Celebrating Fremont-area engagements, weddings, anniversaries and birthdays
We’re excited to celebrate your achievements.
Joe and Joan Svoboda
Joe and Joan (Pavlik) Svoboda are celebrating their 60th anniversary.
They were married June 1, 1959, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Wahoo.
They have made their home in Fremont for the past 60 years. Their children are Jeff Svoboda and Judy Johannsen (John Kieny) of Fremont and Jim Svoboda (and wife, Jennifer) of Omaha.
Joe and Joan have three grandsons, Reed Johannsen and Jack and Joshua Svoboda.
The couple are retired, having previously owned Plaza Lanes bowling center.
George and Karen Robertson Celebrate 50 Years
George Robertson and Karen Faist were married June 7, 1969, in North Bend, Nebraska, at the Methodist Church.
They will celebrate their anniversary with an open house on June 9 from 1-4 p.m. at the Mead Fire Hall, 220 E. Fourth St., in Mead, Nebraska.
Hosting the event will be their children and their families.
The couple request nothing more than family and friends to celebrate with them.
Nora Gonsor
Allyn and Holly Gonsor of Ceresco are the parents of a daughter, Nora Elizabeth, born March 29, 2019. She weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces, and was 20 inches long.
She joins a sister, Charli, 3.
Grandparents are Ron and Teresa Giesselmann and Al and Ana Gonsor, all of Fremont.
Great-grandparents are Fran Million and Cathy Giesselmann, both of Fremont.
Doug and Karen Terry
The children of Doug and Karen Terry are requesting a card shower in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary on May 29, 2019.
Cards may be sent to: 1979 E. Third St., Fremont, NE 68025.
Their children are Brian Terry of Federal Way, Washington, and Lee and Holly Voss of Dike, Iowa. They have four grandchildren.
Teacher retirement
After 25 years of teaching, Karen Kavan is retiring from Clarmar Elementary School.
Kavan began her teaching career at Heartland Community School, formerly known as Henderson Community School, where she taught special education. She wore many hats in her teaching career, including fifth-grade teacher, special education teacher, Title I teacher and physical education teacher in a couple of schools.
Kavan taught at Lincoln Christian School in Lincoln, Rokeby Elementary near Lincoln and Family Service Child Care in Lincoln before coming to Fremont. She taught for five years at the Developmental Learning Program in Fremont before leaving to stay home with her two children, Kaitlyn and Kyle.
While staying home with her children, Kavan worked part time teaching Title I and physical education in Morse Bluff. She also worked as a substitute teacher in Fremont and North Bend.
Once her children were school, she returned to teaching in Fremont at her current position at Clarmar Elementary where she has been teaching third grade for 14 years.
Cards may be sent to Kavan at: Clarmar Elementary School, 1865 E. 19th St., Fremont, NE 68025; or Karen Kavan, 654 County Road Q, North Bend, NE 68649.
