Gary J. Cuda

1939 - 2023

BORN

1939

DIED

2023

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York, Nebraska

Gary Cuda Obituary

Name: Visitation for Gary J. Cuda
Start: 2023-11-09T19:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-11-10T02:00:00.000Z
Location: Metz Mortuary

Gary J. Cuda, age 84 of Lincoln, died on Thursday, October 26, 2023 at Lincoln. He was born on September 8, 1939 to George and Viola (Laurman) in York. Gary had served his country as a member of the United States Army from May 2, 1962 to May 1, 1964.

Gary was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lincoln. He enjoyed gardening and handyman work. He was also very interested in history and genealogy.

He is survived by sisters-in-law, Janet Monire of Geneva and Sharon Cuda of York; nieces, Kim Cuda of Omaha, Kathy Domeier of Geneva, Karrie (Dean) Waldron of Geneva, Christine (Doug) Loney of Johnston, Iowa and nephew Chad Cuda of McCool Junction.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers, Don and Bill and nephew, Danny Domeier.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, November 10, 2023 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in York with the Reverend Father John Sullivan officiating. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery east of York. A Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Thursday at Metz Mortuary. Visitation will be from 1 - 8 p.m. Thursday. Memorials may be directed to the family. Condolences may be left for the family at metzmortuary.com.

Metz Mortuary in York is handling arrangements.

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Published by York News-Times from Nov. 6 to Nov. 7, 2023.

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Robert and Linda Lockhorn

November 7, 2023

Bob Lockhorn
I met Gary Cuda in 1946 as a fellow 1st grader at St. Joseph's school in York, NE. I had just moved to York and we became friends and remained so over 77 years. Gary agreed to share apartments with me in Lincoln after I left home and we moved to Colorado for a while, driving back and forth every two weeks. We didn't seem to be saving much money that way so we moved back to Lincoln. Vietnam was going on and so Gary and I both joined the service, he went Army and I went Navy. When my term of service was over I stayed in Southern California and sometime after asked Gary to come on out and enjoy the paradise that the LA area was at that time, and he did. He got a very good job in Hollywood and became familiar with both sides of Mulholland Drive. Gary however had very strong ties with Nebraska and finally moved back there. These ties manifested themselves in his becoming our Class of 57 Historian whereby our good classmate Gary would notify by mail any and all happenings that occurred that would be of interest to us, weddings, funerals, reunions, etc. He meticulously would spend time at the library copying newspaper articles and enclosing them in envelopes addressed to each and every former classmate. Personally, since Gary was such a special friend, I would call him by phone every month or so from California while I lived there and then from Washington when I moved there, these calls could last anywhere from one to three hours, reminiscing about the "'good ol' days" and sometimes heated discussions about politics, as we were of opposite parties. The discussions always ended amiably, both agreeing to disagree. Gary was my Best Man at our wedding and was the person who drove my wife and I and our new baby daughter home from the hospital. He was there at our daughter's first few birthdays and we always considered him a part of our family. Gary was very good about keeping us informed as to everything going on back in Lincoln by clipping out news articles from the Lincoln paper and also the York paper. He purchased and sent us subscription to the excellent Nebraska Magazine, the Reminisce magazine and then other magazines that came out occasionally pictorially showing the history of Lincoln. I visited him a couple of times at the apartment building he lived in for over 30 years and saw what a beautiful job he did with his maintaining the yard, the flowers and plants that he put in and took such care of, and the way the other tenants depended on him to take care of every little thing they were having a problem with. He was a deeply religious person and most of his spare time was spent watching and listening to religious shows. He lost faith with his Catholic Religion to an extent as many of us have over the revelations that have come out in the news, but his core belief in the teachings of Jesus Christ never faltered as shown in how he treated others. We treasured Gary and will miss him terribly. We appreciate all the updates that his Sister-in-law Sharon has given us as to Gary's medical happenings, and hope that she knows that we know and appreciate all she has undertaken on Gary's behalf in his waning years that came at a physical and mental strain. She did it out of love for her late husband's brother and never questioned the role she played. Love to both Gary and Sharon, Robert and Linda Lockhorn

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