Helen K Podraza Obituary

It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Helen K Podraza of Columbus, Nebraska, who passed away at the age of 80, on September 26, 2020. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Theodore Jensen and Alberta Jensen (Fellows); her son Jeff; her grandchildren, Jordyn and Taylor Podraza; her siblings, Roland Jensen and Betty Day; her brothers-in-law, George Day, Calvin Beck and Griff Carfield; and her nephew Adrian Jensen.

She is survived by: her husband Ambrose P Podraza; her daughter Stacey Brockhaus (Terry) of Humphrey; her siblings, Lucille Beck of Des Moines, IA, Collene Murphy (Richard) of McCook, NE, Ronald Jensen (Lue) of Chadron, NE, Debra Carfield of Oberlin, KS, Diane Lickliter (Steve) of Alliance, NE and Jaci Peterson (Mike) of Weissert, NE; and her sister-in-law Patty Glidden of Mullen, NE..

The wearing of masks is encouraged and Covid restrictions on social distancing will be in place at all events.

In lieu of plants and flowers, the family encourages memorials be directed to the family or to the donor's choice Helen was born August 2, 1940, the third oldest of 9 children, to Theodore and Alberta (Fellows) Jensen on the family ranch near Purdum, Nebraska.