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Lawrence E. Jelinek

Born: October 23, 1936     Wahoo,  Nebraska Died: December 27, 2009   Wahoo, Nebraska     Mass of Christian Burial: Monday, January 4, 2010 at 10:30 AM St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church Wahoo, Nebraska Interment St. Francis Cemetery, Wahoo, Nebraska Visitation & Rosary: Sunday, January 3, 2010 Visitation ~ 2:00-8:00 PM KC Rosary ~ 6:30 PM Svoboda Funeral Home Memorials: St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church or School Wahoo Volunteer Fire Department

Lawrence E. Jelinek was born in Wahoo, NE on October 23, 1936 to Carl E. and Anna Machacek Jelinek. Lawrence attended elementary school in Wahoo and graduated from Wahoo High School. On Aug. 30, 1955 he was united in marriage to Dorothy Ostry at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Prague, NE. They lived east of Wahoo initially and moved to a farm west of Wahoo in 1968. In 2007 they moved to their home in Wahoo. Lawrence was a lifelong farmer and retired from the City of Wahoo where he had been the street supervisor for many years. He was a parishioner at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church and a member of Knights of Columbus Council #1833. Lawrence served in the Nebraska National Guard and had been the treasurer for the Center Precinct Board and a past president for the Rural Fire District.

Lawrence is survived by his wife Dorothy; children and spouses, Larry of Wahoo, Robert and Ruth of Anaheim Hills, CA, Teri and Joe Sloup of Lincoln, NE, Jim and Rhonda of Wahoo and Ron and Maria of Loveland, CO; 12 grandchildren; 2 great grandchildren; sister, Ann and husband Jack Bruha of Dorchester, NE; sister in law Cecelia Jelinek of Wahoo. Lawrence was preceded in death by his parents, grandson Christopher Jelinek and brother Carl Jelinek