Lillian (Wehner) Pospeshil |
| Posted 2015-06-30 by Gayle Nelson |
| Lillian C. "Lill" Pospeshil, 96, of Sioux City passed away Saturday, June 13, 2015, at her residence following a brief illness. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Boniface Catholic Church. The Rev. Michael Erpelding will officiate. Burial will be in Grimton Cemetery, rural Orchard, NE. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., a rosary by the Catholic Daughters of the Americas at 4 p.m., and a vigil service at 7p.m., at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Online condolences may be sent to www.meyerbroschapels.com. Lill was born on March 15, 1919, in Epiphany, SD, the daughter of John and Lena (Bregelman) Wehner. She came to Sioux City in 1933, and graduated from Central High School. She married Harold L. Pospeshil on April 13, 1942, in Sioux City. After 60 years of marriage, he passed away on January 20, 2002, in Sioux City. Lill and Harold owned and operated Pospeshil Photographers for many years, specializing in wedding photography. She also assisted Harold in their postcard business. Lill was a member of St. Boniface Catholic Church, the Rosary Society, and the Catholic Daughters of the Americas. She enjoyed cooking, baking, gardening, camping, traveling and wintering with their daughter and son-in-law in California. They also enjoyed taking care of their grandchildren. Survivors include her children, Janet Walker and her husband, Michael of Winchester, CA, Victor Hurd (former son-in-law) of Aguanga, CA, and Jerry Pospeshil and his very dear friend, Kathy Quinn of Sioux City; five grandchildren, Heather Smith (Patrick), Ryan Hurd, Jade Pospeshil (Shelly), Jeret Pospeshil, and Jewell Young (Todd); and eight great-grandchildren, Taylor Smith, Connor Smith, Mason Pospeshil, Maddison Pospeshil, Ty Pospeshil, Jace Pospeshil, Jaden Young and Lillian Young. Lill was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Harold; 13 brothers and sisters; and a daughter-in-law, Judie Pospeshil. She was the light of her family's lives, a dear friend of all, and will be missed by many. |