Edward Pollak was born on May 27, 1926, near Agnew, Nebraska to Frank John and Ann (Strizek) Pollak and passed away on August 29, 2012, at the age of 86 years 3 months and 2 days. Edward grew up in the Agnew area and attended school at District #51 near Garland, NE. After school he farmed with his father for several years. On October 8, 1949, he married Christina Wilma Walla in Lincoln, NE. The couple lived in Lincoln for 2 years and then moved north of Seward; then in the early 1950's they moved to Seward. Edward began working for Seward County as a heavy equipment operator before going to work at Goodyear in Lincoln for a short time, but quit because he didn't like working indoors. He then began working for the City of Seward as a heavy equipment operator working for Herman Rolfsmeier. Later on he worked for Bill Robinson who was from Omaha, but they worked building the housing area around the air base in Lincoln. Edward retired from Nogus Sweenie Construction in 1991. Edward enjoyed vacationing in Wyoming where they liked to hike and camp. He was known as "Mr. Fix It" and was always willing to help people with cars or anything that needed to be fixed. He also enjoyed whittling. Edward is preceded in death by his wife Christina, and infant son, Charles; and an infant daughter, Rosemary; his parents, Frank and Anna; and a brother-in-law Bo Nemec. Edward is survived by his daughter, Sandra Dalrymple and husband Conard of Naples, NY; grandson, Michael Dalrymple of Aurora, NY; two great-grandchildren, Alicia and Owen Dalrymple, brothers and sisters-in-law, Frank and Evelyn Pollak of Seward, NE; Robert and Joy Pollak of Lincoln, CA; Ray and Wanda Pollak of Grass Valley, CA; and sister, Betty Nemec of Lincoln, NE. To this obituary we add our thoughts, prayers and memories of life shared with Edward.