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Delores C. "Tootie" Vasina

Born: November 26, 1934    Avoca, Nebraska Died: February 2, 2009        Omaha, Nebraska     Mass of Christian Burial: Friday, February 6, 2009 10:00 AM at St. Joseph Catholic Church Colon, Nebraska Interment at St. Francis Cemetery, Wahoo, Nebraska Visitation & Services Thursday, February 5, 2009 2:00-4:00 PM ~ Visitation at Svoboda Funeral Home 6:00 PM ~ Visitation at St. Joseph Catholic Church         6:45 PM ~ La Femmes 40 & 8 Service at church 7:00 PM ~ Rosary at church Memorials: St. Joseph Catholic Church Colon American Legion Auxiliary Post #265

Delores C. "Tootie" Vasina, age 74, long time resident of Colon died at Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha Monday, February 2, 2009.

She was born November 26, 1934 at Avoca, NE to Albert and Christina (Meyer) Staack. She grew up in the farming community by Avoca attending both Elmwood and Avoca High Schools and graduated from Avoca High School in 1952. She played volleyball in high school earning state honors as a freshman. After high school she worked at the Elgin Watch Factory and then the Russell Stover Candy Factory, both in Lincoln where she met Richard J. Vasina. They were married at the St. Patrick's Catholic
Church in Manley, NE on May 16, 1959.

Delores was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and the St. Ann's Altar Sodality, Colon. She was a Past President of the Bartek Carlson Post 265 American Legion Auxiliary in Colon and was very active with service to veterans serving on committees on the local and state levels. She was also a member of Dodge County Salon 358 of the 8 & 40 and the La Femmes Cabane 206, Omaha.

Delores was an avid gardener and loved flowers and plants and had the proverbial "green thumb" She loved to bowl, bowling a 290 game at the Wahoo Bowling Alley, the highest women's game bowled in Wahoo. She enjoyed playing cards with her friends and was a loyal Nebraska football fan with her husband. Her granddaughter Christina was the light of her life.

Survivors include: her husband, a son, Rick of Colon; a daughter, Debra (and husband, SFC Virgil) Blum of Omaha; and a granddaughter, Christina Mary Blum, of Omaha; two sisters, RoseMary Fischer, of Elmwood, NE Lorene (and husband LeRoy) Furry, of Manley, NE; two brothers, Clarence "Bud" (and wife Mary Ann) Staack,of Weeping Water, NE, Charlie(and wife Rosie) Staack, of Lincoln, NE and numerous niece, nephews, relatives and friends

She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother and sister-in-law Harold and Leila Staack, brother-in-law, Francis Fischer and a baby sister, Mildred.