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Benjamin V. Soukup

2 Aug 1908 – 8 Nov 1995

Birth	2 Aug 1908
Death	8 Nov 1995
Cemetery	Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery West , McLennan County , Texas , USA
Added by	Jennifer Norris on 15 Aug 2025
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Benjamin V. Soukup, age 87, of Route 1, West, passed away Wednesday morning November 8, 1995, in West Community Hospital. Rosary was recited at 7 p.m. on Nov. 9 in Kotch Funeral Home Chapel, West. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated 10 a.m. Nov. 10 in St. Mary's Catholic Church of the Assumption, with the Rev, Melvin Dornak as celebrant. Burial followed in St. Mary's Cemetery with full military honors conducted by West V.F.W. Post #4819. Mr. Soukup was born August 2, 1908, in West and had lived all of his life at West. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church of the Assumption in West, the Hill County Farm Bureau, and V.F.W. Post #4819 of West. Mr. Soukup was a retired farmer. He was a veteran of World War II having served in the U.S. Army in the Signal Corps. Survivors include two brothers, Emil Soukup and Walter Soukup, both of Rt. 1, West; four sisters, Miss Lucille Soukup, Mrs. Annie Kapczynski, Mrs. Sophie Piscacek and Mrs. Martha Rejcek, all of West and several nieces and nephews. Active pallbearers were Arthur Deiterman, Bobby Kreder, Bill Dokupil, Richard Nors, Ben Kapczynski and Eugene Rejcek. Honorary pallbearers were members of V.F.W. Post #4819, Dr. D.B. Pierce, Ralph Briscoe, Joe Edd Grimm and Alfred (Slick) Hlavenka. Kotch Funeral Home of West was in charge of arrangements. The West News, West, Texas, Volume 105, No. 46, Edition 1, Thursday, November 16, 1995, page 10. Date of death corrected to Nov. 8.

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Parents

• Rosa Zophi "Rosie" Lichnovsky Soukup 1877–1952
• Anton Joseph Soukup 1878–1934

Siblings

• Frank Havel Soukup 1899–1973
• Joseph Edward "Joe" Soukup 1901–1980
• Anton C. "A. C." Soukup 1902–1992
• Mary Frances Soukup Bezdek 1904–1988
• Rudolph O. Soukup 1905–1989
• Annie Agnes Soukup Kapczynski 1906–1997
• Lucille Lillie Soukup 1910–2004
• Wenceslav J. "Jim" Soukup 1911–1992
• Sophie Theresa Soukup Piscacek 1913–2004
• Louis H. Soukup 1915–1975
• Martha Bessie Soukup Rejcek 1917–2004
• Emil A. "Slim" Soukup 1919–2006
• Sgt Walter Raymond Soukup 1921–2010

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