Carroll Gene Bohaty, 84, of Wahoo, entered into eternal rest after a battle with acute myeloid leukemia on Sunday, April 26, 2026, at South Haven Living Center in Wahoo.
He was born March 30, 1942, in Seward, to Vincent and Olga (Fredlick) Bohaty. Carroll attended District #87 school through the eighth grade and graduated from Seward High School in 1960. After high school, Carroll served on active duty in the U.S. Army National Guard (Seward Infantry Unit), followed by reserve duty until he was honorably discharged in 1964. He started working at Benes Service in Valparaiso upon returning home from active service in 1961. He worked for Benes Service near Valparaiso for 65 years as a farm mechanic.
On Aug. 20, 1967, Carroll was married to his first love, Shirley A. Stover, at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Lincoln, and to this union, two sons were born, Steve and Tim. After living in Lincoln and Rising City, Carroll and Shirley moved to Wahoo in 1970 and lived there until Shirley passed in 1994. Carroll married his second love, Louise Miller Henkel on April 5, 1997, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Wahoo.
He is survived by his wife of 29 years, Louise Bohaty; children, Steve M. (Laura Pea) Bohaty of Heidelberg, Germany, and Tim A. (Jill) Bohaty of Lincoln; step-children, Eric (Toni) Henkel of Gladstone, Susan (Tim) Likens of Swanton, and Evan (Amy) Henkel of Bennington; grandchildren, Benjamin Bohaty, Ty Bohaty, and Alexis Bohaty, Iside A. Bohaty and Enea V. Bohaty; step-grandchildren, Levi (Hannah) Likens, Emma (James) Brown, Katlyn (Matt) Grimes, Travis Likens, Emmitt E. Henkel, Eastin E. (Maycee) Henkel, Ethen E. Henkel, and Elliot E. Henkel; great-grandchildren, Charlie Brown, Sawyer Brown, Milo Grimes, Alec Grimes and Clara Grimes; siblings, Kenneth Bohaty of Seward, Gary (Caron) Bohaty of Seaford, Delaware, and Bonnie Montgomery of Lincoln; sisters-in-law, Diana Stover Tillinghast of Mountain View, California, Marge Huelman of Storm Lake, Iowa, Janette (Larry) Mosley of Sherburn, Minnesota, Barbara Holmes of Springfield, Missouri, Lois Miller of St. Mary, Kansas and Maxine McCarthy of Ayshire, Iowa; brother-in-law, Kenneth (Patti) Miller of Storm Lake, Iowa; and many other family members and friends.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Shirley A. (Stover) Bohaty; parents, Vincent and Olga Bohaty; parents-in-law, Marvin and Maxine Stover and William and Mary Miller; and brothers-in-law, Ronald Stover, William Tillinghast, Roger Miller, James McCarthy, and Gene Huelman.
Mass of Christian Burial is Friday, May 1, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Wahoo.
Visitation is Thursday, April 30, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. with 7:00 p.m. Rosary, all at the church. Interment at St. Francis Cemetery, Wahoo, with military Honors by U.S. National Guard and American Legion Post #371. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Arrangements by Svoboda Funeral Home in Wahoo.
