Dorothy J. Slemin, 85, of Wahoo, NE, died Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE.  She was born September 22, 1932 in Weston, NE to Frank A. and Anna (Chmelka) Jelinek.  Dorothy graduated from Wahoo High School in 1950.  On October 30, 1950, she was married to Frank Slemin in Lincoln, NE.

Dorothy worked for Russell Stovers in Lincoln, the Saunders County Assessor’s office, Western Electric and the Saunders County Clerk’s office.  Dorothy and her family farmed for many years near Yutan, Swedeburg and Wahoo.  Dorothy was a member of the Eagles and VFW Auxiliary and the Lincoln Czech Club.  She found joy in making Kolaches, her Czech heritage and playing Bingo.

She is survived by daughters, Susan Harriman and Patricia Rose; 7 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren; sister, Shirley Ingram; sisters-in-law, Eleanor Jelinek, Celestine Slemin and Rosemary Slemin; brother-in-law, Leonard Slemin; many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by husband, Frank Slemin; parents, Frank and Anna Jelinek; siblings, Adeline Johnson, Sylvia Mattson, Ann Marie Jelinek, Francis Jelinek, Max Jelinek, Leona Parker, Donald Jelinek; son-in-law, Jim Rose.