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Joseph Frank Prai
26 Nov 1870 – 13 Jan 1944
| Birth | 26 Nov 1870 |
| Death | 13 Jan 1944 |
| Cemetery | Bohemian National Cemetery Prague , Saunders County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Duane on 02 Jun 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37846688 |
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JOSEPH F. PRAI. Joseph F. Prai, owning a barber shop and a confectionery store, is a man whose energy and sound judgment have made him a factor in the business life of the town. He was born in Omaha on the 26th of November, 1870, but his parents, Albert and Anna Prai, were natives of Bohemia. In 1869 they came to the United States and took up their residence in Omaha, where the father worked at various occupations for two years. At the end of that time the family removed to Linwood, Butler county, Nebraska, where Albert Prai took up a homestead of eighty acres, on which he carried on general farming for about seventeen years. Having accumulated a competence, he then retired and removed to Linwood, where he is still residing. His wife died on the 4th of March, 1904. Joseph F. Prai received his education in Linwood, Nebraska, and in Fremont, where he attended business college for six months, thus preparing to take his place in the commercial world. Before this, however, he had become a wage earner, as for two years he had herded cattle. His first connection with the mercantile business was that of a clerk in a store at Linwood, where he remained for five years, after which he went to North Bend, Dodge county, where he spent about a year. At the end of that time he and F. B. Datel bought a stock of merchandise at Morse Bluffs, this state, and conducted a store there for about three years. At the end of that time our subject sold out and came to Prague, where he established a restaurant, which he conducted until it burned down July 23, 1898. At that time he lost everything but with commendable resolution began again, starting a barber shop and confectionery store which he still operates. He gives the closest attention to his business and seeks at all times to please his patrons with the result that he has built up a good trade, from which he derives a gratifying profit. Mr. Prai was married on the 28th of March, 1893, to Miss Helen Tvrz, of Wither, Nebraska, a daughter of Anton and Jennie Tvrz, and they have become the parents of six children: Lydia, who is teaching at Brainard, Nebraska; Joseph E., who is teaching district school No. 51 in this county; Irene, attending the high school at Lincoln; and Julius, Clara and Karl, all of whom are at home. Mr. Prai gives his political allegiance to the democratic party and has served as central committeeman and as a member of the school board, of which he was secretary for eighteen years. During that time he did much to secure the advancement of the public schools, and he has never ceased to take a deep interest in their welfare. He is an enthusiastic member of the Z. C, B. J., a Bohemian society, of which he served as secretary for fifteen years. He is recognized as an excellent business man and a good citizen and has gained the warm personal friendship of many.
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- Margaret Prai Shavlik 1868–1893
- Frank Prai 1873–1946
- Anton Prai 1875–1950
- Anna Marie Prai Tichacek 1877–1961
- Albert Prai 1880–1954
- James Prai 1882–1886
- Veronica A. "Verna" Prai Cameron 1883–1955
- Emil Prai 1886–1911
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- Lydia L Prai Geyer 1894–1960 FaG
- Joseph Enoc Prai 1896–1944 FaG
- Irene D. Prai 1897–1992 FaG
- Julius Nickolous Prai 1899–1928 FaG
- Clara Prai 1900–1919 FaG
- Carl B. Prai 1906–1967 FaG
- Harold W. Prai 1916–2006 FaG
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