Charles Joseph Guggenmos, or CJ as most new him, died January 17, 2010, at his farm near Crawford, NE. CJ was born August 15, 1928 at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota to Charles Louis and Kathryn Guggenmos. He was credited with being one of the first c-section births at the Mayo Clinic. His family moved to Crawford from Omaha in 1930 and he began his education at Crawford City Schools where he attended from kindergarten thru third grade. He attended fourth thru eighth grade at Corn Valley District 60. His ninth and tenth grade years were spent at Crawford High School and 1946 CJ graduated from the University of Nebraska, School of Agriculture in Cutis, Nebraska. He then moved to San Jose, California where he lived with his sister Mildred Hohl. While in California he took classes at San Jose State University and worked for a landscaping business and nursery. In 1948 he moved back to Crawford to help is dad on the family farm. On May 2, 1949 CJ married Phyllis Theaubult. To this union three children (Michael, Pamela, and Rita) were born. On September 2, 1957 CJ was remarried to Shirley Hughes. This union brought two step sons (Charlie and Mark), and the birth of a daughter (Theresa).
In 1963 CJ started working as a plumber and pipe fitter on jobs at Chadron State College, and at the Platte Valley and Independent Banks. From 1967 to 1974 he and the family moved around a bit as he worked in Lusk, Wyoming on the prison and hospital, Hasting, Nebraska on the hospital, North Platte, Nebraska on the Union Pacific railroad buildings, and the power plant in Brownville, NE. In 1974 he moved back to Crawford to take over the family farm and start his own plumbing business, CJ's Plumbing. In 1993 CJ sold the plumbing business but continued to pump septic tanks and farm. During his free time CJ loved to play the piano. He played in his own band, CJ and the Alleycats, but mostly played solo at the nursing homes in Chadron and Crawford, and occasionally down at the Eagle POE in Crawford.
When CJ was a boy his mother told him, "If a job has once begun never leave it ‘til it's done, be the job great or small, do it well or not at all!" Anyone who knew him knows that these are word that he lived by. He was a top notch plumber, a very successful farmer, and a loving husband, father, and grandfather. His smiles and neighborly waves will be greatly missed. CJ is survived by his son Michael (wife Bobby Jean, daughter Dawn and, son Joel), daughters Pamela and Rita (son Rory, and daughter Bree), step sons Charlie (wife Julie, daughters Amber and Amy), and Mark (wife Cathy, son Rob, and daughter Randi), granddaughters Misty Lemmon (husband John) and Denee Limbach (husband Zane), grandson Chad Daugherty, niece Kathy Patterson (husband Bruce), and eleven great grand children.
CJ was preceded in death by his grandparents, his parents, his wife of 47 years, Shirley, his sister Mildred, and his daughter and son in law, Theresa and Emil Daugherty.
Funeral services will be held of Friday, January 22, 2010 at 10:00 AM at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church with Father Bernard Berger officiating. Burial will be at the Crawford City Cemetery. A rosary will be held on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 7:00 PM at the church. FUNERAL SERVICE,Friday January 22, 2010, 10:00 AM at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church,Burial will be at the Crawford Catholic Cemetery.
Thursday January 21, 2010, 7:00 PM at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.
In 1963 CJ started working as a plumber and pipe fitter on jobs at Chadron State College, and at the Platte Valley and Independent Banks. From 1967 to 1974 he and the family moved around a bit as he worked in Lusk, Wyoming on the prison and hospital, Hasting, Nebraska on the hospital, North Platte, Nebraska on the Union Pacific railroad buildings, and the power plant in Brownville, NE. In 1974 he moved back to Crawford to take over the family farm and start his own plumbing business, CJ's Plumbing. In 1993 CJ sold the plumbing business but continued to pump septic tanks and farm. During his free time CJ loved to play the piano. He played in his own band, CJ and the Alleycats, but mostly played solo at the nursing homes in Chadron and Crawford, and occasionally down at the Eagle POE in Crawford.
When CJ was a boy his mother told him, "If a job has once begun never leave it ‘til it's done, be the job great or small, do it well or not at all!" Anyone who knew him knows that these are word that he lived by. He was a top notch plumber, a very successful farmer, and a loving husband, father, and grandfather. His smiles and neighborly waves will be greatly missed. CJ is survived by his son Michael (wife Bobby Jean, daughter Dawn and, son Joel), daughters Pamela and Rita (son Rory, and daughter Bree), step sons Charlie (wife Julie, daughters Amber and Amy), and Mark (wife Cathy, son Rob, and daughter Randi), granddaughters Misty Lemmon (husband John) and Denee Limbach (husband Zane), grandson Chad Daugherty, niece Kathy Patterson (husband Bruce), and eleven great grand children.
CJ was preceded in death by his grandparents, his parents, his wife of 47 years, Shirley, his sister Mildred, and his daughter and son in law, Theresa and Emil Daugherty.
Funeral services will be held of Friday, January 22, 2010 at 10:00 AM at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church with Father Bernard Berger officiating. Burial will be at the Crawford City Cemetery. A rosary will be held on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 7:00 PM at the church. FUNERAL SERVICE,Friday January 22, 2010, 10:00 AM at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church,Burial will be at the Crawford Catholic Cemetery.
Thursday January 21, 2010, 7:00 PM at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.
Charles Joseph Guggenmos, or CJ as most new him, died January 17, 2010, at his farm near Crawford, NE. CJ was born August 15, 1928 at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota to Charles Louis and Kathryn Guggenmos. He was credited with being one of the first c-section births at the Mayo Clinic. His family moved to Crawford from Omaha in 1930 and he began his education at Crawford City Schools where he attended from kindergarten thru third grade. He attended fourth thru eighth grade at Corn Valley District 60. His ninth and tenth grade years were spent at Crawford High School and 1946 CJ graduated from the University of Nebraska, School of Agriculture in Cutis, Nebraska. He then moved to San Jose, California where he lived with his sister Mildred Hohl. While in California he took classes at San Jose State University and worked for a landscaping business and nursery. In 1948 he moved back to Crawford to help is dad on the family farm. On May 2, 1949 CJ married Phyllis Theaubult. To this union three children (Michael, Pamela, and Rita) were born. On September 2, 1957 CJ was remarried to Shirley Hughes. This union brought two step sons (Charlie and Mark), and the birth of a daughter (Theresa).
In 1963 CJ started working as a plumber and pipe fitter on jobs at Chadron State College, and at the Platte Valley and Independent Banks. From 1967 to 1974 he and the family moved around a bit as he worked in Lusk, Wyoming on the prison and hospital, Hasting, Nebraska on the hospital, North Platte, Nebraska on the Union Pacific railroad buildings, and the power plant in Brownville, NE. In 1974 he moved back to Crawford to take over the family farm and start his own plumbing business, CJ's Plumbing. In 1993 CJ sold the plumbing business but continued to pump septic tanks and farm. During his free time CJ loved to play the piano. He played in his own band, CJ and the Alleycats, but mostly played solo at the nursing homes in Chadron and Crawford, and occasionally down at the Eagle POE in Crawford.
When CJ was a boy his mother told him, "If a job has once begun never leave it ‘til it's done, be the job great or small, do it well or not at all!" Anyone who knew him knows that these are word that he lived by. He was a top notch plumber, a very successful farmer, and a loving husband, father, and grandfather. His smiles and neighborly waves will be greatly missed. CJ is survived by his son Michael (wife Bobby Jean, daughter Dawn and, son Joel), daughters Pamela and Rita (son Rory, and daughter Bree), step sons Charlie (wife Julie, daughters Amber and Amy), and Mark (wife Cathy, son Rob, and daughter Randi), granddaughters Misty Lemmon (husband John) and Denee Limbach (husband Zane), grandson Chad Daugherty, niece Kathy Patterson (husband Bruce), and eleven great grand children.
CJ was preceded in death by his grandparents, his parents, his wife of 47 years, Shirley, his sister Mildred, and his daughter and son in law, Theresa and Emil Daugherty.
Funeral services will be held of Friday, January 22, 2010 at 10:00 AM at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church with Father Bernard Berger officiating. Burial will be at the Crawford City Cemetery. A rosary will be held on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 7:00 PM at the church. FUNERAL SERVICE,Friday January 22, 2010, 10:00 AM at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church,Burial will be at the Crawford Catholic Cemetery.
Thursday January 21, 2010, 7:00 PM at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.
In 1963 CJ started working as a plumber and pipe fitter on jobs at Chadron State College, and at the Platte Valley and Independent Banks. From 1967 to 1974 he and the family moved around a bit as he worked in Lusk, Wyoming on the prison and hospital, Hasting, Nebraska on the hospital, North Platte, Nebraska on the Union Pacific railroad buildings, and the power plant in Brownville, NE. In 1974 he moved back to Crawford to take over the family farm and start his own plumbing business, CJ's Plumbing. In 1993 CJ sold the plumbing business but continued to pump septic tanks and farm. During his free time CJ loved to play the piano. He played in his own band, CJ and the Alleycats, but mostly played solo at the nursing homes in Chadron and Crawford, and occasionally down at the Eagle POE in Crawford.
When CJ was a boy his mother told him, "If a job has once begun never leave it ‘til it's done, be the job great or small, do it well or not at all!" Anyone who knew him knows that these are word that he lived by. He was a top notch plumber, a very successful farmer, and a loving husband, father, and grandfather. His smiles and neighborly waves will be greatly missed. CJ is survived by his son Michael (wife Bobby Jean, daughter Dawn and, son Joel), daughters Pamela and Rita (son Rory, and daughter Bree), step sons Charlie (wife Julie, daughters Amber and Amy), and Mark (wife Cathy, son Rob, and daughter Randi), granddaughters Misty Lemmon (husband John) and Denee Limbach (husband Zane), grandson Chad Daugherty, niece Kathy Patterson (husband Bruce), and eleven great grand children.
CJ was preceded in death by his grandparents, his parents, his wife of 47 years, Shirley, his sister Mildred, and his daughter and son in law, Theresa and Emil Daugherty.
Funeral services will be held of Friday, January 22, 2010 at 10:00 AM at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church with Father Bernard Berger officiating. Burial will be at the Crawford City Cemetery. A rosary will be held on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 7:00 PM at the church. FUNERAL SERVICE,Friday January 22, 2010, 10:00 AM at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church,Burial will be at the Crawford Catholic Cemetery.
Thursday January 21, 2010, 7:00 PM at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.
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