December 28, 1951 - March 11, 2022
Ken Borkowski 1967
September 3, 2018 e-mail from Ken Borkowski.
Wilhelm Heinrich Borkowski & Auguste Frankenstein-Borkowski were my great grand parents.
They are buried in Audubon county Lincoln township cemetery which is 1 mile north of the old Trinity church site north west of Gray.
They had 3 children Mathilda, Carl and Otto F. (My grand father) all born in Poland or Germany.
They migrated to Audubon county when my grand father (the youngest) was about 4 years old.
My nephew Scott Borkowski translated the remembrance card for us.
Ken Borkowski
Ken Borkowski 1967
Memorial Service: Sunday, March 20th, 1pm at West Center Chapel, Omaha, Nebraska.
Interment: Monday, March 21st, 1pm at Manning, Iowa, Cemetery.
Friends and family are invited to a celebration of life at the Kerkhoff Shelter House at Trestle Park in Manning following the burial.
To view a live broadcast of the Funeral Service, please visit www.heafeyheafey.com and hit the "View Live Cast" button.
Kenneth was the son of Harold and Evelyn (Weems) Borkowski. He was born December 28, 1951,
at Manning, Iowa. He passed away March 11, 2022.
Kenneth was preceded in death by mother, Evelyn Borkowski in
1982; father, Harold "Jack" Borkowski in 2001; grandparents, Earl and Mabel
Weems, Otto and Emma Borkowski; nephew, Jeff Williams; grandnephew, Kadin Green.
Survived by wife, Francene; daughters, Na Netta Renee Jones, Linnetta Jones Anderson (Patrick); grandsons, Marquis Omari Jones and Jamon Lee Hampton (Bekka); great-grandchildren, Levi Randall and Samson Thomas Beyer; brother, Jack Borkowski of Iowa Falls, Iowa; five sisters: Karen Stueve (Ken) of Idaho Falls, Idaho, Gwenda Basham (Joel) of Exira, Iowa, Marla Williams of Newton, Kansas, Juanette Birk (Frank) of Gridley, Kansas, Lori Borkowski of Manning,Iowa; 11 nieces and nephews.
Kenneth enjoyed farm living, peace and quiet, family gatherings, car shows, antique cars, The Road Shows, ancestry research, "Figuring Out the Impossible," and the Men's Fellowship Breakfast first Saturday of each month. He was a member of Bible Truth Ministries for 16 years. Kenneth graduated from the Manning Community School District in 1971, and received his Associates Degree from Columbia University in Columbia, Missouri.
He was recruited by IBM to work at OPPD. As a child growing up, he was known by family and friends as a great "prankster" with witty jokes and quick comebacks. Kenneth loved to encourage others on the job and in life. He was so clever that he was united in marriage to his "nurse," Francene on May 20th, 2011, at the Kroc Center in Omaha by Pastors Rordy and Ramona Smith.
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1971 former students: Michael Aiken, Linda Barnum, Gregory Blum, Pamela Bogatzke, Jaunette Borkowski, Janice Campbell, Mark Frisinger, Deborah Genzen, Denise Genzen, Randy Hodne, James Hummer, Margaret Irlmeier, Marlene Irlmeier, Steven Irlmeier, Deanna Jensen, Rhonda Joens, Kenneth Knutsen, Henry McKinney, Jr., Lavonne Meaike, Jeffrey Moore, Anthony Muhlbauer, Gary Mundt, Greg Naylor, Agnes Nepple, Anne Nepple, Greg Oakley, Robin Oakley, Lynn Owen, Bruce Prosise, Ray Record, Richard Ricke, Kathy Rushenberg, Margaret Schwaller, Jackie Shoemaker, Merle Sorden, Darrell Thompson, Barbara Wassom, Randy Weifenbach, David Weiskircher, Robert Weiss, John Wuebker
Back: Ken, Marla, Gwen, Karen, Jack
Front: Juanette, Harold "Jack," Evelyn, Laurel "Lori"
Jack & Evelyn (Weems) Borkowski
Jack Borkowski WWII
Jack Borkowski on the left
Gwenda Borkowski MHS 1966
Jackie Borkowski MHS 1961
1962 Sophomore float 3rd place
Back: Karen Borkowski
Front: possibly Jackie Moore
Not in view: Lois Oakley, Gretchen Tank
Quill & Scroll 1961
Fourth: Roger Hansen, Paul Mundt,
Jack Borkowski, Mr. Sam Mast, Sponsor
Third: Valda Lamaack, Jean Thomssen, Judy Thomssen, Nancy Mohr, Pat Knobbe
Second: Birgitta Carlsson, Marilyn Brus, Barb Bruck, Lila Hargens, Sandra Mohr, Dorothy Fink
Front: Donna Ahrendsen, Betsy Musfeldt, Eleanor Ehlers, Carol Kuhl, Beth Eckholdt, Frances Grimm
Senior Homeroom A 1961
