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Blanche Marie Herynk

Female 1916 - 2013  (97 years)


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  • Name Blanche Marie Herynk  [1, 2
    Birth 22 Jul 1916  Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 23 Sep 2013  Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial 30 Sep 2013  Bohemian National Cemetery (Milligan South), Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [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
    Person ID I14936  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Joseph Herynk,   b. 1 Nov 1876, Lodenice, Nov? Stra?ec?, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jul 1959, Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Anna Dlouhy,   b. 6 Jun 1889, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jun 1965, Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 22 Feb 1909  Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [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)
    Family ID F5440  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Emil Richard Havel,   b. 9 Aug 1917, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1987, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 20 Jun 1939  Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    Family ID F5824  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 Jul 1916 - Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 20 Jun 1939 - Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Sep 2013 - Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 30 Sep 2013 - Bohemian National Cemetery (Milligan South), Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 300 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [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).

    3. [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 299, 300 (Reliability: 3).