Vivian Turek, 83 of Loup City, NE died Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at Rose Lane Home in Loup City, NE. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 22, 2011 at St. Josaphat’s Catholic Church in Loup City with Father Martin Egging officiating. Burial will be held at the Evergreen Cemetery in Loup City. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Friday, October 21, at St. Josaphat’s Catholic Church with a Sodality Rosary held at 4:30 p.m. and a Vigil Service held at 7:00 p.m. at the church. Memorials are suggested to the Loup City Rescue Squad, Senior Center or donor’s choice.
Vivian (Setlik) Turek was born January 16, 1928 at Elyria, NE to Henry and Nora (Knopik) Setlik. She grew up in Comstock, NE and graduated from Ord High School in 1944. On October 30, 1950 she married Eugene Turek in Comstock. They lived in Loup City. Vivian was a medical technologist and medical secretary. She was a member of St. Josaphat’s Catholic Church, St. Ann’s Quilting and St. Josaphat’s Sodality Rosary. She loved baking kolaches, making ice cream cake roll, icebox and powdered sugar date bars.
She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Tom and Carol Turek of Kearney, NE; Mike and Lucy Turek of Casper, WY; Jim and Sue Turek of Ft. Dodge, IA; daughter and son-in-law, Chris and Gary Clark of St. Louis, MO; four grandchildren, Joseph, Matthew and Michael Turek and Michael Sands; brother and sister-in-law, Ray and Mary Ellen Setlik of Ord, NE; sisters-in-law, Dorothy Setlik and Sharon Arends of Grand Island, NE and Virginia Setlik of Ord, NE and several nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband; parents; brothers, Dan, Joe and Marvin; sister-in-law, Muriel Setlik and step grandson, Nick Sands.