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The last rites for Mrs. Albert Placek of Milligan were held Friday, March 5, 1937. After a short private prayer service at the residence, the body was conveyed to the Milligan auditorium followed by the immediate relatives, where the services were in charge of Chas. Smrha of Lincoln and Rev. K.O. Zavadil of Wilber, assisted by the ZCBJ and Royal Neighbor Lodges. The Pasek quartet sang. Interment was made in the South Milligan cemetery, beneath a beautiful blanket of floral tributes.
Mrs. Mary Placek, maiden name Cecrle, was born July 2, 1874 in Trtice, Czechoslovakia and died at her home in Milligan, Nebraska on Tuesday, March 2 1937 at the age of 62 years and 8 months.
She came to America in 1889 at the age of 15 years with her mother and other members of the family. Her father came a year ahead. They settled in Saline County and later moved to Fillmore County.
On January 30, 1893 she was united in marriage to Albert Placek and for over forty-four years the couple lived happily together. There were eleven children born to this union. Four of them died in infancy and a daughter, Sylvia, died at the age of two and one-half years.
The Placek family had lived on a farm north of Milligan for many years and in 1910 moved to town where they lived ever since and where Mrs. Placek was well known and highly respected.
She leaves to mourn her departure her husband, Albert Placek of Milligan; four daughters, Mrs. Clarence (Mayme) Zajicek of Wilber; Lillian of Lodgepole; Mrs. Albert (Mildred) Smrha of Panama City, Panama; and Sylvia of Omaha; two sons, Frank of St. Louis, Missouri, and Albert Jr. of Chicago, Illinois; three grandsons, Eugene Melvin and Glen Zajicek of Wilber; four brothers, James, Frank, Anton, and Joe Cecrle; four sisters, Mrs. Frances Schultz of Huron, South Dakota; Mrs. Agnes Naimon of Geneva; Mrs. Barbara Kotas of Denton, Montana; and Mrs. Anna Aughamy of Manhattan, Montana; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Her parents, Joseph and Barbara Cecrle and two sisters, Mrs. Emma Kassik and Josephine Cecrle preceded her in death.
Mrs. Placek was a member of ZCBJ, Royal Neighbors, and American Legion Auxiliary.
She was highly esteemed by all who knew her which was attested to by the large number of relatives and friends who attended her funeral.
Source: The Crete News, March 11, 1937
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The last rites for Mrs. Albert Placek of Milligan were held Friday, March 5, 1937. After a short private prayer service at the residence, the body was conveyed to the Milligan auditorium followed by the immediate relatives, where the services were in charge of Chas. Smrha of Lincoln and Rev. K.O. Zavadil of Wilber, assisted by the ZCBJ and Royal Neighbor Lodges. The Pasek quartet sang. Interment was made in the South Milligan cemetery, beneath a beautiful blanket of floral tributes.
Mrs. Mary Placek, maiden name Cecrle, was born July 2, 1874 in Trtice, Czechoslovakia and died at her home in Milligan, Nebraska on Tuesday, March 2 1937 at the age of 62 years and 8 months.
She came to America in 1889 at the age of 15 years with her mother and other members of the family. Her father came a year ahead. They settled in Saline County and later moved to Fillmore County.
On January 30, 1893 she was united in marriage to Albert Placek and for over forty-four years the couple lived happily together. There were eleven children born to this union. Four of them died in infancy and a daughter, Sylvia, died at the age of two and one-half years.
The Placek family had lived on a farm north of Milligan for many years and in 1910 moved to town where they lived ever since and where Mrs. Placek was well known and highly respected.
She leaves to mourn her departure her husband, Albert Placek of Milligan; four daughters, Mrs. Clarence (Mayme) Zajicek of Wilber; Lillian of Lodgepole; Mrs. Albert (Mildred) Smrha of Panama City, Panama; and Sylvia of Omaha; two sons, Frank of St. Louis, Missouri, and Albert Jr. of Chicago, Illinois; three grandsons, Eugene Melvin and Glen Zajicek of Wilber; four brothers, James, Frank, Anton, and Joe Cecrle; four sisters, Mrs. Frances Schultz of Huron, South Dakota; Mrs. Agnes Naimon of Geneva; Mrs. Barbara Kotas of Denton, Montana; and Mrs. Anna Aughamy of Manhattan, Montana; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Her parents, Joseph and Barbara Cecrle and two sisters, Mrs. Emma Kassik and Josephine Cecrle preceded her in death.
Mrs. Placek was a member of ZCBJ, Royal Neighbors, and American Legion Auxiliary.
She was highly esteemed by all who knew her which was attested to by the large number of relatives and friends who attended her funeral.
Source: The Crete News, March 11, 1937
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The last rites for Mrs. Albert Placek of Milligan were held Friday, March 5, 1937. After a short private prayer service at the residence, the body was conveyed to the Milligan auditorium followed by the immediate relatives, where the services were in charge of Chas. Smrha of Lincoln and Rev. K.O. Zavadil of Wilber, assisted by the ZCBJ and Royal Neighbor Lodges. The Pasek quartet sang. Interment was made in the South Milligan cemetery, beneath a beautiful blanket of floral tributes.
Mrs. Mary Placek, maiden name Cecrle, was born July 2, 1874 in Trtice, Czechoslovakia and died at her home in Milligan, Nebraska on Tuesday, March 2 1937 at the age of 62 years and 8 months.
She came to America in 1889 at the age of 15 years with her mother and other members of the family. Her father came a year ahead. They settled in Saline County and later moved to Fillmore County.
On January 30, 1893 she was united in marriage to Albert Placek and for over forty-four years the couple lived happily together. There were eleven children born to this union. Four of them died in infancy and a daughter, Sylvia, died at the age of two and one-half years.
The Placek family had lived on a farm north of Milligan for many years and in 1910 moved to town where they lived ever since and where Mrs. Placek was well known and highly respected.
She leaves to mourn her departure her husband, Albert Placek of Milligan; four daughters, Mrs. Clarence (Mayme) Zajicek of Wilber; Lillian of Lodgepole; Mrs. Albert (Mildred) Smrha of Panama City, Panama; and Sylvia of Omaha; two sons, Frank of St. Louis, Missouri, and Albert Jr. of Chicago, Illinois; three grandsons, Eugene Melvin and Glen Zajicek of Wilber; four brothers, James, Frank, Anton, and Joe Cecrle; four sisters, Mrs. Frances Schultz of Huron, South Dakota; Mrs. Agnes Naimon of Geneva; Mrs. Barbara Kotas of Denton, Montana; and Mrs. Anna Aughamy of Manhattan, Montana; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Her parents, Joseph and Barbara Cecrle and two sisters, Mrs. Emma Kassik and Josephine Cecrle preceded her in death.
Mrs. Placek was a member of ZCBJ, Royal Neighbors, and American Legion Auxiliary.
She was highly esteemed by all who knew her which was attested to by the large number of relatives and friends who attended her funeral.
Source: The Crete News, March 11, 1937
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The last rites for Mrs. Albert Placek of Milligan were held Friday, March 5, 1937. After a short private prayer service at the residence, the body was conveyed to the Milligan auditorium followed by the immediate relatives, where the services were in charge of Chas. Smrha of Lincoln and Rev. K.O. Zavadil of Wilber, assisted by the ZCBJ and Royal Neighbor Lodges. The Pasek quartet sang. Interment was made in the South Milligan cemetery, beneath a beautiful blanket of floral tributes.
Mrs. Mary Placek, maiden name Cecrle, was born July 2, 1874 in Trtice, Czechoslovakia and died at her home in Milligan, Nebraska on Tuesday, March 2 1937 at the age of 62 years and 8 months.
She came to America in 1889 at the age of 15 years with her mother and other members of the family. Her father came a year ahead. They settled in Saline County and later moved to Fillmore County.
On January 30, 1893 she was united in marriage to Albert Placek and for over forty-four years the couple lived happily together. There were eleven children born to this union. Four of them died in infancy and a daughter, Sylvia, died at the age of two and one-half years.
The Placek family had lived on a farm north of Milligan for many years and in 1910 moved to town where they lived ever since and where Mrs. Placek was well known and highly respected.
She leaves to mourn her departure her husband, Albert Placek of Milligan; four daughters, Mrs. Clarence (Mayme) Zajicek of Wilber; Lillian of Lodgepole; Mrs. Albert (Mildred) Smrha of Panama City, Panama; and Sylvia of Omaha; two sons, Frank of St. Louis, Missouri, and Albert Jr. of Chicago, Illinois; three grandsons, Eugene Melvin and Glen Zajicek of Wilber; four brothers, James, Frank, Anton, and Joe Cecrle; four sisters, Mrs. Frances Schultz of Huron, South Dakota; Mrs. Agnes Naimon of Geneva; Mrs. Barbara Kotas of Denton, Montana; and Mrs. Anna Aughamy of Manhattan, Montana; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Her parents, Joseph and Barbara Cecrle and two sisters, Mrs. Emma Kassik and Josephine Cecrle preceded her in death.
Mrs. Placek was a member of ZCBJ, Royal Neighbors, and American Legion Auxiliary.
She was highly esteemed by all who knew her which was attested to by the large number of relatives and friends who attended her funeral.
Source: The Crete News, March 11, 1937
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