Joann J. Dubas, 87, of Clarks, passed away on August 13, 2026 at her home, three days shy of her eighty-eighth birthday.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday, August 19, 2026 at St.

Peter’s Catholic Church in Clarks. Interment was held at the Calvary Cemetery in Clarks.

Memorials are suggested to the family to be designated at a later time. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.soltwagnerfuneral. com.

Joann Joyce Janulewicz was born on August 16, 1938 at home near Loup City to Anton and Barbara (Spotanski) Janulewicz. She attended rural schools until the eighth grade and graduated from Loup City High School in 1955. She then attended Kearney Teacher’s College for eight weeks to obtain her teacher’s certificate to teach in rural schools. She taught one year at Sherman County.

Joann met Eldon Dubas on a blind date in 1955 and they were married August 25, 1956. To this union seven children were born: Richard, Timothy, Edward, Diane, Nancy, Sandra, and Robert.

Joann taught in a rural school in Merrick County for one year, she then stayed home to raise her family. She was a stay at home mom who was always busy helping out with chores on the farm, tending to her garden, canning, freezing, and butchering chickens. She always had a green thumb with her plants and a garden full of vegetables and beautiful flowers. She took great pride in her beautiful lawn. She also enjoyed sewing, often sewing her children’s clothes and a lot of her own clothes as well as doll clothes. She made many quilts for her children and grandchildren. She also enjoyed embroidering. She embroidered many sets of quilt blankets, pillow cases, dresser scarves and tea towels.

Eldon and Joann loved polka music and attended many polka festivals in several surrounding states and made many lifelong friends that way. Her most recent hobbies were word searches, word jumbles, and scratch tickets. She didn’t win big, but big enough to make her happy. She was also a member of St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Clarks.

Those left to cherish her memory are three sons, Richard (Betty) Dubas of Clarks, Timothy Dubas of Central City, and Robert (Emily) Dubas of Clarks; three daughters, Diane Vassar of Grand Island, Nancy VanDyke of Columbus, and Sandra Backer of Columbus; brother, Jim Janulewicz of Clarks; sisters, Delores Michalek of Hastings; sisters-in-law, Beata Nabity of Grand Island and Dorothy Dubas of Omaha; grandchildren, Jeremy (Megan) Dubas, Jason (Alycia Weigel) Dubas, Samantha Bender, Jesse (Amanda) Dubas, Ashley (Sean) Fritz, Jamie (Jesse) Short, Ryan Bronson, Rachel Bronson, Jacey Dubas, Caleb Dubas, and Ellie Dubas; great-grandchildren, Kenzie, Hayes, and Harrison Dubas, Camryn, Brooke, Skylar and Lane Bender, Beckett and Cooper Dubas, and Carsyn and Brynn Fritz. Joann was preceded in death by her husband, Eldon Dubas; son, Edward Dubas; her parents, Anton and Barbara Janulewicz; brotherin- law, Ron Michalek; sisters-in-law, Irma Janulewicz and Margaret Dubas; her parents-inlaw, William and Anna Dubas; brothers-in-law, Bernard and Conrad Dubas; sister and brother- in-law, Ruth and Ray Kula; brother-in-law, Alfred Nabity; and her beloved pet, Milo.