1928
Stanley
2014
Stanley J. Koperski
November 18, 1928 — February 22, 2014
Stanley Koperski, 85, of Cairo died Saturday, February 22, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island, Nebraska.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in St. Paul. The Reverend Ray Kosmicki will officiate.
Interment will be held in Elmwood Cemetery with military honors at graveside by Mickelsen-Larkowski American Legion Post #241 of Dannebrog and the flag presentation by the United States Marine Honor Guard.
A visitation will be held from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., Monday with a wake service held at 7:00 p.m., at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul.
Memorials are suggested to the Mickelsen-Larkowski American Legion Post #241 of Dannebrog.
Mr. Koperski was born November 18, 1928 to Frank and Veronica (Lubash) Koperski in Farwell, Nebraska.
He grew up in Farwell. He attended and graduated from Farwell High School in 1948.
After graduation, Stanley started farming.
He entered the United States Marines during the Korean War. He was stationed in San Diego, and then became an MP at an ammunition depot in Hawthorne, NV. He was honorably discharged in 1953.
After returning home from the military, Stanley farmed near the Dannebrog area and worked at the Phonograph Herald and was a guard at the Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant in Grand Island.
He met Gladyce Eloe and was united in marriage to her on June 11, 1957 in Loup City, Nebraska. To this union seven children were born.
Stanley continued farming and worked at the Grand Island Independent, preparing the bundles of newspapers for carriers.
He farmed and owned livestock his whole life.
The couple moved to St. Paul and lived several years.
In 2010, they moved to Cairo. Stanley never retired from farming, he farmed during the summers and went to livestock sales when he could.
Stanley enjoyed his family and his grandchildren. He always raised a large garden every summer and enjoyed driving around giving away his produce from his garden. He loved playing cards, hunting pheasants and trapping raccoons. The couple both enjoyed traveling to see family.
He was a member of the Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in St. Paul and the Mickelsen-Larkowski American Legion Post #241 of Dannebrog.
Stanley is survived by his wife, Gladyce of Cairo; three sons and daughter-in-law, Alan & Anne Koperski of Elba, Dan Koperski of Farwell and Steve Koperski of Dannebrog; three daughters and son-in-law, Char & Gene Kyhn, Diane Carpenter and special friend Flo Legleiter of Colorado Springs, CO, Judy Koperski and special friend Marcus Weathersby of San Diego, CA, and son-in-law, Doug Hammon of Grand Island; eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren; two brothers & sisters-in-law, Leonard & Bernice Koperski and Frank & Sharon Koperski, Jr. all of Farwell, Viola Koperski of Dannebrog and Dorothy Koperski of St. Paul; three sisters and brother-in-law, Leona & Robert Verley of St. Paul, Catherine Miller of Beatrice and Rose Jasnoch of Loup City.
He is preceded in death by his parents, a daughter Brenda Hammon, a granddaughter, Shelby Koperski, brothers & sister-in-law, Harry & Marcella Koperski, Edward Koperski and Paul Koperski, sisters and brothers-in-law, Bertha & Leo Kuszak, Cecilia Koperski, Leonard Jasnoch and Ray Miller.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in St. Paul. The Reverend Ray Kosmicki will officiate.
Interment will be held in Elmwood Cemetery with military honors at graveside by Mickelsen-Larkowski American Legion Post #241 of Dannebrog and the flag presentation by the United States Marine Honor Guard.
A visitation will be held from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., Monday with a wake service held at 7:00 p.m., at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul.
Memorials are suggested to the Mickelsen-Larkowski American Legion Post #241 of Dannebrog.
Mr. Koperski was born November 18, 1928 to Frank and Veronica (Lubash) Koperski in Farwell, Nebraska.
He grew up in Farwell. He attended and graduated from Farwell High School in 1948.
After graduation, Stanley started farming.
He entered the United States Marines during the Korean War. He was stationed in San Diego, and then became an MP at an ammunition depot in Hawthorne, NV. He was honorably discharged in 1953.
After returning home from the military, Stanley farmed near the Dannebrog area and worked at the Phonograph Herald and was a guard at the Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant in Grand Island.
He met Gladyce Eloe and was united in marriage to her on June 11, 1957 in Loup City, Nebraska. To this union seven children were born.
Stanley continued farming and worked at the Grand Island Independent, preparing the bundles of newspapers for carriers.
He farmed and owned livestock his whole life.
The couple moved to St. Paul and lived several years.
In 2010, they moved to Cairo. Stanley never retired from farming, he farmed during the summers and went to livestock sales when he could.
Stanley enjoyed his family and his grandchildren. He always raised a large garden every summer and enjoyed driving around giving away his produce from his garden. He loved playing cards, hunting pheasants and trapping raccoons. The couple both enjoyed traveling to see family.
He was a member of the Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in St. Paul and the Mickelsen-Larkowski American Legion Post #241 of Dannebrog.
Stanley is survived by his wife, Gladyce of Cairo; three sons and daughter-in-law, Alan & Anne Koperski of Elba, Dan Koperski of Farwell and Steve Koperski of Dannebrog; three daughters and son-in-law, Char & Gene Kyhn, Diane Carpenter and special friend Flo Legleiter of Colorado Springs, CO, Judy Koperski and special friend Marcus Weathersby of San Diego, CA, and son-in-law, Doug Hammon of Grand Island; eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren; two brothers & sisters-in-law, Leonard & Bernice Koperski and Frank & Sharon Koperski, Jr. all of Farwell, Viola Koperski of Dannebrog and Dorothy Koperski of St. Paul; three sisters and brother-in-law, Leona & Robert Verley of St. Paul, Catherine Miller of Beatrice and Rose Jasnoch of Loup City.
He is preceded in death by his parents, a daughter Brenda Hammon, a granddaughter, Shelby Koperski, brothers & sister-in-law, Harry & Marcella Koperski, Edward Koperski and Paul Koperski, sisters and brothers-in-law, Bertha & Leo Kuszak, Cecilia Koperski, Leonard Jasnoch and Ray Miller.
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