NEIL AND PATRICIA PAESL] LISKA
Neil Lawrence Liska was born living, in Creighton,
Nebraska. He is the third child of Lawrence A. and Kathryn (Nielsen) Liska. His two older sisters are Mrs. Mike (Doris) McCormick and
Kathy Liska.
Neil attended a rural school, Sparta District No. 50, through the
eighth grade. He graduated from Niobrara High School in 1971. After
attending classes at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln for one
year he settled down to farming with his father in 1972. He also
worked at Currey Farms in Atkinson, Nebraska, during harvest season
from 1972-76.
Patricia Ann Paesl was born living, in Bloomfield,
Nebraska. She is the fourth child of Marvin and Helen (Kral) Paesl.
She has two sisters and two brothers: Mrs. Dale (Marilyn) Sukup,
Joseph, Raymond, and Mrs. Daral (Virginia) Grim.
Pat attended a rural school, Jelen District No 27, through the sixth
grade and graduated from Verdigre High School in 1973.
Neil and Pat met in November of 1973 and dated 2 ½ years before they
married on May 29, 1976. Their wedding day was also the 25th Wedding
Anniversary of Pat’s parents, Marvin and Helen Paesl.
While Neil continued farming, Pat worked at the Niobrara Public
School as a teacher’s aide from August 1976 until living,
when their first son, Shane Neil, was born. Shane was a year old
when Pat started working at Heaton’s Food Center. She continues
employment at the same business place now known as Frank’s Food
Mart.
[pg 316 PHOTO Neil and Pat Liska, Shane and Cole]
Cole Patrick, Neil and Pat’s second son, was born living.
Cole picked the worst blizzard of the season to make his entrance
into this world. Neil barely made it home through the drifts.
Neil, Pat, and sons are presently living in a house built in the
early 1900s by Frank Hajek. The cement blocks it is made of were
handmade on the building site. Their farm, known as the Fosterman
Place, once belonged to Pat’s uncle and aunt, Tony and Lillian Paesl.
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