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Joseph Plumb

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Joseph Plumb

Birth
Pardubice, Czech Republic
Death
9 May 1981 (aged 80)
Clio, Genesee County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Mount Morris, Genesee County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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Garden ZZ, Lot 97, Sp. 7
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Josef "Joseph" Svestka was born February 20, 1901 in the small town of Hluboká in the Pardubický district of Eastern Bohemia. His parents were Vaclav "James" Svestka and Julia Rican. In 1905, his father left for America. His mother, Julia, siblings, Frances and Vaclav, and he arrived in New York on May 30, 1906, on the ship Kronprinz Wilhelm.

The following year, 1907, Julia died, and her sister, Antonia, came from Bohemia to care for the children and ended up marrying James, Sr.

When Joseph became of age, he changed his name to "Plumb" which is the English translation of Svestka. He married Aletha "Alice" Kelly about 1926; they had no children. Joseph was a crane operator for an automobile company and they lived in Clio, Genesee, Michigan.

Joseph died September 9, 1981, in Vienna; he is buried in Flint Memorial Park.

Survivors: his wife, Alice; four half-brothers: Ladd, Frank, James and William Svestka; and four half-sisters: Barbara (John) Prochaska, Georgia (Steve) Benedick, Lillian (Robert) Vandre, and Ann (Richard) Leggett.
Josef "Joseph" Svestka was born February 20, 1901 in the small town of Hluboká in the Pardubický district of Eastern Bohemia. His parents were Vaclav "James" Svestka and Julia Rican. In 1905, his father left for America. His mother, Julia, siblings, Frances and Vaclav, and he arrived in New York on May 30, 1906, on the ship Kronprinz Wilhelm.

The following year, 1907, Julia died, and her sister, Antonia, came from Bohemia to care for the children and ended up marrying James, Sr.

When Joseph became of age, he changed his name to "Plumb" which is the English translation of Svestka. He married Aletha "Alice" Kelly about 1926; they had no children. Joseph was a crane operator for an automobile company and they lived in Clio, Genesee, Michigan.

Joseph died September 9, 1981, in Vienna; he is buried in Flint Memorial Park.

Survivors: his wife, Alice; four half-brothers: Ladd, Frank, James and William Svestka; and four half-sisters: Barbara (John) Prochaska, Georgia (Steve) Benedick, Lillian (Robert) Vandre, and Ann (Richard) Leggett.

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  • Created by: Nancy Stout
  • Added: Oct 5, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98336596/joseph-plumb: accessed ), memorial page for Joseph Plumb (19 Mar 1901–9 May 1981), Find a Grave Memorial ID 98336596, citing Flint Memorial Park, Mount Morris, Genesee County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Nancy Stout (contributor 47697610).