Jacqueline Vossler was born Nov. 24, 1942, at Warren Memorial Hospital in Friend, to John Leonard Prokop and Alice Vohnout Prokop. She passed away Sept. 5, 2025, in Lincoln.
Immediately after Jackie's birth, her father returned to World War II in Europe. When her father returned from the army, the family moved to Oregon until just before the birth of her brother, Kenneth, in 1947 when they moved to Milligan. After the death of her mother in 1950, Jackie and her brother moved to Friend to live with their grandmother, Katherine Vohnout. She attended Friend Public School, worked for Francis Plumbing and Heating during high school and graduated in 1960.
Jackie was united in marriage to John Albert Vossler on July 2, 1960, and they resided in Lincoln. To this union, three children were born: Gregory Todd, Kimberly Jo, and Bradley John. Jackie worked as a long-distance phone operator for Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph and as a key punch operator for Classified List. In 1968, the family moved to a farm southeast of Friend. Jackie worked at Thompson's Locker and then as a nurse's aide at the new Friend Manor. She graduated from SECC in Lincoln in 1975 as an LPN and was charge nurse at the Warren Memorial Annex.
In 1977, the family moved to Osage Beach, Missouri, where they had a boat sales and service business. Jackie worked at the Lake of the Ozarks General Hospital. They moved back to Friend when John became afflicted with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 1981. Jackie worked at the Friend Manor throughout the 1980s and was also an EMT with the Friend Ambulance. She attended College of Saint Mary's of Omaha during that time and graduated in 1990 as an RN, worked at LRC Forensic Unit for three years and Exeter Care Center and Friend Manor for several years. She graduated from Doane College in 1998 with a Bachelor's in Allied Health and retired from nursing in 2009.
Jackie leaves to mourn her death her children, Gregory and Cindy Vossler of Lexington, Kimberly and Rick Bay of Lincoln, and Bradley and Jana Vossler of Lincoln; eight grandchildren, Stephen, Joshua, Rachel, Ethan, Colton, Justin, Aubrey and Cameron; and seven great-grandchildren, Peyton and significant other Korbin Cox, Rowan, Winry, Frazier, Sullivan, Kingston and Hadley; one sister-in-law, Joani Prokop and family, and many cousins and friends.
Preceding her in death were her parents; daughter-in-law, Joyce in 2000; brother, Kenneth Prokop in 2019; and husband, John in 2005.
Visitation will be Friday, Sept. 12, from 1 – 8 p.m. at the Lauber Funeral Home in Friend. The funeral service will be Saturday, Sept. 13, at 1 p.m. at the funeral home, followed by a graveside service at Andrew Cemetery in Friend. Memorial contributions are suggested to Lauber Funeral Home – Friend, with a later designation by the family.
Arrangements by Lauber Funeral Home and Cremation Services.
