A transcription of pages 195-469,
Family Histories from the Verdigre Centennial Book
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JOHN AND WILMA [VAN BROCKLIN] SUKUP

Third generation families need to be told about, too, and John and Wilma Sukup are a couple.

John Andrew was born to John and Julia (Kurka) Sukup on September 13, 1913, at the family farm southwest of Verdigre. The oldest son and third child of six, he lived on the family farm through his childhood. Photos show John was Dad’s helper even when he was a small boy. He attended Cottonwood Grove School District No. 26 through the eighth grade. John had two brothers, Walter and Adolph, and three sisters, Rose, Julia, and Deloris. The family attended St. Wenceslaus Church in Verdigre.

[pg 412 photo John and Wilma [Van Brocklin] Sukup]

Wilma Van Brocklin was born to William and Sara (Hodges) Von Brocklin on September 26, 1914, at the family farm near Omeonta, New York. The family came to Nebraska in 1916 - a family consisting of Will and Sarah and three daughters, Margaret, Louise, and Wilma. They settled on a farm northwest of Winnetoon where Beth was born in 1918. The family lived on this farm until 1920 when mother Sara died of cancer on October 20. The family moved to Creighton where the children attended St. Ludger’s Academy. Wilma lived at the home of Henry and Minnie Van Brocklin in her teens.

John Sukup and Wilma Van Brocklin were raised two miles apart and subsequently became acquainted. They were married June 24, 1936, and made their home on the Kurka farm which was owned by John’s parents. John and Julie (Kurka) Sukup. A son, Raymond, was born on February 27, 1937, to the young couple. Those were the times of drought and loss of crops to grasshoppers.

In the spring of 1941 John and Wilma moved to the farm of Henry and Minnie Van Brocklin. A three-room house was moved in for the family to live in. (Raymond lives on this farm today.) Three more children were born to them: Daniel Clay on October 6, 1941, Julie Frances on March 18, 1943, and David William, February 14, 1946.

Times were improving. World War II was over and the family was busy and happy. The children rode the Neal School Bus to Creighton’s St. Ludger Academy from which all graduated.

Raymond, Daniel, and David all enlisted in the army. Julie Frances worked as secretary at Cosgraves Co., Omaha.

In 1963 John became ill with a blood disorder resulting in a blood clot and his right leg was amputated at the hip in April of 1963. When he recovered, the couple decided it was time to move on, so they moved to Creighton. Wilma worked as Dietetic Assistant at Lundberg Memorial Hospital for 12 years.

John enjoys working with leather and is in the leather business, purses, belts, billfolds, etc. are his products.

John and Wilma are blessed with 19 grandchildren and keep busy visiting families. They celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary in June of 1986.

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