Eleanore Tex

Eleanore was born in Springfield, Nebraska, on August 6, 1929. After graduating from Springfield High School, she worked at Richfield Cafe, where she met her husband, Clarence Tex. They were married on August 30, 1947, and raised four children together. As a farm wife, she wore many hats, raising children, tending her large garden, and volunteering at church and in the community. She always had a dessert ready for when company stopped by. She and Sonny enjoyed dancing together, especially to polka music. You never challenged her to a spelling bee unless you wanted to lose. She did the daily crossword and jumble in the newspaper well into her 90s. She always had a word search book ready to pass the time.

Later in life, she enjoyed attending LaVista Senior Center to help serve meals, play chair volleyball, and win at Bingo. In 2018, she moved to Hillcrest Grand Lodge and always wore a smile. She loved being social and not having to leave to do so. She became a master of her iPad and kept up with all her grandkids and great-grandkids through Facebook.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Clarence (Sonny) Tex, mother, Alta Treadway, father, Ernest Treadway, brothers, Ernest, Don, and Richard (Dick) Treadway, sister, Dorothy Kopf, granddaughter, Lisa Waterman, grandson, Joel Tex, father and mother-in-law, Jacob and Josephine Tex, brothers-in-law, Edward Safarik, Sidney Berg, Irvin Franke, sisters-in-law, Rita Roll, Jeanette Treadway, Julie Treadway, Bobbi Treadway, and Dolly Safarik, sons-in-law, Michael Smithberg and Willie Wilcott.

Survived by children and spouses, Kathy Smithberg of Ogallala, NE, Kenneth and Stephanie Tex of Springfield, NE, Ronald Tex, Sr. of Papillion, NE, Lynn and Randy Behounek of Las Vegas, NV, brothers, Jerry Treadway of Omaha and Gene Treadway of McAllen, TX, sister, Evelyn Franke of Omaha, sister-in-law, Mary Ann Berg of Bellevue.

Survived by grandchildren, Tiffany and Mark Gustafson of Lincoln, NE, Ronald, Jr. and Jaime Tex of Papillion, NE, Dawn and JD Peterson of Ogallala, NE, Kari Tex of Papillion, Kristal Tex of Audubon, IA, Lacey McAvoy of Fallbrook, CA, Heather and Ryan Roath of Kamrar, IA, Tina and Michael Killian of Illinois, Marissa Behounek of Louisville, KY, and 18 great-grandchildren and 9 great-great grandchildren and a host of extended family, dear friends, and neighbors.

Memorials are suggested for Springfield Platteview Community Schools (SPCS) Education Foundation, La Vista Senior Center, and St. Columbkille Church.

Visitation for Eleanore will be held Monday, August 11, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Kahler Dolce Mortuary, 441 North Washington Street, Papillion.

A funeral Mass will occur on Tuesday, August 12, at 10:30 AM at St. Columbkille Church, 200 E. Sixth St., Papillion. Eleanore will be laid to rest at Calvary Cemetery, Omaha, Nebraska.