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Elsie Elizabeth Novak Vrba
8 Jul 1913 – 14 Nov 2009
| Birth | 8 Jul 1913 |
| Death | 14 Nov 2009 |
| Cemetery | Saint Martins Cemetery Tours , McLennan County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Poppy on 05 Aug 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44338594 |
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Elsie E. (Novak) Vrba, 96, of West, passed away Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009, in Waco. A rosary will be recited and Mass of Christian Burial celebrated 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Martin's Catholic Church in Tours, with Msgr. Isidore Rozycki as celebrant. Burial will follow at St. Martin's Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Elsie was born in Penelope, Texas, to the late Frank and Veronica (Kolacek) Novak. She attended Griffin School in Penelope and on August 25, 1943 was united in marriage to August Vrba. Elsie worked as a housekeeper and babysitter. She was a member of St. Martin's Catholic Church in Tours. She was also a member of St. Elizabeth Altar Society and K.J.Z.T. Society #45, where she served as a former president. Elsie enjoyed canning, sewing, quilting, collecting dolls and tending to her cats. She was very musically talented, playing the piano, accordion and organ. She was preceded in death by her husband on March 23, 1991; sisters, Mary Kessler, Annie Andrle, Frances Cepica, Christine Klanika, and Margarette Pratka; and a brother John Novak. Survivors include son, Clyde Vrba and wife, Debbie, of Leroy; daughters, Dorothy Uptmor and husband, Kenneth, of Tours and Rose Svrcek and husband, Tommy, of Waco; grandchildren, Kathleen Uptmore and husband, Mike, Lisa Uptmor and fiancé, Randy, Erica Gerig and husband, Jedd, Kristen Van Cleave and husband, Charles, Brian Vrba and wife, Kelly, Tracie Mayberry and husband, Shane, Wendy Gaspard and husband, Phil, Matt Stem, Cheryl Adams and husband, Clint, Chris Svrcek, and Elizabeth Svrcek; eleven great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Waco Tribune-Herald: 11/15/2009...A5
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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
- Christine Vera Novak Zimmerhanzel 1916–2007
- Margarette Theresa Novak Pratka 1918–2009
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