Demerath, Elizabeth Mary

1925 - 2011  (85 years)    Has 20 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Demerath, Elizabeth Mary
  Born	19 Oct 1925	Brunswick, Antelope, Nebraska, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	18 Jan 2011	Verdigre, Knox, Nebraska, USA
  Obituary	Aft 18 Jan 2011
  Funeral services for Elizabeth Tichy, age 85, of Verdigre will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 24, 2011 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Verdigre. Reverend Jeff Lorig will be the celebrant with burial at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Brockhaus Funeral Home in Verdigre with a wake service at 7:00 p.m. Elizabeth "Betty" Mary (Demerath) Tichy, daughter of John Peter and Mary Elizabeth (Losselyong) Demerath, was born on October 19, 1925 at Brunswick, Nebraska. She attended St. Ludger Academy and graduated in 1943. Betty was raised in Brunswick and Creighton. She attended college and worked as a secretary in Omaha. She returned home to care for her sister Helen Demerath. On November 25, 1948, she married Willard Frances Tichy at St. Ludger Catholic Church in Creighton, Nebraska. Five children were born to them, Jeanne, Joan, Richard, Gerald and Julie. She was a member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church at Verdigre, Nebraska. She was also a member of Catholic Daughters of America and the Altar Society. Betty was a wonderful cook, and always made sure her family was well-fed. She could often be found out in her garden, tending her treasured roses. She loved to polka, along with her husband Willard of 62 years. She was a wonderful and loving wife, mother, sister and grandmother, and her family will miss her greatly, along with her apple pie. She died Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at Alpine Village Retirement Center in Verdigre at the age of 85. She is survived by her children and their spouses, Jeanne and Ron Tinkham of Ord, NE, Rick and Cathy Tichy of Council Bluffs, IA, Gary and Kathy Tichy of Dixon, CA, and Julie and Perry Trenhaile of Bloomfield, NE; ten grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; sister, Dorothy Frisch of Creighton, NE; and sister-in-law, Marquerite Demerath of Creighton, NE. She was preceded in death by her husband Willard, on January 4, 2011; daughter, Joan Marshall in 1995; her parents; and her siblings; Ray Demerath, Helen Demerath, Jack Demerath, Ann Jelenik and Ed Demerath.
  Other Info or Events	b. 19 Oct 1925 in Brunswick, Antelope, NE d. 18 Jan 2011 in verdigre, Knox, NE m. Willard Francis Tichy (b. 1922, d. 4 Jan 2011) on 25 Nov 1948
  Person ID	I115367	1FamilyTree | JillvdWyngaard142662
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Demerath, John Peter,   b. 17 Feb 1886, Saukville, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 7 Jun 1968, , , Nebraska, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Losselyong, Elizabeth,   b. 11 Nov 1887, Greenville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 2 Jan 1952, Norfolk, Madison, Nebraska, USA  (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F45200	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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