Joe T. Kopecky, 86, of Octavia, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, at his home.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Presentation Catholic Church, in Marietta, with Father Joseph Steele officiating. Committal will be in the Presentation Cemetery in Bellwood.
Visitation will be 3-7 p.m. Sunday, with a 7 p.m. rosary service, at Kracl Funeral Chapel in David City, continuing 9-10 a.m. Monday at the church.
Memorials suggested to the Presentation Catholic Church or Aquinas Guardian Angel Fund.
There will be a lunch at the KC Hall in David City.
Joe was born Dec. 29, 1925, in David City, to Bohumil and Anna (Justyn) Kopecky.
He attended Marietta School and graduated in 1943. On May 20, 1946, he married Dorothy Treadway at the Presentation Catholic Church in Marietta. She died May 4, 1993.
Joe was a member of Presentation Catholic Church where he also served as a Parish Acolyte. He was an Honorary Third and Fourth Degree Member of the Knights of Columbus. He also was a member of the Eagles Club and Aquinas Booster Club. Joe farmed until 1996 and did commercial trucking for 50 years. He was a football referee for 40 years and a basketball referee for 20 years.
He is survived by three sons, Donald Kopecky, of Aurora, Colo., Rick (Eileen) Kopecky, of Octavia, and Jack (Karen) Kopecky, of Altoona, Iowa; one daughter, Jody Kopecky, of David City; nine grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; three sisters, Agnes Orcutt, of Omaha, Hattie Bougger, of Brainard, and Marie Johnson, of North Bend.
He was preceded in death by his wife; parents; two brothers, Steve and Rudy Kopecky; and a sister, Anne Widener.
Kracl Funeral Chapel, of David City, is in charge of these arrangements.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Presentation Catholic Church, in Marietta, with Father Joseph Steele officiating. Committal will be in the Presentation Cemetery in Bellwood.
Visitation will be 3-7 p.m. Sunday, with a 7 p.m. rosary service, at Kracl Funeral Chapel in David City, continuing 9-10 a.m. Monday at the church.
Memorials suggested to the Presentation Catholic Church or Aquinas Guardian Angel Fund.
There will be a lunch at the KC Hall in David City.
Joe was born Dec. 29, 1925, in David City, to Bohumil and Anna (Justyn) Kopecky.
He attended Marietta School and graduated in 1943. On May 20, 1946, he married Dorothy Treadway at the Presentation Catholic Church in Marietta. She died May 4, 1993.
Joe was a member of Presentation Catholic Church where he also served as a Parish Acolyte. He was an Honorary Third and Fourth Degree Member of the Knights of Columbus. He also was a member of the Eagles Club and Aquinas Booster Club. Joe farmed until 1996 and did commercial trucking for 50 years. He was a football referee for 40 years and a basketball referee for 20 years.
He is survived by three sons, Donald Kopecky, of Aurora, Colo., Rick (Eileen) Kopecky, of Octavia, and Jack (Karen) Kopecky, of Altoona, Iowa; one daughter, Jody Kopecky, of David City; nine grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; three sisters, Agnes Orcutt, of Omaha, Hattie Bougger, of Brainard, and Marie Johnson, of North Bend.
He was preceded in death by his wife; parents; two brothers, Steve and Rudy Kopecky; and a sister, Anne Widener.
Kracl Funeral Chapel, of David City, is in charge of these arrangements.
Joe T. Kopecky, 86, of Octavia, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, at his home.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Presentation Catholic Church, in Marietta, with Father Joseph Steele officiating. Committal will be in the Presentation Cemetery in Bellwood.
Visitation will be 3-7 p.m. Sunday, with a 7 p.m. rosary service, at Kracl Funeral Chapel in David City, continuing 9-10 a.m. Monday at the church.
Memorials suggested to the Presentation Catholic Church or Aquinas Guardian Angel Fund.
There will be a lunch at the KC Hall in David City.
Joe was born Dec. 29, 1925, in David City, to Bohumil and Anna (Justyn) Kopecky.
He attended Marietta School and graduated in 1943. On May 20, 1946, he married Dorothy Treadway at the Presentation Catholic Church in Marietta. She died May 4, 1993.
Joe was a member of Presentation Catholic Church where he also served as a Parish Acolyte. He was an Honorary Third and Fourth Degree Member of the Knights of Columbus. He also was a member of the Eagles Club and Aquinas Booster Club. Joe farmed until 1996 and did commercial trucking for 50 years. He was a football referee for 40 years and a basketball referee for 20 years.
He is survived by three sons, Donald Kopecky, of Aurora, Colo., Rick (Eileen) Kopecky, of Octavia, and Jack (Karen) Kopecky, of Altoona, Iowa; one daughter, Jody Kopecky, of David City; nine grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; three sisters, Agnes Orcutt, of Omaha, Hattie Bougger, of Brainard, and Marie Johnson, of North Bend.
He was preceded in death by his wife; parents; two brothers, Steve and Rudy Kopecky; and a sister, Anne Widener.
Kracl Funeral Chapel, of David City, is in charge of these arrangements.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Presentation Catholic Church, in Marietta, with Father Joseph Steele officiating. Committal will be in the Presentation Cemetery in Bellwood.
Visitation will be 3-7 p.m. Sunday, with a 7 p.m. rosary service, at Kracl Funeral Chapel in David City, continuing 9-10 a.m. Monday at the church.
Memorials suggested to the Presentation Catholic Church or Aquinas Guardian Angel Fund.
There will be a lunch at the KC Hall in David City.
Joe was born Dec. 29, 1925, in David City, to Bohumil and Anna (Justyn) Kopecky.
He attended Marietta School and graduated in 1943. On May 20, 1946, he married Dorothy Treadway at the Presentation Catholic Church in Marietta. She died May 4, 1993.
Joe was a member of Presentation Catholic Church where he also served as a Parish Acolyte. He was an Honorary Third and Fourth Degree Member of the Knights of Columbus. He also was a member of the Eagles Club and Aquinas Booster Club. Joe farmed until 1996 and did commercial trucking for 50 years. He was a football referee for 40 years and a basketball referee for 20 years.
He is survived by three sons, Donald Kopecky, of Aurora, Colo., Rick (Eileen) Kopecky, of Octavia, and Jack (Karen) Kopecky, of Altoona, Iowa; one daughter, Jody Kopecky, of David City; nine grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; three sisters, Agnes Orcutt, of Omaha, Hattie Bougger, of Brainard, and Marie Johnson, of North Bend.
He was preceded in death by his wife; parents; two brothers, Steve and Rudy Kopecky; and a sister, Anne Widener.
Kracl Funeral Chapel, of David City, is in charge of these arrangements.
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