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Margarette Theresa Novak Pratka
19 Jul 1918 – 5 Feb 2009
| Birth | 19 Jul 1918 |
| Death | 5 Feb 2009 |
| Cemetery | Saint Mary Cemetery Penelope , Hill County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | J Vogel on 06 Jul 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33578025 |
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Margarette Pratka, 90, of Penelope, passed away Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009, in Waco. A rosary will be recited and Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Saturday, at St. Mary's Catholic Church of the Assumption in West, with the Rev. Ed Karasek as celebrant. Burial will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery near Penelope. The family will receive visitors 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, at the funeral home. Mrs. Pratka was born in Hubbard, Texas, to the late Frank and Veronica (Kolacek) Novak. She attended the Griffin School near Mt. Calm. On October 27, 1941 she was united in marriage to Ike Pratka in Penelope. They lived in West from 1941 to 1945 and in Hubbard from 1945 to 1958 before settling in Penelope. Margarette was a professional seamstress having worked for Kreditor's Mfg. in Hubbard and Lorch Mfg. and Wolf Mfg. in West. She also worked for the Birome Gin, the Penelope Co-op Gin & Farm Store, the Farmers Co-op Gin in Malone, and Kolacek's Kolache Kitchen in West before retiring in 2004. She was a member of the Church of the Nativity, B.V.M. in Penelope, where she sang in the church choir. She was also a member of the K.J.Z.T. Society No. 35 in Penelope, where she formerly served as president and treasurer. Margarette enjoyed playing dominoes, Taroky, sewing, baking kolaches, watching baseball, gardening, and she especially loved spending time with her family. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ike, on November 16, 1987; sisters: Mary Kessler, Annie Andrle, Frances Cepica, and Christine Zimmerhanzel; brother, John Novak; and grandchildren, Payton Campbell, Payge Campbell, and Jaydon Campbell. Survivors include her sons, Alton Pratka and wife, Judy, of Leroy, Calvin Pratka and wife, Erline, of Waco, Thomas Pratka and wife, Cheryl, of Leroy, and Ike B. Pratka and wife, Colleen, of Lacy Lakeview; daughter, Patricia Jackson, of Penelope; 11 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; sister, Elsie Vrba, of West; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Waco Tribune-Herald: 2/6/2009...T-A3
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- 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
- Christine Vera Novak Zimmerhanzel 1916–2007
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