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DEPARTED PACKERS

In Memory of Departed Packers

​Those we love don't go away,
They walk beside us every day,
Unseen, unheard, but always near,
Still loved, still missed, and very dear.


​-Author Unknown
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Click here to view a full list of departed Packers by class, see below to view those we lost recently.*

​Departed Packers from the Fall 2026 TOOTER

1935-Bruce Nownes of Van Nuys, CA, 2-2002.
1939-Ella (Bentz) DeVol of Riverside, CA, 3-4-26.
1940-William Blaha of Tacoma, WA, 2-16-24.
1940-Jeanne (Drexel) Spellecy of Omaha, 1-19-17.
1940-Pete Gomez of Omaha, 4-9-11.
1940-Don Grobeck of Omaha, 8-24-15.
1940-Grace (Hrbek) Kurtz of Omaha, 4-14-99.
1940-Frances (Jakopovic) Wilkerson of Elkhorn, NE, 2-23-21.
1941-Irene (Jensen) Thorson of Puyallup, WA, 9-9-15.
1941-Jack Looney of Elkhorn, NE, 9-8-11.
1941-Mary (Samuelson) Drickey of Omaha, 7-30-19.
1942-Theresa (Danahy) Svacina of Omaha, 3-21-26.
1942-Julia (Hall) Klauschie of Omaha, 8-29-19.
1942-Elaine (Porter) Basta of Spring Valley, CA, 11-18-16.
1943-William Blohn of Omaha, 10-2-00.
1943-Josephine (Divin) Polifka of Cedar Creek, NE, 4-12-26. 
1943-Eugene Grimm of South Bend, NE, date unknown.
1943-Agnes (Mikulecky) Grabow of Ft. Calhoun, NE, 4-22-15.
1944-Rosa (Rozmajzi) Dynek of Bellevue, NE, 5-8-26.
1945-Milton Maisel of Los Angeles, CA, 9-21-15.
1945-Helen (Parsley) Ruge of Bellevue, NE 2-1-07.
1945-Richard E. Rosinsky of Omaha, 3-25-12.
1945-Nick Shada of Kearney, NE, 3-24-23.
1945-Mary (Valencia) Plaza of Omaha, 4-17-26. 
1946-Wilma (Casper) Sobczyk of Omaha, 8-2-08.
1946-Carol (Driver) Koubsky of Bellevue, NE, 4-10-12.
1946-Marion Griffith of Ralston, NE, 4-28-26.
1946-Dolores (Nicolai) Castro of Omaha, 7-12-25.
1946-James Overfelt Sr. of Omaha, 3-10-20.
1946-George Riza of Omaha, 5-2-11.
1946-Kathryn (Stanek) Groth of Reno, NV, 10-10-25.
1946-Gloria (Taylor) Alberico of Omaha, 2-23-10.
1959-Sally (Schrack) Polak of Eureka Springs, AR, 12-31-21.
1947-Josephine (Buda) Maida of Omaha, 12-8-10.
1947-Mary (Karsnok) Martens of Papillion, 7-4-25. 
1947-Walter Kempnich of Bellevue, NE, 1-11-07.
1947-James Moznar of Omaha, 1-9-17.
1947-James Prchal of Omaha, 4-29-01.
1947-Eugene Staroska of Omaha, 9-29-22.
1947-Mary Ann (Valasek) Nowak of Papillion, 4-25-26. 
1948-Robert Cubrich of Omaha, 6-16-16.
1948-Dean E. Janssen of Papillion, NE, 10-12-14.
1948-Pete Kanger of Elkhorn, NE, 1-6-26.
1948-Mary (Kment) Dynek of Omaha, 3-10-26.
1948-Barbara (Landrum) Sandstedt of Omaha, 3-24-26.
1948-Delores “Babe” (Lusch) Merwald of Bellevue, NE, 8-31-07.
1948-Ray Millan of Grantham, NH, 4-10-23.
1948-Carol (Mosley) Nelson of Sun Valley, ID, 10-24-24.
1948-Bernadine (Nordmeyer) Johansen of Sacramento, CA, 2-6-26.
1948-Thomas A. Prchal of Gretna, NE, 4-25-25.
1948-Delphine (Schenk) Castillo of Omaha, 11-27-14.
1948-Frank Sommer Jr. of Papillion, NE, 2-26-15.
1948-Arthur Tesarek of Plattsmouth, NE, 4-16-26.
1948-Irene (Winnicki) Gahl of Papillion, NE, 2-21-23.
1948-Helen Wisnieski of Omaha, 12-18-22.
1949-Vivienne (Bird) Nielson of Omaha, 11-6-23.
1949-Michael S. Gloeb of Papillion, NE, 9-18-22.
1949-Barbara (Kubin) Holst of Bellevue, NE, 4-19-23.
1949-Winifred (Mahoney) Kaipust of LaVista, NE, 2-21-26.
1949-Robert Shramek of Omaha, 4-17-26.
1949-Delores (Torek) Kripal of Papillion, NE, 9-21-24.
1950-Beverly (Buxter) Bohaty of Omaha, 9-30-25.
1950-Harold Eledge of Denver, CO, 10-26-24.
1950-Tony Pinkes of Omaha, 4-9-26.
1950-Ramona (Radnov) Nelsen of Omaha, 2-8-26.
1950-Patty (Tully) Skocpol of Omaha, 10-5-21.
1951-Dorothy (Chadnick) Mixan of Omaha, 6-30-26.
1951-Donald Daubman of Omaha, 3-13-26.
1951-Dorothy (Earnest) Prusha of Omaha, 3-2-26.
1951-Margaret (Gallagher) Nussrallah of Omaha, 12-3-21.
1951-Lola (Halsey) Patton of Summerville, SC, 3-21-26.
1951-Frances (Schnase) Sock of Genoa, NE, 5-20-23.
1951-Joan (Schneider) Starr of Cozad, NE, 8-6-25.
1951-Leandro Valencia of Omaha, 10-26-17.
1951-Charles Whitney of Tacoma, WA, 11-22-10.
1952-Mary (Cossano) Sykora of Bellevue, NE, 5-6-26.
1952-Clifford Gotsch of Omaha, NE, 9-29-21.
1952-John Leonovicz Jr. of Glenwood, IA, 5-7-26.
1952-William Magnuson of Omaha, 1-15-26.
1952-Ronald Nadherny of Omaha, 6-19-26.
1952-Ronald Probst of Louisville, NE, 7-1-23.
1952-Jerry Rychnovsky of Omaha, 9-22-23.
1953-Delores ”Susie” (Casey) Kocourek of Omaha, 5-4-26.
1953-Dr. Eugene Egnoski of Papillion, NE, 10-23-20.
1953-Patricia “Jerry” (Hassett) Bosanek of Omaha, 7-15-24.
1953-Patricia (Scudder) Cerny of Bloomington, IL, 6-9-16.
1953-Maxine (Sedlak) Rye of Omaha, 1-13-24.
1953-John Stedolka of Omaha, 6-12-26.
1953-JoAnn (Stoehr) Tracek of Omaha, 7-21-26.
1953-Joseph Stoysich of Omaha, 7-15-26.
1953-Dennis Westling of Glendale, WI, 3-22-20.
1954-Karen (Bower) Pendrock of Omaha, 6-29-26.
1954-Roy Bravo of Omaha, 11-18-24.
1954-Ed Hrbek of Omaha, 12-24-25.
1954-Frank Kilton of Papillion, NE, 8-9-25.
1954-Rosemary (Kripal) Melonis of Highlands Ranch, CO, 2-13-26.
1954-Jan Philby of Corrales, NM, 7-13-26.
1954-Herbert Powell of Omaha, 8-2-19.
1955-Gerald Hansen of Omaha, 10-28-24.
1955-Jack W. Kostal of Bellevue, NE, 10-24-25.
1955-Margaret (Lubischer) Hemenway of Gretna, NE, 5-11-26.
1955-Donald Stepanek of Blair, NE, 9-25-25.
1955-Gary Wilkins of Omaha, 7-27-26. 
1956-Jack Matsen of Green Valley, AZ, 1-8-21.
1956-Shirley (Mendyk) Stodolka of Omaha, 4-17-26. 
1956-Martin Ostransky of Gretna, NE, 2-12-26.
1956-Shirley (Smith) Corbin of Omaha, 5-2025.
1956-Beverly (Spohn) Elgan of Council Bluffs, IA, 2-25-26.
1956-Joe Sporcic of LaVista, NE, 7-18-26.
1956-Rae (Watts) Cacioppo of Plattsmouth, NE, 4-28-26.
1957-Judy (Joerns) Metz of Omaha, 2-25-26.
1957-Catherine (Kaiser) Jenness of Omaha, 2-20-26.
1957-Mary Ann (Kalina) Miller of Papillion, NE, 2-16-26. 
1958-Robert Barrier of Omaha, 6-20-26.
1958-Sharon (Bishop) Mack of Gretna, NE, 7-23-22.
1958-Edward Jenkins of Grand Island, NE, 1-25-25.
1958-Sharon (Newingham) Botos of Springfield, NE, 1-8-26.
1958-Mary (Ossowski) Thompson of Omaha, 5-3-26.
1958-John Sabaliauskas of Elkhorn, NE, 2-26-26. 
1958-Richard Salazar of Omaha, 8-1-26.
1958-Lorraine (Zaprowski) Wynn of Omaha, 4-16-26. 
1959-Marlene (Bluvas) Girouard of Gainesville, VA, 3-30-26.
1959-Ed Nemecek of Council Bluffs, IA, 5-23-26.
1959-Barbara (Newlin) Fix of Omaha, 1-31-26. 
1959-Edward Pechar of Dallas, TX, died 12-20-25. 
1960-Sharon (Bahun) Payne of Omaha, 5-1-26.
1960-Jeanene (Bourne) Pecha of Plattsmouth, NE, 6-20-26.
1960-Larry Cowsky of Louisville, NE, 11-6-05.
1960-Gerald “Jerry” Demont of Cinnaminson, NJ, 4-19-26. 
1960-Patrick Donohue Sr. of Gretna, NE, 4-1-26.
1960-Geraldine “Gerri” (Erb) Donahue of Gretna, NE, 3-1-26. 
1960-Leonard Gau of Brevard, NC, 3-27-26.
1960-Donna (Griger) Purchase of Honey Creek, IA, 2-23-26.
1960-Judy (Palmer) Martensen of Columbus, NE, 7-3-26.
1960-Robert Van Outry of Council Bluffs, IA, 2-17-26.
1961-Elizabeth (Miller) Welch of Council Bluffs, IA, 4-21-26.
1961-Patrick Parsons of Omaha, NE, 3-27-26. 
1961-Mary “Marlene” (Sliva) Krist of Omaha, 4-14-26. 
1961-John Sidzyik of Bellevue, NE, 7-6-26.
1961-Arthur Stenhausen of Omaha, 6-4-26.
1961-Frank Zavorka of Grand Island, NE, 7-5-26.
1962-Carolyn Hodges of Omaha, 3-19-23.
1962-Anna (Radik) Gilmore of Corinth, TX, 11-3-25.
1962-Frank Wisnieski of LaVista, NE, 5-15-25.
1962-Roger Wolf of Rock, KS, 10-2-24. 
1963-Linda (Comine) Gamble of Omaha, 1-29-20. 
1963-William Kvasnicka of LaVista, NE, 4-18-26. 
1963-Gerald Sidzyik of Oceanside, CA, 7-6-26.
1963-Gerald Sitarski of Fremont, NE, 9-10-23.
1963-Mary (Renner) Urkevich of Omaha, 4-6-26. 
1963-Paul Vaneske of Osawatomie, KS, 8-24-18.
1963-Jean (Zoucha) Skocz of Bellevue, NE, 5-9-26.
1964-Rose (Feeney) Lukowski of Papillion, NE, 6-12-26.
1964-Donna (Miller) Linn of Omaha, 7-22-26.
1964-Paulette (Stenfanski) Marquez of Omaha, date unknown.
1965-George Balkus of Omaha, 5-23-26.
1965-Terry Jensen of Omaha, 7-22-26.
1965-Carole (Long) Stickels of Omaha, 7-15-26.
1965-Roberta (Minnick) Prince of Ocoee, FL, 5-14-26.
1965-Joy (Mitchell) Maguire of Blue Springs, MO, 8-17-20.
1966-John Jacobsen of Annapolis, MD, 3-23-26. 
1966-Sandra “Sandi” (Perrault) Shotkoski of Springfield, NE, 7-17-26. 
1966-Mary Jo Sekera of Omaha, 3-5-26.
1966-Joan (Sheehan) Edgell of Ponte Vedra, FL, 12-6-25.
1967-Joseph Albin of Omaha, 1-23-25.
1967-Steve Bennington of Menomonie, WI, 9-29-25.
1967-David Cunningham of Omaha, 4-9-25.
1967-Deborah (Dawson) Harris of Omaha, 4-5-26.
1967-Colleen (Lynch) Krayneski of Papillion, NE  7-19-26. 
1967-Cynthia (Nila) Skinner of Omaha, 3-25-26. 
1967-Modesto “Mody” Olivo of Omaha, 5-3-24.
1967-Ray H. Peetz of Omaha, 4-26-26. 
1967-Arnold “Arnie” Schultz of Omaha, 5-2-26.
1967-Kathy (Skradski) Swain of Omaha, 10-11-22.
1968-Diana (Benish) O’Donnel of Tucson, AZ, 3-23-26.
1968-Joe Bouslaugh of Fremont, NE, 5-11-26.
1968-Leland Koziel of Springfield, NE, 1-23-26.
1968-Gary Baber of LaVista, NE, 12-17-21.
1968-Gary Stienblock of Louisville, NE, 5-19-24.
1968-Robert Strnad of Omaha, 8-1-26.
1968-Mary Ann (Vukovic) Pilus of Yutan, NE, 5-16-26.
1969-Robert Grisinger of Plattsmouth, NE, 5-30-26. 
1969-Cindy (Johnsen) Rumsey of Omaha, 9-16-25.
1969-Janice (Kestling) Elbling of Omaha, 7-25-26. 
1969-Edward Pechar of Dallas, TX, 12-20-25.
1969-Dennis Stastny of Bellevue, NE, 3-23-26.
1969-John Tasich of Grand Island, NE, 3-8-26.
1969-Patricia (Van Moorlegham) Barry of Lincoln, NE 4-15-26. 
1969-Henry Vargas of LaVista, NE, 7-20-26.
1969-Pete Zalovich of Omaha, 7-15-25. 
1970-Micheline “Mike” (Macaitis) Ratigan of Ralston, NE, 3-15-26. 
1970-Dana M. Popa of Omaha, 3-26-26.
1970-Leonard Safarik of Bellevue, NE, 4-15-26. 
1970-James R. Smith of Omaha, 6-9-26.
1970-Mary (Sowokinos) Samson of Omaha, 7-9-26.
1970-Duane Stewart of Omaha, 2-11-26.
1970-Mary Lou (Wisniski) Townley of Omaha, 7-10-26.
1971-Rodney Tavis of Omaha, date unknown.
1971-Ronald Tejral of Omaha, 4-29-26.
1972-Diane (Black) Pollock of Papillion, NE, 5-11-26.
1972-Daniel Bogatz of Omaha, 5-7-26. 
1972-Sharilyn Markese of Omaha, 2-4-26.
1972-Daniel Rak of Omaha, 7-14-26.
1973-Antonette (Barron) Highsmith of Savannah, GA, 7-22-26.
1973-Kathy (Landers) Helms of Clearwater, FL, 6-29-26.
1974-Michael Lorence of Leshara, NE, 3-2-26.
1975-David Drummond of Omaha, 5-2-26.
1975-Theresa Early of Omaha, 1-8-26.
1976-Diane Andahl of Omaha, 12-1-24. 
1976-Brenda (Brand) Anson of Omaha, 4-9-26.
1976-Michael “Spike” Lincoln of Omaha, 5-22-25.
1976-Bill Mosser of Omaha, 4-2-26. 
1976-Mike Opperman of Lincoln, NE, 10-23-21.
1976-Steven Vander Yacht of Bellevue, NE, 1-12-25. 
1976-Sharon Virgilito of Omaha, 5-20-24.
1980-Russell Flock of Omaha, 4-28-26. 
1981-Scott Grothe of Omaha, 6-10-24.
1981-Dennis Janousek of Omaha, 5-1-14.
1981-Kathy (Johnsen) Johnson of Omaha, 12-11-25.
1981-Harry S. McCandless of Bellevue, NE, 2-15-97.
1981-Paul Montes of Omaha, 5-20-23.
1981-Dona (Moody) Braniff of Omaha, 12-9-25.
1981-Michael O’Brien of Omaha, 11-19-22.
1981-Cathy (Prokop) Newburn of Omaha, 7-9-22. 
1981-Betty Siciunas of Omaha, 12-26-25.
1982-Karen (Drummond) Gambles of Bellevue, NE, 3-24-01.
1982-Syndia (Joaquin) Prichard of Erie, CO, 5-9-26.
1983-Vick (Adams) Gregg of Omaha, 6-27-26.
1984-Heidi Parsons of Omaha, 3-30-26. 
1986-Cindy (Nabity) Rey of Hinckley, IL, 4-1-24.
1988-Carlos A. Alvarez of Omaha, 3-15-26.
1991-Joseph Carroll of St. Petersburg, FL, 2-10-26.
1992-Chad Devore of Tekamah, NE, 4-11-26.
1995-Matthew Petsche of LaVista, NE, 7-20-26. 
1995- Wayland Vacek of Libertyville, IL, 3-15-26. 
1996-Mica L. Bryant of Omaha, 4-25-26.
1996-April (Sheard) Micklonis of Omaha, 3-14-26. 
 
Staff, Friends, Family
Charlotte Belitz of Omaha, 6-23-26. Mrs. Belitz was a math teacher, swimming, golf and tennis coach from 1976 through 2001.
Mike Brock of Omaha, 7-4-26. Survived by wife Cynthia (Hunter)-1970. Mike was an avid bowler who always supported our Packer Bowling Party.
Joyce Christensen of Omaha, 5-31-26. Mrs. Christensen was Principal from 1983-1993. 
Lorna Rollag of Omaha, 4-10-26. Mrs. Rollag was a business teacher from 1969-1973. 

*Those listed on this page were in the Fall 2026 Tooter. The cut-off was July 31, 2026. All who pass between August 1 and January 31st will be in the Spring 2027 Tooter.
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