Obit: Czech, John N. Sr. (1897 – 1970)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Czech, Zoltowski, Gaska, Fraase, Prokopiak, Zajackowski

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 05 Mar 1970

Czech, John N. Sr. (6 DEC 1897 – 19 FEB 1970)

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, February 24, at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Gilman, for John N. Czech Sr., 72-year-old Hannibal area resident who died Saturday morning at St. Joseph's Hospital, Chippewa Falls, where he had been hospitalized the past four days. He had been in ill health for the past three and one-half years. Rev. Alphonse Zoltowski officiated, and burial took place in St. Hedwig's Cemetery, Thorp (Clark Co., Wis.). Nephews served as pallbearers.

The body lay in state at Gilman Funeral Home.

Mr. Czech was born December 6, 1897 in Poland. He came to the United States in 1910, settled in the town of Taft and later moved to the Thorp area. His marriage to Genevieve Gaska took place in 1926 at St. Hedwig's Church.

Surviving are his wife; six sons: Leon of Walworth, Anton and Adolph of Gilman, John Jr. of Milwaukee, Ted of Thorp, and Robert of Phoenix, Arizona; two daughters, Sylvia, Mrs. Donald Fraase of Decatur, Ga., and Miss Kathleen Czech of Thorp, and 19 grandchildren. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Antoinette Prokopiak and Mrs. Pauline Zajackowski of Thorp, and one brother, Roman, of Thorp.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, one daughter and two brothers.