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In Memory Of
Margie Paprocki
Margaret "Margie" Paprocki, 59, of Columbus, Nebraska died Tuesday, March 12, 2002 at her home in Columbus. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, March 15, 2002, 10:00 A.M. at St. Bonaventure Catholic Church in Columbus with Father Tom Weisbecker officiating. Interment will be at the St. Bonaventure Cemetery in Columbus. Visitation will be on Thursday, March 14, 2002 from 4:00 - 8:00 P.M. at the Gass Haney Funeral Home. Margie
was born January 18, 1943 on her family's farm near Humphrey, Nebraska to
Clarence and Marie (Dreifurst) Heesacker.
She graduated St. Francis High School in Humphrey in 1961.
In November 1962 she married Emil Paprocki of Tarnov, Nebraska.
The newly wed couple lived a year in Humphrey before they relocated
to Columbus.
Margie worked for Dale Electronics then became a full-time mother
as her family grew to five children.
Margie eventually returned to Dales after having been a baby-sitter
and maid at the Holiday Inn.
In 1994 Margie went on disability due to severe arthritis in her
hands. Being
a person who always kept herself occupied, Margie delved into researching
her family history.
As a result Margie discovered the identity of her mother, who had
been an orphan, and came in contact with distant relatives in the
Netherlands.
Margie traveled to Oregon, Florida, Texas, and Hay Springs,
Nebraska, meeting new relatives who became good friends.
Margie's
contagious laugh, sincere concern for others, and fervent love of life,
dancing, and music endeared her to everybody that met her.
Her great passion was travel.
She loved meeting people, experiencing different customs and
visiting everything from cathedrals and castles to bodegas and casinos.
Margie climbed the steps to the top of St. Peter's Cathedral in
Rome, she rode a gondola in Venice, she saw a bullfight in Seville Spain,
she stood on top of the World Trade Center and the Empire State Building
in New York City, she copied the name of her cousin Vicky from the Vietnam
Memorial in Washington D.C., she swam in the Pacific Ocean in Santa
Barbara, and dipped her toe in the cold Atlantic off Long Island.
Being a devout Catholic, her most prized possessions were the
simple rosaries and holy water she acquired from churches in every new
city she visited.
Because
of her deep love for her children and grandchildren, and because of her
intense will to live, Margie waged a herculean war against the cancer, but
as it spread throughout her body eventually reaching her brain, she alas
succumbed.
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