Obituary for Clyde G. Ondrak Clyde G. Ondrak, 70, of Elm Creek, died Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at CHI Good Samaritan in Kearney. A Celebration of Life will be held at 1:00 pm Friday, April 27, 2018 at O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home of Kearney. There will be no visitation, Mr. Ondrak was cremated.
Interment will be in the Riverside Cemetery in Gibbon. Memorials are suggested to the family for future designation. Condolences may be shared online at www.
osrfh.com. Clyde George Ondrak was born on June 26, 1947 in Fort Dodge, Iowa to Bernard and Nadene (Kraft) Ondrak. In 1951 the family moved to Nebraska and he graduated from Gibbon High School in 1965.
Following high school, he attended Kearney State College. He entered the United States Army on May 15, 1967 and was stationed in Germany, Korea and Japan. Clyde returned to Nebraska following his honorable discharge on November 7, 1977.
He worked various jobs until beginning his employment at Coleman Powermate and later Pramac. He retired from Pramac in 2013. In his retirement years he worked at Menards.
Clyde was an intelligent, genuine and caring person. Always a country boy at heart, he loved raising chickens and rabbits. He also enjoyed fishing, hunting, working on old cars and watching old western movies.
Most of all, Clyde loved spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren. He is survived by his mother, Nadene Nutter of Gibbon; his children, Barbara Obermeier of Kearney, Ken Geiger and wife Colene of Holdrege, Becky Daire and husband Daniel of Kearney, Loura Kish of Elm Creek, Angela Stone of Kearney and Brian Miska of Lincoln; 21 grandchildren; his siblings, Claudia Murr of Elm Creek, Linda Lethbridge and husband Hugh of Madison, GA, Mary Ripp and husband Keith of Ravenna, Nancy Beruman and husband Dan of Shelton, Jerry Ondrak and wife April of Shelton, Bonny Schepler of Tarkio, MO and Patty Meister and husband Scott of Fremont; and several nieces and nephews. Clyde was preceded in death by his father; a daughter, Brenda Geiger; his stepfather, Jim Nutter; and a grandson, Gabriel Kish.
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