Wilma A. Kavan

1915 - 2013  (97 years)

• Name	Wilma A. Kavan  [1]
  Birth	8 Apr 1915	Linwood, Saunders County, Nebraska   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	13 Feb 2013	Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska   [1]
  Burial	Fremont Memorial Cemetery, Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska
  Notes	Wilma A. Mares, 97 years of Fremont passed away Wednesday February 13, 2013 at Nye Pointe Health & Rehab in Fremont. Wilma was born April 8, 1915 in Linwood, NE to Rudolph E. and Emma (Hines) Kavan. She moved to rural North Bend from Linwood at the age of 14. She graduated from North Bend High School in 1931 and from Midland Lutheran College in 1965. She taught school for 11 years. Wilma married Adolph Mares Oct. 17, 1942 in Grand Island, NE. After her marriage they lived at North Bend where they farmed. They moved to Fremont in 1960. She resumed teaching in 1957 and taught at rural schools until receiving her degree. She then taught in elementary schools for Fremont Public Schools until retiring in 1981. Adolph passed away Jan. 8, 1981. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Fremont, United Presbyterian Women, taught adult Sunday school and had served as a deacon in the church. Member of Fremont Area Medical Center Auxiliary, Retired Teachers Association, locally and at the state level, member of Delta Kappa Gama and American Association of University Women. Wilma was preceded in death by her parents, husband and brother, Raymond Kavan. Survivors include daughters, Judy Von Seggern and husband Ken, Joan Mares all of Omaha and Carlene Keim and husband Bruce of Syracuse, NE; brother, Arnold Kavan and wife Lorraine of North Bend; sister Vlasta Kavan of Fremont, 5 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Funeral service will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, February 18, 2013 at the Presbyterian Church in Fremont with The Rev. Jon Ashley officiating. Visitation will be Sunday from 4-8 P.M. and the family will receive friends from 6-8 P.M. all at Moser Memorial Chapel in Fremont. Visitation will continue on Monday 1 hour prior to the service at the church. Memorials may be given to The Presbyterian Church and to Odyssey-Gentiva Hospice in Fremont. Burial will be at Memorial Cemetery in Fremont, NE Moser Memorial Chapel, 2170 N. Somers Ave. Fremont 68025 402-721-4490 (Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy)
  Person ID	I42607	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Rudolph Kavan,   b. Bef 1891
  Mother	Emma Hines,   b. Mar 1891, Morse Bluff, Saunders County, Nebraska
  Family ID	F4795	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 13 Feb 2013 - Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [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).