Joan Vecera Sukup

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Joan Vecera Sukup was born to Frank and Sylvia Juracek Vecera on October 13, 1932. She graduated from Verdigre PublicSchool in 1950. After high school, Joan attended Wayne State College and then taught in rural schools at Wakefield, NE and Verdigre District 26.
In 1952, Walter Sukup married Joan at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church. The couple farmed for many years southwest of Verdigre. To this union four children were born, Marie, Walter, Jr., Kenny and Glenn. Joan was noted for her singing. She gave her senior vocal recital as a student of Eldiva Pavlik. Joan was Golda in the summer production of "Fiddler on the Roof". She also sang at countless weddings, funerals and church services over the years. Cooking was also something Joan was remembered for. She was famous for her Meat and potatoes meals, open crock dill pickles, and her pies. Walter and Joan built a home in Verdigre and moved there after retiring from farming in 1982.
In her earlier years, Joan was an active member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, its Altar Society, CDA, and the Verdigre Community Chorus. After moving to town, she headed the Verdigre Public Schools lunch program for 19 years. She helped Walter deliver the Omaha World Herald and was a member of the Verdigre Alumni Committee, keeping track of everyone's address.
On November 5, 1993, Walter passed away. Joan moved to Alpine Village in 2014, where she lived until her passing.
Joan was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Sylvia Vecera; her beloved husband, Walter; grandchildren, Gwendolyn Vondracek and Dylan BBecker; brothers and sisters-in-law Churck Parks, Rose and Kenneth Carrell, Julia and Alphonse Riibe, John and Wilma Sukup, Adolph and Helen Sukup and Deloris and Leonard Meyer; niece Julie Kastrup and nephews, Raymong Sukup, Larry Sukup and Eugene Cerny. Those remaining to mourn are her childsren, Marie (Joe) Vondracek, Wally (Deb) Sukup, Kenny (Pam) Sukup and Glenn (Laralee) Sukup; 12 grandchildren; 16 great grand-children; sisters, Judy Parks and Rita (Jim) Sukup; many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great nephews and many friends.

Joan married Walter Theodore Sukup, son of John William Sukup and Julia Lavinia Kurka Sukup, on 2 Sep 1952 in Verdigre, NE. (Walter Theodore Sukup was born on 17 Feb 1916 in Walnut, NE. and died on 5 Nov 1993 in Verdigre, NE.)