Alois Apfelbeck

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(Research):Census Listings:

1920 Census
Nebraska, Saline County, Brush End Precinct
Enumerated 9 and 12 day of January, 1920
Sheet 3B
65-65
Apfelbeck, Louis Hd M W 36 M Neb Bohemia Bohemia Farmer
Apfelbeck, Josie Wf F W 36 M 1896 Na 1907 Bohemia Bohemia B
ohemia
Apfelbeck, Ludvic Son M W 14 Neb Neb Bohemia
Apfelbeck, Otto Son M W 12 Neb Neb Bohemia

1930 Census
Nebraska, Saline County, Wilber Precinct
Enumerated April 9, 1920
ED 76-23 SD 11 Sheet 10B
318-342
Mares, Charles W Hd O $1000 M W 48 M@33 Neb Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Farmer
Mares, Ella Wife F W 39 M@24 Neb Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Mares, Rich Son M W 13 S Nen Neb Neb Newsboy Street
Mares, Jackie Son M W 4 11/12 S Neb Neb Neb
Mares, Helen M Dtr F W 2 2/12 Neb Neb Neb
Hospodsky, Helen Sister-in-law F W 20 S Neb Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Night Operator Telephone office
-----343
Apfelbeck, Louis Hd M W 46 M@21 Neb Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia None
Apfelbeck, Josephine Wf F W 47 M@21 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Halada, Mary Mother-in-law F W 77 Wd Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

Alois married Josephine Halada on 15 Mar 1904. Josephine was born on 13 Feb 1883 in Bohemia; died on 16 Jun 1960. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dean Wiese and Robert Nohavec show him as the son of Alois R. Apfelbeck and Josephine Halada. He had a younger brother, Otto, who married Alice Brydl.

Family/Spouse: Helen M. Brydl. Helen (daughter of Vaclav Brydl and Terezie Rychecky) was born on 18 Oct 1908 in Saline County, Nebraska; died on 30 Jul 1987 in Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Otto married Alice L. Brydl on 12 Mar 1929 in Nebraska. Alice (daughter of Vaclav Brydl and Terezie Rychecky) was born on 24 Feb 1910 in Saline County, Nebraska; died on 1 Jan 1976 in Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Evelyn Irene Apfelbeck was born to Ludvik and Helen Apfelbeck on January 5, 1928. She had one brother, Alvin Apfelbeck. Evelyn and her family lived on a farm near Wilber. She went to country school through eighth grade. Evelyn attended high school in Wilber. During this time, she lived with her grandparents for one year, and then shared a rented room in town. After graduating from high school, Evelyn took the test to be a teacher. She then taught at the same school she attended for three years.

Evelyn married Fred Dvorak Jr. on June 15, 1948. They lived on a farm near Wilber. To them three children were born, Bonnie Jean, Sandra Sue and David Dean. While living on a farm near Friend, Evelyn started working at Formfit in Crete. In 1960 the family moved to a home in Wilber. They joined the Methodist Church. In the 1970's, they owned and operated Dvorak's Tavern in Wilber. Later she helped at the Saline County Aging Services for several years.

Evelyn is survived by her daughters, Bonnie Charlesworth of Lincoln and Sandi Coon of Geneva; grandchildren Micki Wollenburg, Tara Coon, Darren Dvorak, Dirk Coon, April, Marge, Steve, Jim, Jackie and Mike; 20 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great grandchildren. Evelyn is preceded in death by her husband, son, parents and brother.

Memorial Service: Monday, August 22, 2022, at 11:00 A.M. at the Wilber United Methodist Church.

Memorials may be directed to Saline County Aging Services where she volunteered for twelve years.

Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy

Evelyn married Fred William Dvorak, Jr on 15 Jun 1948. Fred was born on 27 Sep 1926 in Pleasant Hill, Saline County, Nebraska; died on 29 Mar 2008 in Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Arlene A. Horacek, 79, Wilber, passed away Sunday (10/18/09). Born March 16, 1930 to Otto and Alice (Brydl) Apfelbeck.
Survivors: husband, Joseph of Wilber; sons and daughters-in-law, Chris and Tanya of Fayetteville, New York; Mark of Kansas City, Missouri; Jeff and Kim of Blue Ridge, Texas; grandchildren, Regan, Brant, Blake, Taylor, Cade, and Galen; brother and sister-in-law, Otto and Charlotte Apfelbeck of Lima, Ohio; sister and brother-in-law, Lolly and Richard Lannom of Norman, Oklahoma; nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by her parents.
Funeral services Thursday 2 p.m., First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wilber. Visitation beginning Wednesday 5 p.m., Kuncl Funeral Home, Wilber. Interment, Wilber Czech Cemetery. Memorials in care of the family.
(Lincoln Journal, courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy)

Notes:

Otto Lee Apfelbeck, 83, passed away Feb. 24, 2016, at 3 p.m., at Otterbein Senior Lifestyle Choices in Cridersville, Ohio. Otto was born Sept. 18, 1932, on a farm in Saline County, to Otto E. and Alice (Brydl) Apfelbeck, who preceded him in death. On July 20, 1958, he married the love of his life, Charlotte K. (Vogelgesang) Apfelbeck, who survives him in Lima, Ohio.

Otto attended a one-room school through the eighth grade and graduated from Wilber High School. While attending Fairbury Junior College in Fairbury, he enlisted in the Naval Reserves. He attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he became a member of Acacia Fraternity and earned his bachelor of science degree in Electrical Engineering. Upon graduation, Otto joined Westinghouse and continued his education at the University of Pittsburgh where he received his master's degree in Electrical Engineering. Through Westinghouse he relocated to Lima where he worked as an electrical engineer in the Aerospace Division, receiving numerous patents until his retirement after 39 years of dedicated service. Otto enjoyed gardening, his apple orchard, making wine from his grape arbor, the Bluffton Garden Club, Life Long Learning classes at OSU and working as a committee member for special events with Boy Scout Troop 37.

Otto is survived by two children: Laura (Joe) Freveletti of Inverness, Illinois, and Rodney (Jean) Apfelbeck of Cincinnati, Ohio; three grandchildren: Anna Kaye Freveletti, and Patrick and Kate Apfelbeck; a sister-in-law: Jill Vogelgesang of Lima, Ohio; and two nephews, Joseph and Christian Vogelgesang. He was preceded in death by his sisters: Arlene Horacek and Lorraine Lannom, and a brother-in-law, Rick J. Vogelgesang.

A funeral service was held Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, at the South Side Christian Church at 10:30 a.m. Officiating the service were the Rev. Steve Brown and the Rev. Todd Cosart. Burial was in the Woodlawn Cemetery following the service. Memorial contributions may be made to the Johnny Appleseed Park District or the Black Swamp Area Council Boy Scouts of America. The family has entrusted the Chiles-Laman Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Shawnee Chapel, in assisting them with arrangements

(Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy)