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Willie Joe Pokluda
19 Oct 1907 – 24 Feb 1945
| Birth | 19 Oct 1907 |
| Death | 24 Feb 1945 |
| Cemetery | Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery West , McLennan County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Doreen Morelli on 03 Nov 2021 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44520273 |
Bio
Shotgun Wound Proves Fatal To W.J. Pokluda Willie J. Pokluda, 37, died Saturday morning a few minutes after the shotgun he was carrying was accidentally discharged. According to reports of his family, Mr. Pokluda stepped out of his farm home near West Saturday to shoot a dog that was proving to be a nuisance, A few minutes after hearing a muffled report, one of his six children looked out of the window of the home and discovered his father lying near a tree. A doctor was summoned, but Mr. Pokluda had died. The discharge had entered his abdomen, causing almost instantaneous death. Funeral services for Mr. Pokluda were held in the chapel of the Aderhold Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with the Rev. E.J. Polcak officiating. Interment was at the Catholic Cemetery near West. Mr. Pokluda, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Pokluda, was born in the West Community on October 19, 1907. After attending school for several years, he took up farming. For the past three years, he was operating the B.B. Ingraham farm between West and Abbott. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Frances Pokluda; six children, Willie Mae, Georgia, Lois Ann, Daniel, Doris Jane, William and Louis Pokluda; mother, Mrs. Marie Pokluda; one sister, Mrs. Mary Rishanek of Chicago; and two brothers, John of West and Laddie of Dallas. The West News, West, Texas, Volume 55, No. 41, Edition 1, Friday, March 2, 1945, page 1. Contributor; Betty Fajkus Marek (48445083)
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- Willie Mae Pokluda Holecek 1930–2014
- Georgia Frances Pokluda Vrba 1933–2017
- William "Bill, Swamp" Pokluda 1944–2013
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