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Mary Malek Balcer

6 Sep 1886 – 10 May 1969

Birth	6 Sep 1886
Death	10 May 1969
Cemetery	Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery Niles , Cook County , Illinois , USA
Added by	Linda on 13 Apr 2010
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The Columbus, NE. Daily Telegram, May 21, 1969 BALCER--Former Columbus resident dies Mrs. Nick Balcer, 83, former Columbus resident, died suddenly May 10 at her home in Spring Grove, Ill. She had been in failing health only briefly. Funeral services were held at St. Hedwig church in Chicago, Ill., with burial in St. Adelbert cemetery there. Nee Mary Malek, she was born Sept. 6, 1885 to Jacob and Frances Wichlacz Malek in Tarnov. In 1901, she was married to Joseph S. Zoucha in Tarnov. They made their home on a farm seven miles southeast of Fullerton, where Mr. Zoucha died in 1917. In October of 1919, she was married to Nick Balcer. They moved to Minnesota and then to Columbus, where they resided for several years. She is survived by Mr. Balcer; eight children, Mrs. Alex (Rose) Lesiak of Fullerton, Mrs. Joe (Barbara) Balcer of Perham, Minn., Tarecesia Bober, Evelyn Balcer, Frank and Clifford Balcer, and Harry Zoucha, all of Chicago, Stanley Zoucha of Antigo, Wis.; 24 grandchildren and 43 great-grandchildren. Also two sisters and two brothers, Max Malek of the state of Washington, and Stanley Malek, Mrs. Leo Jarecki and Mrs. Louis Novak, all of Fullerton. She was preceded in death by one daughter; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild; her parents and six sisters.

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Family

Parents

• Jacob Malek 1850–1916
• Franciscam "Frances" Wichlacz (Herman) Stobbe 1863–1931

Spouse

• Joseph Zaucha 1876–1917
• Ignatius Nick Balcer 1895–1970 FaG

Siblings

• Clara Malek Lassek 1887–1957
• Catherine S. Malek Voichahoske 1889–1962
• Maximilian J. Malek 1890–1979
• JoAnna Malek 1892–1903
• Stanislaus Joseph "Stanley" Malek 1894–1978
• Julia Malek Jarecke 1896–1969
• Jozia Malek 1899–?
• Salomea Malek 1901–1903
• Elizabeth L. "Lizzie" Malek Nowak 1903–1988

Children

• Rose Mary Zaucha Lesiak 1903–1985 FaG
• Barbara Zaucha Balcer 1906–1975 FaG
• Francis Zaucha 1908–1922 FaG
• Stanley Joseph Zaucha 1910–1994 FaG
• Harry Zaucha 1912–1981 FaG
• Tarcisia "Zena" Zaucha Gantz 1915–2009 FaG
• Frank Nicholas Balcer 1920–1990 FaG
• Clifford Andrew Balcer 1925–1993 FaG

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