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Joseph F. Korus Sr

8 Jan 1869 – 21 Jun 1949

Birth8 Jan 1869
Death21 Jun 1949
CemeterySaint Michaels Cemetery
Tarnov , Platte County , Nebraska , USA
Added byShirley (Bruhn) Martys on 18 Sep 2009
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13581425

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Thanks to contributor #47643415 Son of Andrew and Mary (Mekowski) Korus. Married Victoria Siemek on October 24, 1893 at St. Mary Catholic Church, Pilsno, rural Polk County, Nebr. ---------------------------- Web site: http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~neplatte/vitals/vitals1949.html The Daily Telegram, June 22, 1949 KORUS--Funeral Services Saturday For Joseph Korus, Sr. Funeral services for Joseph F. Korus, sr., 81, of Tarnov, who passed away at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at a local hospital, will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at the St. Michael's Catholic church in Tarnov. Fr. Kanute Lobinski will officiate. Burial will be made in the parish cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Gahan Funeral Home from Thursday evening until 5 p.m. Friday at which time it will be taken to the family home to lie in state until the hour of services. The rosary will be prayed at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Gahan Funeral home and at 8 p.m. Friday at the family home. Joseph F. Korus was born January 18, 1868, in Tarnov, Poland. He came to the United States at an early age. He has resided in Platte County for 72 years. He was married to Miss Victoria Shemek in 1893 at Pilsno. He was engaged in farming until about 14 years ago. He was a member of the St. Michael's Catholic church and of the Sacred Heart and Holy Name societies, at Tarnov. He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Mary Mostek of Columbus, Ven. Sr. M. Dativa of St. Anthony's school, Columbus, Mrs. Tom Obal of Columbus and Mrs. Dorothy Wielgus of Tarnov; four sons, Alois of Monroe, Joe of Columbus, Frank of Chicago, Ill., and Edmund of Tarnov; one brother, Adam of Creston; 23 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, who died in 1943; one daughter, Monica, who died in 1941; and one son, who died in infancy. The Daily Telegram, June 27, 1949 KORUS--Korus Services - Funeral services for Joseph F. Korus, 81, who passed away last Tuesday at St. Mary's hospital, were held at 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Michael's Catholic church in Tarnov. Burial was made in the parish cemetery. The pallbearers were eight grandsons, Casmier Mostek, Virgil Buczenski, Ed Buczenski, Ed Mostek, Harry Korus, Richard Korus, Joseph Obal and Duane Korus. Rev. Fr. Kanute Lobinski of Tarnov, was celebrant and was assisted by Fr. John Francis of St. Anthony's Church of Columbus and by Fr. Protase Kuberek, O.F.M., of Cleveland, O. Out-of-town relatives and friends attending the services were Frank Korus and Frank Bonk of Chicago, Mrs. Joe Shemek of Fullerton, and numerous others from Osceola, Duncan, Columbus, Pilsno, Fullerton and Albion. The names of one sister, Mrs. Anna Startz of Norfolk, was omitted in the list of survivors, when the obituary was carried in the Telegram last week.

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