Living

Notes:

Killed unloading corn with auger.

James married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andrew married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1930, Emil and Mary's two eldest sons, Lloyd and Emil Edwin, were living with their paternal grandmother Veronika Beznoska Racek. All three were listed in the household of Julia (nee Racek) and John Vachal in Morse Bluff. Emil Sr. was listed as a Truck Driver for a Transfer Company, and their youngest child, Margaret, was living in North Bend, Nebraska with her father and mother. Her birthplace was shown as Nebraska.

Emil married Mary L. Vopalensky on 14 Dec 1909 in Morse Bluff, Saunders County, Nebraska. Mary was born on 1 Jan 1891 in Morse Bluff, Saunders County, Nebraska; died on 20 Sep 1975; was buried in Czech National (Killian) Cemetery, Morse Bluff, Saunders County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary Racek

Services for Mrs. Mary L. Racek, 84, were at 2 pm Tuesday at Moser Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Audrey Scott officiated.

Mrs. Racek died Saturday night at Birchwood Manor.

She was born Jan. 1, 1891, in Morse Bluff and was a lifelong resident of North Bend. She was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary of North Bend, the American Legion Auxiliary of Morse Bluff and was recording secretary of the ZCBJ Lodge of Morse Bluff for more than 30 years.

She was married Dec. 14, 1909, at Morse Bluff to Emil Racek, who died Oct. 31, 1936.

Surviving are two sons, Lloyd of Lincoln and Edward of Wood River; two daughters, Mrs. Andy (Margaret) Wielgus, North Bend, and Mrs. Edward (Jean) Peck, Fremont; two brothers, William and Albert Vopalensky, both of Morse Bluff; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Burial was in Killian Cemetery near Morse Bluff. Moser Memorial Chapel was in charge.

Published 25 Sept 1975

(Unreferenced clipping, courtesy of Caroline Mastny)