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Ignatius "Ignac" Skala
1838 – 1927
| Birth | 1838 |
| Death | 1927 |
| Cemetery | Bohemian National Cemetery Dodge , Dodge County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Hultquist, Jack on 15 Feb 2010 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47625696 |
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CLICK on the photos for more family history. _____ _____ Skala interesting from Ardath Srb around 1980 . There was no way to take the farm out of the Skalas, so they took a part of it with them when they moved to Dodge: one cow, some chickens and a dog. . We bought our daily supply of milk from our grandparents. When grandma (Skala) churned, we enjoyed the sight and taste of the beautiful mold of butter topped with a star. . My grandfather (Ignac) was a loveable man who never indulged in idle chatter. When it was time to butcher, he built a small smokehouse. The uzenky (smoked hams) he produced, once tasted, were never forgotten. . Several evenings a week, when winter came we trekked across town for my folks to play cards with my grand parents. There were congenial games and some just plain hostile. (2007 - And I bet strong Czech was spoken when playing cards, probably at times even a few four letter Czech words. If you are interested in the Skalas then read all three pages that Ardath wrote, it is interesting reading. On page 1 May Skala is mentioned. May was one of my mother Hannahs teachers at Dwight. I have a letter from May that she wrote me in the early 1980s. On page 2 Ardath states that Aunt Lizzie married Anton Slama. I wonder if that is why I have a Slama Ironing Table / board from about 1920, though it was made in Racine, Wisc. I also have a flail that came from the Srb family, so it was a tool used by the Skala or Srb family, probably on wheat, rye, and barley.) __________ December 11, 1992 letter from Ellen Srb Markytan to Jack Hultquist. Ellen was a daughter Dr. Joseph John Srb. J. J. and Ellen lived at Dwight, Nebraska. . . . I remember attending Grandpa Skala's funeral. Dad and I went. [Sister] Marianne had just arrived [been born] and [sister] Hannah wasn't well at that time. That made me about twelve years old. Dad had taught me to drive and I was doing that in the town of Dodge. As the car slowly rounded a corner one of the front wheels fell off. The car was new [1927]. You can imagine my Dad's reaction. [I bet Dr. J. J. could swear in both English and Czech at the same time.] __________ Contributor: Sorella (47247306) • [email protected] – Fremont Tribune, Feb 23, 1927 Legion Honors Civil War Vet: Military Funeral for Old Soldier: Dodge: Funeral services for Ignac Skala, who died at his home here Saturday morning after an illness of several weeks, were held today at 1 o'clock at the family home. The military funeral was conducted by the local American Legion. The deceased was the last surviving Civil War veteran of this community. Ignac Skala was born April 23, 1837, in Klucenicicki, near Milevska, Kraj Tabor. He was the son of poor parents the fifth of nine children. He came to America with his parents in 1854, locating first at Milwaukee, Wis, and moving a short time later to Manitowoc, Wis, then a land of virgin forests. When President Lincoln's proclamation for was broadcast through the land and the first call came for volunteers, Mr Skala joined the Wisconsin 26th regiment, which was transported south to the command of General McClellan on the Potomac river. After participation in the battles of Janesville and Centerville, he was seriously wounded while on scout duty. He was invalided to Madison, Wis, where he finished his period of service., In 1864 he was married to Miss Anna Hubenka, and on July 3, 1865, was honorably discharged from service. Mr and Mrs Skala moved to Nebraska after the Civil War and settled on a prairie farm five miles west of West Point. After years of hard labor and self-denial they became prosperous and moved to Dodge where they have since lived in quiet retirement.
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