Atkinson Graphic Sept 16,2004 ROSE E CODAY
Funeral services for Rose E Coday, age 85 of Fremont, Nebraska will be held Thursday, September 16,2004 at St Patrick’s Catholic Church in Fremont at 10:30 am with Father Roland Peschel officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery at Fremont
Rose was born Aug 14, 1919 at Stuart, Nebraska to John and Eva Campbell Seger. She grew up at Stuart and was a 1937 graduate of Stuart High School. She was united in marriage to James R Coday on November 10,1937 at Stuart.
After her marriage they moved to Atkinson and then to Wahoo where they lived from 1942 to 1945. They returned to Atkinson and went to Fremont in 1950. She was previously employed at the ESU #2 in Fremont for two years in 1973 and 1974.
Rose was a member of St Patrick’s Catholic Church in Fremont and a former member fo the church circle. She previously was very active in church and school activities. In 1933 she was the Holt County Spelling Champion. She and her husband were the first presidents of the Starlighters Square Dance Club, where they were members for many years.
She passed away Sept 12,2004 at her home in Fremont.
Rose is survived by one son, William and wife Pam of Fremont, four daughers; Judy Coday of Wahoo, Kathy and husband Leo Geaghan of Fremont, Barb Whipple of Ames, Iowa, and Teri and husband Jim Osborn of Temple, Texas. Four sisters, Alvian Smith of Wyoming, Lenora and husband Pat Dobry of Kearney, Violet Mohr of Atkinson, and Shirley and husband John Peters of Atknson; 14 grandchildren, and 15 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one daughter, Regina Kleekamp, one son, James R, and four brothers, Robert, Donald, William and Louis Seger.