CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF Ivo Kathol

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Ivo Kathol

BOW VALLEY- Ivo L. Kathol, 77, died Feb. 21, 2000, at Mercy Medical
Center, Sioux City, Iowa.

Visitation was Feb. 24 at the Wintz Funeral Home, Hartington.  

A prayer service was held later that evening at Sts. Peter and Paul 
Catholic Church, Bow Valley.

Mass of Christian Burial was Feb. 25 at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic 
Church, Bow Valley, with Rev.  Mark Tomasiewicz officiating.

Burial was in Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Bow Valley, with Military 
services conducted by Hartington VFW Post #5283.

Pallbearers were Bill Heimes, Brian Wolhoy, Lee Milburn, Matt 
Huennekens, Gregg Kathol, Ben Holzbauer, Josh Climer, and Rob Pedersen.

Ivo was born June 25, 1922, to Joe and Anna (Burbach) Kathol in 
Hartington.

He married Bernadette Jansen Nov. 23, 1943, in Menominee.

Ivo lived and farmed in the Hartington area all of his life.  He was 
also involved in the trucking business, bee keeping and woodworking.  
He was stationed in the Pacific while serving in the army during 
World War 11 from Feb. 21, 1945 to Aug. 31, 1946.

He was a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Bow Valley, 
where he also served as a Eucharistic Minister, and a member of the 
Hartington VFW Post #5283.

Survivors include his wife, Bernadette Kathol, Hartington; nine children 
and spouses, Karen Ann and LaVerle Heimes; Hartington; Mary Lou and Jack 
Wolhoy, Yorktown, Iowa; Bernice Milburn, Albion; Yvonne and John 
Huennekens, Yankton, S.D.; and Mary Lou Kathol, Hartington; Janice and 
Gary Holzbauer, Wagner, S.D.; Marjorie and Jim Climer, Hartington; Rita 
and Rich Pedersen, Hartington; Lilia and Joel Hansen, Omaha; 34 grand-
children; a brother and spouse, Clarence and Dorothy Kathol, Hartington; 
two sisters, Gertrude Hochstein, Hartington; Marie Janssen, Ackley, Iowa; 
two sisters-in-law, Leona Kathol, Hartington; Vivian Kathol, Medford, Ore.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Roger: granddaughter, 
Traci Kathol; two brothers, Hugo and Addo; and two sisters, Theresa 
Hochstein and Regina Mauch.

 

Wednesday, March 1, 2000-CEDAR COUNTY NEWS