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Cy Tworek was equally adept at making grilled cheese for a grandson or planning lunch for 1,000 boys.
He fed Gen. George Patton’s soldiers from a makeshift kitchen in a barn, and civic groups from a shack along the Elkhorn River. He served meals to dignitaries and to boys who might one day grow up to be them.
The Omaha Area Hospitality Hall of Fame inducted him in 2003, acknowledging his lifelong commitment to education in food service, hospitality and community service.
Cyril Titus “Cy” Tworek, longtime food service director at Boys Town, died Sept. 3 at Bergan Mercy Medical Center. Tworek was 93 and suffered bleeding ulcers, said son-in-law Tom Jensen of Omaha.
During Tworek’s more than 35 years at Boys Town, he planned and served daily meals for the 1,000 boys living there, the employees and the Boys Town Fire Department and handled the catering needs of the home.
Among the Boys Town events he catered were dinners for Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Navy Cmdr. Lloyd “Pete” Bucher of the USS Pueblo.
Described by family as deeply religious, in 1990 Tworek started the archdiocese’s annual Priest Appreciation Dinner. It serves more than 500 priests and supporters each summer.
Tworek’s early culinary training came via the Army under Patton’s command when Tworek was a staff sergeant.
Other Tworek survivors include his wife of 67 years, Mary; daughters Patricia Gedbaw and Rita Berthelsen, both of Omaha, Cheryl Shanker of Glenwood, Iowa, and Mary Ruth Jensen of Omaha; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were Tuesday at Holy Cross Catholic Church.
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444-1165, sue.truax@owh.com
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