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Betty Jean Sluka

Female 1928 - 2016  (88 years)


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  • Name Betty Jean Sluka  [1, 2
    Birth 20 Oct 1928  Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 29 Nov 2016  Fairmont, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial 3 Dec 2016  Greenwood Cemetery, York, York County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
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    • Obituary for Betty Jean Thomsen

      Funeral Services for Betty will be held on Saturday, December 3, 2016 at the Fairmont Community Church in Fairmont, Nebraska at 2:00 p.m. with Pastor Brad Barrows officiating.

      Visitation will be held on Friday, December 2, 2016 at Farmer & Son Funeral Home in Geneva, Nebraska from 1:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. with the family present from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

      Memorials are to be directed to the Fairmont Community Church

      Graveside Services will be conducted following the funeral ceremony at the Greenwood Cemetery in York, Nebraska.

      The Thomsen family would like to invite family and friends to join them in fellowship prior to the funeral service at the Fairmont American Legion Hall for a luncheon starting at 11:00 a.m.

      Betty Jean (Sluka) Thomsen was born October 20, 1928 to William J. Sluka and Helen (Bures) Sluka in Geneva. She grew up on a farm near Milligan and Ohiowa. She attended school at Dist. #67 in Fillmore County through 8th grade. She attended High School in Geneva and graduated in 1945. She and several other farm girls from the area lived with Mrs. Lillie J. Davis of Geneva during the week and their fathers would take turns driving them home for weekends.

      Betty attended York College the summer of 1945 and started teaching in the fall. She started teaching when she was 16. She taught in Fillmore Co. Dist. #32 Chelsie and Dist. # 39 through 1949.

      She was married to Darien E. Thomsen on January 30, 1949 at the Grace Evangelical Lutheran parsonage in Geneva with the Rev. D. Grummert officiating. Because of the extreme snow that winter only four people could attend the wedding.

      Betty helped Darien on the farm, as well as raising three children. She did upholstery and refinishing of old furniture, as well as sewing, gardening, and canning. She raised chickens and ducks as well.

      She was a long time member of the Happy Hour Club that began as an Extension Club and just recently disbanded. She volunteer her help on voting day and also helped with the Census several times.

      She was baptized on May 10, 1964, the same day as her children were baptized at Grace Methodist Church in Fairmont. She attended the Fairmont Community Church until she moved to Heritage in 2012.

      Betty was preceded in death by parents, brother Irvin Sluka of Milligan, son Steven Lee Thomsen, granddaughter Kari Probasco, and brothers-in-law Dwaine Thomsen and Paul Bulwan.

      She is survived by her husband, Darien; daughter, Gayla (George) Probasco of Arapahoe, Nebraska; son, Gene (Connie) of Lincoln, Nebraska; sisters-in-law, Olga Sluka of Geneva, Nebraska, Delores Bulwan of York, Nebraska; grandchildren, Todd (Heather) Probasco of Fairmont, Nebraska, Ryan (Lindsay) Probasco of Broomfield, Colorado, Erin (August) Portz of Denver, Colorado, Jennifer Thomsen of Omaha, Nebraska, Jason (Laura) Thomsen of Lincoln, Nebraska and great-grandchildren, Grace, Tripp and Daniel Probasco of Fairmont, Nebraska, Aynslea and Delaney Portz of Denver, Colorado, Avery, Brooke, Haley and Blake Thomsen of Lincoln, Nebraska and cousins, nieces, nephews and many friends.

      (Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy)
    Person ID I13658  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2017 

    Father William J. Sluka,   b. 17 Apr 1898, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1986, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Helen Bures,   b. 15 Aug 1897, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1980, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 14 Aug 1918 
    Family ID F1798  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Darien E. Thomsen,   b. 16 Jan 1926, Seward County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 2020, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 30 Jan 1949  Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F13996  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2017 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Oct 1928 - Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
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    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Nov 2016 - Fairmont, Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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).

    2. [S564] 1930 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Containing records for approximately 123 million Americans, the 1930 United States Federal Census is the largest census released to date and is the most recent census available for public access. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1930, and contains information about a household?s family members and occupants including: birthplaces, occupations, immigration, citizenship, and military service. The names of those listed in the census are linked to actual images of the 1930 Census.), Nebraska, Fillmore County, Glengary Township Enumerated 5 Apr 1930 ED 30-17 SD 11 Sheet 3A Stamped 99 41-42 (Reliability: 3).