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Bob Robert Zmolek
4 Feb 1925 – 12 Nov 2016
| Birth | 4 Feb 1925 |
| Death | 12 Nov 2016 |
| Cemetery | Saint Joseph Cemetery Ennis , Ellis County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Yarda on 21 Apr 2023 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172672556 |
Bio
Bob Robert Zmolek, 91, passed away on Saturday, November 12, 2016, in Ennis, Texas. Rosary will be recited at 9:30 a.m., Monday, November 14, 2016, in St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church. Mass of the Christian Burial will follow at 10 a.m., Monday, November 14, 2016, in the St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church with Father John Dick as Celebrant. Interment will follow in the St. Joseph Cemetery of Ennis. Bob was born in Groveton, Texas, to the late Joseph A. Zmolek, Sr. and Mary T. (Jankova) Zmolek, who immigrated from Moravia, Czechoslovakia in the early 1900s. He grew up in New Waverly, Texas, and later moved with his family to the Hopewell community near Ennis and attended Ennis High School. Bob served in the U.S. Army, during World War II, from January 8, 1945 to November 25, 1946, in the Philippine Islands in the South Pacific, and Japan. On January 31, 1948, he married Helen Frances Dolezalik in Ennis at St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church. They lived in Dallas, Texas, and Bob worked for John Sykora building houses in Dallas. After a few years, Bob and Helen bought land in Alma, Texas, and built their family home. Bob was a self-employed home builder for many years in the Ennis and Cedar Creek areas. Bob could build just about anything. He did carpenter work and farming nearly his entire life. Bob was a member of St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church in Ennis, and K.J.T. Society #35. He enjoyed listening to Polka music, being outdoors, farming his land and raising cattle. He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen; son-in-law, Mark Valek; seven brothers; and four sisters. Survivors include his son, Ronnie Zmolek and his wife, Susan, of Ennis; daughters: Cindy Valek, of Ennis, Anita Zmolek, of Dallas, and Elaine Bussy and her husband, Scott, of Austin; grandchildren: Rebecca (Valek) Hansen and her husband, Daniel, Catherine Valek, and Meredith and Brenner Bussy; brother, Jerry Zmolek, of Ferris. I5
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- Joe J. Zmolik 1908–1968
- Walter Zmolik 1912–1999
- Mary C Zmolek Machovsky 1915–2000
- Stanley S. Zmolek 1919–1999
- Julia Ann Zmolek Vinkler 1921–2014
- Louise Lucille Zmolek Holubar 1923–2015
- Agnes Vicki Zmolek Hill 1927–1999
- Jerry Elvin Zmolek 1932–2017
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