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Joseph Frank Bezdek
22 Nov 1869 – 18 Aug 1954
| Birth | 22 Nov 1869 |
| Death | 18 Aug 1954 |
| Cemetery | Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery West , McLennan County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Joe David on 14 Sep 2017 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44520045 |
Bio
Joseph Bezdek Funeral 8:30 a.m. At Catholic Church Joseph Bezdek, 84, who came to the West community 72 years ago by ox wagon after immigrating to America from his native Czechoslovakia, passed away at his home Wednesday at 7:20 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted at 8:30 a.m. today, Friday, at Church of the Assumption with the Rev. E.J. Polcak officiating. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Rosary was recited at Aderhold Chapel Thursday evening. Born the second oldest son of Joseph and Amma (Polsek) Bezdek in Frenstat, Moravia, on November 22, 1869, he came to the United States with his parents, three brothers and four sisters in 1879. The family made the then petrilous trip from Galveston Bay to West by ox cart and settled on the Girard farm west of town. He married Mary Sulak on October 9, 1893, They were the parents of twelve children. Mr. Bezdek engaged in farming until 1943 when he retired and moved into West. He had been almost totally blind and was unable to get around without assistance for several months before his death. He suffered a fractured hip in a fall last November and had been confined to bed until his death. He was a 60-year charter member of West's K.J.T. Lodge, a Catholic Men's organization. Survivors are his widow, Mary Bezdek; six sons, Louis J. Bezdek, Vaclav Bezdek, and Frank Bezdek, all of West, Joe Bezdek of Abbott, Willie Bezdek of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Henry Bezdek of Corpus Christi; five daughters, Mrs. Mary Zatopek and Mrs. Anna Mae Snapka of Abbott, Mrs. Sophie Snapka and Mrs. Christine Knapek of Corpus Christi, Mrs. Agnes Soukup of West; three sisters, Sister M. Olivia of St. James, Louisiana, Mrs. Jos. Kotrla and Mrs. C.Y. Sulak of West; 43 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Charles Dvoracek, August Pustejovsky, Frank Seith, Louis Kramr, Cyril Svrcek and Pete Sykora. The West News, West, Texas, Volume 64, No. 15, Edition 1, Friday, August 20, 1954, page 1.
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Siblings
- Frank Bezdek 1866–1942
- Charles John "Karel" Bezdek 1875–1953
- Marie Bezdek Sykora 1878–1950
- Anna Marie Bezdek Sulak 1881–1961
- Jan W. "John" Bezdek 1884–1942
- Johanna Bezdek Kotrla 1886–1960
- Sr Mary Oliva Bezdek 1888–1985
Children
- Vaclav "Jim" Bezdek 1894–1972
- Frank Bezdek 1895–1964
- Louis Joseph Bezdek Sr 1896–1988
- Joseph Frank "Joe" Bezdek 1897–1976
- Marie "Mary" Bezdek Zatopek 1900–1978
- Agnes "A.B." Bezdek Soukup 1904–1994
- Christina Barbara Bezdek Knapek 1907–1982
- Sophie Bezdek Snapka 1909–2000
- William Louis Bezdek 1911–1990
- Anna Mae Bezdek Snapka 1913–1999
- Ludmila Bezdek 1914–1917
- Henry Bezdek 1916–1981
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