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Anton Ptacek

20 Jan 1867 – 29 Jan 1924

Birth20 Jan 1867
Death29 Jan 1924
CemeteryMaplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery
Emporia , Lyon County , Kansas , USA
Added byR. Lyman on 18 Feb 2023
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The Emporia Gazette, 01 Feb 1924, Friday; p.1, c.4 ANTON PTACEK KILLED FARMER BREAKS NECK IN FALL FROM WAGON. Body Is Found by Sons in Hay Barn--Played in Band at Garfield's Funeral. Anton Ptacek, a farmer was killed late yesterday afternoon when he fell from a hay wagon at his farm one mile north of town. His neck was broken in the fall and it is believed he died instantly. Tony Ptacek was the last to see his father alive about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. At 6 o'clock last evening Mrs. Ptacek returned from a meeting of the Happy Hour club at the W. A. Gladfelter home, and found the chores, which were usually done by Mr. Ptacek, still undone. She inquired of her sons if they had seen their father and finally, when he did not come in, she sent the children out to search the farm. Ted and Lester Ptacek found their father in the hay barn, lying partly under the hay wagon with his neck broken. Mr. Ptacek evidently had been loading bales of hay on his wagon when the accident happened, and it is thought he either had stepped close to the edge of the wagon and had been thrown backward by a lurch by the team, or in shifting the hay the bale hook slipped and he fell backward by his own weight on the tool. He fell on the left side of his face, crushing the cheekbones but leaving no mark on the head or face. The team had pulled forward six or eight feet after the accident happened, drawing the wheels against the man's body. He had been dead about an hour when he was found. Anton Ptacek was born January 20, 1867 in Bohemia. He came to America when a child and settled with his parents in Cleveland, Ohio. His first business enterprise was professional baseball in which he made enough money to move to Nebraska and establish a mercantile business. While in Cleveland he played in the band which played at Garfield's funeral. He was married June 17, 1880, to Mary Searka, and in 1911 Mr. and Mrs. Ptacek and their children moved to a farm near Emporia. Mr. Ptacek was a progressive farmer and took an active interest in the work of the Farm Bureau and the co-operative farm societies. He is survived by Mrs. Ptacek and eight children. The children are: Anton L., Ted and Lester, of Emporia; Mrs. Frank Hruby and Rose Ptacek, of Cleveland, Ohio; Ernest, of Maplehill; Leo, of Inman; and Mike, of Hill City; four brothers, Joe and James, of Nebraska; James, of Cleveland, and Frank, of Breckenridge, Ohio; and two sisters, Mrs. A. J. Kovar and Mrs. Joe Ptak, of Cleveland, Ohio, also survive. Funeral arrangements have not been made. ************************************** Emporia Gazette, Saturday, February 2, 1924; p.8, c.4 Anton Ptacek Funeral Sunday Funeral services for Anton Ptacek, who was killed in a fall from a hay wagon Thursday afternoon, will be held be held Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the home, one mile north of town. Rev. J.M. Todd, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will conduct the services. Interment will be in Maplewood cemetery. ************************************** Emporia Gazette, Monday, February 4, 1924; p.8, c.3 Funeral of Anton Ptacek. Funeral services for Anton Ptacek, who was killed in a fall from a hay wagon Thursday afternoon, were held yesterday afternoon at the Ptacek home, one mile north of town. Rev. J.M. Todd, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, conducted the services. Internment was in Maplewood cemetery. The pallbearers were: James Sie(ink blot over remaining letters), Adam Volrath, Tom Owens, John D. Graham, W. P. Maxson and J.R. Henry.

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