Graveside services were Tuesday, May 9, at the Bohemian National Cemetery at Bruno, Nebraska, for Bessie Zeleny, 92, of Fremont who died May 6, 1995, at the Hooper Care Center. Rev. Daniel Galas officiated.

Bessie Ptacek was born February 19, 1903, in Saunders County where she grew up. She taught school in Kansas for several years and married Edward Zeleny July 25, 1923, at Plasi.

She lived most of her life in the Bruno and Prague areas and lived in Fremont several years. She also lived at Wahoo for two years before moving to the Hooper Care Center.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward, July 7, 1987; a son, four brothers and two sisters.

She is survived by two sons, Eugene of Blair and Leonard of Colon; a daughter, Hilda Grover of Omaha; nine grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.

A memorial has been established to the Alzheimer’s Disease Foundation.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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