DOUGLAS AND SHELLEY [KILGORE] KONOPASEK
Douglas Eugene Konopasek, the only child of Leo B. Konopasek and
Sylvia Marie Kotrous Konopasek Marshall, was born living,
at Norfolk, Nebraska. He was raised in Verdigre and graduated from
Verdigre Public School in 1973. He attended the University of South
Dakota at Springfield for two years and then graduated in 1977 from
Yankton College.
[pg 298 PHOTO Shelley and Doug Konopasek and sons [from left]
Cody, Toby, and Kyle]
Doug is currently employed by Verdigre High School as physical
education and health teacher. He is also head coach for football and
basketball.
On July 26, 1980, he married Shelley Marie Kilgore. She is the
second of four children born to Donald Duane Kilgore and Mary
Elizabeth Moran Kilgore, and was born living, at York,
Nebraska. She attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School from
kindergarten to seventh grade, and from eighth grade to graduation
in 1976, she went to North Platte High School. She received a
diploma in nursing at Nebraska Methodist School of Nursing in Omaha,
Nebraska, in July of 1979. Shelley is currently employed as a
registered nurse at Lundberg Memorial Hospital in Creighton,
Nebraska, and as school nurse by Educational Service Unit No. 1 of
Wakefield, Nebraska.
Doug and Shelly have three sons: Kyle Aaron, born living; Toby
Alan, born living, and Cody Adam, born living. All
were born at Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, South Dakota.
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