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Eleanor "Lena" Slavicek Zikmund

18 Jul 1888 – 18 Jul 1986

Birth18 Jul 1888
Death18 Jul 1986
CemeteryOrd Cemetery
Ord , Valley County , Nebraska , USA
Added byStarlight on 26 Jul 2014
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111168952

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Published in the Ord Quiz, Ord, Nebraska, Thursday, July 24, 1986, Page 8, Columns 2 & 3 Lena Zikmund, 98, Dies July 18 Eleanore Lena Zikmund was born July 18, 1888 in Cleveland, Ohio to Marie and Joseph Trvchta Slavicek and died July 18, 1986 at the Valley Ak-Sar-Ben and the Nebraska at the age of 98. Lena, with her parents and three small brothers migrated under pioneer conditions from Cleveland, Ohio to a rural location seven miles west of Ord, where a sod house was constructed. A new frame house was built later. Lena attended rural school. Later she taught in rural schools in this area. Lena was united in marriage to Emil Zikmund on March 2, 1908 in Valley County, They made their home in a sod house and farmed nine miles west of Ord. In 1817 they moved to Springdale and began farming east of Ord. The Zikmunds retired from the farm in 1946 and made their home in Ord. Lena was a longtime member of the Ord United Methodist Church, the Springdale Kensington Extension Club, ZCBJ Lodge #14, and many card and social clubs and organizations. Survivors include two sons, Adrian of Wilbur and Lloyd of Ord; four grandchildren, six great grandchildren, and two great, great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, five brothers, and six sisters. Funeral services were held Monday, July 21 at the Ord Memorial Chapel. Burial was in the Ord Bohemian Cemetery.

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