Helen Bernasek

1922 - 2011  (89 years)

• Name	Helen Bernasek  [1]
  Born	28 May 1922	Ohiowa, Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Gender	Female
  Died	20 Jul 2011	Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
  Notes	She was married to Leo RYCHECKY and later Telmar ROLFSTAD, both now deceased. Helen lives in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. (Milligan, 1988-2008, p. 112). Obituary Helen Rychecky Rolfstad Helen Rychecky Rolfstad, 89, of Scottsbluff, died Wednesday, July 20, 2011, at Heritage Estates in Gering. Her memorial service will be held 10 a.m. Monday, July 25, 2011, at Dugan-Kramer Funeral Chapel in Scottsbluff with Pastor Ron Nuss-Warren officiating. Interment will be in the Fairview Cemetery in Scottsbluff. Memorials may be made to the charity of the donor's choice. Helen was born on a family farm near the Town of Ohiowa, Nebr. on Sunday, May 28, 1922, to Cyril M. and Helen V. Bernasek. Helen was the youngest of three daughters. She was baptized at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Milligan. When Helen was three years old the family moved to their farm on the Geneva route in Chelsea Township. Helen attended Chelsea School, district 32, through the eighth grade and attended Sunday school and church at the Chelsea United Bretheran Church. Helen graduated from Geneva High School in 1939, and took Normal training to prepare her for a teaching career. In the fall of 1939 she began teaching in a rural school. After a few years she enrolled in Teachers College the University of Nebraska from which she received a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. She became a member of the Phi Lambda Theta, a teachers' honorary society. When she was 17, Helen met her future husband, Leo Rychecky, at a dance she attended in Saline Center. They were married October 6, 1945, in Alliance, Nebr., where Helen was teaching in the Alliance Public Schools. They couple moved to Leo's home area of Wilber, Nebr., and it was here that a son Jack was born in 1949. In 1951 the family moved to Scottsbluff where Leo continued his auctioneering and real estate business, and Helen went back to teaching. She found every day of her career was a joy. Her biography was printed in Who's Who in Education in the early 1990s. After Leo's death, Helen moved around a bit and made contact with a former beau, Telmar Folfstad, she had met during World War II when he was stationed at the Alliance Air Base. After a separation of 50 years the couple married. They lived in Willston, N. Dak. After Telmar's death, Helen decided to move back to Scottsbluff to be closer to family and friends. She rejoined the First Presbyterian Church of which she had been a member many years before. She was a member of the Woman's Circle, an Elder, a Deacon, A Sunday School teacher, and a church librarian. During her life Helen traveled throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Africa. She was a fabulous baker and made the best Czech kolache this side of heaven. Survivors are loving son, Jack Rychecky and his caring wife Ann of Littleton, Colo., grandchildren and their spouses, Jill (Wes) Schrader of Littleton, Colo., Thom (Natalie) Rychecky of Edmond, Okla., Helen (Whitney) Hite of Madison, Wisc., and LTJG Per Rychecky of Whidbey Island Navel Air Station, Wash., great granddaughter Lena Rose Rychecky of Edmond, step children, Tom (Dana) Rolfstad of Williston, N. Dak., Dorothy Rolfstad of Mandan, N. Dak., and John Rolfstad of Seattle, Wash; step grandchildren T.C. (Kelci) Rolfstad of Portland, Ore. and Anne Rolfstad of Mandan, N. Dak.; and her extended family and special cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Leo Rychecky (1988) and Telmar Rolfstad (1999); sisters and their spouses Elsie (Bill) Dungan and Lillian (Bill) Davis
  Person ID	I35344	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Cyril Methodias Bernasek,   b. 22 Feb 1890, Fillmore County, Nebraska ,   d. 8 Nov 1993, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska  (Age 103 years)
  Mother	Helen Votipka,   b. 30 Jun 1894, Fairmont, Fillmore County, Nebraska ,   d. 2 Oct 1953, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska  (Age 59 years)
  Married	23 Feb 1916	Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska   [2]
  	Their daughters were Elsie Dungan, Lillian Davis and Helen Ryschecky. (Milligan, p 200)
  Family ID	F2187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Leo Rychecky,   b. 17 Jun 1918,   d. 26 Jun 1988, Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska  (Age 70 years)
  Married	6 Oct 1945	Alliance, Box Butte County, Nebraska
  Children	1. Living
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2011
  Family ID	F11601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Telmar E. Rolfstad,   b. 13 Jun 1918,   d. 2 Mar 1999, Williams County, North Dakota  (Age 80 years)
  Married	Aft 1988
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2011
  Family ID	F11602	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 28 May 1922 - Ohiowa, Fillmore County, Nebraska Married - 6 Oct 1945 - Alliance, Box Butte County, Nebraska  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO). [S482] Chromy, Ken & Kathy, 706 Road 19, Ohiowa, NE 68416; Our Bohemian & Moravian Ancestors in Nebraska; Ver. 2007-03-05 14:07:03; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=kchromy.