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Mary Ella Stejskal

Female 1894 - 1988  (94 years)


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  • Name Mary Ella Stejskal  [1, 2
    Birth 21 May 1894  Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Female 
    Death 20 Dec 1988  Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • The Nebraska Signal

      Milligan

      Mary Ella Stejskal Soukup, daughter of Frank and Anna (Stastny) Stejskal, was born on a farm west of Wilber, on May 21, 1894, and passed away at the Wilber Nursing Home on December 20, 1988, at the age of 94 years, 7 months.

      When she was a child, the family moved to a farm near Tobias and later to the Ohiowa area where she attended Golden Rod School District 42.

      Upon completion of her school, she took a course in Terry dressmaking and sewing at Milligan, graduating as a fine seamstress in September of 1911. She followed this occupation along with housekeeping for others.

      As a pastime she enjoyed Czech music and also liked to play the organ, piano and button accordian. On her 90th birthday she played a few selections on the piano.

      On December 21, 1915, she was united in marriage to Harry Soukup at Geneva by Judge Fulton. They made their home on the farm west of Milligan. Their family grew to include four children, Arnold, Elmer, Roy and Rubye, as well as a nephew, Louis Most, who came to join the family in 1927.

      Mary and Harry were active in the ZCJB Lodge Svatopluk 76. For many years she worked at the Milligan auditorium during the popular dance period in the 1930's and 1940's.

      She prided herself for being a member of the American Legion Auxillary, having had all three sons in the service.

      In 1956 she and her husband retired from the farm and moved to Milligan. On December 21, 1965, they had the pleasure of celebrating their golden wedding anniversay.

      In 1974 they moved to Wilber to be near their daughter Rubye. On December 21, 1975, they celebrated 60 years of wedded life.

      On August 11, 1981, she entered the Wilber Nursing Home where she spent many hours with one of her favorite pastimes of crocheting.

      Mary was preceded in death by her parents, husband Harry, son, Elmer; daughter in law Mary Anne, granddaughter, nancy, brothers Adolph, Anton, Frank J, and Louis; sister, Antonie; and a brother and sister in infancy.

      She is survived by sons, Arnold H and Ray and wife Betty Soukup, daughter, Rubye and husband Ed Prokop; one sister, Anna Chaney; six grandchildren, 11 great-great granchildren, nieces and nephews.

      Funeral services were conducted from Farmer-Kotas Funeral Chapel on December 23, with the Rev. Michael McDonald officiating.

      Amy Sluka accompanied Blanche Capek and Dorothy Skrivanek, who sang "God be with You Til We Meet Again" and "Kardy Nese Svuj Kriz" in Czech.

      Pallbearers were John Soukup, Rob Prokop, Jay Jorgens, Tim Hester, Arnold Capek and Jim J. Kotas.

      Interment was in the Bohemian National Cemetery, Milligan.
    Person ID I13314  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Frank Stejskal,   b. 17 Nov 1851, Tabor, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1925, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Anna Stastny,   b. 13 Jun 1854, Tabor, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1933, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1871  Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5385  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jaroslav "Harry" Soukup,   b. 18 Oct 1889, Prague, Saunders County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1976, Friend, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 21 Dec 1915  Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • "Mary Stejskal and Harry first met at a trap-shoot on the Svec property west of Milligan. Trap shoots were considered one of the great social events of the day. Miss Stejskal and Mr. Soukup were married at Geneva December 21, 1915, by Judge Fulton. After their marriage they settled on the Andrew Lynn farm four and one half miles west of Milligan."
    Children 
     1. Arnold Harry "Arnie" Soukup,   b. 27 Mar 1919, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1998, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     2. Elmer Louis Soukup,   b. 1 May 1921, Ohiowa, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1988, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     3. Raymond Earl Soukup,   b. 19 Dec 1926, Ohiowa, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 2010, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     4. Rubye Ann Soukup,   b. 17 Sep 1929, Ohiowa, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jun 2012, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F5379  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 May 1894 - Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 21 Dec 1915 - Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Dec 1988 - Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S267] Parker, Helena Soukup---Family Researcher (P.O. Box 1153, Idyllwild, CA 92549).

    2. [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p. 519 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO).