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Charles Prasifka
10 Nov 1894 – 20 Dec 1988
| Birth | 10 Nov 1894 |
| Death | 20 Dec 1988 |
| Cemetery | Calvary Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum Dallas , Dallas County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Kelly on 22 Jan 2023 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168098149 |
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SERVICES SET FOR CHARLES PRASIFKA, FORMER NEWS EMPLOYEE Dallas Morning News, The (TX) — Wednesday, December 21, 1988 A rosary will be said for Charles Prasifka, a 41-year employee of The Dallas Morning News, at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Crane Weiland Chapel in Dallas. A funeral Mass will be said at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Dallas. Burial will follow at Calvary Hill Mausoleum. Mr. Prasifka died early Tuesday morning at Baylor Hospital in Dallas after a lengthy illness. He was 94. He was born in Rockdale, Milam County, and attended Metropolitan Business College. After college, he worked for a produce company. He then served in the U.S. Army ambulance corps in France during World War I. Upon his discharge from the service, he began work for The News in the production office. He retired from the newspaper in December 1960, but continued to work as part-owner of the family grocery store, Prasifka Brothers. After he retired, he became a licensed real estate broker and formed Pralind Realty Co., with his wife. He was a member of Lodge S.P.J.S.T. for more than 50 years. He and his wife researched the genealogy of the Prasifkas and in 1976 he published a book detailing the descendants of the Czechoslovakian family. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Lindberg Prasifka of Dallas; a daughter, Mildred Baleja of Dallas; sons Walter Praskifa of Fort Worth and Raymond Prasifka of Baton Rouge, La.; sisters Julia Prasifka of Dallas, Mary Schroeder of Dallas, and Betty Deiterman of West, McLennan County; brothers Frank Prasifka of Dallas and Louis Prasifka of Dallas; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. * The Texas flag in front of the Dallas Morning News building will be flown at half-staff Thursday in honor of Charles Prasifka.
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Siblings
- Tom Prasifka 1896–1979
- Fred Thomas Prasifka 1898–1949
- Julia Prasifka 1901–1991
- Hattie Prasifka Stephenson 1903–1985
- Frank Paul Prasifka 1905–1991
- Louis Stephen Prasifka 1907–1997
- Joseph John Prasifka 1910–1982
- Rose Ann Prasifka Deiterman 1913–1978
- Mary Petronilla Prasifka Schroeder 1917–2012
- Elizabeth "Betty" Prasifka Deiterman 1920–2001
Children
- Mildred Mary Prasifka Baleja 1923–2011 FaG
- Walter Richard "Walt" Prasifka 1928–2022 FaG
- Raymond Patrick Prasifka 1932–2020 FaG
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