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- Leola M. Nedved
Leola M. Nedved, 85, of Britt, passed away Sunday, October 29, 2023, at
Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, November 11, 2023,
at First Lutheran Church in Britt with Pastor Anna Wolf officiating.
Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m., Friday, November 10th at Cataldo
Funeral Home, 178 First Ave. S.W., Britt, and will continue one hour
before services at the church.
In lieu of flowers or plants, the family asks that you make donations to
the Britt Food Bank or the American Red Cross for their blood donation
service.
Leola Marie Nedved, the daughter of William and Marie (Madsen) Lacey, was
born November 30, 1937, in Mason City, Iowa. She grew up on a farm with
her parents and eight siblings and attended Klemme High School for her
first two years before moving to Meservey High School where she graduated
in 1955.
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- After high school, she began working as a
switchboard operator at Bell Telephone in Garner, Iowa. While attending a
dance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, she met her future
husband, Arnold Nedved, who taught her to dance. On November 16, 1958,
they were married at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Belmond, Iowa, and had
their wedding dance in the same ballroom. They lived in Garner for a year
and in Hayfield, Iowa for six years before moving to the Nedved family
farm two miles north of Duncan near Eagle Lake in 1965.
- While raising her three boys, she helped on the farm
milking cows, raising chickens, ducks, and geese, and managing a garden.
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- Around 1974, Lee started to work part-time at the
Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt, Iowa, which led to full-time
jobs working for Dr. Camp and other doctors as a receptionist, medical
transcriptionist, and as support for clinical work. Her job was moved to a
clinic in Clear Lake in 1987 after the doctors sold the practice to the
Mercy Hospital system, and she worked as office manager and coding
specialist until retiring in 2003.
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- After Arnold passed away in 1995, she continued to
live on the farm with her son, Brian. Lee loved life on the farm and being
a farm wife. After retiring, Lee continued to be active in her church
(First Lutheran of Britt), served as an election poll worker, supported
the local Lioness group, and volunteered at the Britt Food Bank and the
elementary school. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren,
baking, and maintaining her garden and the farm acreage (especially the
lawn!). She also loved taking trips to various locations in Iowa with her
son, Brian, to fish, visit apple orchards, and explore the scenery.
Lee is survived by her two sons, Michael (Michelle) Nedved of Downingtown,
PA and Rodney (Shawna) Nedved of Wentzville, MO; five grandchildren,
Joshua, Chloe, Kayla, Aaron, and Nicholas Nedved; four siblings, Roger
(Gail) Lacey of Sheffield, IA, Ron (Carol) Lacey of Kansas City, MO,
Dorothy (Henry) Gerdes and Norma Gerdes of Belmond, IA; sisters-in-law,
Donna Nedved of Clear Lake, Betty Nedved of Garner and Joanne Nedved of
Gladstone, MO; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Arnold; son, Brian
(Feb. 17, 2022); and siblings, William Lacey, Betty Pralle, Ruth Kaduce,
and Elaine Ristau.
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- Visitation: Cataldo Funeral Home-Britt Chapel,
Friday, November 10, 2023, 4:00 - 6:00pm (Central time).
- Funeral Service: First Lutheran Church, Saturday,
November 11, 2023, 10:00 - 11:00am (Central time)