Obituary for Frank Novotny
Memorial services for Franklin Novotny age 79 of Wisner, NE will be held
on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. at the Christ Lutheran Church in
Wisner, NE with Pastor Janelle Siffring officiating. Interment with
military honors will be in the Andover Cemetery in Andover, SD at a
later date. Visitation will be on Monday from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the
Minnick Funeral Home in Wisner and will continue on Tuesday from 9:00
a.m. until the time of the service at the church.
The family requests that masks be worn at the visitation and at the
funeral service. The funeral service will be live streamed at
www.facebook.com/minnickfuneralserviceinc .
Frank passed away on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at his home.
Franklin James Novotny was born on November 10, 1941 in Omaha, NE to
James C. and Marie (Pleskac) Novotny. He graduated from Cathedral High
School in Omaha in 1959. Frank completed his barber training in April of
1960 from the Nebraska School of Barbering in Omaha, NE. He worked in a
barbershop in Bellevue prior to serving in the U.S. Army from April of
1964 to February of 1965. After his honorable discharge he returned to
Bellevue and worked as a barber.
On July 6, 1968, he was united in marriage to Allana D. Raap in Andover,
SD. After their marriage they continued to live in Bellevue for a year
and a half before moving to Wisner, where he established Frank’s Barber
Shop and operated it until retiring in 2012.
Frank was a member of Christ Lutheran Church in Wisner, was a 30 year
member of Wisner Fire and Rescue as an EMT, and the North Fork
Frontiersman for a number of years. His hobbies included hunting,
fishing, muzzleloading, attending rendezvous, and tinkering in his
basement on many a projects.
Survivors include-
His wife of 52 years Allana D. of Wisner, NE
Daughters-
Allana Lee Novotny of Lincoln, NE
Jolie and Brian Cropp of Bellevue, NE and family-Cole, Jacob and Brenna
Sister-Agnes Tucker of Sacramento, CA
Frank was preceded in death by his parents-James C. and Marie Novotny,
sister-Ann Craig and husband Eugene, and a brother-in-law-Jack Tucker.
on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. at the Christ Lutheran Church in
Wisner, NE with Pastor Janelle Siffring officiating. Interment with
military honors will be in the Andover Cemetery in Andover, SD at a
later date. Visitation will be on Monday from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the
Minnick Funeral Home in Wisner and will continue on Tuesday from 9:00
a.m. until the time of the service at the church.
The family requests that masks be worn at the visitation and at the
funeral service. The funeral service will be live streamed at
www.facebook.com/minnickfuneralserviceinc .
Frank passed away on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at his home.
Franklin James Novotny was born on November 10, 1941 in Omaha, NE to
James C. and Marie (Pleskac) Novotny. He graduated from Cathedral High
School in Omaha in 1959. Frank completed his barber training in April of
1960 from the Nebraska School of Barbering in Omaha, NE. He worked in a
barbershop in Bellevue prior to serving in the U.S. Army from April of
1964 to February of 1965. After his honorable discharge he returned to
Bellevue and worked as a barber.
On July 6, 1968, he was united in marriage to Allana D. Raap in Andover,
SD. After their marriage they continued to live in Bellevue for a year
and a half before moving to Wisner, where he established Frank’s Barber
Shop and operated it until retiring in 2012.
Frank was a member of Christ Lutheran Church in Wisner, was a 30 year
member of Wisner Fire and Rescue as an EMT, and the North Fork
Frontiersman for a number of years. His hobbies included hunting,
fishing, muzzleloading, attending rendezvous, and tinkering in his
basement on many a projects.
Survivors include-
His wife of 52 years Allana D. of Wisner, NE
Daughters-
Allana Lee Novotny of Lincoln, NE
Jolie and Brian Cropp of Bellevue, NE and family-Cole, Jacob and Brenna
Sister-Agnes Tucker of Sacramento, CA
Frank was preceded in death by his parents-James C. and Marie Novotny,
sister-Ann Craig and husband Eugene, and a brother-in-law-Jack Tucker.