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Henry Pokorny Jr

26 Jul 1915 – 9 Dec 1996

Birth26 Jul 1915
Death9 Dec 1996
CemeterySunrise Cemetery
Wahoo , Saunders County , Nebraska , USA
Added byMark Talbert on 27 Apr 2022
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THE HENRY POKORNY FAMILY Henry Jr. and Virginia Benson Pokorny were born and raised in Saunders County, near Wahoo, Nebraska. After renting for several years, they purchased a small acreage in 1973, near Weston, where they still reside. They are the parents of two sons, Wayne and Deward, who served their country during the Viet Nam War. The Pokorny family began when Joseph and Mary Caha Pokorny were married in Czechoslovakia in 1867. They immigrated to America and settled south of the Czech Presbyterian Church, Wahoo. Henry Jr. is one of eight children of Henry Sr. and Loiza Dostal Pokorny. His interests are crop and livestock farming, music, horseshoe contests, and threshing bee reunions. The Benson family began when John Peter Benson of Halland, Sweden came to America in 1873. He settled near Cambridge, Illinois, where he later married Nellie Person Johnston also of Halland, Sweden, in 1879. In 1883, they came to Nebraska and homesteaded northeast of Wahoo. John Peter Benson became a United States citizen in 1913. Acorns were planted by hand on the homestead and it became known as "Oak Leaf Farm." A son, Albert, who married Aletha Barton in 1914, took over the homestead in 1916. Virginia was their only child. Her formal education was at Mead Public School #72 and secretarial studies at the old Lincoln School of Commerce. Her parents retired to Wahoo in the late 1940's. The homestead is now owned by the Joe Koranda family since 1950. Aletha's father, Stewart Barton, along with Albert Perry, ran one of the Livery Stables in Walton many years ago. Her mother, Lydia, served with the Wahoo American Red Cross Unit. Virginia's ancestors date back as far as 1795 of Swedish, Pennsylvania-Dutch, Scotch-Irish, English and German ancestry. In 1976, she compiled and wrote the Weston 1876-1976 Centennial Booklet. Her many interests include being a permanent member of the Weston American Legion Auxiliary Unit 308 and a member of the Saunders County Historical Society; belonging to the Happy Matrons Club; serving as clerk on the Chapman Precinct Election Board; on the Saunders County Senior Citizens Advisory Board as Chairperson-Elect; and, at present, compiling her Family History. Pictured with story are, left to right, Wayne Pokorny, Phyllis (Dauel) Pokorny, Virginia, Henry Jr., Kathleen (Meduna) Pokorny, and Deward Pokorny. Submitted by Virginia Benson Pokorny

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