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Bernice M. Tenopir

Female 1933 - 2020  (86 years)


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  • Name Bernice M. Tenopir  [1, 2
    Born 9 Oct 1933  Malmo, Saunders County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 14 May 2020  Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Obituary

      WAHOO '96 Bernice M. Conkling, 86, of Wahoo, formerly North Bend, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2020 at the Saunders Medical Center Long Term Care in Wahoo. She was born Oct. 9, 1933 at Malmo to Harry and Sylvia (Brecka) Tenopir.

      Bernice grew up near Cedar Bluffs and attended country school there. She married Richard Zakovec on Feb. 17, 1953. She then moved to the farm at Morse Bluff. She helped Richard farm for many years. After Richard's death in 1972 she started working at Campbell's Soup Co, Plumfield Nursery and the North Bend Post Office and cooked at the Rawhide Steakhouse in North Bend. Bernice married Frank Conkling Sept. 30, 1990. He died in 2000.

      She is survived by son, Francis (JoAnn) Zakovec of Morse Bluff; grandchildren, Ryan (Brienna) Zakovec, Brent (Brook) Zakovec and Mike Albert and great-grandchildren, Haley, Dustin, Ashtynn, Kinsley, Grayden and Barrett Zakovec.


      Bernice is preceded in death by her parents; both husbands; daughter, Janice Leffers; brother, Wilford Tenopir and grandson, Adam Buchta.

      The funeral service will be 10:30 a.m., Monday, May 18, 2020 at Moser Memorial Chapel in North Bend. The Rev. Michael Hill of United Presbyterian Church in North Bend will officiate.


      A COVID-controlled visitation will be held on Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m. also at Moser's.

      Memorials have been established to Dodge County Humane Society.

      Online condolences at www.mosermemorialchapels.com

      Arrangements were made by Moser Memorial Chapel, North Bend.

      (Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy)
    Person ID I11798  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2022 

    Father Harry Tenopir,   b. 7 Mar 1907, Geronimo, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1989, Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Sylvia Brecka,   b. 8 Jul 1910, Prague, Saunders County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Sep 1997, Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 3 Feb 1931  Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F4978  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Richard F. Zakovec,   b. 14 Jan 1932, Morse Bluff, Saunders County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1972  (Age 40 years) 
    Married 7 Feb 1953  Logansport, Boone County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Janice Zakovec,   b. 3 Feb 1953, Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 2017, Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     2. Living
    Last Modified 31 May 2008 
    Family ID F4977  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Frank E. Conkling,   b. 16 Aug 1922, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 2000, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married Aft 1972 
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2011 
    Family ID F11473  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 9 Oct 1933 - Malmo, Saunders County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 7 Feb 1953 - Logansport, Boone County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 14 May 2020 - Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S190] Mastny, Caroline--Family Researcher, 410 W. 19th Street, Schuyler, Nebraska 68661.

    2. [S548] Belohlavy, Dennis (belohdb@windstream.net) "Family Tree of Dennis L. and Rebecca J. "Becky" (Arnold) Belohlavy ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=belohlavy, (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=belohlavy).