The Columbus Telegram, April 12, 1976
KUTA - Alfred M. Kuta Sr., 2064 26th Avenue, died Saturday morning in Behlen Community Hospital at the age of 55. He had been ill since December.
Funeral rites will be conducted by Rev. Bruno Savage, 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Bonaventure Catholic Church. Burial will be in St. Bonaventure Cemetery with military graveside services for the World War II veteran.
Scripture service is 7:30 p.m. today at McKown Funeral Home, where the body lies in state.
Son of Frank J. and Veronica (Kush) Kuta, he was born April 28, 1920 at Shelby and attended high school in Columbus. He served in the Army from Aug. 17, 1939, to May 10, 1944, and was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received during the Sicilian campaign. He was a charter member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Mr. Kuta, who was retired, had farmed in Nebraska and worked as an electrical technician in California. He was married to Lorraine Swolek, who survives.
Also surviving are four sons, Alfred Jr., Thomas, John and David, all of Columbus; two daughters, Shirley of Norfolk and Gera of Columbus; two grandchildren, Tascha and Scott; his mother, Veronica Kuta of Columbus; five brothers, Lonnie, Raymond, Edward and Marvin of Columbus, Earl of Wyoming; one sister, Mrs. Jean Egger of Omaha.
He was preceded in death by one son, Michael; his father and one brother, Frank Jr.
The Columbus Telegram, April 12, 1976
KUTA - Alfred M. Kuta Sr., 2064 26th Avenue, died Saturday morning in Behlen Community Hospital at the age of 55. He had been ill since December.
Funeral rites will be conducted by Rev. Bruno Savage, 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Bonaventure Catholic Church. Burial will be in St. Bonaventure Cemetery with military graveside services for the World War II veteran.
Scripture service is 7:30 p.m. today at McKown Funeral Home, where the body lies in state.
Son of Frank J. and Veronica (Kush) Kuta, he was born April 28, 1920 at Shelby and attended high school in Columbus. He served in the Army from Aug. 17, 1939, to May 10, 1944, and was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received during the Sicilian campaign. He was a charter member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Mr. Kuta, who was retired, had farmed in Nebraska and worked as an electrical technician in California. He was married to Lorraine Swolek, who survives.
Also surviving are four sons, Alfred Jr., Thomas, John and David, all of Columbus; two daughters, Shirley of Norfolk and Gera of Columbus; two grandchildren, Tascha and Scott; his mother, Veronica Kuta of Columbus; five brothers, Lonnie, Raymond, Edward and Marvin of Columbus, Earl of Wyoming; one sister, Mrs. Jean Egger of Omaha.
He was preceded in death by one son, Michael; his father and one brother, Frank Jr.
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