Zyg was born June 24, 1918, at Loup City to Joseph and Mary Ann (Szafrajda) Stobbe.
On Nov. 10, 1945, he married Elsie Fredrickson at St. Josaphat's Catholic Church in Loup City. Elsie died Jan. 9, 2007.
Survivors are: daughters and sons-in-law, Karen and Larry Rademacher of Loup City, Linda and Ron Wardyn of Loup City and Diane and Todd Chitwood of Grand Island; son and daughter-in-law, John and Marylee Stobbe of Omaha; son-in-law, Chuck Dusek of Loup City; and 15 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Zyg attended rural school District No. 61 and graduated from the 8th grade.
Zyg farmed and had a dairy herd until moving to Loup City in 1973. From 1973 to 1988 he owned and operated Zig's Liquor.
Zyg was a member of St. Josaphat's Catholic Church, a former member of the FHA Loan Committee and a city councilman for Loup City.
Zyg loved his family, gardening, fishing, hunting, farming, Yankee baseball, Husker football and his special pet, Toby.
Zyg was preceded in death by his wife, Elsie; daughter, Mary Dusek; son-in-law, Mark McCarville; brothers, Ed, Lloyd, Harry, and Al Stobbe; sisters, Elizabeth Czaplewski, Mary Krakowski, Helen Czaplewski, and Irene Sutherland; half-brothers, Frank, Ben and Joe Stobbe; and half-sister, Laura Szafrajda.
Burial was in the Evergreen Cemetery, Loup City, NE.
Published in The Grand Island Independent on September 19, 2011
Zyg was born June 24, 1918, at Loup City to Joseph and Mary Ann (Szafrajda) Stobbe.
On Nov. 10, 1945, he married Elsie Fredrickson at St. Josaphat's Catholic Church in Loup City. Elsie died Jan. 9, 2007.
Survivors are: daughters and sons-in-law, Karen and Larry Rademacher of Loup City, Linda and Ron Wardyn of Loup City and Diane and Todd Chitwood of Grand Island; son and daughter-in-law, John and Marylee Stobbe of Omaha; son-in-law, Chuck Dusek of Loup City; and 15 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Zyg attended rural school District No. 61 and graduated from the 8th grade.
Zyg farmed and had a dairy herd until moving to Loup City in 1973. From 1973 to 1988 he owned and operated Zig's Liquor.
Zyg was a member of St. Josaphat's Catholic Church, a former member of the FHA Loan Committee and a city councilman for Loup City.
Zyg loved his family, gardening, fishing, hunting, farming, Yankee baseball, Husker football and his special pet, Toby.
Zyg was preceded in death by his wife, Elsie; daughter, Mary Dusek; son-in-law, Mark McCarville; brothers, Ed, Lloyd, Harry, and Al Stobbe; sisters, Elizabeth Czaplewski, Mary Krakowski, Helen Czaplewski, and Irene Sutherland; half-brothers, Frank, Ben and Joe Stobbe; and half-sister, Laura Szafrajda.
Burial was in the Evergreen Cemetery, Loup City, NE.
Published in The Grand Island Independent on September 19, 2011
Family Members
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Stanley Stobbe
1899–1900
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Elizabeth Stobbe Czaplewski
1901–1999
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Mary T Stobbe Krakowski
1903–1981
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Helen T. Stobbe Czaplewski
1905–1945
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Edward Ernest Stobbe
1908–1966
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Lloyd Walter Stobbe
1910–1989
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Harry Edmund Stobbe
1912–1990
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Alphonso/Alfonso Leo "Al" Stobbe
1916–1987
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Irene Leah Stobbe Sutherland
1920–2010
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