Jane Zalesky

Jane E. Zalesky, age 88, of Sidney, NE and formerly of Lodgepole, NE passed away on Friday, October 03, 2025 at Pole Creek Estates in Sidney, with family by her side after a long battle with breast cancer. Graveside Services for Jane will be on Friday, October 10, 2025 at 3:00 P.M. at the Pleasant View Cemetery north of Lodgepole with Pastor R.J. Savely Officiating. In Lieu of flowers the family ask that donations be made to the Night of Hope (Sidney, NE) and the Lodgepole Volunteer Fire Department.
Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Thursday, October 09, 2025 from 1:00-6:00 P.M. to leave condolences for the family. The family will not be present.
You may view her Book of Memories, leave condolences, photos and stories at www.gehrigstittchapel.com.
Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Jane's care and funeral arrangements.
Jane E. (Brown) Zalesky was born on July 21, 1937 in Sidney, NE to Curtis and Alice (Quinn) Brown. Jane grew up in Lodgepole, NE and graduated from Lodgepole High School in 1954. It was in Lodgepole that she met her husband, Delmar, and they were married September 5, 1955. They started their life together living in an apartment above the First State Bank of Lodgepole (now Adam's Bank & Trust). They then moved to the Zalesky family farm south of Sunol, NE. From there they moved to Lodgepole where Jane raised her family, worked as a waitress in local cafes, and later helped her husband when they purchased what was then the Frontier full-service gas station.
Jane was a member of the Lodgepole United Methodist Church. She was very active in the Lodgepole Community serving on several organizations and was proud of the community she grew up in and raised her family. She was a huge Nebraska Husker volleyball fan and followed them when she could on television!
Survivors include two sons; Doug (Lessa) Zalesky of Wahoo, NE; Tim (Karen) Zalesky of Colorado Springs, CO; two daughters: Rita (Mark) Bartling of Lodgepole; and Dena Hetrick (special friend John Vowers) of Dix, NE, three grandsons; Adam (Andrea) Bartling of River Falls, WI; Jason Bartling of Lodgepole; and Sam (Kate) Zalesky of Lexington, KY, three great-grandsons; Carter, Salem, and Eli. Her grandsons and great-grandsons were the lights of her life! One sister; Dorothy McMillen of Sidney, NE, two brothers; Harry Brown of Kearney, NE; and Jim Brown (Vicky) of Lamar, NE. Numerous nieces and nephews and numerous friends.
She was proceeded in death by her parents; her husband Delmar, three sisters, one brother, and a son-in-law.
Jane will be greatly missed but we know that she is no longer in pain!
Grandson Adam shared a document he produced with Grandma Jane in 2021 and placed it on YouTube. To view the documentary, you may access it at YouTube.com and search for Interview with Jane Zalesky.