Elaine A. Sydik, 84, of Arlington, died Dec. 28, 2002, at the Fremont Area Medical Center.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Cedar Bluffs with Frs. Charles Townsend and Troy Schweiger officiating. Interment will be in the Little Flower of jesus Cemetery, south of Fremont in Saunders County.

Visitation began Monday and will continue at the church on Tuesday, one hour prior to services.

Elaine A. Sydik was born Nov. 29, 1918, in Grand Rapids, Minn., to Elmer and Luella (Franceour) Madson. She grew up at Grand Rapids and was a 1936 graduate of Grand Rapids High School.

She moved to St. Paul, Minn., and attended college for two years, then worked as a secretary for a photography studio. During World War II, she worked as a secretary for the Department of the Navy in Washington, D.C.

On June 12, 1948, she married Albin J. Sydik in Grand Rapids. After her marriage, the couple lived in several Nebraska communities before moving to rural Fremont in 1957.

She worked in the credit department of Montgomery Ward in Fremont from 1963 until 1976, and then was employed as a secretary for the Fremont Area Medical Center until retiring in 1985.

She moved into Fremont in 1982, and moved to Arlington in 1991. She was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Fremont.

She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, James and Shannon Sydik of Valparaiso; three daughters and a son-in-law, Mary Sydik of Arlington, Janice Crocker of Niles, Mich., and Nancy and Cal Scheer of Arlington; a brother and sister-in-law, Terry and Margaret Madson of New Franken, Wis., three sisters and a brother-in-law, Ardis Ellis, and Kay and Dan Marok, all of Grand Rapids, and Marilyn Grandl of Oshkosh, Wis.; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, and a brother, Elmer Madson.

Moser Memorial Chapel in Fremont is in charge of arrangements.