Gloria Hamik

Hastings resident, Gloria E. (Rezac) Hamik, 58, of Haven Home of Kenesaw, died Tuesday, December 6, 2005 at Haven Home after a long battle with diabetes and cancer..

Memorial services will be Saturday, December 17, 2005; 10:30 A.M. at Butler-Volland Chapel. Private interment will be at a later date. There will be no visitation.

Ms. Hamik was born October 18, 1947 to Edward & Elsie (Gloor) Rezac at Atkinson, Nebraska. She was baptized at St. John's Lutheran Church in Atkinson and confirmed at Bethel Lutheran Church in Holdrege, Nebraska. She attended Atkinson Public School, Holdrege High School and graduated from Grand Island Senior High School in 1965. On April 5, 1969, she married Clarence Hamik at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Grand Island. They separated in 1996. She moved to Hastings in 1969, where she resided until moving to Kenesaw. She was employed by Omaha National Bank in Grand Island as a keypunch and computer operator and in later years as a floral designer at Bartz Floral in Grand Island and Geranium Hill in Hastings. She was a very active member of the B.P.O. Does Grand Island Drove #147. She served two years as President and later served eleven years as Drove Secretary. She also served as a District President and District Secretary. She did other volunteer work in the Grand Island and Hastings communities.

Ms. Hamik was preceded in death by her father, Edward Rezac, Jr., and infant brother, John Edward Rezac, grandparents, Edward & Rose Rezac and Otto & Emma Gloor, uncles, Harold Rezac and George Enbody.

Survivors include,
Mother: Elsie Rezac - Grants Pass, OR
Sisters & Brothers-in-law: Sue & Gary Ellermeier - Hastings, NE
Janet & Tony Bruno - Phoenix, AZ
Nancy & Steve McLean - Grants Pass, OR
Patricia Rezac - Grants Pass, OR
Michelle Button - Grants Pass, OR
Step Sons & Spouses: Doug & Veronica Hamik - Olive Branch, MS
David & Rebecca Hamik - Hastings, NE
Step Daughter: Diane Hamik
Step Grandchildren: Jennifer Nicholarson
Robert Hamik
Jessica Hamik
Tyson Hamik
Joseph Hamik
James Hamik
Nieces & Nephews: Edward Ellermeier - Kansas City, MO
Amanda McLean - Grants Pass, OR
Stephanie Dickey - Grants Pass, OR
Christopher McLean - Grants Pass, OR
Kaydee McLean - Grants Pass, OR
Joseph Button - Grants Pass, OR
L.E. Button - Grants Pass, OR
Great Niece: Samantha Dickey - Grants Pass, OR

Memorial may be given to B.P.O. Does, Grand Island Drove #147 Scholarship Fund
Or To The Family

Book Signing: Thurs. 12-15-05; 9am-5pm
Fri. 12-16-05; 9am-5pm