The picture to the left is my grandmother named Ellen Hrbek once Ellen Tichy, and later married the love of her life, my grandfather Milton Hrbek, know as Herby after Herby Husker. Ellen was born January 22, 1911 in Niobrara Nebraska. She lived in Niobrara and when the high school and graduated from there. As a young child she played mostly all sports that they had back then. She worked in Skokan's Store in Niobrara, and also worked in Felix's Cage and as a janitor at V.H.S. She was also a mother of many children and a wife. Milton Herby Hrbek was born in Verdigre, he was a golden glove boxer and was a world war 11 survivor and veteran. He worked for the Knox Co Bridge Crew as the crane operator and built many bridges in Knox Co.