Harold Edwin Krivohlavek was born August 15, 1921 to Lillie (Stastny) and Louis Krivohlavek on the farm south of Dorchester in Saline County, and he began his life in heaven on July 29, 2015. Harold attended rural school district 104, walking 1 miles for the first 8 years (except when he could hook up the pony to the two wheel sulky). Then he attended and graduated in 1939 from Dorchester High School. He enjoyed 4-H, attending the county fair and the state fair with his livestock. Later he became a 4-H leader. He farmed all his life in Dorchester except for 3 ½ years during World War II. From 1942-1946 he served as a staff sergeant in the South Pacific, in the Northern Solomons and on the island of Luzon in the Philippines in the 112th Radio Intelligence Company. Following the war, he returned home to farm and raise livestock. He married the love of his life, Virginia McCormick Spanyers, on June 8, 1968. He loved farming with his son Keith and enjoyed raising cattle and going to cattle sales. He liked taking his grandsons to the sales with him to teach them about how to pick out good calves. He loved to play with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and they all were rocked to Czech songs as babies. His Czech heritage was very important to him, and he wanted to share that with his children and grandchildren. He loved watching his children grow and marry; he was thrilled with having grandchildren that he could be so proud of. Aside from farming and his family, Harold knew it was important to play an active role in his community. He was a member of and attended the Dorchester United Methodist Church. He served on the Saline County Soil conservation board, the Rural Fire Dept. board, and the Pleasant Hill cemetery board. He was very active in the Dorchester American Legion Post #264 and was a member of the VFW, ZCBJ Lodge Tabor #74, and was a Master Mason in Blue Valley Lodge #64 in Wilber. He knew the meaning of loving your country, and he never missed honoring veterans during the Memorial Day services. He also enjoyed teaching young people about patriotism at the school's Veteran's Day programs. Harold was known as a man of integrity. Everyone would agree that you would be hard pressed to find anyone who didn't respect Harold. He was honest, just, and a man of his word, who held to a high standard and work ethic. But he could joke with the best of them and seemed to always throw in a funny line at just the right moment. He was proud of the fact that he was the oldest man in Dorchester and the oldest Krivohlavek in Nebraska. After Harold and Virginia designed and built their retirement home in Dorchester, they decided to slow down with the farming operation. That didn't keep Harold from enjoying his calves, his friends at the coffee shop, planting fruit trees on the farm, and his comfortable pesina (feather bed) with the newspaper. Spending time with Virginia was the thing he loved the most, however. They loved going to the farm together, taking trips to see the grandkids, and just working together on their day to day tasks. Harold had many "close-calls" through the years, even after he had retired. One time, he upset his tractor off a bridge into about three feet of water. He came out all wet but without a scratch and without his hat! Although he kept his faith fairly private, Harold knew that God took care of him through this, his surgery to replace his heart valve, and many other times. He always felt blessed with his wonderful wife and family, his good health, and his many friends. He passed away having a wonderful relationship with the Lord, knowing that he was going to heaven. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother Richard, his sister-in-law Maxine Krivohlavek, and his daughter Ruth Mayo Lee. He is survived by his beloved wife Virginia of 47 years, daughter and son-in-law Sue and Tom Shaw of Bartlett, son Keith Spanyers and Pam Carlin of Dorchester, daughter and son-in-law Karen and Scott Wiles of Lincoln; grandchildren Traci Maddux of Albion, Tory Durre and husband Dave of Elgin, Morgan Roth and husband Ben of Milford, Erica Spanyers and John Gross of Waverly, Joshua Lee of Graham, TX, Nicholas, Jonathan, Allison, and Zachary Wiles of Lincoln; great-grandchildren Tarryn Shaw and Aidan Maddux, Jon Tristan Shaw and David, Samantha, Ruby Mae, and Dominic Durre, Ellee Roth, and Azariah Lee; brother Raymond Krivohlavek of Wilber, sister-in-law Marsha McCormick and Qadeer Baci of Joliet, IL, brother-in-law Cyrus McCormick of Portland TN, nieces, nephews, cousins, and a county full of friends. To this obituary we add our thoughts, prayers and memories of life shared with Harold.