NOTE: Burial records on cemetery directory lists name as Martin Veroda.
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(KS) Cuba Tribune Aug. 15, 1935
Martin Vyrut was born March 16, 1845 in Kamenice Dolini, Czechoslovakia, came to America in 1868, to Iowa, and in 1873 came to Kansas. He quietly passed away at his home August 11th, 1935, at the age of 90 years, 4 months and 26 days.
In 1872 he was united in marriage to Frances Zavodsky. To this union 11 children were born, six sons and five daughters. Two sons and one daughter preceded him in death, one son dying in infancy.
His three brothers and three sister preceded him in death, with the exception of Joseph, youngest of the family. Martin was the oldest.
When he came to America, for some time he worked on the railroad as a common laborer and later as a brakeman. He was a gunsmith, Later he engaged in the making of brick and pottery. He was very proficient in building arched caves in plastering, and in his early days he dug wells all over the country. In recent years he found his joy in bee-keeping and he worked with the bees to the very last week before he died.
He held a homestead which he later sold. In 1907 he purchased a farm 12 miles south-east of Cuba and made his home here.
Funeral services were held at the home at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning and at the Presbyterian Church in Cuba at 11, with Rev. Kemecik officiating. Interment was made in the Kopsa cemetery.
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(KS) Cuba Tribune Aug. 15, 1935
Martin Vyrut was born March 16, 1845 in Kamenice Dolini, Czechoslovakia, came to America in 1868, to Iowa, and in 1873 came to Kansas. He quietly passed away at his home August 11th, 1935, at the age of 90 years, 4 months and 26 days.
In 1872 he was united in marriage to Frances Zavodsky. To this union 11 children were born, six sons and five daughters. Two sons and one daughter preceded him in death, one son dying in infancy.
His three brothers and three sister preceded him in death, with the exception of Joseph, youngest of the family. Martin was the oldest.
When he came to America, for some time he worked on the railroad as a common laborer and later as a brakeman. He was a gunsmith, Later he engaged in the making of brick and pottery. He was very proficient in building arched caves in plastering, and in his early days he dug wells all over the country. In recent years he found his joy in bee-keeping and he worked with the bees to the very last week before he died.
He held a homestead which he later sold. In 1907 he purchased a farm 12 miles south-east of Cuba and made his home here.
Funeral services were held at the home at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning and at the Presbyterian Church in Cuba at 11, with Rev. Kemecik officiating. Interment was made in the Kopsa cemetery.
NOTE: Burial records on cemetery directory lists name as Martin Veroda.
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(KS) Cuba Tribune Aug. 15, 1935
Martin Vyrut was born March 16, 1845 in Kamenice Dolini, Czechoslovakia, came to America in 1868, to Iowa, and in 1873 came to Kansas. He quietly passed away at his home August 11th, 1935, at the age of 90 years, 4 months and 26 days.
In 1872 he was united in marriage to Frances Zavodsky. To this union 11 children were born, six sons and five daughters. Two sons and one daughter preceded him in death, one son dying in infancy.
His three brothers and three sister preceded him in death, with the exception of Joseph, youngest of the family. Martin was the oldest.
When he came to America, for some time he worked on the railroad as a common laborer and later as a brakeman. He was a gunsmith, Later he engaged in the making of brick and pottery. He was very proficient in building arched caves in plastering, and in his early days he dug wells all over the country. In recent years he found his joy in bee-keeping and he worked with the bees to the very last week before he died.
He held a homestead which he later sold. In 1907 he purchased a farm 12 miles south-east of Cuba and made his home here.
Funeral services were held at the home at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning and at the Presbyterian Church in Cuba at 11, with Rev. Kemecik officiating. Interment was made in the Kopsa cemetery.
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(KS) Cuba Tribune Aug. 15, 1935
Martin Vyrut was born March 16, 1845 in Kamenice Dolini, Czechoslovakia, came to America in 1868, to Iowa, and in 1873 came to Kansas. He quietly passed away at his home August 11th, 1935, at the age of 90 years, 4 months and 26 days.
In 1872 he was united in marriage to Frances Zavodsky. To this union 11 children were born, six sons and five daughters. Two sons and one daughter preceded him in death, one son dying in infancy.
His three brothers and three sister preceded him in death, with the exception of Joseph, youngest of the family. Martin was the oldest.
When he came to America, for some time he worked on the railroad as a common laborer and later as a brakeman. He was a gunsmith, Later he engaged in the making of brick and pottery. He was very proficient in building arched caves in plastering, and in his early days he dug wells all over the country. In recent years he found his joy in bee-keeping and he worked with the bees to the very last week before he died.
He held a homestead which he later sold. In 1907 he purchased a farm 12 miles south-east of Cuba and made his home here.
Funeral services were held at the home at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning and at the Presbyterian Church in Cuba at 11, with Rev. Kemecik officiating. Interment was made in the Kopsa cemetery.
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