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Marie "Mary" Foitek Hanzelka
25 Oct 1896 – 23 May 1955
| Birth | 25 Oct 1896 |
| Death | 23 May 1955 |
| Cemetery | Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery West , McLennan County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Doreen Morelli on 25 Jul 2010 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44517242 |
Bio
Mrs. Joe Hanzelka Dies Watching Barn Burn Early Monday Mrs. Joe Hanzelka, 58-year-old Cottonwood housewife, died at 7:15 a.m. Monday while watching a neighbor's barn being destroyed by a lightening-ignited blaze. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at Church of the Assumption, West, with Revs. George Doskocil and Werner Bockholt officiating. Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery. Rosary had been recited at the residence Tuesday evening. Mrs. Hanzelka was born Marie Foitek, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Foitek, near West on October 25, 1896. She attended St. Mary's School and was married to Joe Hanzelka here in 1914. They had lived on their farm right at Cottonwood since that time. She was a member of the St. Ludmila, Altar and Rosary Societies of Assumption Church. Mrs. Hanzelka had not been ill prior to her sudden death, attributed to a massive stroke. She and her husband had calmly driven their car across the road to the Joe D. Sulak place after sighting their neighbor's barn on fire. Mrs. Hanzelka was standing in the Sulak backyard and talking with her daughter, Christine, Mrs. Sulak, and Raymond Holy, another neighbor who managed to catch Mrs. Hanzelka when she collapsed, just before she died almost immediately. Survivors are her husband, Joe Hanzelka of Route 2; two sons, Raymond Hanzelka and Jimmy Hanzelka of Grand Prairie; five daughters, Mrs. Lillian Traywick of Waco, Mrs. Martha Snapka of Irving, Mrs. Lois Rejcek, Mrs. Dorothy Holacka, Miss Christine Hanzelka, all of West; three brothers, Joe Foitek, Henry Foitek and Frank Foitek of West; four sisters, Mrs. Annie Kocurek of Corpus Christi, Mrs. Millie Kapavik of West, Mrs. Jane Steinocher of West and Mrs. Christine Zastoupil of Dallas; and 15 grandchildren. Pallbearers were Frank Drozd, Frank Steinocher, Frank Kapavik, Jim Holacka, Henry Gallia, and Joe Sulak. The West News, West, Texas, Volume 65, No. 3, Edition 1, Friday, May 27, 1955, page 1. Contributor: Betty Fajkus Marek (48445083)
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- Joseph William Fojtik 1894–1964
- Henry John Foitek 1895–1973
- Emilie Foitek Kapavik 1900–1978
- Janie Rose Foitek Steinocher 1901–1986
- Frank Vince Foitek 1911–1975
- Christine Foitek Zastoupil 1914–2000
Children
- PFC Raymond Joseph Hanzelka 1915–1972
- Lillian Christine Hanzelka Traywick 1916–1992
- Christine Frances Hanzelka 1919–2000
- Lois Martha Hanzelka Rejcek 1920–2016
- Martha Hanzelka Snapka 1924–2002
- Jimmie Joseph Hanzelka Sr 1926–1994
- Dorothy Evelyn Hanzelka Holacka 1932–2023
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