Tracy Joseph (Toby) Thieben

Tracy Joseph (Toby) Thieben

June 11, 1973 - Oct. 26, 2013

SAFETY HARBOR, Florida -- Tracy Joseph (Toby) Thieben, son of R.J. (Bill) and Linda (Crocker) Thieben was born on June 11, 1973, in McCook, Nebraska. He passed away Oct. 26, 2013, in Safety Harbor, Florida, as the result of an automobile accident at the age of 40.

He grew up in Danbury, Nebraska, and attended Beaver Valley School. In 1991, he received his G.E.D. He moved to Florida in 1992 and completed his nursing degree at the Galen School of Nursing in St. Petersburg. He was currently working at Windmoor Health Care in Clearwater, Florida.

Toby was a wonderful father and excellent nurse. He had a wonderful sense of humor and was blessed with many, many friends. His favorite activities were shooting air soft guns and bow and arrows with his children Kacie and Jeffrey.

He was preceded in death by his father, Bill, in 1991; his grandparents, Joe and Ethel Crocker and Toby and Evelyn Thieben; his aunt, Donna Quadour and his special uncle, Charlie Thieben.

Survivors include his best friend and love of his life, Gina Jenulewicz; his daughter, Kacie and his son, Jeffrey, all of New Port Richey, Florida; his mother, Linda Thieben and husband, Bill Nothnagel of McCook, Nebraska; his brother, Jamie, his wife, Kerri and their children Morgan and Sterling of St. Augustine, Florida.

Visitation is Friday, Dec. 6 from 12 -7 p.m. at Herrmann Funeral Chapel. Family will be present to greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m.

A celebration of life service will be Saturday, Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. at the Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow at the Lebanon, Nebraska, Cemetery.

A memorial has been established in his memory to be used for his children's education.

Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements.