Henry Ramsdell Bigelow

Notes:

Henry attended the University of New Hampshire Engineering school, and worked as a Nuclear Engineer in Portsmouth for 15 years, later transferring to the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California. (Milligan, p 207). They retired to Spring Hill, Florida and enjoyed cruising their boat on the Gulf and many waterways of Florida. In 2005, they sold their Florida home and moved to Milligan. (Milligan, 1988-2008, p 116).

Obituary

Funeral services for Hank will be held on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at the Farmer & Son Funeral Home-Kotas Chapel in Milligan, Nebraska. Kim Dunker will officiate the service. Graveside services will follow the funeral in the Bohemian National Cemetery.
Visitation will begin on Monday from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Kotas Chapel in Milligan. Memorials are directed to the family.

Henry Ramsdell Bigelow, of Milligan, Nebraska, passed away on October 26, 2012 at the Beatrice Community Hospital. He was 78 years old. He was born on July 23, 1934 in Bourne, Massachusetts to Victor Bigelow and Bernice Ramsdell Bigelow. He was baptized in the Baptist Church in Quincy, Massachusetts. After graduating from Dover High School in New Hampshire, he attended the University of New Hampshire, graduating with a degree in Nuclear Engineering. He served in the United States Air Force from 1952 - 1956.

While stationed in Lincoln, he met the love of his life, as well as the wind beneath his wings, Roma Buzek. He whisked her away to New Hampshire where he introduced her to his loving family, and of course, his love for seafood. Together, they wed and had four children: Julie, Laura, Beth, and Mark. He moved the family west in 1969 to the beautiful Napa Valley where they built a new home on the Napa River, equipped with a dock in the back yard where he proudly displayed his love of boating with a 31 foot Silverton dubbed "The Prowler." He enjoyed fishing, good friends, and he often stated, "Life was a party in those days."

Henry was a highly intelligent man. He often spent many nights after supper quizzing his children on spelling, math, science, and miscellaneous other topics, with the winners of the quizzes receiving ice cream at Foster Freeze.

Henry retired in 1989, and he and Roma moved to Florida where they bough a dream home and their dream boat, which they named "Abracadabra." They spent their time with good friends at the Hernando Beach Yacht Club, where Henry was very active, holding many Commanding Offices.
Henry also had a great love of woodworking, where he made all of his family many beautiful cherished heirlooms and was tenacious about completing these projects.

They came home to Milligan in 2005, to spend the remaining years of his life with his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. He enjoyed again the quiz games, as well as various sporting and other activities his family participated in.

Henry was preceded in death by his parents Victor & Bernice, and adored sister Joyce Kemp.
He is survived by his wife Roma; daughters and son-in-law Julie Pimentel, Laura & Dean Kassik, Beth Dunlap; son and daughter-in-law Mark & Becky Bigelow; 14 grandchildren, 10 great-great grandchildren; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law Merle & Betty Buzek and Kathy & Dick Rischling; and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins

(Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy)

Family/Spouse: Roma Beth Buzek. Roma (daughter of Miloslav "Milo" Edward Buzek and Mildred Hines) was born on 6 Jul 1936 in Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska; died on 6 Jul 1936 in Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

A Funeral Service for Deanie will be held on Friday, June 23, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at the Milligan Auditorium. Father Scott Courtney will officiate the service.

Burial will follow in the in Bohemian National Cemetery, Milligan, Nebraska.

Visitation will be held at the Farmer & Son Funeral Home-Kotas Chapel, in Milligan on Thursday from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with family present from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Memorials are suggested to the family for future designation.

Dean Michael Kassik was born to Laura (Bigelow) Kassik and Dean Albert Kassik on June 9, 1990 in Geneva, NE. He passed away on June 20, 2017 in Milligan, Nebraska at the young age of 27.

Dean Michael was so very loved and from the very beginning has always been the center of his parent's and sister's world. He was always very high spirited and from a young age he had an eye for adventure and was gifted with extreme intelligence. Deanie loved more than anything to dance, was the life of the party most times, and enjoyed cracking jokes and making people laugh.

Dean went through school with a 4.0 and was the valedictorian of his class. He participated in all four sports during all four years of his high school career. He was on the speech team, quiz bowl, class play, class officer (president of his class) and earned high honors each year. Upon graduation he attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and was a semester away from graduating with his Accounting degree.

Deanie had a very tender heart. He loved his nieces very much and they brought so much joy to his life. He truly enjoyed spending time with them and would often refer to them as "his five girls". He simply adored his two sisters, and would often say how lucky he was to rely on both of them for lifes advice throughout his years. Deanie idolized his father and admired his strong work ethic. Deanie's first true love was, of course, his mom, Laura. Dean recently learned how to make moms signature "meatloaf", and was excited to have more cooking lessons.

Deanie worked at Kassik Milling, the family business, throughout his teen years, and majority of his adult life. He tried very hard to accomplish all tasks he was given and took so much pride in helping his Dad and Uncle Mike "run" Kassik Milling-always saying how some day he was gonna take over and make his father proud.

Deanie struggled with mental illness. He found the Lord, and became deeply devoted to Christ, praying many times throughout the day, and attending church every Sunday. He encouraged others to pray with him and talk about Christ. He often spoke of gods grace and mercy and how he was destined for Heaven-truly a walking angel on this earth.

Dean Michael Kassik was preceded in death by His grandparents Leonard Kassik and Henry & Roma Bigelow.

He is survived by his parents Laura & Dean Kassik: sisters and brother-in-law Abbey Kassik, Ashley & Steven Havel; Grandmother Arlene Kassik; nieces Ava, Lilly, Livia, Kora, and Laney; and a host of Aunts, Uncles, cousins, and friends.