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Charlie Leslie Dlabaj
18 Nov 1925 – 30 Jun 2010
| Birth | 18 Nov 1925 |
| Death | 30 Jun 2010 |
| Cemetery | Crisp Cemetery Crisp , Ellis County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Gary Wills on 01 Jul 2010 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54349032 |
Bio
Charlie Leslie Dlabaj of Crisp died on June 30, 2010 in Baylor Medical Center of Waxahachie. He was born November 18, 1925 in Telico, Texas to Frank Dlabaj, Sr. and Mary Valek Dlabaj, eighth of twelve children. He attended school in Telico, Alma and Crisp. Charlie served in the United States Army from December, 1943 through October, 1946. He served in the United States Army Reserve from October, 1946 through October 1949. He was stationed in Germany as a member of the Military Police, and he attended pilot training and agricultural school after his honorable discharge. On October 14, 1947 he married Viola Jaresh and they had six children. Charlie farmed and worked as a maintenance mechanic at Leggett and Platt where he invented a machine to put the metal border on bedsprings, and Cody Manufacturing, both in Ennis, until his retirement. At one time, he co-owned, with his brother, a service station in Bristol, Texas. Charlie was a member of St. John Catholic Church, Ennis, S.P.J.S.T. fraternal organization, and the Ennis Chapter of the V.F.W. He loved to go to dances, listen to Czech and country music, eat Czech food, speak Czech with family and friends, rebuild cars and tractors, fabricate and repair mechanical devices, read farm magazines, and he was a skilled carpenter. He was never idle a minute of any day, and recently said, looking back on his life, "I did a lot of work for one man." He is preceded in death by his parents, brothers Frank, Jr., John, Joe and Stanley, sisters Annie Kovar, Louise Dlabaj, Emily Dlabaj, and Mary Sladecek, son Ernest Lee Dlabaj, and grandson Jacob Kahill Dlabaj. Charlie is survived by his wife, Viola, brother Albin Dlabaj, and sisters Mildred Wickliffe and Elsie Rackley. He is also survived by his children Sandra Hartman, Bob Dlabaj and wife Cathy, Judy Patton and husband Billy, Ronnie Dlabaj and wife Rosa, and Debra Janicek and husband Mark. He was a beloved grandfather to twelve and great-grandfather to fifteen children. Visitation will be Friday, July 2, 2010 from 6 until 8 p.m. with Rosary at 7 p.m. Mass of the Christian Burial will be on Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 10a.m. in St. John Catholic Church with Father John Dick officiating. Interment will follow at Crisp Cemetery under the direction of J.E. Keever Mortuary, Inc.
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- Annie F Dlabaj Kovar 1912–2004
- Frank John Dlabaj Jr 1915–1983
- Mary Ann Dlabaj Sladecek 1917–1996
- John Louis Dlabaj 1921–1979
- Joe Eddie Dlabaj 1923–1983
- Stanley Charles Dlabaj Sr 1927–1985
- Albin Anton "Champ" Dlabaj 1930–2016
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