Ludmilla Mary Lorenz

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Find A Grave shows her parents as Joseph Lorenz (1871-1957) and Elizabeth Rezabek (1881-1953).

Family/Spouse: Joseph A. Baxa, Sr. Joseph was born on 24 Apr 1901; died on 29 Oct 1991; was buried in Tobias City Cemetery, Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary
(Copied from his FindAGrave memorial page).


A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, January 19, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Tobias, Nebraska with Fr. Craig Doty as the celebrant.

Praying of the Rosary will be held on Thursday, January 18, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at Farmer & Son Funeral Home - Kotas Chapel in Milligan, Nebraska.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, January 18, 2018 from 1:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. (start of the Rosary) at the Farmer & Son Funeral Home - Kotas Chapel in Milligan, Nebraska.

Military Graveside Services will be held at the Tobias Cemetery following the Funeral Mass.

Memorials are to be directed to the family for a designation at a later day.

Leonard Joseph Baxa, son of Joseph Baxa Sr. and Lydia (Lorenz) Baxa was born November 5, 1925 near Tobias, Nebraska. He passed away on January 15, 2018 at Tabitha Nursing Center at Crete, Nebraska at the age of 92 years-2 months-10 days.

Leonard graduated from Tobias High School in 1944. After graduation he farmed with his father. July 1945 he was drafted into the United States Navy and was stationed in San Diego, California. After his basic training he was sent to Guam where he was stationed until his discharge in July of 1946. He then returned home and began farming.

On May 31, 1949, he was united in marriage to Marvel Jansky. They made their home on a farm Northeast of Tobias where they lived until March of 2017, when they moved to Tabitha of Crete. To this union 10 children were born, 8 sons and 2 daughters.

Leonard was a charter member of the American Legion Post #311 of Tobias where he served as a member of the Color Guard for many years. He served on the Tobias School Board and was active in the consolidation of the Meridian Public School. Leonard was a bus driver for Meridian Public Schools for 9 years. He was an active member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church all of his life.

Leonard loved to work the fields with his John Deere tractors and before the more technical models came out, he liked to work on them when they needed it. For several years he did custom corn shelling, grain hauling and swathing hay for fellow farmers. In 1956 he worked for Chalmers & Barton, where he helped build the Fairmont Grain Elevator. While working at lunch time he always enjoyed eating fried cold egg sandwiches Marvel made for him.

Leonard was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He leaves to mourn his wife, Marvel, sons, James Leonard and Peggy of Crete; Daniel Joseph and wife, Julie of Western; Steven Ray of Wilber; Ralph David and wife, Jan of Tobias; Leonard John and wife, Betty of Beatrice; Kevin Dean and wife, Dawn of Hickman and Michael Robert and wife, Lisa of Clay Center, Nebraska. Daughters, Connie Lee Novotny of Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Sandra Renee of Jasper, Minnesota. 23 grandchildren, 3 step-grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and 5 step-great grandchildren. Brother, Joseph Baxa Jr. and wife, Eleanor of Tobias, nieces, nephews and many other relatives and friends.

Preceding him in death were his parents, son, Allen Gene, son-in-law, Wayne Novotny, sister, Dorothy Dobesh, and brother-in-law, Irvin Dobesh.

Leonard married Marvel Ann Jansky on 31 May 1949. Marvel (daughter of Rudolph J. Jansky and Anna Novak) was born on 18 Mar 1930 in Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska; died on 28 Jun 2020 in Crete, Saline County, Nebraska; was buried in Tobias City Cemetery, Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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A Funeral Mass for Joe will be held on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Tobias. Father Robert Barnhill will preside over the Services.

A public visitation will take place from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at Farmer & Son Funeral Home - Kotas Chapel in Milligan.

A Rosary will be prayed at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at Farmer & Son Funeral Home - Kotas Chapel in Milligan.

Memorials are suggested to the Tobias American Legion.

Joseph A. Baxa Jr was born at Tobias, Nebraska to Joseph A. Sr. and Lydia(Lorenz) Baxa on October 19, 1929. He passed away on October 16, 2021 at Heritage Crossings in Geneva, Nebraska at the age of 91 years, 11 months, and 28 days.

Joe attended Palmer Country School District #30. He then attended Tobias High School where he graduated in 1947. After high school Joe entered the Navy on January 16, 1951 and was stationed at Pensacola, Florida. He was honorably discharged on December 2, 1954 and then returned home and began farming.

On June 12, 1956 he was united in marriage to Eleanor Benes at St. Mary's Cathedral in Lincoln, Nebraska. To this union three sons were born. They made their home on a farm northeast of Tobias where they lived until they moved to Tobias, Nebraska in 1999. They then moved to Heritage Crossings in Geneva in 2019.

Joe was a lifetime member of the American Legion Post #311 of Tobias where he served as a member of the color guard for many years. He was an active member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Tobias all his life. He also served on the Meridian School Board for 12 years. Joe was the President of the school board during the construction of the new Meridian Public School in 1976. Joe was a substitute mail carrier for several years, and then became a full-time carrier in 1986 when the boys took over the farming operation. He was a full-time mail carrier for 14 years until he retired in 2000.

After retiring, Joe enjoyed working around his yard and helping Eleanor with the garden, windshield farming and helping shuttle the boys when needed. He always enjoyed seeing the updates the boys made to their farm equipment throughout the years. He also liked taking his pontoon boat out, enjoying having his grandkids join him.

Joe was preceded in death by his parents Joseph and Lydia(Lorenz) Baxa; son and daughter- in- law Ronald and Janet Baxa; brother and sister in law Leonard and Marvel Baxa; sister and brother in law Dorothy and Irvin Dobesh; in-laws Ernest and Lillian Benes, Paul and Helen Benes, Robert Benes, Daniel Benes, Jerome Benes, Raymond and Frances Hottovy, and Margaret Kouma.

Joe is survived by his wife of 65 years Eleanor Baxa; sons William Baxa of Tobias, Gary (Michelle) Baxa of Tobias; grandchildren Brian (Snehal) Baxa of Topeka, Kansas, Greg (Roxy) Baxa of Topeka, Kansas, Miranda (Brent) of Tobias, Melanie (Alex) Clark of McCool Junction, Katelin Sturdivant of Beatrice; great grandchildren Paislee, Kaylee, and Gabby Baxa, Brixton and Bowen Jansky, and Brooks Clark; brother-in- law Arnold Kouma and sister-in-law Dorothy Benes; and many nephews and nieces.

(Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy)

Joseph married Eleanor Jane Benes on 12 Jun 1956 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska. Eleanor was born on 9 Sep 1927 in Valparaiso, Saunders County, Nebraska; died on 27 Aug 2022 in Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska; was buried on 31 Aug 2022 in Tobias City Cemetery, Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Find A Grave links to a memorial for her husband, Irvin S DOBESH (1927-1985).