Rex J. Nun

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Rex J. Nun, 75, of Lincoln, passed away at home September 6, 2018. He was born May 27, 1943, in Geneva, Nebraska, to John and Blanche (Doupnik) Nun.

Rex attended elementary school in a one-room country schoolhouse before attending Geneva High School where he graduated in 1960. Following graduation, Rex attended Nebraska Vocational Technical School in Milford, Nebraska, where he earned an Associates Degree in Building Construction Technology in 1962.

Rex married his high school sweetheart, Nancy, on June 1, 1963, and the couple made their home in Lincoln where they have resided ever since.

A lifelong love of automobiles led Rex to begin driving race cars in 1973 at Midwest Speedway in Lincoln. In a racing career that spanned 25 years, the "Flying Nun" earned dozens of victories and many fans throughout the Midwest.

Rex is survived by his wife Nancy Nun (Villers) of Lincoln; sons Jeffrey (wife Aileen) Nun of Lincoln; James Nun of Lincoln; Jared (wife Caroline) Nun of Akron, Ohio; daughter Jacqueline Nun of Lincoln; grandchildren Travis Nun, Terra Nun, Race Nun and Zaccary Nun; brothers Richard (wife Donna) Nun of Phoenix, Arizona, and Rodney (wife Marilyn) Nun of Atlanta, Georgia.

He is preceded in death by his parents and mother-in-law Marguerite Burklund.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 12, 2018, at Cathedral of the Risen Christ Catholic Church, 3500 Sheridan Blvd. in Lincoln, with Monsignor Joseph Nemec celebrating the Mass. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Geneva.

Visitation will be Tuesday from 12 noon to 7 p.m., with family receiving friends from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Butherus Maser & Love funeral home, 4040 A St., Lincoln 68510.

Rosary will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Memorials are suggested to the family for future designation.

(Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy)

John married Blanche Maxine Doupnik on 18 Nov 1933. Blanche (daughter of Robert Anton Doupnik and Anna H. Stetina) was born on 22 Jun 1913. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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They had three sons, Richard, Rodney and Rex Jay Nun. (Milligan, p 262). Dennis Belohlavy notes that Rex Jay Nun was divorced from his former wife, Nancy, ca 2008 in or near Lincoln, Nebraska.

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They farmed near Exeter for 45 years. After Anna's death, Robert moved to Geneva where he operated a repair shop. He was a very innovative person. Long before others on the farm had electricity he had rows of batteries and an electric engine in hais basement to provide electricity in his home. Also, he had one of the biggest steam threshing rigs around, a Case. He was the first have an automobile in Saline County. Jan Doupnik 3 July 1855 - 11 March 1932, of Thurston, Nebraska used to visit Robert Doupnik and family. The exact relationship is not known, perhaps they were cousins. (Milligan, p 262).

Robert married Anna H. Stetina after 1900. Anna was born on 19 Sep 1881; died on 17 Jun 1944. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The exact date of Anthony's arrival to this country is not known, but it is known that he applied for his U.S. citizenship at Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa on December 8, 1870. The family moved to Saline County, Nebraska, and on May 4, 1871, Anthony registered an application for a homestead. His land was the s 1/2 NW 1/4, section 30, Turkey Creek Township. He "built a house of sod thereon, 12 x 14 feet in size with two windows and one door...plowed and cultivated about 40 acres of said land and...bored a well 48 feet deep, built a stable of straw and poles and planted a small grove of forest trees. (Milligan, p 261).

Anton married Terezie Prochaska. Terezie was born before 1846 in Bohemia; died between 1883 and 1884 in Nebraska; was buried in Turkey Creek Cemetery, Saline County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Terezie and her daughter Frances left Austria aboard the Steamship Neckar, a North German Lloyd vessel, from Hamburg, Germany and arrived in New York on April 15, 1870. (Milligan, p 261).