Owen Dale Konzack Obituary (1922

Owen Dale Konzack was born March 21, 1922, to James and Bertha M. (Tyler) Konzack at the family farm north of Guide Rock in Webster Co. Nebraska. He was their only child and the 3rd generation to live and work on the farm. His formal education was at the Eckley School where he lettered in basketball his freshman year. He than began his life's vocation working with his father farming, raising livestock, doing windmill repair, blacksmithing, carpentry, tractor repair and much more. A Jack of all trades and the Master of most. In the early 1950's a young woman by the name of Vada May Smith began helping care for Owen's mother. Love blossomed and the couple were married January 16, 1952, in Hastings, NE. They continued to live on the family farm and to this union one son, John Dale was born August 3, 1953. While looking forward to the birth of their second child, Vada passed away on January 29, 1959. In 1961, Phyllis Prettyman and her four children moved to the farm where side by side they raised the children and continued to maintain the family business. Owen truly enjoyed going with his friends to antique farm shows all over the Midwest. Even at age 92, he had driven himself to the Old Trusty Show in Clay Center on Saturday September 6, 2014. His knowledge and experience with antique machinery garnered him many friendships and much admiration. Besides his wife Vada, he was preceeded in death by his parents, his companion Phyllis in March 1998, and Phyllis's grandson Jeremy Prettyman in June 2007. He passed peacefully surrounded by family on Saturday, October 4, 2014, at CHI Health Good Samaritan in Kearney, NE. Owen leaves behind to morn his passing his son John and wife Jan, grandchildren Jayme and Brent Schroeder, Joel and Karen Konzack, Jennifer and Chris Wilbur, 10 great-grandchildren, Brandon, Jenna, Jayda, and Barrett Schroeder, Jordan, Chloe, Joshua, and Cambell Wilbur, and James and Katelyn Konzack , all of Holdrege, NE. Phyllis's four children, Patricia (Charles) Parrish, Karen Prettyman, David (Janet) Prettyman and Ramona Prettyman, Phyllis's grandchildren and a host of friends. Funeral services will be held Saturday 11:00 a.m., October 11, 2014 at the United Methodist Church in Guide Rock with Rev. Warren Schoming officiating. Interment will be at the Guide Rock Cemetery. Visitation will be held Thursday and Friday, 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. at the funeral home, and Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to service time at the church. Williams Funeral Home 241 West 4th Avenue Red Cloud Chapel PH 402 746 2500