KEARNEY — Margareta Dutko, 88, of Kearney, formerly of Lisco, died Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, at St. John’s Good Samaritan Center.
Mass of Resurrection will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Gall’s Catholic Church in Lisco with the Revs. Rayappa Pasala and Art Faesser officiating. Burial will be at Lisco Memorial Cemetery.
A vigil wake service will be at 4 p.m. Friday at Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services Chapel in Kearney with the Rev. Art Faesser officiating.
Marga was born on Sept. 29, 1930, in Herzogenaurach, Germany, to Kaspar and Katharina (Wein) Hertwich.
After World War II, the Americans took over the large air base on the edge of Herzogenaurach, and Polish soldiers who had been German prisoners of war joined the Civilian Labor Corps and were stationed at the Herzo Air Base. Marga met a handsome military policeman, Mikolay Dutko. On May 14, 1949, they were married in Herzogenaurach.
In 1951, displaced persons were given the opportunity to relocate to the United States or Australia. The Dutkos chose the United States, making that journey on the USS General Butler, a military ship used during the Korean War to transport troops. The Catholic Relief Society helped the family find employment at the John McGinley ranch north of Lisco.
In 1960, the Dutko family moved to Lisco to work for Rush Creek Land and Cattle Co. Six years later, the couple bought the Mobil Station from Glen Barnwell. Marga filled in pumping gas and checking oil at the station when Mike was delivering fuel to farmers and ranchers, AND she would still have a hot meal ready when he returned home. Marga and Mike operated the Dutko Service Mobil Station from 1966 until 2002, when they retired.
Marga was active in several bridge and pinochle clubs. She learned to sew beautifully, even helping make her daughter’s wedding dress; made quilts for grandchildren; and knitted, starched and stretched beautiful doilies from old German patterns that were often given as wedding presents. She enjoyed goose hunting and fishing with her husband. Target shooting was always an even competition between the two of them.
Marga was not discriminatory, was fair and kind to everyone, and always had room for another one or two people at the dinner table. Marga was magical in the kitchen and loved to cook and bake, especially around the holidays. Tradition would dictate that on the day after Thanksgiving, she would make Christmas cookies from her favorite German recipes with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Her hospitality and quiet kindness were well known. When roofers were at work on her house, she invited them in for coffee and cake. They told their boss that was the first time anyone had ever done that. A couple of weeks later, the owner stopped by her house and thanked her for her kindness to his crew. That was not unusual for my mother, and she kept it quietly to herself. She was a stickler for playing by the rules and would be very vocal if she felt procedure was not being followed.
Survivors include her daughter, Karin Covalt of Kearney; her grandchildren, Misha Covalt of Kearney and Mike Covalt and his wife, Becky, and three great-grandchildren, Anna, Drew and Abby Covalt, all of Seward; and one brother, Heinz Hertwich of Herzogenaurach.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents and two sisters, Elisabeth Hertwich Sierat, who died earlier this year, and Wilhelmina Hertwich, who died in WWII.
Mass of Resurrection will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Gall’s Catholic Church in Lisco with the Revs. Rayappa Pasala and Art Faesser officiating. Burial will be at Lisco Memorial Cemetery.
A vigil wake service will be at 4 p.m. Friday at Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services Chapel in Kearney with the Rev. Art Faesser officiating.
Marga was born on Sept. 29, 1930, in Herzogenaurach, Germany, to Kaspar and Katharina (Wein) Hertwich.
After World War II, the Americans took over the large air base on the edge of Herzogenaurach, and Polish soldiers who had been German prisoners of war joined the Civilian Labor Corps and were stationed at the Herzo Air Base. Marga met a handsome military policeman, Mikolay Dutko. On May 14, 1949, they were married in Herzogenaurach.
In 1951, displaced persons were given the opportunity to relocate to the United States or Australia. The Dutkos chose the United States, making that journey on the USS General Butler, a military ship used during the Korean War to transport troops. The Catholic Relief Society helped the family find employment at the John McGinley ranch north of Lisco.
In 1960, the Dutko family moved to Lisco to work for Rush Creek Land and Cattle Co. Six years later, the couple bought the Mobil Station from Glen Barnwell. Marga filled in pumping gas and checking oil at the station when Mike was delivering fuel to farmers and ranchers, AND she would still have a hot meal ready when he returned home. Marga and Mike operated the Dutko Service Mobil Station from 1966 until 2002, when they retired.
Marga was active in several bridge and pinochle clubs. She learned to sew beautifully, even helping make her daughter’s wedding dress; made quilts for grandchildren; and knitted, starched and stretched beautiful doilies from old German patterns that were often given as wedding presents. She enjoyed goose hunting and fishing with her husband. Target shooting was always an even competition between the two of them.
Marga was not discriminatory, was fair and kind to everyone, and always had room for another one or two people at the dinner table. Marga was magical in the kitchen and loved to cook and bake, especially around the holidays. Tradition would dictate that on the day after Thanksgiving, she would make Christmas cookies from her favorite German recipes with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Her hospitality and quiet kindness were well known. When roofers were at work on her house, she invited them in for coffee and cake. They told their boss that was the first time anyone had ever done that. A couple of weeks later, the owner stopped by her house and thanked her for her kindness to his crew. That was not unusual for my mother, and she kept it quietly to herself. She was a stickler for playing by the rules and would be very vocal if she felt procedure was not being followed.
Survivors include her daughter, Karin Covalt of Kearney; her grandchildren, Misha Covalt of Kearney and Mike Covalt and his wife, Becky, and three great-grandchildren, Anna, Drew and Abby Covalt, all of Seward; and one brother, Heinz Hertwich of Herzogenaurach.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents and two sisters, Elisabeth Hertwich Sierat, who died earlier this year, and Wilhelmina Hertwich, who died in WWII.
KEARNEY — Margareta Dutko, 88, of Kearney, formerly of Lisco, died Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, at St. John’s Good Samaritan Center.
Mass of Resurrection will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Gall’s Catholic Church in Lisco with the Revs. Rayappa Pasala and Art Faesser officiating. Burial will be at Lisco Memorial Cemetery.
A vigil wake service will be at 4 p.m. Friday at Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services Chapel in Kearney with the Rev. Art Faesser officiating.
Marga was born on Sept. 29, 1930, in Herzogenaurach, Germany, to Kaspar and Katharina (Wein) Hertwich.
After World War II, the Americans took over the large air base on the edge of Herzogenaurach, and Polish soldiers who had been German prisoners of war joined the Civilian Labor Corps and were stationed at the Herzo Air Base. Marga met a handsome military policeman, Mikolay Dutko. On May 14, 1949, they were married in Herzogenaurach.
In 1951, displaced persons were given the opportunity to relocate to the United States or Australia. The Dutkos chose the United States, making that journey on the USS General Butler, a military ship used during the Korean War to transport troops. The Catholic Relief Society helped the family find employment at the John McGinley ranch north of Lisco.
In 1960, the Dutko family moved to Lisco to work for Rush Creek Land and Cattle Co. Six years later, the couple bought the Mobil Station from Glen Barnwell. Marga filled in pumping gas and checking oil at the station when Mike was delivering fuel to farmers and ranchers, AND she would still have a hot meal ready when he returned home. Marga and Mike operated the Dutko Service Mobil Station from 1966 until 2002, when they retired.
Marga was active in several bridge and pinochle clubs. She learned to sew beautifully, even helping make her daughter’s wedding dress; made quilts for grandchildren; and knitted, starched and stretched beautiful doilies from old German patterns that were often given as wedding presents. She enjoyed goose hunting and fishing with her husband. Target shooting was always an even competition between the two of them.
Marga was not discriminatory, was fair and kind to everyone, and always had room for another one or two people at the dinner table. Marga was magical in the kitchen and loved to cook and bake, especially around the holidays. Tradition would dictate that on the day after Thanksgiving, she would make Christmas cookies from her favorite German recipes with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Her hospitality and quiet kindness were well known. When roofers were at work on her house, she invited them in for coffee and cake. They told their boss that was the first time anyone had ever done that. A couple of weeks later, the owner stopped by her house and thanked her for her kindness to his crew. That was not unusual for my mother, and she kept it quietly to herself. She was a stickler for playing by the rules and would be very vocal if she felt procedure was not being followed.
Survivors include her daughter, Karin Covalt of Kearney; her grandchildren, Misha Covalt of Kearney and Mike Covalt and his wife, Becky, and three great-grandchildren, Anna, Drew and Abby Covalt, all of Seward; and one brother, Heinz Hertwich of Herzogenaurach.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents and two sisters, Elisabeth Hertwich Sierat, who died earlier this year, and Wilhelmina Hertwich, who died in WWII.
Mass of Resurrection will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Gall’s Catholic Church in Lisco with the Revs. Rayappa Pasala and Art Faesser officiating. Burial will be at Lisco Memorial Cemetery.
A vigil wake service will be at 4 p.m. Friday at Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services Chapel in Kearney with the Rev. Art Faesser officiating.
Marga was born on Sept. 29, 1930, in Herzogenaurach, Germany, to Kaspar and Katharina (Wein) Hertwich.
After World War II, the Americans took over the large air base on the edge of Herzogenaurach, and Polish soldiers who had been German prisoners of war joined the Civilian Labor Corps and were stationed at the Herzo Air Base. Marga met a handsome military policeman, Mikolay Dutko. On May 14, 1949, they were married in Herzogenaurach.
In 1951, displaced persons were given the opportunity to relocate to the United States or Australia. The Dutkos chose the United States, making that journey on the USS General Butler, a military ship used during the Korean War to transport troops. The Catholic Relief Society helped the family find employment at the John McGinley ranch north of Lisco.
In 1960, the Dutko family moved to Lisco to work for Rush Creek Land and Cattle Co. Six years later, the couple bought the Mobil Station from Glen Barnwell. Marga filled in pumping gas and checking oil at the station when Mike was delivering fuel to farmers and ranchers, AND she would still have a hot meal ready when he returned home. Marga and Mike operated the Dutko Service Mobil Station from 1966 until 2002, when they retired.
Marga was active in several bridge and pinochle clubs. She learned to sew beautifully, even helping make her daughter’s wedding dress; made quilts for grandchildren; and knitted, starched and stretched beautiful doilies from old German patterns that were often given as wedding presents. She enjoyed goose hunting and fishing with her husband. Target shooting was always an even competition between the two of them.
Marga was not discriminatory, was fair and kind to everyone, and always had room for another one or two people at the dinner table. Marga was magical in the kitchen and loved to cook and bake, especially around the holidays. Tradition would dictate that on the day after Thanksgiving, she would make Christmas cookies from her favorite German recipes with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Her hospitality and quiet kindness were well known. When roofers were at work on her house, she invited them in for coffee and cake. They told their boss that was the first time anyone had ever done that. A couple of weeks later, the owner stopped by her house and thanked her for her kindness to his crew. That was not unusual for my mother, and she kept it quietly to herself. She was a stickler for playing by the rules and would be very vocal if she felt procedure was not being followed.
Survivors include her daughter, Karin Covalt of Kearney; her grandchildren, Misha Covalt of Kearney and Mike Covalt and his wife, Becky, and three great-grandchildren, Anna, Drew and Abby Covalt, all of Seward; and one brother, Heinz Hertwich of Herzogenaurach.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents and two sisters, Elisabeth Hertwich Sierat, who died earlier this year, and Wilhelmina Hertwich, who died in WWII.
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