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Lod Emil Polivka

21 Feb 1921 – 15 Aug 2005

Birth	21 Feb 1921
Death	15 Aug 2005
Cemetery	Saint Johns Cemetery Atwood , Rawlins County , Kansas , USA
Added by	kvap on 07 Jan 2012
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11563300

Bio

HAYS, Kan. -- Lod Emil Polivka, 84, died Monday (Aug. 15, 2005) at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kan. He was born Feb. 21, 1921, to John and Frances (Kubicek) Polivka in Brainard. He attended school in Brainard. He married Marie Agnes Spicka on Feb. 27, 1944, in Lincoln. He owned a tavern in Rulo before moving to Lakewood, Colo., where he owned a service station and a catering business. He and his wife moved to McDonald, Kan., in 1996. He was a member of St. Bernadette Catholic Church in Lakewood, Colo., and attended Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Atwood. He was a former member of St. John's Catholic Church in Weston and Rulo. He was preceded in death by numerous siblings; his wife, Marie Agnes Polivka on March 12, 1997; and two infant children, Bobby in 1947 and Gail in 1950. Survivors include two sons, Donald Leroy and wife, Rhonda of San Diego, Calif., and Billy Dean and wife, Carolyn of Lakewood, Colo.; a daughter, Bonnie K. Wyly and husband, Bill of McDonald, Kan.; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; nieces; nephews; and other relatives and friends. A funeral liturgy service will be Friday, 10 a.m., at Williams Funeral Home chapel in Atwood with the Rev. Damian Richards officiating. Graveside services will follow at St. John's Cemetery in rural Atwood. Visitation is today, until 9 p.m., at Williams Funeral Home of Atwood. Memorials are being accepted in his name at the McDonald Senior Center and the funeral home. Williams Funeral Home of Atwood is in charge of arrangements.

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Family

Parents

• John Vaclav James Polivka Sr 1880–1952
• Frantiska E "Francis" Kubicek Polivka 1883–1967

Spouse

• Marie Agnes Spicka Polivka 1916–1997

Siblings

• John James Polivka Sr 1905–1986
• James J. Polivka 1907–1992
• Charles Polivka 1909–1979
• Amalia "Emma" Polivka Divis 1910–1996
• Edward John "Ed" Polivka 1912–1994
• Louis Polivka 1913–1979
• Adolph Polivka 1916–2002
• George W. Polivka 1918–1982
• Alfred Polivka 1920–1962
• Ludmilla "Lillian" Ann Polivka Riha 1922–1995
• Rudolph E Polivka 1926–1985

Children

• William Dean "Billy" Polivka 1944–2008

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