Elsie (Vech) McCormick, baptized as Elizabeth, the last surviving child of Frank and Kate (Dvorak) Vech, was born January 28, 1921, on the Vech family farm northwest of Verdigre, Nebraska. Elsie died Tuesday, November 5, 2013, at Alpine Village, Verdigre, Nebraska.
Elsie was brought into this world by her Aunt Anna Dvorak, who attended to her birth, and was one of nine children born to Frank and Kate. Elsie had many happy memories of growing up on the farm, spending time with her brothers and sisters, who were very close to her the rest of her life. She was an accomplished athlete in her younger years, participating as a gymnast with the Sokol organization twice a week at the ZCBJ Hall in Verdigre, and in the summers, played volleyball and baseball in the neighbor's pastures. Elsie began attending rural school near the family home at the age of four (as she could already read well), and being a fast learner and an Honor Roll Student, was "skipped out" of the third and fifth grade. At age 11, she began attending Verdigre High School, staying with her 95 year old Grandpa Dvorak in Verdigre, where she boarded, did her own light housekeeping, and cared for Grandpa's chickens. In April of 1936 while attending a dance in Verdigre, Elsie would meet for the first time the man who would later go on to be her husband of 59 years, Alonzo F. "Lonnie" McCormick of Bloomfield, Nebraska. The following month, Elsie graduated at the age of 15 from Verdigre High School with the Class of 1936. Besides being a talented student, Elsie was also an excellent singer. She, along with her sisters, Blanche and Lillian, with sister Agnes on the piano, sang in harmony. Their singing was so respected that in the midst of a blizzard, neighbors travelled by horse drawn wagon to pick up the girls to sing for a neighbor's nine-month-old baby's funeral service.
After completing her education, Elsie remained on the family farm with her parents, as at age 15, was too young to seek outside employment. It was also the "Dirty Thirties"; drought, wind, no crops, and very low farm prices. To make a living, Elsie milked 10 cows and sold the cream, and also raised laying hens, selling the eggs for income. She also helped her dad cut and shock corn bundles for cattle feed, and raised a large garden with her mother, canning the produce. Elsie also sewed all of her own clothing, and one year, she and her mother hand sewed eight quilts. Two years after graduation, Elsie went to work for the McManus family near Center, Nebraska, as Mrs. Emmett McManus was unable to do heavy work due to a heart condition and high blood pressure. Elsie worked for $3.00 a week, Monday through Saturday, from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (or whenever the hired man came in to eat supper). She cooked the meals, did the laundry for the entire family of six (as well as the hired man and a nearby family of seven), baked, and was a "second mother" to the McManus children. Living with the McManus family near Center meant that Elsie was only about 12 miles from Bloomfield, so on her Sundays off, her beloved Lonnie would come pick her up, and they would spend the day with his folks, and usually attended a movie or a dance that Sunday night. It was also during her time being a part of the McManus family that Elsie was baptized in the Catholic Faith, sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Emmett McManus at St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Bloomfield.
Elsie's brother, Tom, left home by way of a stint working in Washington State, later moving to Winner, South Dakota to work for a farmer. The Vech kids' Uncle Frank and Aunt Anna Dvorak had moved to Winner earlier, so Tom made his home in Tripp County, and was able to find work on a farm for Lonnie. After Lonnie had established himself in Winner, he sent for Elsie, who travelled by train, and on April 16, 1940, the young couple was married. Elsie and Lonnie spent their first year of marriage living near Winner, later returning to their home state of Nebraska, taking up farming on their own. The place they rented, however, had no buildings, so Elsie and Lonnie moved in with Lonnie's parents for a year. They then moved to a farm by Bloomfield after their first child, Margaret, was born. While living on the Bloomfield farm, Elsie and Lonnie used the money they had saved from working in Winner to buy their first two cows and first two sows, later expanding their livestock operation while farming with horses. A second child, Richard "Dick", was born while living near Bloomfield, and when he was nine months old, the young family moved and rented a farm one mile northwest of Sparta, Nebraska, and a daughter, Judy, was born. After two years on the Sparta farm, the owners sold the property, so Elsie and Lonnie moved to Uncle Frank Dvorak's farm one mile northwest of Center for two years. During their two years on the Dvorak farm, a son Michael was born. Elsie and Lonnie were blessed with the opportunity of a lifetime; to be able to purchase the farm near Sparta where they had previously lived, and had loved so much. For the next 55 years, the Sparta farm would be Lonnie and Elsie's home, and were blessed with another two children, Phillip and Diane.
Elsie was the epitome of the American farm wife. She raised her family, worked side by side with her husband, cultivated the land, raised a huge garden, tended the livestock, and always had God in her heart. Elsie didn't have much free time on the farm, but made a place in her life for her faith and her Church, serving with the Altar Society and Catholic Daughters of America at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Verdigre. After 59 years of marriage, and 64 years and one month of having Lonnie in her life, Elsie's beloved husband went to be with the Lord on May 24, 1999, and was greeted by their dear daughter, Diane, who had gone before him in 1990. After spending the summer on the farm, in the fall of 1999, Elsie moved into Verdigre, and continued to make her home there the rest of her life. During her time living in town, she joined the Birthday Club, the Faithful Friends organization, and was a member of a card club.
Elsie was a loving, caring, devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great grandmother, sister, and friend. Family was such an important part of her life, and Elsie's loving, caring nature will be greatly missed by all that loved and knew her.
Elsie life and legacy are forever cherished and live on in her family, which includes her sons, Richard (Jan) McCormick of Dakota City, Nebraska, and Michael (Doris) McCormick of Herman, Nebraska; daughters, Margaret Croxen and Judy (Tim) Clausen, all of South Sioux City, Nebraska; daughter-in-law, Niann (Mrs. Phillip) McCormick of Omaha, Nebraska; son-in-law, Edward Janak of Niobrara, Nebraska; 27 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; five great-great grandchildren; Lonnie's sisters, Catherine Blaser of Columbus, Nebraska, and Bernita Slechta of Utah; Lonnie's brother, John (wife Phyllis) McCormick of Arizona; as well as a multitude of nieces, nephews, cousins, extended family, and countless friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Lonnie McCormick; daughter, Diane McCormick Janak; son, Phillip McCormick; son-in-law, Gary Croxen; grandson, Tony McCormick; granddaughter, Mary Beth McCormick; brothers, Arnold, Tom, and Ed; and sisters, Agnes Konopasek, Helen Kemnitz, Wilma Pelikaan, Blanche Tomka and Lillian Ganz.
Burial in St. Wenceslaus Catholic Cemetery, Verdigre, Nebraska.
Elsie was brought into this world by her Aunt Anna Dvorak, who attended to her birth, and was one of nine children born to Frank and Kate. Elsie had many happy memories of growing up on the farm, spending time with her brothers and sisters, who were very close to her the rest of her life. She was an accomplished athlete in her younger years, participating as a gymnast with the Sokol organization twice a week at the ZCBJ Hall in Verdigre, and in the summers, played volleyball and baseball in the neighbor's pastures. Elsie began attending rural school near the family home at the age of four (as she could already read well), and being a fast learner and an Honor Roll Student, was "skipped out" of the third and fifth grade. At age 11, she began attending Verdigre High School, staying with her 95 year old Grandpa Dvorak in Verdigre, where she boarded, did her own light housekeeping, and cared for Grandpa's chickens. In April of 1936 while attending a dance in Verdigre, Elsie would meet for the first time the man who would later go on to be her husband of 59 years, Alonzo F. "Lonnie" McCormick of Bloomfield, Nebraska. The following month, Elsie graduated at the age of 15 from Verdigre High School with the Class of 1936. Besides being a talented student, Elsie was also an excellent singer. She, along with her sisters, Blanche and Lillian, with sister Agnes on the piano, sang in harmony. Their singing was so respected that in the midst of a blizzard, neighbors travelled by horse drawn wagon to pick up the girls to sing for a neighbor's nine-month-old baby's funeral service.
After completing her education, Elsie remained on the family farm with her parents, as at age 15, was too young to seek outside employment. It was also the "Dirty Thirties"; drought, wind, no crops, and very low farm prices. To make a living, Elsie milked 10 cows and sold the cream, and also raised laying hens, selling the eggs for income. She also helped her dad cut and shock corn bundles for cattle feed, and raised a large garden with her mother, canning the produce. Elsie also sewed all of her own clothing, and one year, she and her mother hand sewed eight quilts. Two years after graduation, Elsie went to work for the McManus family near Center, Nebraska, as Mrs. Emmett McManus was unable to do heavy work due to a heart condition and high blood pressure. Elsie worked for $3.00 a week, Monday through Saturday, from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (or whenever the hired man came in to eat supper). She cooked the meals, did the laundry for the entire family of six (as well as the hired man and a nearby family of seven), baked, and was a "second mother" to the McManus children. Living with the McManus family near Center meant that Elsie was only about 12 miles from Bloomfield, so on her Sundays off, her beloved Lonnie would come pick her up, and they would spend the day with his folks, and usually attended a movie or a dance that Sunday night. It was also during her time being a part of the McManus family that Elsie was baptized in the Catholic Faith, sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Emmett McManus at St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Bloomfield.
Elsie's brother, Tom, left home by way of a stint working in Washington State, later moving to Winner, South Dakota to work for a farmer. The Vech kids' Uncle Frank and Aunt Anna Dvorak had moved to Winner earlier, so Tom made his home in Tripp County, and was able to find work on a farm for Lonnie. After Lonnie had established himself in Winner, he sent for Elsie, who travelled by train, and on April 16, 1940, the young couple was married. Elsie and Lonnie spent their first year of marriage living near Winner, later returning to their home state of Nebraska, taking up farming on their own. The place they rented, however, had no buildings, so Elsie and Lonnie moved in with Lonnie's parents for a year. They then moved to a farm by Bloomfield after their first child, Margaret, was born. While living on the Bloomfield farm, Elsie and Lonnie used the money they had saved from working in Winner to buy their first two cows and first two sows, later expanding their livestock operation while farming with horses. A second child, Richard "Dick", was born while living near Bloomfield, and when he was nine months old, the young family moved and rented a farm one mile northwest of Sparta, Nebraska, and a daughter, Judy, was born. After two years on the Sparta farm, the owners sold the property, so Elsie and Lonnie moved to Uncle Frank Dvorak's farm one mile northwest of Center for two years. During their two years on the Dvorak farm, a son Michael was born. Elsie and Lonnie were blessed with the opportunity of a lifetime; to be able to purchase the farm near Sparta where they had previously lived, and had loved so much. For the next 55 years, the Sparta farm would be Lonnie and Elsie's home, and were blessed with another two children, Phillip and Diane.
Elsie was the epitome of the American farm wife. She raised her family, worked side by side with her husband, cultivated the land, raised a huge garden, tended the livestock, and always had God in her heart. Elsie didn't have much free time on the farm, but made a place in her life for her faith and her Church, serving with the Altar Society and Catholic Daughters of America at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Verdigre. After 59 years of marriage, and 64 years and one month of having Lonnie in her life, Elsie's beloved husband went to be with the Lord on May 24, 1999, and was greeted by their dear daughter, Diane, who had gone before him in 1990. After spending the summer on the farm, in the fall of 1999, Elsie moved into Verdigre, and continued to make her home there the rest of her life. During her time living in town, she joined the Birthday Club, the Faithful Friends organization, and was a member of a card club.
Elsie was a loving, caring, devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great grandmother, sister, and friend. Family was such an important part of her life, and Elsie's loving, caring nature will be greatly missed by all that loved and knew her.
Elsie life and legacy are forever cherished and live on in her family, which includes her sons, Richard (Jan) McCormick of Dakota City, Nebraska, and Michael (Doris) McCormick of Herman, Nebraska; daughters, Margaret Croxen and Judy (Tim) Clausen, all of South Sioux City, Nebraska; daughter-in-law, Niann (Mrs. Phillip) McCormick of Omaha, Nebraska; son-in-law, Edward Janak of Niobrara, Nebraska; 27 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; five great-great grandchildren; Lonnie's sisters, Catherine Blaser of Columbus, Nebraska, and Bernita Slechta of Utah; Lonnie's brother, John (wife Phyllis) McCormick of Arizona; as well as a multitude of nieces, nephews, cousins, extended family, and countless friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Lonnie McCormick; daughter, Diane McCormick Janak; son, Phillip McCormick; son-in-law, Gary Croxen; grandson, Tony McCormick; granddaughter, Mary Beth McCormick; brothers, Arnold, Tom, and Ed; and sisters, Agnes Konopasek, Helen Kemnitz, Wilma Pelikaan, Blanche Tomka and Lillian Ganz.
Burial in St. Wenceslaus Catholic Cemetery, Verdigre, Nebraska.
Elsie (Vech) McCormick, baptized as Elizabeth, the last surviving child of Frank and Kate (Dvorak) Vech, was born January 28, 1921, on the Vech family farm northwest of Verdigre, Nebraska. Elsie died Tuesday, November 5, 2013, at Alpine Village, Verdigre, Nebraska.
Elsie was brought into this world by her Aunt Anna Dvorak, who attended to her birth, and was one of nine children born to Frank and Kate. Elsie had many happy memories of growing up on the farm, spending time with her brothers and sisters, who were very close to her the rest of her life. She was an accomplished athlete in her younger years, participating as a gymnast with the Sokol organization twice a week at the ZCBJ Hall in Verdigre, and in the summers, played volleyball and baseball in the neighbor's pastures. Elsie began attending rural school near the family home at the age of four (as she could already read well), and being a fast learner and an Honor Roll Student, was "skipped out" of the third and fifth grade. At age 11, she began attending Verdigre High School, staying with her 95 year old Grandpa Dvorak in Verdigre, where she boarded, did her own light housekeeping, and cared for Grandpa's chickens. In April of 1936 while attending a dance in Verdigre, Elsie would meet for the first time the man who would later go on to be her husband of 59 years, Alonzo F. "Lonnie" McCormick of Bloomfield, Nebraska. The following month, Elsie graduated at the age of 15 from Verdigre High School with the Class of 1936. Besides being a talented student, Elsie was also an excellent singer. She, along with her sisters, Blanche and Lillian, with sister Agnes on the piano, sang in harmony. Their singing was so respected that in the midst of a blizzard, neighbors travelled by horse drawn wagon to pick up the girls to sing for a neighbor's nine-month-old baby's funeral service.
After completing her education, Elsie remained on the family farm with her parents, as at age 15, was too young to seek outside employment. It was also the "Dirty Thirties"; drought, wind, no crops, and very low farm prices. To make a living, Elsie milked 10 cows and sold the cream, and also raised laying hens, selling the eggs for income. She also helped her dad cut and shock corn bundles for cattle feed, and raised a large garden with her mother, canning the produce. Elsie also sewed all of her own clothing, and one year, she and her mother hand sewed eight quilts. Two years after graduation, Elsie went to work for the McManus family near Center, Nebraska, as Mrs. Emmett McManus was unable to do heavy work due to a heart condition and high blood pressure. Elsie worked for $3.00 a week, Monday through Saturday, from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (or whenever the hired man came in to eat supper). She cooked the meals, did the laundry for the entire family of six (as well as the hired man and a nearby family of seven), baked, and was a "second mother" to the McManus children. Living with the McManus family near Center meant that Elsie was only about 12 miles from Bloomfield, so on her Sundays off, her beloved Lonnie would come pick her up, and they would spend the day with his folks, and usually attended a movie or a dance that Sunday night. It was also during her time being a part of the McManus family that Elsie was baptized in the Catholic Faith, sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Emmett McManus at St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Bloomfield.
Elsie's brother, Tom, left home by way of a stint working in Washington State, later moving to Winner, South Dakota to work for a farmer. The Vech kids' Uncle Frank and Aunt Anna Dvorak had moved to Winner earlier, so Tom made his home in Tripp County, and was able to find work on a farm for Lonnie. After Lonnie had established himself in Winner, he sent for Elsie, who travelled by train, and on April 16, 1940, the young couple was married. Elsie and Lonnie spent their first year of marriage living near Winner, later returning to their home state of Nebraska, taking up farming on their own. The place they rented, however, had no buildings, so Elsie and Lonnie moved in with Lonnie's parents for a year. They then moved to a farm by Bloomfield after their first child, Margaret, was born. While living on the Bloomfield farm, Elsie and Lonnie used the money they had saved from working in Winner to buy their first two cows and first two sows, later expanding their livestock operation while farming with horses. A second child, Richard "Dick", was born while living near Bloomfield, and when he was nine months old, the young family moved and rented a farm one mile northwest of Sparta, Nebraska, and a daughter, Judy, was born. After two years on the Sparta farm, the owners sold the property, so Elsie and Lonnie moved to Uncle Frank Dvorak's farm one mile northwest of Center for two years. During their two years on the Dvorak farm, a son Michael was born. Elsie and Lonnie were blessed with the opportunity of a lifetime; to be able to purchase the farm near Sparta where they had previously lived, and had loved so much. For the next 55 years, the Sparta farm would be Lonnie and Elsie's home, and were blessed with another two children, Phillip and Diane.
Elsie was the epitome of the American farm wife. She raised her family, worked side by side with her husband, cultivated the land, raised a huge garden, tended the livestock, and always had God in her heart. Elsie didn't have much free time on the farm, but made a place in her life for her faith and her Church, serving with the Altar Society and Catholic Daughters of America at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Verdigre. After 59 years of marriage, and 64 years and one month of having Lonnie in her life, Elsie's beloved husband went to be with the Lord on May 24, 1999, and was greeted by their dear daughter, Diane, who had gone before him in 1990. After spending the summer on the farm, in the fall of 1999, Elsie moved into Verdigre, and continued to make her home there the rest of her life. During her time living in town, she joined the Birthday Club, the Faithful Friends organization, and was a member of a card club.
Elsie was a loving, caring, devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great grandmother, sister, and friend. Family was such an important part of her life, and Elsie's loving, caring nature will be greatly missed by all that loved and knew her.
Elsie life and legacy are forever cherished and live on in her family, which includes her sons, Richard (Jan) McCormick of Dakota City, Nebraska, and Michael (Doris) McCormick of Herman, Nebraska; daughters, Margaret Croxen and Judy (Tim) Clausen, all of South Sioux City, Nebraska; daughter-in-law, Niann (Mrs. Phillip) McCormick of Omaha, Nebraska; son-in-law, Edward Janak of Niobrara, Nebraska; 27 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; five great-great grandchildren; Lonnie's sisters, Catherine Blaser of Columbus, Nebraska, and Bernita Slechta of Utah; Lonnie's brother, John (wife Phyllis) McCormick of Arizona; as well as a multitude of nieces, nephews, cousins, extended family, and countless friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Lonnie McCormick; daughter, Diane McCormick Janak; son, Phillip McCormick; son-in-law, Gary Croxen; grandson, Tony McCormick; granddaughter, Mary Beth McCormick; brothers, Arnold, Tom, and Ed; and sisters, Agnes Konopasek, Helen Kemnitz, Wilma Pelikaan, Blanche Tomka and Lillian Ganz.
Burial in St. Wenceslaus Catholic Cemetery, Verdigre, Nebraska.
Elsie was brought into this world by her Aunt Anna Dvorak, who attended to her birth, and was one of nine children born to Frank and Kate. Elsie had many happy memories of growing up on the farm, spending time with her brothers and sisters, who were very close to her the rest of her life. She was an accomplished athlete in her younger years, participating as a gymnast with the Sokol organization twice a week at the ZCBJ Hall in Verdigre, and in the summers, played volleyball and baseball in the neighbor's pastures. Elsie began attending rural school near the family home at the age of four (as she could already read well), and being a fast learner and an Honor Roll Student, was "skipped out" of the third and fifth grade. At age 11, she began attending Verdigre High School, staying with her 95 year old Grandpa Dvorak in Verdigre, where she boarded, did her own light housekeeping, and cared for Grandpa's chickens. In April of 1936 while attending a dance in Verdigre, Elsie would meet for the first time the man who would later go on to be her husband of 59 years, Alonzo F. "Lonnie" McCormick of Bloomfield, Nebraska. The following month, Elsie graduated at the age of 15 from Verdigre High School with the Class of 1936. Besides being a talented student, Elsie was also an excellent singer. She, along with her sisters, Blanche and Lillian, with sister Agnes on the piano, sang in harmony. Their singing was so respected that in the midst of a blizzard, neighbors travelled by horse drawn wagon to pick up the girls to sing for a neighbor's nine-month-old baby's funeral service.
After completing her education, Elsie remained on the family farm with her parents, as at age 15, was too young to seek outside employment. It was also the "Dirty Thirties"; drought, wind, no crops, and very low farm prices. To make a living, Elsie milked 10 cows and sold the cream, and also raised laying hens, selling the eggs for income. She also helped her dad cut and shock corn bundles for cattle feed, and raised a large garden with her mother, canning the produce. Elsie also sewed all of her own clothing, and one year, she and her mother hand sewed eight quilts. Two years after graduation, Elsie went to work for the McManus family near Center, Nebraska, as Mrs. Emmett McManus was unable to do heavy work due to a heart condition and high blood pressure. Elsie worked for $3.00 a week, Monday through Saturday, from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (or whenever the hired man came in to eat supper). She cooked the meals, did the laundry for the entire family of six (as well as the hired man and a nearby family of seven), baked, and was a "second mother" to the McManus children. Living with the McManus family near Center meant that Elsie was only about 12 miles from Bloomfield, so on her Sundays off, her beloved Lonnie would come pick her up, and they would spend the day with his folks, and usually attended a movie or a dance that Sunday night. It was also during her time being a part of the McManus family that Elsie was baptized in the Catholic Faith, sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Emmett McManus at St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Bloomfield.
Elsie's brother, Tom, left home by way of a stint working in Washington State, later moving to Winner, South Dakota to work for a farmer. The Vech kids' Uncle Frank and Aunt Anna Dvorak had moved to Winner earlier, so Tom made his home in Tripp County, and was able to find work on a farm for Lonnie. After Lonnie had established himself in Winner, he sent for Elsie, who travelled by train, and on April 16, 1940, the young couple was married. Elsie and Lonnie spent their first year of marriage living near Winner, later returning to their home state of Nebraska, taking up farming on their own. The place they rented, however, had no buildings, so Elsie and Lonnie moved in with Lonnie's parents for a year. They then moved to a farm by Bloomfield after their first child, Margaret, was born. While living on the Bloomfield farm, Elsie and Lonnie used the money they had saved from working in Winner to buy their first two cows and first two sows, later expanding their livestock operation while farming with horses. A second child, Richard "Dick", was born while living near Bloomfield, and when he was nine months old, the young family moved and rented a farm one mile northwest of Sparta, Nebraska, and a daughter, Judy, was born. After two years on the Sparta farm, the owners sold the property, so Elsie and Lonnie moved to Uncle Frank Dvorak's farm one mile northwest of Center for two years. During their two years on the Dvorak farm, a son Michael was born. Elsie and Lonnie were blessed with the opportunity of a lifetime; to be able to purchase the farm near Sparta where they had previously lived, and had loved so much. For the next 55 years, the Sparta farm would be Lonnie and Elsie's home, and were blessed with another two children, Phillip and Diane.
Elsie was the epitome of the American farm wife. She raised her family, worked side by side with her husband, cultivated the land, raised a huge garden, tended the livestock, and always had God in her heart. Elsie didn't have much free time on the farm, but made a place in her life for her faith and her Church, serving with the Altar Society and Catholic Daughters of America at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Verdigre. After 59 years of marriage, and 64 years and one month of having Lonnie in her life, Elsie's beloved husband went to be with the Lord on May 24, 1999, and was greeted by their dear daughter, Diane, who had gone before him in 1990. After spending the summer on the farm, in the fall of 1999, Elsie moved into Verdigre, and continued to make her home there the rest of her life. During her time living in town, she joined the Birthday Club, the Faithful Friends organization, and was a member of a card club.
Elsie was a loving, caring, devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great grandmother, sister, and friend. Family was such an important part of her life, and Elsie's loving, caring nature will be greatly missed by all that loved and knew her.
Elsie life and legacy are forever cherished and live on in her family, which includes her sons, Richard (Jan) McCormick of Dakota City, Nebraska, and Michael (Doris) McCormick of Herman, Nebraska; daughters, Margaret Croxen and Judy (Tim) Clausen, all of South Sioux City, Nebraska; daughter-in-law, Niann (Mrs. Phillip) McCormick of Omaha, Nebraska; son-in-law, Edward Janak of Niobrara, Nebraska; 27 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; five great-great grandchildren; Lonnie's sisters, Catherine Blaser of Columbus, Nebraska, and Bernita Slechta of Utah; Lonnie's brother, John (wife Phyllis) McCormick of Arizona; as well as a multitude of nieces, nephews, cousins, extended family, and countless friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Lonnie McCormick; daughter, Diane McCormick Janak; son, Phillip McCormick; son-in-law, Gary Croxen; grandson, Tony McCormick; granddaughter, Mary Beth McCormick; brothers, Arnold, Tom, and Ed; and sisters, Agnes Konopasek, Helen Kemnitz, Wilma Pelikaan, Blanche Tomka and Lillian Ganz.
Burial in St. Wenceslaus Catholic Cemetery, Verdigre, Nebraska.
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