Alvera Alice (Nowak) FORMANEK

FORMANEK, NOWAK, KALLIS, BROOKS, BRUNS, HOOD, BUZICKY, CHIZEK, RYERSON, LEERAR, SCHULTZ

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 4/3/2011 at 12:05:27

November 10, 2010
Britt News Tribune - Iowa

November 29, 1934 --- November 3, 2010

Alvera A. Formanek, 75, of Britt died Wednesday (Nov. 3, 2010) at the Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Nov. 5, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Duncan. Burial was in St. John's Catholic Cemetery. Cataldo Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be directed to the Alvera Formanek Memorial Fund.

Alvera Alice Formanek, the daughter of Joseph and Ella (Kallis) Nowak, was born Nov. 29, 1934, in Wells, Minn. She attended school at St. Casmir in Wells until the eighth grade and graduated from Wells High School in 1952. She continued her education at Naeve Hospital in Albert Lea and became a registered nurse working at a hospital in Mankato. On June 23, 1959, she was married to Robert Formanek at St. Casmir Catholic Church in Wells. They farmed and raised their family south of Duncan. Alvera worked as a nurse at the Kanawha Community Home, Hancock County Memorial Hospital and the Westview Care Center in Britt. She then worked as a cook at Duncan Heights from where she retired after 18 years of employment. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, baking and spending time with her family. She was a member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Rosary Society and Catholic Workman FCSLA w51.

Alvera is survived by her four children, Linda (Dean) Brooks, of Britt; Carol (Dirk) Bruns, of Mason City; Tom (Brenda) Formanek, of Britt; and Robert Formanek Jr., of Ankeny; 11 grandchildren, Kathleen Brooks (fiancé, Doug Hood) and Megan and Brittany Brooks; Adam, Leah and Andrew Bruns; Sara, Laura and Brett Formanek; and Trevor and Jourdon Formanek; sister Elaine Buzicky, of Britt; mother-in-law Elsie Formanek, of Garner; three sisters-in-law, Blanche Chizek, Marge (Tom) Ryerson and Marlene (Craig) Leerar; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bob, on Feb. 10, 2007; her parents; three brothers, Raymond, Jake and Ambrose Nowak; and a sister, Jane Schultz.