Dorothy Setlik

Dorothy (Kuklish) Setlik was born Sept. 1, 1930 on the family farm in the Antelope Valley area of Custer County, nine miles southwest of Sargent, NE, to Louis and Anna (Nekuda) Kuklish. She was the youngest of four children, joining her siblings, Lillian, Millard and Lumire.

Dorothy received her elementary education at the Antelope Valley Country School and graduated from Sargent High School in 1947 with a Normal Training degree. She spent the next seven years teaching at local country schools, Somerford and Round Valley. During this time she attended summer sessions at Kearney State Teachers...