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Joseph J. "J J" Mikeska

16 Jan 1891 – 10 Jan 1970

Birth	16 Jan 1891
Death	10 Jan 1970
Cemetery	Seaton Cemetery Seaton , Bell County , Texas , USA
Added by	Carolyn Brinkmeyer on 28 Nov 2021
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23333015

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Joe J. Mikeska, 78, of Rt. 3, Temple, an outstanding farmer and community leader in the Seaton area, died Saturday morning in a Temple hospital. He had been in ill health the past two years. Funeral will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. Frank Simcik officiating. After cremation, the remains will be placed in Seaton Cemetery. Mr. Mikeska was born Jan. 16, 1891 in Zadverice, Czechoslovakia. He came to the United States in 1901 and had lived in the Seaton community for the past 62 years. He was married to Miss Alzbeta Motl in 1908. She died in 1923. He was married to Miss Olga Motl in 1924. He was an active member of the Seaton SPJST Lodge 47 for many years, and was a member of Woodmen of the World. He was selected by the Temple Kiwanis Club for its top award for soil conservation in 1954. Surviving are his wife; six daughters, Mrs. Jerry (Annie) Chupik, Mrs. Emil (Frances) Hejl, Mrs. Tom (Betty) Bowles Jr., Mrs. R.N. (Theresa) Carper, and Mrs. Robert (Judy) Meyer, all of Temple and vicinity; four sons, Raymond Mikeska, Albert Mikeska, and Reuben Mikeska, all of Temple, and Leo Mikeska of Damon; a brother, Tom Mikeska of Temple; twenty-eight grandchildren; and twenty great-grandchildren. Two sons died previously, Edward Mikeska of Rogers, and Joe Mikeska who was killed in Italy during World War II. Pallbearers will be Alvin Hejl, Eugene Chupik, Edward Coufal, Joe Mikeska, A.J. Mikeska; Dean Mikeska, Gene Mikeska, and Leroy Meyer.

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Parents

• Joseph Mikeska 1863–? FaG
• Terezie "Frosey" Repa Mikeska 1866–1935 FaG

Spouse

• Alzbeta "Bettie" Motl Mikeska 1891–1923
• Olga Motl Mikeska 1901–1996

Siblings

• Terezia A. Mikeska Martinek 1893–1957
• Jan John Mikeska 1894–1956 FaG
• Frantisek F. "Frank" Mikeska 1896–1950 FaG
• Thomas Rudolf "Tom" Mikeska 1899–1973

Children

• Edward J Mikeska 1908–1962
• Annie Albina Mikeska Chupik 1910–1990
• Adella Otille Mikeska Coufal 1911–2005
• Frances Mikeska Hejl 1913–1987
• PFC Josef Edward Mikeska Sr 1915–1944
• Betty Mikeska Bowles 1917–2008
• Albert Joseph Mikeska 1918–2006
• Theresa J. Mikeska Carper 1920–2011
• Raymond Charles Mikeska Sr 1922–1992
• Judy Mikeska Meyer 1924–2002
• TEC 5 Leo George Mikeska 1928–2016
• Reuben Lee Mikeska 1938–1995

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