We know John Sr. was born in the Czechoslovakia-South Moravia. Unknown exact birth location at this time.

Monday, June 8, 1959
The Columbus Daily Telegram
Columbus, NE Pg 3

John Kubicek Sr.
John Kubicek dies; services on Thursday
John Kubicek, 80, 1803 8th street, died unexpectedly at 2p.m. Sunday at St. Mary's Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Anthony's Catholic church, with burial in the Catholic cemetery. The body will lie in state at the McKown funeral Home from 1 p.m. Wednesday until the hour of service, and Rosary will be prayed at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
He was born Jan. 1, 1879 in Czechoslovakia, the son of Carl and Frances Kiethka Kubicek, and when a baby came with his parents to the United States. They settled in the Cedar Hill community, and he attended school there.
On Nov. 14, 1905, he married Millie Novak at Brainard. A retired farmer, Mr. Kubicek had farmed near Cedar Hill, Valparaiso and Columbus before moving here Feb. 14, 1950. The Kubiceks celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1955.
He was a member of St. Anthony's parish.
Mr. Kubicek is survived by his wife; seven sons, John jr., Alouis and Edward of Columbus, Carl of Glendora, Calif., and Emil, Joseph and William of Shelby: four daughters, Mrs. Leo (Mary) Glatter, Mrs. (Herman) Rose Gabel and Mrs. James (Helen) Alt of Shelby, and Mrs. Marvin (Lillian) Dawes of Osceola; 22 grandchildren and one great grandchild; and one sister, Mrs. Frances Polivaka of Brainard.

Sunday, June 13, 1959
The Columbus Daily Telegram
Columbus, NE Pg 3

Card of Thanks
We wish in this manner to express our sincere thanks to the friends and neighbors who gave us sympathy during the bereavement occasioned by the death of our beloved husband and father. Also do we thank the donors of the floral tributes and the bearers of the body to the grave.
Mrs. Millie Kubicek and Family.

**Obit note: I've also seen the spelling of mother Frances's maiden name as Chytka.