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John Frank Rejcek
8 Feb 1894 – 20 Jan 1981
| Birth | 8 Feb 1894 |
| Death | 20 Jan 1981 |
| Cemetery | Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery West , McLennan County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Jennifer Norris on 29 Jul 2025 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40399610 |
Bio
John F. Rejcek, age 86, died at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, January 20, 1981, in a Waco hospital. He was born February 8, 1984, in Moravia, Czechoslovakia. His family landed in Galveston, Texas, when Mr. Rejcek was one year old. They settled in Praha and Flatonia, Texas. Mr. Rejcek was married to Agnes Kohut of West, Texas. Mrs. Rejcek passed away at the age of 56 on February 1, 1954. This union produced 16 children, all living except one, Johnny Frank, who died at the age of eight years on November 8, 1941. Mr. Rejcek is survived by sons: Jerome and Raymond of Dallas, Texas, Jody of Dorchester, Texas, Alphonse and Felix of Houston, Texas, Willie of Abbott, Texas, Edward and Leo of Ennis, Texas, Rudolph of Arlington, Texas. Surviving daughters are: Willie Mae Veselka, Waco, Texas, Rudy Gaiser, Dallas, Texas, Louise Cooper, Houston, Texas, Mary Miller of Leroy, Texas. He is also survived by 59 grandchildren, 37 great grandchildren and one sister, Bessie Kaska of West. Mr. Rejcek had been a blacksmith nearly all of his life before he retired and enjoyed the life of a happy musician, having taught nearly all of his children to play musical instruments. His life has been very content around all of his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mr. Rejcek has been in failing health since October, 1969, when he suffered a massive heart attack and has been hospitalized several times since, but the love and prayers of his family and best of friends plus his abiding faith in God has always pulled him through. He was a member of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church and K.J.T. Society of Abbott, Texas. Rosary was at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Abbott. Mass is at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Abbott. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in West. Pallbearers are Raymond John Rejcek, Carl Cooper and Alan Rejcek all of Houston, Ronald Veselka of Waco, Larry Gaiser, Ernest Janecka, Jr. and James Albert Miller of Dallas, and Jerry Rejcek, Ennis, Texas. Honarary Pallbearers are Laddy Rejcek of Abbott, Mike Knapp of Killeen, Texas and Steven Rejcek and Dickie Welch of Arlington, Texas The West News, West, Texas, Vol 91, No 3, Ed 1 Thursday, January 22, 1981 Pg 4
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Siblings
- Anton Rejcek 1877–1976
- Marie "Mary" Rejcek Picha 1880–1970
- Florian Rejcek 1882–1962
- Joseph Frank Rejcek 1885–1967
- Terezie "Tracy" Rejcek Divin 1887–1907
- Bozena "Bessie" Rejcek Kaska 1896–1984
- Valentine Rejcek 1898–1955
Children
- Jerome Steve Rejcek 1917–1982
- Raymond John Rejcek 1919–2003
- Martha Mary Rejcek Veselka 1920–2007
- Rudy Ann Rejcek Gaiser 1922–2009
- Louise Christine Rejcek Cooper 1924–1988
- Jody A. Rejcek 1926–2002
- Mary Agnes Rejcek Miller 1927–2017
- Alphonse L Rejcek 1929–2002
- Felix P. Rejcek 1931–2015
- Johnnie William Rejcek 1933–1941
- Willie John Rejcek 1935–2004
- Edward Louis Rejcek 1937–2016
- Rudolph "Rudy" Rejcek 1939–2016
- Leonard Alois Rejcek 1944–2015
- Leonard Alois "Leo" Rejcek 1944–2015
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