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Joseph Plasek

15 May 1869 – 23 Sep 1954

Birth15 May 1869
Death23 Sep 1954
CemeteryWest Brethren Cemetery
West , McLennan County , Texas , USA
Added byJennifer Norris on 30 Jul 2025
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Joseph Plasek, 85, Founder of West Flour Mill, Dies Joseph Plasek, founder of one of West’s largest manufacturing businesses, passed away last Thursday, Septermber 23. He was 85. Funeral services were conducted Saturday by Rev. F. J. Kostohryz and Rev. Hal Potts at Czech-Moravian Brethren Church. Burial was in C.M.B. Cemetery. Mr. Plasek was born in Czechoslovakia and came to America in 1888. He married Miss Frances Marek of Granger in 1895. They lived in Granger, Bell County, and Kaufman before coming to West in 1920. They settled on a 50-acre farm that remains the Plasek homeplace four miles south of town on the old Waco highway. Mrs. Plasek died on December 26, 1938. Mr. Plasek established West Flour Mill in 1929 and continued its operation as sole owner until he sold his interest to his son and present owner, E. W. Plasek. A quiet, retiring man, Mr. Plasek devoted his entire life to rearing his family in a Christian manner. He had been in Temple’s King’s Daughter Hospital from July 21 to September 12 under the care of his son, Dr. William Plasek and Dr. Amos Chernosky. The last two months of his life were spent in considerable pain before he passed away last Thursday. Survivors are three sons, Emmett Plasek, Emil Plasek, both of West, and Dr. W. W. Plasek of Temple; three daughters, Mrs. Frances Malach and Miss Anna Plasek of West, and Mrs. J. A. Stout of Ennis; 7 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. Pallbearers were Anton Gerza, John A. Hegar, Robert Blaha, Joe Dujka, J. A. Shiller, and Joe Stastny. Honorary pallbearers were Ed Kubala, Dr. Amos Chernosky, J. J. Marek, Paul Skrabanek, Chas. Marek, Ed Marek, Tom Chupik, and Joe Svacek. The West News, West, Texas, Volume 64, No. 21, Edition 1 – Friday, October 1, 1964 ---------- Texas DC 45935 Name: Josef Plasek Birth Date: 15 May 1869 Birth Place: Czechoslovakia Gender: Male Race: White Residence: West, McLennan, Texas Age at Death: 85 Death Date: 23 Sep 1954 Death Place: West, McLennan, Texas, USA

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