet to Fred and Elsa (Nolte) Jensen. Graduate of Bennet High School (1937), where she was a member of the volleyball team. She lived most of her life in the Bennet and northeast Lincoln area. Member: Havelock United Methodist Church; charter member, Faith Lutheran Church; Northeast Senior Center; AARP Chapter 2152. Served as volunteer chapel organizer at Mahoney Manor. Avid Husker football and volleyball fan.

Family members include: daughter, son-in-law, Janice and Hal Holady, Tempe, Ariz.; son, daughter-in-law, Terry and Jan Monk, Lincoln; grandchildren, spouses, Michael and Denise Holady, Northport, N.Y., David Holady, Seoul, South Korea, Andy and Mary Monk, Chicago; great-grandchildren, Jonathan and Ashley Holady, Northport, N.Y.; brother, Albert "Ab" Jensen, Bennet; sisters, Drusella Schwartman, Bennet, Barbara Ekstrum, Lincoln. Preceded in death by parents; husbands, Reed Monk and Lloyd Racek; sisters, Florence Scott, Venona Davidson; grandson, Toby Monk.

Memorial service: 10 a.m. Saturday, Trinity Lutheran Church, 162nd St. and Old Cheney Road, Walton. No visitation; cremation. Honorary pallbearers: grandsons, Michael Holady, David Holady, Andy Monk. Memorials to Mahoney Manor, 4241 N. 61st St., Lincoln, 68507; or Trinity Lutheran Church, 162nd St. and Old Cheney Road, Walton, NE 68461. Condolences may be left at www.roperandsons.com.


(Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy)

Family/Spouse: Lloyd Racek. Lloyd (son of Emil L. Racek and Mary L. Vopalensky) was born on 22 Apr 1914 in Nebraska; died in Jul 1982 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]