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Amos Dewey Wanek

2 Jan 1899 – 7 Jan 1981

Birth2 Jan 1899
Death7 Jan 1981
CemeteryHampden Memorial Estates
Denver , City and County of Denver , Colorado , USA
Added byLarry Ciet on 11 Dec 2019
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205393053

Bio

Joseph Matthew Wanek was born February 7, 1862, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Wensel Wanek. He was born in Cijevice Kralovice, Czechoslovakia. Mr. Wensel Wanek was persecuted for patriotic expressions, and in 1863 came with his family to Wisconsin. in 1870, Wensel Wanek took a homestead claim near Madison, Nebraska, in Madison County. Joe Matthew Wanek attended German, Czechoslovakia and American schools. Joe Wanek and Mary Planansky were married November 15, 1884, and in 1886 moved to Box Butte near Lawn Church area. Joe and Mary both were born in Czechoslovakia. He was postmaster for 12 years at Lawn Post Office. He taught school, worked on the grade and track as the Burlington RR moved into the county. In fact, there wasn't much he hasn't had a hand in some time or another. He was on the County Board when the Court House was built, and his name appears on the marble slab in the present Court House. He also helped build the first bridge in Box Butte County. The bridge was a 60 foot wooden span across the Niobrara River. It was a stage and freight route from Sidney to the Black Hills via Fort Robinson. This bridge was fastened together with wooden pegs because there was no money to buy nails. While working on this bridge, Joe walked to work which was 8 miles, and home again at night. Total cost of the bridge was $42.00. Joe Wanek also walked to Sterling, Colorado and Silverton, Colorado, which is 500 miles from Alliance. He worked in a mine at Silverton. The children born to Joe and Mary Wanek; William Wanek, buried in Douglas, Wyoming, never married. Minnie Wanek, buried in Lusk, Wyoming, married Joe P. Bartos. Louis Wanek, married Ella Barta. Joe Wanek, Jr., buried in Douglas, Wyoming, married Nora Shinek. Lillian Wanek buried in Alliance, Nebraska, married Joe Kennedy. Amos Wanek married Emma Morava (cousins); they are buried in Denver, Colorado. Oscar Wanek didn't marry until late in life, his first wife, Wilma Shimek Logan, second wife, Elizabeth Kaiser. Oscar and Elizabeth Wanek live in Greely, Colorado. Oscar is the only Wanek that survives. In 1925, Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Wanek moved to Alliance. Mr. Wanek was a county Commissioner for sixteen years and spent time farming. After moving to Alliance, he operated Grandview Grocery for a time. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1934, while living at 624 Grand Avenue. Joe was also a janitor for the Court House, and they lived at that address until the time of their deaths. Mary passed away September 28, 1948, in Alliance, Nebraska. She was born July 5, 1866, in Blair, Nebraska. Both are buried in Hemingford, Nebraska cemetery. Sons, William, Joe and Louie, all had homesteads in Wyoming, Converse county, Lost Springs area, which is west of Lusk, Wyoming. Minnie and her husband Joe Bartos, also were homesteaders in the same area. Louie Andrew Wanek married Ella Blanche Barta, October 26, 1915, their being the first marriage in the Lawn Church with Father Kaiser performing the ceremony. They traveled to their homestead in Wyoming by team and wagon. A baby boy, Wilmer Joseph passed away in infancy and is buried in Lawn Cemetery.

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