1916 - 2013 (97 years)
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Name |
Blanche Marie Herynk [1, 2] |
Birth |
22 Jul 1916 |
Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska [1, 2] |
Gender |
Female |
Death |
23 Sep 2013 |
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California [2] |
Burial |
30 Sep 2013 |
Bohemian National Cemetery (Milligan South), Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska [2] |
Notes |
- Blanche Marie Havel
Funeral services for Blanche will be held on Monday, September 30, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Milligan. Father David Bourek will be officiating the service.
Graveside services will follow the funeral in the Bohemian National Cemetery.
Visitation for Blanche will be held on Sunday, September 29, 2013 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Farmer & Son Funeral Home-Kotas Chapel in Milligan.
A Rosary will be held at the Farmer & Son Funeral Home-Kotas Chapel at 4:00 p.m. Sunday.
Blanche Marie Havel was born on July 22, 1916 to Joseph and Anna (Dlouhy) Herynk on the family farm near Tobias, NE. She passed away on Monday, September 23, 2013 in Long Beach, California at the age of 97 years, 2 days, and 1 month.
Blanche grew up in the Tobias area and graduated from Tobias High School in 1934. Following graduation, she briefly taught in nearby rural schools. During this time, she met her future husband, Emil Richard Havel, at a dance in Milligan, Nebraska. She married Emil in Long Beach, CA, in June 1939, after his tour of duty in the Navy. Though they lived in California, they made annual trips to visit family and friends in their hometowns. Blanche was active for many years in singing groups, church organizations, and bowling leagues. She spent much time enjoying her backyard filled with roses and flowers and birds.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Emil; her parents, Joesph Herynk and Anna (Dlouhy) Herynk; and her sisters, Agnes Kassik, Emily Novak, Ann Crays, and Allene Tesar.
She is survived by her sons, Gary and wife Ginger of Long Beach, CA and Richard and wife Kathlene of Agoura Hills, CA; and three granddaughters, Cherise Moss of Mesa, Arizona. Lindsey Souther of San Diego, California and Kelly Havel of Sherman Oaks, Calif
From Farmer and Sons Funeral Home Website, courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy
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Person ID |
I14936 |
Strong Family Tree |
Last Modified |
17 Aug 2014 |
Father |
Joseph Herynk, b. 1 Nov 1876, Lodenice, Nov? Stra?ec?, Bohemia d. 20 Jul 1959, Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska (Age 82 years) |
Mother |
Anna Dlouhy, b. 6 Jun 1889, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. 8 Jun 1965, Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska (Age 76 years) |
Marriage |
22 Feb 1909 |
Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska [3] |
- "(Four couples) celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary February 22, 1959....They were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Capek, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Capek, Mrs. and Mrs. Frank Hromadka, and Mrs. and Mrs. Joseph Herynk. The Capeks and Hromadkas celebrated their 50th anniversary at the Milligan Auditorium and the Herynks celebrated their 50th anniversary at Tobias Hall." (Milligan, p 236)
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Family ID |
F5440 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Emil Richard Havel, b. 9 Aug 1917, Nebraska d. 29 Sep 1987, Los Angeles County, California (Age 70 years) |
Marriage |
20 Jun 1939 |
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California |
Children |
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Family ID |
F5824 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
9 Dec 2006 |
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Sources |
- [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 300 (Reliability: 3).
- [S548] Belohlavy, Dennis (belohdb@windstream.net) "Family Tree of Dennis L. and Rebecca J. "Becky" (Arnold) Belohlavy ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=belohlavy, (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=belohlavy).
- [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 299, 300 (Reliability: 3).
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