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Fred Vavra
22 Dec 1903 – 9 Aug 1985
| Birth | 22 Dec 1903 |
| Death | 9 Aug 1985 |
| Cemetery | Riverside Cemetery Pierre , Hughes County , South Dakota , USA |
| Added by | Andrea on 26 Feb 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85775379 |
Bio
Pierre --- Services for Fred Vavra, 81, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Oahe Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Howard W. Smith officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery under direction of Hofmeister Funeral Home. Vavra died Friday at the Prairie Good Samaritan Center in Miller. He was born Dec. 22, 1903, in Seward County, Neb., the son of Adolph and Rezena (Dvorak) Vavra, and as a boy moved with his parents to a homestead north of Presho. The family later moved to a farm near Winnebago, Neb. On Aug. 27, 1927, he married Marie Wagner and they farmed at Winnebago for 12 years. In 1939, they moved to a farm north of Presho, then in 1968 moved to Pierre. In March 1985, he entered the nursing home at Miller. Surviving are his wife, Marie of Pierre; five daughters; four sons; two brothers, Antonin of Walthill, Neb., Luke of Salt Lake City; one sister, Milada Miller of Spokane, Wash.; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sons, Bedrich and Bennie, five brothers and one sister. From The Rapid City Journal - August 12, 1985
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Siblings
- Adolf Vavra 1898–1911
- George Milan Vavra 1900–1962
- Joseph Cyril Vavra 1901–1952
- Luke Vavra 1906–1990
- Rose Marie Vavra 1907–1982
- Antonin Ernest Vavra 1909–1991
- Vilem Vaclav Vavra 1911–1966
- Alvin A Vavra 1913–1932
- Milada Katherine Vavra Miller 1917–2003
Children
- Bedrich Vavra 1929–1969 FaG
- Marie Ruzena Vavra Brodrecht 1930–2022 FaG
- Yvonne Martha Vavra Ehlers 1932–2022 FaG
- Loretta Vavra Swarthout 1939–2021 FaG
- Bennie Stanley Vavra 1942–1964 FaG
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