Madison Street grocer, died early Tuesday morning at Holy Family Hospital,
Manitowoc.
Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Klein and Stangel Inc., Funeral
Home, Two Rivers, and at 10 a.m. at St. Luke Catholic Church, the Rev. R. Thomas
Peters officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Mr. Vaclavik was born at Two Rivers Nov. 7, 1888, a son of the late Joseph and
Mary Kopetsky Vaclavik. In his youth he was employed as a clerk in Two Rivers retail
stores and later operated the Vaclavik Grocery on Two Rivers' Madison Street until
1941 when he took employment at the Hamilton Mfg. Co. He retired at 65, and had made
his home with a daughter, Mrs. Arthur (Arlene) Vreeke at Manitowoc.
For four years, ending in 1909, he served in the Navy aboard the U.S.S. Missouri
which as a part of the "Great White Fleet" made a world cruise. He was a member of
Mother of Hope No. 1957, Knights of Columbus, the ZCBJ Bohemian Lodge and St. Luke
Holy Name Society. He married the former Ida LaFond at St. Luke church May 28, 1912.
She died in 1946.
Survivors include another daughter, Mrs. Hilary (Ann) Kumbalek of Manitowoc; two
brothers, Walter of Rt. 2, Two Rivers, and Frank of Jackson, Mich., four grandchildren
and five great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral hme after 3 p.m. where memorial services in which the
Knights of Columbus will also particiapte will be at 7:45 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Tuesday, October 6, 1970 P. 9
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(27 Nov 1888/Oct 1970/SSDI).
Madison Street grocer, died early Tuesday morning at Holy Family Hospital,
Manitowoc.
Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Klein and Stangel Inc., Funeral
Home, Two Rivers, and at 10 a.m. at St. Luke Catholic Church, the Rev. R. Thomas
Peters officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Mr. Vaclavik was born at Two Rivers Nov. 7, 1888, a son of the late Joseph and
Mary Kopetsky Vaclavik. In his youth he was employed as a clerk in Two Rivers retail
stores and later operated the Vaclavik Grocery on Two Rivers' Madison Street until
1941 when he took employment at the Hamilton Mfg. Co. He retired at 65, and had made
his home with a daughter, Mrs. Arthur (Arlene) Vreeke at Manitowoc.
For four years, ending in 1909, he served in the Navy aboard the U.S.S. Missouri
which as a part of the "Great White Fleet" made a world cruise. He was a member of
Mother of Hope No. 1957, Knights of Columbus, the ZCBJ Bohemian Lodge and St. Luke
Holy Name Society. He married the former Ida LaFond at St. Luke church May 28, 1912.
She died in 1946.
Survivors include another daughter, Mrs. Hilary (Ann) Kumbalek of Manitowoc; two
brothers, Walter of Rt. 2, Two Rivers, and Frank of Jackson, Mich., four grandchildren
and five great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral hme after 3 p.m. where memorial services in which the
Knights of Columbus will also particiapte will be at 7:45 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Tuesday, October 6, 1970 P. 9
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(27 Nov 1888/Oct 1970/SSDI).
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