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Ignatius Klima

21 Jul 1869 – 1 Jan 1923

Birth21 Jul 1869
Death1 Jan 1923
CemeteryCzech National Cemetery
Valley County , Nebraska , USA
Added byJason Cadek on 17 Oct 2011
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IGN. KLIMA, SR. This community was shocked on New Years day when the news was spread that Ign. Klima, Sr. had suddenly passed away about noon of that day. He had been ailing for some time, but his friends did not realize the seriousness of his ailment and were not aware that death was so near. He had driven to Burwell the morning of New Years Day to consult a physician and on his way back stopped at the home of his father-in-law, Thomas Vodehnal, where he had left his family on his way to Burwell, expecting to take New Year's dinner at that place, and it was there while sitting in a chair reading a newspaper that he suddenly expired. In his passing this community loses one of its most prominent and active citizens, a pioneer who took an active part in the developing of this country from virgin prairie to a prosperous community, and who had his share of the hardships of the earlier days, and probably no man of his community enjoyed a more wider circle of friends and acquaintances than he did. As a young man he came to Nebraska with his parents from Iowa in 1881, coming part of the way in a prairie schooner driving a team of oxen, settling on a homestead in the west part of Valley county, about eight miles Northeast of Comstock. A few years later upon the death of his father, he purchased the old homestead, developing it into one of the modern farms in the community and there he spent his life in Nebraska with the exception of three or fours' residence in Burwell. Mr. Klima was always prominently active in community affairs, a strong man, a patriot and a good citizen, especially among the Bohemian people of the community where he will be sorely missed. He was a man of high ideals, ever ready to leave his personal interests to assist some friends or neighbor in distress or to take an active part in community affairs and gave a large share of his time for these purposes. He was one of the organizers of the Farmers & Merchants Bank of Comstock and for several years served as a director of that institution, disposing of his interests therein a few years ago when he removed to Burwell. His mother, who survives him, is a resident of Comstock. He is also survived by his wife and a large family of children. It is men of his character, ability and unselfishness who are hard to replace in a community and whose influence and service are not fully appreciated or realized until after they are gone. The funeral was held Friday at 2 o'clock in the afternoon at the National Hall, northeast of Comstock, burial taking place at the National cemetery – Comstock News Published in the Arcadia Champion, Arcadia, Nebraska, Friday, January 12, 1923, Page 1, Col. 2

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