Bertha Cipra

Notes:

Kay Rybak supplied the following obituary for Bertha:

Jirousek: Bertha (nee Cipra), age 68 years, beloved wife of John S., mother of Leonard A.; sister of the late Frank V. Cipra, Thursday a.m., residence, 15026 Merimeade Rd. Friends may call at The Henry J. Dress Co. Colonial Funeral Home, 15408 Triskett Rd., near Lorain Ave., where services will be held Saturday, March 15, at 2 p.m. Interment, Evergreen Cemetery, Westlake (Dover), O.


Kay also shows Bertha as a daughter of Peter CIPRA and Anna MASEK, both of whom have memorials on FindAGrave, and a sister of Frank CIPRA, said to be the Mayor of Dover Village.

Bertha married John S. Jirousek before 1890. John (son of Jan "John" Jirousek and Terezie "Theresia" Beznoska) was born after 1869 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; died on 18 Nov 1961 in Ohio; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Westlake, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name Louisa Jironsek
Gender Female
Christening Date
Christening Place Cuyahoga, Ohio
Birth Date 24 Jan 1891
Birthplace Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Death Date:
Name Note
Race White
Father's Name John Jironsek
Father's Birthplace
Father's Age 22y
Mother's Name Berta
Mother's Birthplace
Mother's Age 20y
Indexing Project (Batch) Number C86886-5
System Origin Ohio-VR
GS Film number 877905
Reference ID cn3873



Citing this Record:
"Ohio, Births and Christenings, 1821-1962," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X61J-D32 : accessed 25 Oct 2014), Louisa Jironsek, 24 Jan 1891; citing Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, reference cn3873; FHL microfilm 877905.

Notes:

Listed in "Ohio Soldiers in WWI, 1917-1918 as Leonard Jirousek, born ca 1894, Cleveland. 158 Depot Brigade to 22 Apr 1918; Headquarters Company 330 Infantry to 28 Apr 1918; 158 Depot Brigade to Discharge Corporal 31 July 1918; Sergeant 1 Oct 1918. Honorable discharge 17 Dec 1918.

Kay Rybak discovered, via the Cleveland Necrology File as copied below, that Leonard changed his name from Leonard A. Jirousek to Leonard A. Leonard. She was not able to find the legal documentation, however, to document this name change.

Death: CPL, Cleveland Necrology File: Cleveland Press (OH); November 9, 1955

Leonard--Leonard A.; beloved husband of Mary H. (nee Hill); son of John S. and the late Bertha Jirousek, Monday a.m., residence, 15026 Merimeade Dr. Friends may call at The Henry J. Dress Co. Colonial Funeral Home, 15408 Triskett Rd. near Lorain Ave., where service will be held Thursday, Nov. 10, at 1:30 p.m. Interment Evergreen Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: Mary H. Hill. Mary was born about 1894; died about 1963; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Westlake, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]