Obit: Matousek, Frank A. (1909 - 1972)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Matousek, Skalvik, Smitke, Matalas, Lewis, Simerl, Vieregge, Pagenkopf, Dodmead, Boie, Haas, Kass, McCarty, Holub, Timlin, Smith, Gildner, Lyons, Carl, Zschernitz, Kluckhohn, Langreck, Sebesta, Brady

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 12/14/1972

Matousek, Frank A. (6 February 1909 - 6 December 1972)

An employee of the Clark County Highway department for 28 years, Frank A. Matousek, 63, of Neillsville, died December 6 at his home. Funeral services were held Saturday, December 9, from the Georgas Funeral Home with The Rev. Charles D. Brady of St. Mary’s Catholic Church officiating. Interment was in St. Mary’s Cemetery.

Frank Matousek, the son of Frank, Sr., and Marie (Skalvik) Matousek was born February 6, 1909, in Berwyn, Ill. He was educated in schools in Illinois and in Clark County. His marriage to the former Lucille Smitke took place July 30, 1934, in Thorp.

Mr. Matousek farmed in the Town of Washburn and in the Town of Levis and was employed by the highway department for 28 years as a shop foreman. He retired because of failing health.

Survivors, in addition to his wife, include three children, Frank Matousek, Miss Beverly Matousek and Larry Matousek, all of Milwaukee; a sister, mrs. Tony (Lillian) Matalas of Merrillan; a brother, Louie Matousek of Lewisville, Tex.; and nine grandchildren

Pallbearers were Russell Lyons, Arnold Carl, Louis Zschernitz, Jack Kluckhohn, Delbert Langreck and Robert Sebesta. Employees of the county highway department attended the services as a body.

Those from out of town who attended the services included Miss Beverly Matousek, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matousek, Jr., and family, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Matousek and family, Mr. and Mrs. Al Lewis and Doris Simerl, Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Louie Matousek, Lewisville, Tex, Mr. and Mrs. Tony Matalas, Merrillan; Mr. and Mrs. lee Vieregge, La Crosse; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Pagenkopf, Wheaton, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dodmead, Addison, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Boie, Casper Haas, Sr., Margaret Kass and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Smitke, Thorp; Oscar Boie, Lillian McCarty and George Holub, Greenwood; Mrs. Millard Timlin, Stanley; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Smith, Eau Claire; and Monika Gildner, Waukesha.

Friends from Granton, Loyal and Neillsville also were present.