Obit: Pekny, Frances (1897 - 1970)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: Pekny, Arbelovsky, Davis, Mayer, Dafoe

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 5/21/1970

Pekny, Frances (29 October 1897 - 6 May 1970)

Funeral services for Mrs. Frank (Frances) Pekny, 72, of Chili who died May 6, were held at 1 p.m. Friday from the Hansen Chapel in Marshfield. The Rev. Wesley Dafoe, pastor of Wesley United Methodist Church officiated and burial was made in the Bohemian National Cemetery in Chicago, Ill.

The former Frances Arbelovsky was born October 29, 1897, in Czechoslovakia. At the age of 16 she came to America and settled in Chicago, Ill. She married Frank Pekny June 21, 1919, at Cicero, Ill. They celebrated their Golden wedding anniversary last year.

They lived near Chicago until 1931, moving then to a farm near Chili. About 12 years ago they moved into the village of Chili.

Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Anna Davis and Mrs. Jeanette Mayer, both of Hobart, Ind.; a brother, Joseph Arbelovsky of Chili; five grandchildren and a great-grandchild.