Funeral Services for Geraldine M. Volsicka, 93, of Madison, will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, March 25, 2023, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Madison. Reverend Todd Kollbaum will officiate. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 4-6:00 p.m., at Resseguie Funeral Home in Madison. Resseguie Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
She died on Sunday, March 19, 2023, at Countryside Home in Madison.
Geraldine was born on December 31, 1929, in Norfolk, Nebraska, the daughter of John and Mary Oltmer (Long). She was raised on the family farm and attended rural school.
On January 20, 1948, Geraldine married Robert F. Volsicka. The couple made their home on a farm in Stanton County and lived there all of their 68 years together. They traveled many weekends to area ballrooms, where they enjoyed dancing to many Bohemian bands that played polkas and waltzes.
Geraldine loved her flower garden and raising a vegetable garden every year. She and Robert enjoyed sharing their vegetables with friends and family. Geraldine also enjoyed cooking and baking, sharing her pies, cakes, and cookies with her family.
Geraldine is survived by her daughters and their spouses, MaryAnn and Robert Stueckrath of Madison and Kathy and Dave Kollars of Council Bluffs, Iowa; three grandchildren, Jolene Stueckrath, Jesse and Jackie (Priester) Stueckrath, and Chad and Nicole (Cabello) Kollars; and three great-grandchildren, Maddie and Avery Stueckrath, and Isaiah Kollars.
She was preceded in death by her husband Robert, her parents John and Mary Oltmer, her brother Kenneth Oltmer, her sister and brother-in-law Velma and Leonard Brandl, her parents-in-law Joseph and Anna Volsicka, and numerous brothers- and sisters-in-law.
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