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Christine Vera Novak Zimmerhanzel

31 Jan 1916 – 30 Sep 2007

Birth	31 Jan 1916
Death	30 Sep 2007
Cemetery	Gerald Cemetery Gerald , McLennan County , Texas , USA
Added by	Poppy on 08 Jul 2012
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21888920

Bio

Christine Klanika Zimmerhanzel, 91, of Leroy, passed away Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007, in Waco. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Gerald Cemetery near Leroy, with the Rev. Stephanie Switzer officiating. The family will receive visitors from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Aderhold Funeral Home. Christine was born in Penelope, Texas, to the late John and Veronica (Kolacek) Novak. She attended the New Hope school in Penelope. She was united in marriage to Frank Klanika in Penelope. She later married Leslie (Dutch) Zimmerhanzel. Christine was a homemaker, helped on the family farm, and worked at the Leroy Meat Locker Plant for 17 years before retiring in 1975. She was a member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Gerald. She enjoyed playing bingo, working jigsaw puzzles, fishing, gardening, crocheting, and sewing. She especially enjoyed spending time with her sons and grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her first husband on March 14, 1976; her second husband, Leslie; her brother, John Novak; and sisters, Mary Kessler, Frances Cepica, and Annie Andrle. Survivors include son, Charles Klanika, of Mt. Calm; sisters, Elsie Vrba, of West and Margarette Pratka, of Penelope; 12 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends. Waco Tribune-Herald: 10/2/2007...A2

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Family

Parents

• Frank Joseph Novak 1873–1936
• Veronica Kolacek Novak 1878–1959

Spouse

• Frank Klanika Jr. 1911–1976
• Leslie Arthur Zimmerhanzel 1928–1991 FaG

Siblings

• Mary Ann Novak Kessler 1899–1968
• Annie Novak Andrle 1902–1987
• John Stephen Novak 1905–1975
• Frances Novak Cepica 1908–1987
• Elsie Elizabeth Novak Vrba 1913–2009
• Margarette Theresa Novak Pratka 1918–2009

Children

• Charlie "Cotton" Klanika 1935–2022
• Jodie Weldon Klanika 1938–2007
• Melvin Gene Klanika 1946–1995
• Dwight Anthony Klanika 1949–1973

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