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John C. Starostka

Birth	:	21 Feb 1935 Silver Creek, Merrick County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	24 Dec 2012 Osceola, Polk County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Calvary Cemetery, Fremont, Dodge County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.4435997, -96.5271988
Description	:	John C. Starostka, 77 years, of Osceola, NE died Monday, Dec 24, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Center in Osceola. He was born Feb. 21, 1935 in Silver Creek, Nebraska to John and Mary (Czarnick)Starostka. He lived in Silver Creek until entering St. Procopius Academy in Ilsle, IL. He then attended Conception Seminary in Conception, MO. He was ordained a priest on May 26, 1961 at St. Cecelia Catholic Church in Omaha. He then served at the following parishes, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church for 7 years and St. Stanislaus Catholic Church for 2 1/2 years both in... Read More	John C. Starostka, 77 years, of Osceola, NE died Monday, Dec 24, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Center in Osceola. He was born Feb. 21, 1935 in Silver Creek, Nebraska to John and Mary (Czarnick)Starostka. He lived in Silver Creek until entering St. Procopius Academy in Ilsle, IL. He then attended Conception Seminary in Conception, MO. He was ordained a priest on May 26, 1961 at St. Cecelia Catholic Church in Omaha. He then served at the following parishes, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church for 7 years and St. Stanislaus Catholic Church for 2 1/2 years both in Omaha. from 1972 to 1978 he served at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Platte Center, from 1978 to 1983 at St. Cecelia Cathedral in Omaha, from 1983 to 1997 at St. Anthony Catholic Church at Cedar Rapids and St. Mary's Catholic Church in Primrose and from 1997 to 2002 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Omaha. He retired in 2002 and moved to the Marianna Priest Retirement Center near Cedar Bluffs, NE. He had been living in Osceola, NE for the last 3 years. He is survived by a sister, Helen Kula of Columbus, NE; nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, 2 brothers, Alfred and Joseph; and a sister, Virginia Paczosa. Funeral Mass will be 10:30 AM, Friday, Dec. 28th at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Silver Creek, NE. Father William L'Heureux and Fr. Rodney Kneifl will officiate. Rosary, 7 PM, Thursday at church. Visitation Thursday 5 PM to 7:30 PM and Friday 1 hr prior to service all at church. Burial is 2 PM o Friday at Calvary Cemetery in Fremont, NE. Memorials may be given to Marianna Priest Retirement Center or for Masses. ---------------------------------------------- 3rd priest identified as abuser: John Starostka was permanently removed from his ministry because of sexual misconduct allegations. Omaha, NE. World Herald newspaper Aug 17, 2002 Another longtime priest of the Omaha Archdiocese was identified Friday as a sexual abuser by Archbishop Elden Curtiss. John Starostka, who retired in June as pastor of St. Francis of Assisi parish in south Omaha, was one of three priests permanently removed from their ministry because of allegations of sexual abuse of minors, Curtiss announced Friday. For the two other priests, Thomas Sellentin and Anthony Petrusic, Curtiss was making permanent the action taken earlier this year when sexual abuse allegations against them surfaced. The action means the three men cannot offer Mass publicly, wear clerical attire, use the title "father" or present themselves publicly as priests. The action stops short of laicization, a process requiring Vatican approval that formally returns a priest to the lay state. The announcement in Friday's edition of the Catholic Voice gave no details about the allegations against Starostka. The Rev. Michael Gutgsell, chancellor of the Omaha Archdiocese, said Curtiss had not authorized him to release any details. The announcement said "information had been gathered that included an admission of past sexual abuse or misconduct or allegations that were established as credible." Starostka presided in Polish Masses at St. Francis of Assisi in his first assignment as a priest in 1961. He left St. Francis in 1968 and served various parishes before returning in 1997. He cited health problems when he retired in June. He could not be reached Friday. The Rev. Ralph Steffensmeier, pastor at St. Anthony in Cedar Rapids, Neb., said Starostka was pastor there from 1983 to 1997. For part of that time, he also was pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church in Primrose. Steffensmeier said he did not know anything about the allegations against Starostka. Former parishioners recalled that Starostka was at St. Cecilia Cathedral in the 1970s. Starostka also was pastor at St. Joseph in Platte Center, though parishioners there could not recall the exact years. Several former parishioners interviewed Friday night said they were unaware of sexual abuse allegations against Starostka. The Rev. Damian Zuerlein, pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Agnes parishes in Omaha, also took on St. Francis of Assisi after Starostka's retirement. Zuerlein also said he knew nothing about the allegations against Starostka. "It was such a surprise to me, " Zuerlein said.

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John C. Starostka's memorial is located at: Calvary Cemetery, Fremont, Dodge County, USA.
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John C. Starostka death on 24 Dec 2012 in Osceola, Polk County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 41.4435997
Longitude: -96.5271988

Family Members:

Parent

John Rembert Starostka

(1890 - 1983)

Mary K Czarnik Starostka

(1900 - 1995)

Siblings

Alfred A. Starostka

(1915 - 2001)

Joseph G. “Joe” Starostka

(1918 - 1959)

Virginia Starostka Paczosa

(1929 - 2012)

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