- Date Of Birth: October 27, 1932
- Date Of Death: February 18, 2020
- State: Nebraska
Charles G. Kucera, age 87, of Osceola, Nebraska, died Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at Annie Jeffrey Hospital in Osceola.
Charles (Chuck) was born on October 27, 1932 to Louis and Helen (Svoboda) Kucera at Prague, Nebraska. He attended Holy Trinity School in Brainard and graduated from Brainard High School in 1951. He joined the Naval Reserves in 1950, his junior year of high school, and went active in 1951. He was an airplane mechanic until 1955 in the Navy. On April 20, 1954 he was united in marriage to Wilomine A. Hofbauer in Lincoln. To this union, five children were born.
In 1955 they moved to Omaha where Chuck went to Universal Trade School and earned his Associate Degree in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning. They then moved to Osceola and had various jobs- Triple F Feed Mills, Huck Rowan Heating and Air Conditioning, Co-op Station, White Dealership, and Plains Power where he retired in July 2012.
He was a member of St. Vincent’s Catholic Church and assisted with building of this church. He was also a member of the American Legion and was presented the Quilt of Valor, April 2019.
Survivors include: children, Vicki Fricke of Omaha, Judy (Lynn) Vrbka of Wilber, Nancy (Bob) Zelasney of Osceola, Daniel (Danielle) Kucera of Utica, Ann (Dan) Coufal of Gretna; grandchildren, Lynn (Brandon) Mogensen, Michael Vrbka, Heidi (Ryan) McConnell, Jason (Mallory) Zelasney, Abby (Kenny) Bise, Kendall (fiancé-Danielle Nelson) Kucera, Keaton (McKenna) Kucera, Mariah and Seth Kennedy, Keithan and Courtney Coufal; great-grandchildren, Owen, Zane, Colin and Avery Bise, Maeleigh, Ava and Taryn McConnell, Jeter and Beckham Zelasney, and baby Mogensen.
Preceded in death by parents, Louis and Helen Kucera, wife, Wilomine, brothers, Jerry, Louis, Andy, Ivan, Paul, Dan, Fran, George, and sisters, Imelda and Betty and all their spouses.
