Isabel Svoboda Mausbach

NORFOLK -- Funeral services for Isabel M. Svoboda Mausbach, 95, of Norfolk, formerly of St. Edward, will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday, April 25, 2013, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Norfolk.

Burial will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at the Home for Funerals with a rosary at 7 p.m.

Mrs. Mausbach passed away Monday, April 22, 2013, at Faith Regional Health Services.

Isabel was born on February 7, 1918, on the family farm near Humphrey, the daughter of Leo and Anna (Hamling) German.

She was raised on the farm and attended rural school.

On January 9, 1937, Isabel married Adolph C. Svoboda at Holy Angels Catholic Church in Omaha. They made their home in Leigh before they moved to Clarkson. They moved to Norfolk in 1942. Adolph died on October 31, 1964.

Isabel was employed by several families in Norfolk. Later, she was employed as a cook by the Lazy L Cafeteria, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and the Norfolk Golden Living.

On May 9, 1977, Isabel married Francis Mausbach in Omaha. They made their home in St. Edward. She was always active in her church and community. She was employed at Cloverlodge Care Center in St. Edward for 10 years. Francis died April 14, 1991.

Isabel enjoyed working in the CCD program, Leading the rosary before Mass, American Legion Auxiliary, calling bingo at the Senior Center and delivering meals-on-wheels. Her love for sports found her following her grandsons to many games and cheering on those Huskers. She could be found most days taking a long walk around St. Ed.

She spent many important hours with her family vacationing, sharing celebrations, and just being a wonderful influence in all our lives.

Isabel is survived by her two sons, Charles and Maxine Svoboda, of Norfolk, and Gary and Margaret Svoboda, also of Norfolk; three step-children and their spouses, Charlene and Gene Shively, Jolene Fitchner, and Darlene and Kent Cruise, all of St. Edward; 18 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; and 14 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her two husbands; one daughter, Janice Wagner; and her parents; one brother, William German; and two sisters, Irene Kosch, and Ethal Mausbach; also one step-granddaughter, Chantel Flowers.