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Richard Sejnoha

28 Feb 1886 – 23 Apr 1964

Birth28 Feb 1886
Death23 Apr 1964
CemeteryRiverside Cemetery
Huron , Beadle County , South Dakota , USA
Added byLBishop on 13 Nov 2025
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185181977

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Richard Sejnoha, 78, died at his home in Wolsey Thursday morning following a long illness. The funeral service will be held Sunday at the Wolsey Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Huron. Sejnoha was born in Stannern, state of Moravia, Czechoslovakia. He was a baker confectioner’s apprentice two and one-half years before coming to the United States at the age of 17. He moved to Letcher in 1902 and worked in a bakery in Mitchell until opening his own retail-wholesale bakery in Wolsey in 1910. He managed it until 1936 when he opened the Friendly Tavern which is still in operation. Sejnoha also managed the Cozy Theater in Wolsey from 1913 to 1933 and operated entertainment facilities at Ruskin Park from 1928-33. He became a United States citizen March 23, 1921. He married Mary Steckel, Feb. 27, 1902, and four children were born to this union. She died Dec. 23, 1928. He married Alma Miles, March 29, 1940. Two children were born to this union. A civic-minded citizen, Sejnoha was a promoter of the Wolsey swimming pool. He was a member of the Wolsey school board, honorary member of the fire department, member of Anchor Lodge No. 152 A.F. and A.M. Consistory at Yankton and El Riad Shrine, Sioux Falls. Survivors include his widow Alma, Wolsey; four daughters, Rose Marie, Wolsey, Betty, Mrs. William Farrell, Bessie, Mrs. Adrian Norton, both of Portland, Ore., Ella, Mrs. Stanley Skorr, Colman, S.D.; one son, Edward, Lancaster, Calif; two grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary; one daughter, Edna Mae, in infancy, two brothers and one sister.

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