RONALD A. GARSKA, 82, OF BRIDGEPORT, PASSED AWAY ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2023, AT THE MORRILL COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN BRIDGEPORT. HIS FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 11AM ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2023, AT THE BRIDGEPORT CHURCH OF CHRIST WITH PASTOR JONATHAN SENG OFFICIATING. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ONE HOUR PRIOR TO SERVICE TIME AT THE CHURCH. IT IS RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED THAT IN LIEU OF ANY FLOWERS, MEMORIALS IN RON’S HONOR BE MADE IN CARE OF HIS FAMILY TO BE DESIGNATED AT A LATER TIME. INTERMENT WIFLL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2023, AT THE MADISON SQUARE CEMETERY NEAR TAYLOR, NE CLOSE TO THE FARM/RANCH HE GREW UP ON AND WHERE MANY OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS ARE LAID TO REST. MAY RONALD REST IN PEACE. ONLINE CONDOLENCES MAY BE MADE BY VIEWING RON’S MEMORIAL PAGE AT www.bridgmanfuneralhome.com. BRIDGMAN FUNERAL HOME IN SCOTTSBLUFF IS ENTRUSTED WITH ARRANGEMENTS.
RONALD ALBERT GARSKA WAS BORN JUNE 21, 1941, IN BURWELL, NEBRASKA TO HAROLD AND WAIVE VALENE GARSKA (HARRIS) GARSKA. RONALD GREW UP ON A RANCH WEST OF TAYLOR, NEBRASKA AND ATTENDED SCHOOL IN TAYLOR AND GRADUATED FROM LOUP COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1959.
RONALD SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY FROM 1964-1966 AND WAS STATIONED IN VIET NAM DURING THE WAR. UPON RETURNING TO THE UNITED STATES, HE BECAME A DRIVERS LICENSE EXAMINER FOR THE STATE OF NEBRASKA IN OMAHA AND WAS LATER TRANSFERRED TO BRIDGEPORT, NEBRASKA.
ON MAY 20, 1966, HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO JULIA ANN HARRIS IN BURWELL, NE.
TO THIS UNION, 2 CHILDREN WERE BORN, RONALD TRAVIS AND STACEY LYNN GARSKA. IN 1967 THEY MOVED TO BRIDGEPORT WHERE RONALD LIVED UNTIL HIS DEATH ON NOVEMBER 28, 2023, AT MORRILL COUNTY HOSPITAL. WHILE IN BRIDGEPORT HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A DRIVERS LICENSE EXAMINER, LATER A POLICE OFFICER, AND LASTLY THE CHIEF OF POLICE UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT.
RON LOVED HIS CHILDREN. HE LOVED TO HUNT AND HUNTING SEASONS WERE SPENT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WYOMING, THE SANDHILLS OF NEBRASKA AND MANY WINTER DAYS SITTING IN THE GOOSE BLIND NEAR HIS HOME. HE ALSO ENJOYED COFFEE WITH FRIENDS IN THE MORNING AND LOOKED FORWARD TO THAT EACH DAY.
HE WILL BE MISSED BY HIS CHILDREN, RONALD (STEPHANIE), AND STACEY GARSKA; SISTER ELAINE EBERLE (DAVID) AND HER FAMILY, AND MANY OTHER RELATIVES INCLUDING TERESA SINNER (ROGER) AND THEIR FAMILY AND MELISSA FREEMAN (GREG) AND THEIR FAMILY. RON’S CONSTANT COMPANION WAS “RUSTY” THE DOG HE SPENT EVERY MINUTE WITH AND WHO WILL BE BURIED AT HIS SIDE.
PASSING BEFORE HIM IN DEATH WERE HIS PARENTS, HAROLD AND WAIVE, SISTER SHARON FREEMAN, BROTHER-IN-LAW DAVID EBERLE AND NUMEROUS AUNTS, UNCLES AND COUSINS.