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Daniel Charles "Mickey" Mikulencak

12 Sep 1919 – 9 Jul 2004

Birth12 Sep 1919
Death9 Jul 2004
CemeteryCity of Taylor Cemetery
Taylor , Williamson County , Texas , USA
Added byJohn Christeson on 31 Aug 2007
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21268264

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SHARES A HEADSTONE WITH LENORA MARIE SPIEGELHAUER MIKULENCAK (#21269450), HIS WIFE.

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Daniel C. Mikulencak, 84, of Taylor, died on Friday, July 9, 2004, at Heartwood Nursing Home in Taylor. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, July 12, at Providence Funeral Home. Celebration of life services will be 2 p.m., Tuesday, July 13, at Providence Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James Hejl officiating. Burial will follow at Taylor City Cemetery. Daniel "Mickey" Mikulencak was born on September 12, 1919, in the Polanka Community southwest of Taylor to Frank and Mary (Pokorny) Mikulencak. He had eight brothers and sisters. He attended Polanka and Tyler schools. As a child, he enjoyed having picnics, fishing, hunting, and gathering pecans along Brushy Creek where he learned how to swim. He was baptized on October 26, 1919, and confirmed on August 28, 1932, at Taylor Brethren Church. He grew up working on the farm, cotton gins, and machine shops during the depression before being drafted into the army. Daniel was drafted into the Army on October 17, 1941. He took his basic training in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He was in the 3rd Infantry Division and participated in the invasion of North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and Southern France. From there he went through Central Europe to Germany. For three years, he slept outside in the open. He stayed until 1946 as a guard in the Nuremberg Prision in Germany. He received the European African Middle Eastern Campaign Award, Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Medal, Battle Star for Moroccan Campaign, Battle Star for Tunisian Campaign, Battle Star for Sicilian Campaign, Battle Star for Naples Foggia Campaign, Battle Star for Rome-Arno Campaign, Battle Star for Southern France Campaign, Battle Star for Rhineland Campaign, Battle Star for Central European Campaign, and 3rd Infantry Division. Awarded Croix-de-Guerre with Palm, Bronze Service Arrowhead, and Distinguished Unit Badge. At the end of the war, in Germany, he helped capture Hitler s home. At the end of his service, he was honorably discharged at the rank of Sergeant. After the war, he came back and started farming near Coupland. He married Lenora Speigelhauer on November 25, 1948, at St. Paul s Lutheran Church in Taylor, Texas, and they moved to Norman's Crossing. They later moved to the Hare/Hoxie Community and in 1955, they bought a farm at Noack and he started working at the Industrial Generating Plant at Rockdale as a certified welder. He retired from IGC after working 29 years. Daniel enjoyed spending time with his family, gardening, ranching, farming, welding, fishing, and building things. He was an outstanding listener and problem-solver. He believed in working hard and accomplishing the job at hand. He was not the type to back down when the going got tough; he could be hard as a rock but yet at the same time he had a really kind side. Daniel thought of everyone else first, he was a very patient teacher and would make you learn how to think for yourself. He would test you to see if you learned the lesson. Daniel was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Mary Mikulencak; his wife, Lenora Mikulencak; three brothers, Rudolph Mikulencak, Albert Mikulencak, and Bill Mikulencak; and two sisters, Mary Mikulencak and Ruth Mikulencak. Daniel is survived by his son, Jay Mikulencak; a daughter, Diane Naivar and her husband, Raymond, all of Taylor; two brothers, Frank Mikulencak and his wife, Dorothy and Calvin Mikulencak and his wife, Dorothy; a sister-in-law, Olga Mikulencak; grandchildren, Jacob Mikulencak, Tamara Naivar Kirchner and her husband Loren, and Clint R. Naivar. Pallbearers will be Clint Naivar, Loren Kirchner, Bill Mikulencak, Kenneth Mikulencak, Reggie Woods, Jr., Calvin Mikulencak, Jr., Dennis Mikulencak, and Gaylon Finn. Honorary pallbearer is Jacob Mikulencak. Memorials may be made to the Jacob Mikulencak Scholarship Fund at City National Bank in Daniel's memory. Friends are invited to share their words of comfort on an online tribute at www.providencefuneralhome.com.

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DANIEL CHARLES MIKULENCAK SEPT. 12, 1919 JULY 9, 2004 DANIEL C MIKULENCAK TEC 4 US ARMY WORLD WAR II SEP 12 1919 JUL 9 2004

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