Florence Theresa Pronske, age 84, of Uehling passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2026 at Shalimar Gardens in Fremont.
She was born on November 21, 1941, in Youngstown, Ohio, to Ralph and Mary Guthrie. Theresa grew up in Ohio before her family moved to California, where she graduated from Sequoia High School in Redwood City in 1959.
On August 22, 1970, she married Ervin Pronske, and together they built a life that would span California and Nebraska. After Erv’s retirement from the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Department in 1985, they moved to Nebraska, where Theresa embraced small-town life wholeheartedly. She was an active member of the Logan Valley Shooting Club and in 2024 received the Nebraska Hunter Education Instructor of the Year award.
She gave generously of her time as a volunteer in the community and could be found cooking at almost every pancake feed or helping out at a local charity auction. A woman of adventurous spirit, she earned her private pilot’s license and went on to serve in the Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol for over twenty years, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Above all, she loved being with her family and Jody, her devoted cat, cooking for those she loved, and playing a competitive hand of cribbage. Her passion for game shows took her to Los Angeles, where she was a winning contestant on Wheel of Fortune. She will be dearly missed, especially by all friends, family, neighbors, and strangers who were lucky enough to stop by the farm and immediately check the cake stand for baked sweets and treats.
Theresa was preceded in death by her husband, Ervin, in February 2026; her daughter, Deborah Demicell; her stepdaughter, Karen; her parents, Ralph and Mary Guthrie; and her brothers, Richard and William Guthrie.
She is survived by her daughters, Tamara (EJ) Pronske and Julie Baer; her stepsons, Glenn (Gina) Pronske, Keith (Debra) Pronske, and Robert (Katherine) Pronske; her sisters, Maryann and Ann; her beloved sisters-in-law, Carol (Pronske) Ruwe and Kay Pronske; 16 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests that memorial contributions be made to the Logan Valley Shooting Club or FurEver Home Inc, an animal adoption center in Fremont.
Visitation will be Sunday, November 15, 2026 at the Ludvigsen Mortuary Chapel in Fremont with family from 2pm to 4pm. The funeral will be Monday, 10am, at Immanuel Lutheran Church east of Winslow. Burial will follow in Logan Cemetery.
Online guestbook at www.Ludvigsenmortuary.com