Butler County Press (David City, Nebr.), April 13, 1933, p. 1, col. 6

FUNERAL OF MRS. TROUSIL

Held from Assumption Church, Dwight, April 3.

Dwight, April 10 – Mrs. Catherina Trousil, in her 71st, passed away Friday morning, March 31, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Anton Vavra, living near Gresham. Mrs. Trousil had been bedfast for a month.

Funeral services were held at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning, April 3, from St. Mary's Assumption church, Dwight, with Rev. Benedict Bauer serving the Requiem Mass. The pallbearers were Mrs. Trousil's son John Trousil, and five of her sons-in-law, Joseph Soukup, Joseph Matulka, Charles Trouba, August Matulka and Anton Vavra. Burial was in the Catholic cemetery at Dwight, beside the grave of her husband.

Mrs. Trousil was a devout Catholic, a faithful mother and friend, and highly thought of in the different communities in which she lived.

She was born in Wisconsin July 12, 1862, daughter of Mike and Mary Jisa, receiving her education and growing to young womanhood there. At the age of 17 years she was married to Frank Trousil, who preceded her in death three years ago. In 1882 Mr. and Mrs. Trousil moved to Nebraska from Wisconsin and located at Wahoo. In 1885 they moved to Holt county, where they remained for eight years, then returning to a farm near Weston, later moving to Bee. Upon retiring from the farm life in 1917, they moved to Dwight, where they lived until the death of Mr. Trousil, since which time Mrs. Trousil has made her home with her children.

Surviving Mrs. Trousil are one son, John Trousil, of Bee, and seven daughters, Mrs. Anton Vavra of Gresham, Mrs. Frank Cihal of Ulysses, Mrs. Joseph Soukup of Dwight, Mrs. August Matulka of Ulysses, Mrs. Joseph Matulka of Staplehurst, Mrs. Charles Trouba of David City and Mrs. Ludwig Vampola of Dwight. She is also survived by two brothers, Mike Jisa of Dwight and Joseph Jisa of Lincoln.