Patricia A. Veik

Clay Center resident Patricia A. Veik, 83, passed away Thursday, December 3, 2020, at Memorial Hospital in Aurora, NE. Rosary will be prayed at 7:00 p.m., Sunday, December 6, 2020, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sutton, NE. Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted at 10:30 a.m., Monday, December 7, 2020, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sutton with Father Michael Zimmer and Father Denton Morris officiating. Interment will follow at the Clay Center Cemetery in Clay Center, NE. Visitation will be Sunday, from noon until 4 p.m., at McLaughlin Funeral Chapel in Clay Center, NE. Memorial contributions may be directed to the family to be designated at a later date. With the continued spread of COVID-19, masks and social distancing are requested at all functions. Services will be live-streamed from the St. Mary's Catholic Church website www.stmaryssutton.org Patricia was born on September 23, 1937, to John and Dolores (Schroeder) Preusser at Petersburg, NE. She attended 12 years of schooling at St. John the Baptist Catholic School. After graduation, she worked for 2 years at Northwestern Bell Telephone Company in Norfolk, NE. On August 26, 1957, she was united in marriage to Alvin Veik: moving from Petersburg, NE to Clay Center, NE in 1960. She was a homemaker, part-time daycare provider, worked at the Polar Bear Drive Inn, which they purchased in 1980. After selling the Drive Inn, she helped part-time for different owners. She retired in 2005 to care for her husband. Patricia was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and their Altar Society in Harvard, NE and the American Legion Auxiliary, Unit #87 in Clay Center, NE. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alvin; son, Randy; granddaughter, Alicia Kerber; and brother, LaVerne Preusser. She is survived by her sons, Gary of Aurora, CO; David (Kris) of Hastings, NE; and Jamie of Chandler, AZ; daughters, Cheryl (Bill) Kerber of Willowbrook, IL; Cathy (Loren) Kanost of Lincoln, NE; and Denise (Brian) Swenson of Hastings, NE; sixteen grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren; daughter-in-law, Lori Veik of Clay Center, NE; sister, Marlene Werner of Springfield, NE; and sister-in-law, Lois Preusser of Omaha, NE.

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Patricia A. Veik

September 23, 1937 - December 3, 2020