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Dora Cerny Turek

15 May 1854 – 1 Nov 1940

Birth	15 May 1854
Death	1 Nov 1940
Cemetery	Ord Cemetery Ord , Valley County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Starlight on 05 Aug 2014
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133915883

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Maiden name, Pacek, per daughter, Josephine's obit Married ~1874 CZ Dora states 9 of 10 children alive in 1900, so there is one child who was b. and d. 1874-1900 Another child, Mary G (b.~1880 IA) m. Guthrie Druie Clark (b. 1879 IN); living in CO in 1956 ----------------------------------- Mrs. Dora Turek, 85, Was Buried Here Monday P.M. Born in Czechoslovakia in 1855, Lived in County for Many Years. Funeral services for Mrs. Dora Turek, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joseph Zurek on Nov. 1, were held Monday afternoon at 1:30 from the Ord Methodist church, with Pearson and Anderson in charge of arrangements. Burial was in the Ord city cemetery. She was born at Bell, Czechoslovakia, Aug. 15, 1855, and was 85 years, 2 months and 15 days of age at the time of her death. She grew to young womanhood in the place of her birth, and was married there to Joseph Turek. They came to the United States together in 1875 first living in Iowa a few years and then moving to South Dakota. They came to Nebraska and settled on a farm west of Ord, which was their home from then on until Mr. Turek's death a number of years ago. She is survived by four sons, Mat, James and Joe, all of Ord, and Frank of Omaha; four daughters, Mrs. Mary Clark, Colorado Springs, Colo., Mrs. Anna Borovka and Mrs. Julia Zurek of Ord, and Mrs. Josie Smolik of Burwell; also 15 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. Her husband and a son, John preceded her in death. The Ord Quiz - Wed, Nov 6 1940, Pg 6, Col 3

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Joseph Turek 1851–1915

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