Obit: Matousek, Vaclav “Jim” (1881 - 1969)

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Surnames: Matousek, Varuba, Hardy, Karlovsky, Kotty, Antos, Viktora, Davis, Matalas, Shramek, Holub, Currin, Horehled, Meyer, Nelson

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 1/23/1969

Matousek, Vaclav “Jim” (14 September 1881 - 21 January 1969)

Vaclav (Jim) Matousek, 87, of Rt. 3, Neillsville, died here Tuesday. Funeral services will be held today (Thursday) at 1:30 p.m. from the Georgas Funeral Home. The Rev. George M. Nelson of St. Mary’s Catholic Church will officiate. Burial will be made in the Levis Cemetery.

Mr. Matousek was born September 14, 1881, in Czechoslovakia. He came to the United States in 1905 and located in Chicago, Ill. In 1906, he came to Clark County and settled on a farm in the Town of Levis, which he operated for 63 years. For 30 years he hauled milk to a Neillsville milk plant, and for many years served as town road foreman. He was married to the former Eva Varuba on February 14, 1906, in Chicago.

Mr. Matousek is survived by his wife; seven children, Mrs. Mary Hardy of Neillsville, James Matousek of Neillsville, Mrs. Ann Karlovsky of Riverside, Ill., Mrs. George (Roslia) Kotty of Cicero, Ill., Charles Matousek and Ladd Matousek of Neillsville and Mrs. Frances Antos of Chicago, Ill. Other survivors include a brother, Louis Matousek of Neillsville; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 1/30/1969

Funeral services were held last Thursday for Vaclav (Jim) Matousek of Neillsville, 87, who died here January 21. The Rev. George M. Nelson of St. Mary’s Catholic Church officiated at services from the Georgas Funeral home. Burial was made in the Levis Cemetery.

Pallbearers were: Joe Horehled, William H. Meyer, G. J. Kotty, J. J. Viktora, R. J. Kotty and Charles Matousek.

People from out of town attending included: Mrs. Ann Karlovsky, Maryann and Rosalie Karlovsky of Riverside, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. George Kotty of Cicero, Ill.; Robert Kotty, Mrs. Frances Antos, and Miss Lucille Hardy of Chicago, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Viktora of Des Plaines, Ill.; Mrs. Dorothy Davis and family of Berlin; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Davis of Stevens Point; Mr. and Mrs. Tony Matalas of Merrillan; Edward Shramek of Humbird; George Holub of Greenwood and Mrs. Betty Currin of Milwaukee.