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Ludvik Smesny

16 Mar 1902 – 14 Jan 1989

Birth16 Mar 1902
Death14 Jan 1989
CemeteryImmaculate Conception Cemetery
Sealy , Austin County , Texas , USA
Added byDaniel Bode on 25 Sep 2014
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Ludvik was a native of Kostelec u Stipia in Moravia, which at that time was part of the Empire of Austria-Hungary. Ludvik came to Texas in 1912 with his widowed mother and brother, Joe V., and sister, Aloisie Hradil and her family. Ludvik Smesny was only 12 years of age when his mother died in 1914. Ludvik lived for some time with his sister, Aloisie Hradil, and her family, in Beasley, Texas. After his brother, Joe V.'s wife died in 1921, Ludvik and Joe V. farmed together for two years. Ludvik married Frances Skarpa on Nov. 9, 1926, in Wallis, Texas. They were the parents of five children. After their marriage, Ludvik and Frances Smesny moved to the Liberty County community of Eastgate where Ludvik's sister, Frances Smesny Peska, and her family were living at the time. Ludvik's brothers, Teodor and Joe V., also moved their families to Eastgate. At the same time, Frances Smesny's widowed father and several of her siblings also moved to the Eastgate/Dayton area. The Eastgate Community in southwestern Liberty County is known as "the easternmost Czech settlement in Texas". Ludvik and Frances Smesny purchased a 100-acre farm in Eastgate from Emil and Bessie Hajovsky on February 8, 1940. Frances died in 1945 at the age of 40 years. After raising his children, Ludvik married Annie Hajdik on Oct. 25, 1952, in Sealy, Texas. Ludvik and Annie Smesny resided on Ludvik's farm in Eastgate until they sold the property on April 15, 1963, and moved to Sealy, Texas. ************************************************************************************ OBITUARY FROM THE SEALY NEWS: Last Rites For Ludvik Smesny Held January 16 Ludvik Smesny, 86, of Sealy died Saturday morning, January 14, 1989 in the Azalea Manor Nursing Home in Sealy. His funeral was held Monday, January 16, at 2:00 p.m. from the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sealy with Rev. Paul McCallum celebrating the Mass of the Resurrection, assisted by Deacon Frank Laredo. Interment was in the Immaculate Conception Cemetery. The KJT rosary was recited Sunday, January 15 at 4:00 p.m. at the Etlinger Funeral Chapel in Sealy followed by the parish rosary at 7:00 p.m. Pallbearers were Edwin Smesny, Jr., Jerome Hlavaty, Jr., Randall Smesny, Mark Smesny, Keith Jasek and Donald Hlavaty. Honorary pallbearers were Ron Smesny, Michael Smesny, Craig Smesny, Gregory Smesny, Stephen Hlavaty, Tracy Jasek and Kevin King. Ludvik Smesny was born March 16, 1902, in Kostelec u Stipa, Czechoslovakia, to Anton and Aloisie Dudik Smesny. He went to school in Czechoslovakia and with his family, moved to America in 1912, settling in the Frydek-Sealy area. In 1926, Smesny married the former Miss Frances Skarpa who preceded him in death in 1945, and in 1952, he married the former Miss Annie Hajdik in Sealy. He was a farmer, and was a member of the Sealy KJT Society and the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Annie Smesny of Sealy; daughters, Mrs. Henrietta Hlavaty of Lolita and Mrs. Edith Jasek of Grapeland; sons, Edwin Smesny and Albert Smesny, both of Houston, and Max Smesny of Midlothian; twenty grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Anton and Aloisie Smesny; sisters, Mrs. Filomena Jalowy, Mrs. Frances Peska and Mrs. Aloisie Hradil; brothers, Frank, Theodore, and Joseph Smesny. The funeral was held under the direction of the Etlinger Funeral Home of Sealy.

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