![]() Being a boy from the farm, he couldn't tolerate the confinement. He enjoyed this for a time, but eventually they made him a radioman. He passed their tests and became a State Highway Patrolman. He entered the training program of the Nebraska Highway Patrol. In the 1940's, he decided he wanted to try something other than farming. Since he was raised on a farm, it was only natural that he would want to farm, which he did for a few years after graduating from Wahoo High School. Rudy has lived in this same area most of his life. ![]() His paternal grandparents and great-grandmother came from Czechoslovakia in 1875 and settled southwest of Wahoo. His maternal grandparents came from Czechoslovakia when his mother was 12 years old. Rudolph Caha is one of eleven children born to Rudolph and Anna Pallas Caha. Reuben and Marie have two grandchildren, Andrew and Elizabeth. Reuben enjoys his woodworking, eating out, and occasional trips.ĭaughter Judy is married to Donald T. They both enjoy collecting old things and some new. Both are active in the Mariners where they have held various offices. Reuben has served as an Elder, offices in Sunday School, Semenec Fund Comm. She is a member of the Ladies Aid where she has held different offices, also in Sunday School, and is a past Youth Choir Director. Marie has served 36 years as pianist and organist. Reuben and Marie are active in the Czech United Presbyterian Church of rural Wahoo. He also serves as sub Rural Carrier on Routes one and two out of the Wahoo Postoffice. He is a member of the Wahoo Lodge #99 Knights of Pythias and a board member of the Saunders County Historical Society. He has served as school board member at School District #62, past president and board member of Saunders County Farm Bureau, served as director on the Saunders County Soil Conservation Service, and as a board member of the Lower Platte North Natural Resource District. Reuben spent eight years as motor grader operator on the roads of Stocking Precinct. In the spring of 1948, they moved to the former Ed Elmelund farm, four miles south and two west of Wahoo, where they reside at present. Reuben worked at the Wahoo Machine Shop during the winter months in the summer he did custom baling. #58.Īfter his separation from the Naval Reserve, Reuben and Marie moved to Wahoo, NE, where they lived with Reuben's widowed aunt, Frances Ruzicka, where their daughter, Judith Kay, was born in 1947. School at District #76, Weston High School, and Luther College at Wahoo, NE, where she was chosen Home Coming Queen in 1937. ![]() This is a Saunders County NEGenWeb Project web page ![]() 1983 Saunders County History - Family Stories ![]()
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