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Caroline Mastny instead shows this last name as JIROUSKY.

Frank married Helen Tenopir on 11 May 1949. Helen (daughter of Emil Tenopir and Lillian L. Wesley) was born on 6 Oct 1927 in Morse Bluff, Saunders County, Nebraska; died on 16 Jan 2016 in Hooper, Dodge County, Nebraska; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Helen L. Jirovsky, 88, of Fremont passed away Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, at the Hooper Care Center in Hooper.

Helen was born Oct. 6, 1927, in Morse Bluff to Emil and Lillian (Wesely) Tenopir. Helen grew up at Cedar Bluffs and graduated from Cedar Bluffs High School. She married Frank J. Jirovsky on May 11, 1949, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Cedar Bluffs. Helen and Frank farmed near Cedar Bluffs until moving to Fremont in 1977. Frank passed away May 2, 2012.

Helen was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Fremont, the Catholic Daughters, and the Cedar Bluffs American Legion Auxiliary Post 158. Some of Helen's hobbies included sewing, crafting, baking kolaches and pies. She was active serving Meals on Wheels in Fremont. Helen also worked at a fabric store in Fremont.

Helen is survived by her sons, David (Linda) Jirovsky of Fremont and Frank Jr. (Kim) Jirovsky of Cedar Bluffs; daughters, Cathy (Ken) Pieper and Mary (Chuck) Williamson, all of Fremont; nine grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

Helen was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Frank; and brother, Adolph Tenopir.

The funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Fremont. The Rev. Ron Battiato will officiate. A Catholic Daughters rosary/vigil service will be 7 p.m. Monday at Moser Memorial Chapel in Fremont. Visitation with family receiving friends will be from 5-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in Fremont.

From the Fremont Tribune, January 18, 2016 (Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy)

Emil married Lillian L. Wesley on 28 Feb 1925 in Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska. Lillian was born on 29 Mar 1904; died on 19 Jun 1990. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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After their marriage, they made their home on a farm in Malmo, Nebraska.

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Albert Tenopir is Buried Today

Native Bohemian Dies at Home of Daughter, Mrs. Frank Havlik

Albert Tenopir, 63 years of age, died at the home of his daughter Mrs. Frank Havlik, 2 1/2 miles south of Lawton yesterday afternoon at 3:35 o'clock following an illness of three months.

Mr. Tenopir was born in Bohemia, came to the United States and was naturalized over forty years ago, settling at wilber, Sanline county, Nebraska, coming to this community in 1911 and purchasing a farm near Geronimo.

Besides his wife and daughter, he is survived by six sons, Lewis, Emil and Harry of Morse Bluff, Neb. Edward, William, and Henry reside at the parental home.

Funeral services were held this afternoon at Ritter's chapel at 4 o'clock, Rev. Robert Ray, pastor of the Beal Heights Presbyterian church officiating.

Burial was made in Highland cemetery with Ritter's in charge. The many friends of the family sympathize with them in their bereavement.

(Undated, unreferenced clipping, courtesy of Caroline Mastny)

His death certificate, on file with the Oklahoma State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Comanche County, Lawton shows his father as A. Tenopir and his mother unknown. It appears to me that he is part of the Vaclav and Anna TENOPIR family of Saline County, Nebraska.

Albert married Anna Racek after 1889 in Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska. Anna (daughter of Vaclav "James" Racek and Veronika Beznoska) was born on 20 Dec 1873 in Morse Bluff, Saunders County, Nebraska; died on 31 Jul 1951 in Geronimo, Comanche County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mrs. Anna Tenopir

Services for Mrs. Anna Tenopir, 77, who died at 7:30 am Tuesday at her home three miles southwest of Geronimo, will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Ritter Funeral Home chapel.

Lloyd Brent, Sixth and Arlington Church of Christ minister, will conduct services. Burial will be in the Highland cemetery.

Mrs. Tenopir died after an illness of four weeks. She came to the Geronimo community in 1927 from Morse Bluff, Neb.

She was born Dec, 20, 1873, in Saunders county, Neb. and was married to Albert Tenopir in Milligan, Neb. Mr. Tenopir died May 27, 1928. Mrs. Tenopir was a member of the Catholic Church in Milligan.

Survivors are six sons, Louis, Morse Bluff, Neb.; Harry, Cedar Bluff, Neb.; Emil, Malmo, Neb.; Bill, Tuscon, Ariz.; Edd, Lawton; and Henry, of the home address; one daughter, Mrs. Frank Havlik, Rt. 2 Lawton.

One brother, Will Racek, Morse Bluff, Neb.; three sisters, Mrs. John Vachal and Mrs. Emma Virka, both of Morse Bluff, Neb.; and Mrs. Joe Svec, Milligan, Neb; 13 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Mrs. Anna Tenopir

Services for Mrs. Anna Tenopir, who died Tuesday at her home in Geronimo, were held at 3 pm Thursday in the Ritter Funeral home chapel.

Lloyd Brent, pastor of the Sixth and Arlington Church of Christ, conducted the services and the commital rites at Highland cemetery.

Bearers were Joe Devine, Mack George, W.M. Pinc, Henry Mixa, Tom Kuchynka, and M.R. Dunlap.

(Undated, unreferenced clippings, courtesy of Caroline Mastny)

(Research):Census Information

Oklahoma, Comanche County, Crosby Twp
Enumerated April 11, 1930 by Lawrence DeVinell
ED 16-6 SD 8 Sheet 4A
71-78
Tenopir, Anna Hd F W 57 Wd Neb Czech Czech
Tenopir, Edward Son M W 28 S Neb Czech Czech
Tenopir, Will Son M W 26 S Okla Czech Czech
Tenopir, Henry SOn M w 19 S Okla Czech Czech

She was living a few households away from her cousin, Jame
s BEZNOSKA, also from Nebraska.