Dorthy Ellen Dudek was born March 4, 1929, at Wauneta, Nebraska, to Bartlett E. and Edna (Burk) Maxfield. Dorthy passed away early Thursday morning, May 9th, 2013, at the Sunrise Heights Nursing Home, Wauneta, Nebraska.
As a young girl she grew up in Wauneta, Nebraska, graduating from Wauneta (NE.) High School in 1946. Dorthy attended the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, for a year before returning to Wauneta.
Dorthy married Leonard Leo Dudek on March 6, 1954, in Sterling, Colorado, and to this union one daughter was born, Mary Lisa. The couple settled and made Wauneta their home for many years.
Dorthy was very active in the Wauneta, Nebraska community, working at the Chateau Theater, the Federal Land Bank, the Roller Mills, and as a grocery clerk. She was a hostess at the Walgren's Steakout and the ELRA (Ender's Lake Resort Area). Dorthy was a Mary Kay consultant, a Brownie and Girl Scout Leader, acted as the secretary for the Wauneta United Methodist Church, which she was a member. She was also a member of the Wauneta American Legion Auxiliary.
Dorthty was a former member of the Village Board of Wauneta, the Chase County Historical Society, and assisted in implementing the meals for senior at the American Legion Hall in Wauneta, before the Wauneta Senior Center was established. She was a good seamstress working on baby quilts and drapes. Dorthy enjoyed socializing with everyone and she especially loved her cats; Pumpkin and Sweet-Sweet.
Dorthy was preceded in death by: parents and husband, Leonard Leo Dudek in 1968 and sister-In-Law, Betty Maxfield.
Interment was in Riverside Cemetery, Wauneta, Nebraska.
As a young girl she grew up in Wauneta, Nebraska, graduating from Wauneta (NE.) High School in 1946. Dorthy attended the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, for a year before returning to Wauneta.
Dorthy married Leonard Leo Dudek on March 6, 1954, in Sterling, Colorado, and to this union one daughter was born, Mary Lisa. The couple settled and made Wauneta their home for many years.
Dorthy was very active in the Wauneta, Nebraska community, working at the Chateau Theater, the Federal Land Bank, the Roller Mills, and as a grocery clerk. She was a hostess at the Walgren's Steakout and the ELRA (Ender's Lake Resort Area). Dorthy was a Mary Kay consultant, a Brownie and Girl Scout Leader, acted as the secretary for the Wauneta United Methodist Church, which she was a member. She was also a member of the Wauneta American Legion Auxiliary.
Dorthty was a former member of the Village Board of Wauneta, the Chase County Historical Society, and assisted in implementing the meals for senior at the American Legion Hall in Wauneta, before the Wauneta Senior Center was established. She was a good seamstress working on baby quilts and drapes. Dorthy enjoyed socializing with everyone and she especially loved her cats; Pumpkin and Sweet-Sweet.
Dorthy was preceded in death by: parents and husband, Leonard Leo Dudek in 1968 and sister-In-Law, Betty Maxfield.
Interment was in Riverside Cemetery, Wauneta, Nebraska.
Dorthy Ellen Dudek was born March 4, 1929, at Wauneta, Nebraska, to Bartlett E. and Edna (Burk) Maxfield. Dorthy passed away early Thursday morning, May 9th, 2013, at the Sunrise Heights Nursing Home, Wauneta, Nebraska.
As a young girl she grew up in Wauneta, Nebraska, graduating from Wauneta (NE.) High School in 1946. Dorthy attended the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, for a year before returning to Wauneta.
Dorthy married Leonard Leo Dudek on March 6, 1954, in Sterling, Colorado, and to this union one daughter was born, Mary Lisa. The couple settled and made Wauneta their home for many years.
Dorthy was very active in the Wauneta, Nebraska community, working at the Chateau Theater, the Federal Land Bank, the Roller Mills, and as a grocery clerk. She was a hostess at the Walgren's Steakout and the ELRA (Ender's Lake Resort Area). Dorthy was a Mary Kay consultant, a Brownie and Girl Scout Leader, acted as the secretary for the Wauneta United Methodist Church, which she was a member. She was also a member of the Wauneta American Legion Auxiliary.
Dorthty was a former member of the Village Board of Wauneta, the Chase County Historical Society, and assisted in implementing the meals for senior at the American Legion Hall in Wauneta, before the Wauneta Senior Center was established. She was a good seamstress working on baby quilts and drapes. Dorthy enjoyed socializing with everyone and she especially loved her cats; Pumpkin and Sweet-Sweet.
Dorthy was preceded in death by: parents and husband, Leonard Leo Dudek in 1968 and sister-In-Law, Betty Maxfield.
Interment was in Riverside Cemetery, Wauneta, Nebraska.
As a young girl she grew up in Wauneta, Nebraska, graduating from Wauneta (NE.) High School in 1946. Dorthy attended the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, for a year before returning to Wauneta.
Dorthy married Leonard Leo Dudek on March 6, 1954, in Sterling, Colorado, and to this union one daughter was born, Mary Lisa. The couple settled and made Wauneta their home for many years.
Dorthy was very active in the Wauneta, Nebraska community, working at the Chateau Theater, the Federal Land Bank, the Roller Mills, and as a grocery clerk. She was a hostess at the Walgren's Steakout and the ELRA (Ender's Lake Resort Area). Dorthy was a Mary Kay consultant, a Brownie and Girl Scout Leader, acted as the secretary for the Wauneta United Methodist Church, which she was a member. She was also a member of the Wauneta American Legion Auxiliary.
Dorthty was a former member of the Village Board of Wauneta, the Chase County Historical Society, and assisted in implementing the meals for senior at the American Legion Hall in Wauneta, before the Wauneta Senior Center was established. She was a good seamstress working on baby quilts and drapes. Dorthy enjoyed socializing with everyone and she especially loved her cats; Pumpkin and Sweet-Sweet.
Dorthy was preceded in death by: parents and husband, Leonard Leo Dudek in 1968 and sister-In-Law, Betty Maxfield.
Interment was in Riverside Cemetery, Wauneta, Nebraska.
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