A Mass of Christian Burial Velma E. Micanek, age 94, of South Sioux City, formerly of O'Neill, will be 10:30 A.M., Monday, December 12, 2016, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in O'Neill, with burial in the O'Neill Calvary Cemetery.

Visitation will be Sunday, December 11, 2016, from 5-7 P.M, with a Catholic Daughters Rosary at 5:30 P.M., and a Parish Rosary at 7:00 P.M at Biglin's Mortuary in O'Neill.

Velma passed away December 7, 2016, at the Colonial Manor in South Sioux City, NE.  Memorials may be made to St. Patrick's Catholic Church in O'Neill.

Velma was born on June 13, 1922, in Lynch, NE, to Casper and Mary Ann (Bessmer) Haselhorst.  She grew up in Lynch and graduated from Lynch High School.  After graduating, she attended Wayne State College and UNL.  She married Lorie D. Micanek on December 27, 1945, in Lynch, NE at the Assumption BVM Catholic Church.  They lived in Lynch for many years until retiring in O'Neill.  Velma was a teacher for 15 years and a lifelong homemaker.  She and Lorie were very active in the church.  She was an officer in the Altar Rosary Society for many years, a lifelong member of the Catholic Daughters, and taught CCD for many years.

Velma is survived by her sisters and brother; Vera Moody of Sioux City, IA, Delbert Haselhorst and wife Kay of San Diego, CA, Joyce Audiss and Bob Vogltance of Mission, TX, and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Lorie D. Micanek, her parents; Casper and Mary Ann Haselhorst, 4 sisters; Meldine Streit and husband Edward, Dolores Rossmeier and husband Herb, Marjorie Vonasek and husband Henry, and Arlene Havranek and husband Ray, one brother, Melvin Haselhorst and wife Dorothy, and 2 brothers-in-law, Berl Moody and Dale W. Audiss.