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CPL Joe V. Navratil

24 May 1919 – 16 Feb 1944

Birth	24 May 1919
Death	16 Feb 1944
Cemetery	Saint Lukes Cemetery Loma , Butler County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Loren Bender on 27 Sep 2020
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16624169

Bio

VALPARAISO VISITOR--The remains of the late Technician, Fifth Grade, Joe V. Navratil were returned from Cambridge, England, to a final resting place in Loma. Military funeral services were held Monday July 19th, with a high requiem Mass at 9:00 o'clock, from St Luke's Church at Loma, with Rev Frank Lublinger officiating. Joe V. the son of Mr. & Mrs. Alois Navratil, was born on a farm near Loma, May 24, 1919. He attended Loma school and was a faithful member of the Catholic Church. He graduated from David City High School, after which he played in an orchestra for several years and taught at the Butler County schools for four years. On June 22, 1942 he was married in Valparaiso to Theresa Serci, and entered the Army on July 13, 1942. He then went overseas December 7, 1943 with a detachment of the AAA, AW, 447th Bn., as an office clerk. On Feb 16, 1944 in Grimsby, England he met his accidental death. His wife Theresa and son Larry survive him as do his parents, three brothers Ernest, Milo, and Edmund, two sisters, Margaret Kriz and Mary Bartek.

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Family

Parents

• Alois Navratil 1885–1959
• Mary Holcapek Navratil 1892–1976

Spouse

• Theresa J. Sercl Scott 1923–2011 FaG

Siblings

• Ernest A. Navratil 1915–2005
• Margaret A Navratil Kriz 1920–2004
• Mary A. Navratil Bartek 1922–2015
• Milo Otto Navratil 1925–2018
• Rev Edmund J Navratil 1927–1956

Children

• Larry James Navratil 1943–1988 FaG

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