Obituary Record

Joanne Esther (Benck) Roche
Died on 1/29/2014

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Posted on line: Friday, January 31, 2014; Published in The Pilot Tribune, Tuesday, February 4, 2014

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Joanne Esther Roche, 74, of Kennard, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, south of Blair.

A Mass of Christian burial will be 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Fort Calhoun. Graveside services will follow Mass at Forest Lawn in Omaha. A luncheon will follow the graveside service at Schwertley Hall in Fort Calhoun. Visitation will be 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, with a vigil service at 4 p.m. at Campbell-Aman Funeral Home in Blair.

Joanne Esther Benck was born on July 3,1939, in Omaha, to Alfred Raymond and Esther (Klinker) Benck. She lived in the Kennard, Omaha and Valley areas most of her life, except for a short time in Fox Park, Wyo. She attended Clifton Hill Grade School and Benson High School. She graduated from Benson High School in 1957. After high school, she attended Metro Tech in Omaha.

On May 9, 1959, she married Ronald V. Roche at St. Bernard Catholic Church in Omaha.

Joanne loved her church – St. John the Baptist Catholic Church – and was an active member over the years.

She enjoyed reading and “crunching” numbers.

She loved spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and watching them grow up. She especially enjoyed documenting their lives through pictures. She will always be remembered by her family as a gentle, caring, big-hearted woman, who was the glue of her family.

She is survived by her husband, Ronald Roche of Kennard; sons Todd Roche and Russell Roche of Bennington; granddaughters Stephanie Roche of Omaha and Justine Huisenga and husband Justin; great- grandchildren Conner Roche and Elayna Huisenga; sister Shirley Wing and husband Roger of Fremont; and brother Raymond Benck of Omaha.

Memorials may be directed to the Schwertley Scholarship Fund at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. www.campbellaman.com

Published in Omaha World-Herald from Jan. 31 to Feb. 1, 2014

Roche, Joanne Esther

Jul 3, 1939 - Jan 29, 2014

Survived by husband Ronald Roche of Kennard; sons, Todd Roche and Russell Roche of Bennington; granddaughter Stephanie Roche of Omaha, granddaughter Justine Huisenga and husband Justin; great grandchildren, Conner Roche and Elayna Huisenga; sister Shirley Wing and husband Roger of Fremont; and brother Raymond Benck of Omaha.

MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL will be held at 10am Monday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Ft. Calhoun. GRAVESIDE SERVICES will be held following mass at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Omaha. A luncheon will be held at Schwertley Hall in Ft. Calhoun following the graveside service. VISITATION Sunday from 2-5pm with a vigil service at 4pm at the funeral home. CAMPBELL-AMAN FUNERAL HOME Blair, NE 402-426-2191 www.campbellaman.com

Posted on line: Wednesday, January 29, 2014; Published in The Enterprise, Friday, January 31, 2014

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Two killed, two injured in Highway 133 crash By Tricia Barber

Two women were killed and a man and woman were injured in a three-vehicle accident on Highway 133 Wednesday morning.

Sara N. Jorgenson, 29, of Kennard, and Joanne E. Roche, 74, of Kennard, were killed instantly in the head-on collision about 9 a.m., said Capt. Kevin Willis of the Washington County Sheriff's Office. The accident was just south of County Road 36 near Skinny Bones and Santa's Woods where the new highway pavement begins southbound.

Ronald V. Roche, 74, of Kennard, was flown by LifeNet to Creighton Medical Center in Omaha.

Helen I. Langdon, 52, of Omaha, was taken by the Kennard Rescue Squad to Memorial Community Hospital and Health System in Blair for treatment, then transferred to Creighton Medical Center in Omaha. The four were the only passengers in the vehicles. Willis said the investigation determined the southbound white 2002 Buick driven by Jorgenson crossed the center line and sideswiped a northbound black 1999 Toyota, driven by Langdon. The southbound car then continued on and hit a third vehicle, a red 1994 Ford Explorer, driven by Ronald V. Roche.

Willis said he had no information on the condition of the people transported for care.

"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families," Willis said.

The investigation into the accident is continuing. Sheriff Mike Robinson said at the scene that vehicle speed was not a factor in the accident. Sun glare or any kind of distraction could have caused the accident, he said.

"There was no indication that the construction zone had any factor in the accident," Robinson said. Deputies diverted traffic from Highway 133 for more than three hours.

Kennard, Fort Calhoun and Bennington fire and rescue squads responded to the scene.

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

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