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Marcella Jerlene Holecek George
21 Apr 1929 – 28 Jun 2011
| Birth | 21 Apr 1929 |
| Death | 28 Jun 2011 |
| Cemetery | Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery Dallas , Dallas County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Gary Beeson on 16 Feb 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72182206 |
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Marcella J. (Holecek) George, 82, of West, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2011, in West. A rosary will be recited and Mass of Christian Burial celebrated 9 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary's Catholic Church of the Assumption, with the Rev. Ed Karasek as celebrant. Burial will be follow at 1:30 p.m. in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery in Dallas. The family will receive visitors 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Aderhold Funeral Home. Marcella Jerlene was born in West, Texas, to the late Jerry and Rose (Juroch) Holecek. She attended Tokio School and graduated from West High school in 1946. After graduation, she attended Providence Hospital School of Nursing and graduated in May, 1949 as a Registered Nurse. She went to work at the V.A. Hospital in McKinney, where she met James George. On May 18, 1951, she was united in marriage to James in the chapel of the hospital by Rev. Charles Mullholland. Marcella also worked at Wilson N. Jones Hospital, and Whitcomb Memorial Hospital for 25 years until her retirement in 1982. She and her husband then moved to Cedar Creek Lake and enjoyed 17 years of retirement together. Marcella was a member of St. Jude Catholic Church in Gun Barrel City, the Altar Guild, where she served as secretary for two years, and a member of KJZT #11. She enjoyed gardening, fishing, crocheting, and watching Dallas Cowboy and Texas Rangers games. She also enjoyed watching games shows, playing card games, dominoes, and spending times with family and friends. She is preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, James, on July 15, 2007, from Parkinson's disease and diabetes; and brothers, Henry Holecek and L.A. Holecek Survivors include sons, Russell "Rusty" George and wife, Karen, and Jeffrey George and wife, Candace, all of Grand Prairie, Richard George and wife, Brenda, of Campbell, and Kenneth George of Keller; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren; brother, Larry Holecek and wife, Mollie, of Waco; sisters, MaryAnn Hykel and husband, Harry Lee, and Milada Mazanec, all of West; other family members; and many friends. Waco Tribune-Herald: 6/29/2011...P7
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- Henry John Holecek 1927–1985
- Milada F. Holecek Mazanec 1934–2019
- Larry Holecek 1937–2019
- Lumir Alexander "Luke" Holecek 1938–2006
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