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Fred F. Chilek

11 Oct 1884 – 27 Feb 1975

Birth11 Oct 1884
Death27 Feb 1975
CemeterySaint Ann Catholic Church Cemetery
Yoakum , DeWitt County , Texas , USA
Added byBeau on 10 Apr 2014
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Bio

Fred F. Chilek, age 90 years, 4 months and l l days, died at 5:07 p.m. Thursday, February 27, 1975 in Huth Memorial Hospital in Yoakum. Funeral services were held Saturday, March 1, at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Yoakum. The Rev. Emil T. Vinklarek, nephew of the deceased, was celebrant of the Holy Mass, assisted by Rev. John Peters, and deacon Donald Ruppert as lector. Dennis Mudd and David Thiele served as altar boys. Burial was in St. Ann’s Catholic Cemetery near Hochheim. Serving as pallbearers were Glenn, Tom and Mike Chilek, Jimmy Mudd, Carrell Newman, Tim Matocha, Dean C. Mill, and Tom Little. The rosary, led by the Rev. Michael O’Saughnessy, was recited at 8 p.m. Friday at the Buffington Funeral Home in Yoakum, where the body lay in state. Mr. Chilek was a lifelong member of the Catholic Church and was a member of the Yoakum and was a member of the Yoakum Knights of Columbus council. He was born October 11 , 1884, near Sweet Home, Lavaca County, Texas, son of Peter and Juliana (Vasicek) Chilek, both natives of Czechoslovakia, who came to America in 1881 settling in Lavaca County. In 1891 the family moved to the Dreyer community, where he spent most of his early life, until his marriage to Mary Anna Vinklarek on Nov. 6, 1907 when they made their home in the Hochheim, Dewitt County area, where he was engaged in farming, ranching, and pecan growing. To this union, six children were born. Those left to mourn his death are one son John J. Chilek of Hochheim; two daughters, Mrs. J. E. (Otelia) Mudd of Yoakum and Mrs. B. J. (Agnes) Matocha of Jackson, Tenn.; 17 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, many relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his wife, June 5, 1951; a daughter. Mary, who died in infancy; two sons, Joseph Chilek, was killed in the Philippines during World War II, and Alphonse “Al” Chitek, Sept. 6, 1972; his father, Feb. 24, 1913; his mother, Dec. 17, 1926; six sisters Mrs. Vaclav (Betty) Chlastak, Sept. 11, 1958; Mrs. Richard (Janie) Vinklarek, Apr. 10, 1937; Mrs. Anton (Veronica) Morisak, June 21, 1941; Julia Chilek, Jan. 1956; Frances Chilek, Sept 21, 1972; and Clara Chilek, who died in infancy; five brothers, John Chilek, Jan. 16, 1955; Valentin Chilek, Dec. 30, 1961; August Chilek, about 1965; Rudolph Chilek, Dec. 21, 1950; Louis Chilek, who died in infancy; one half brother, Peter J. Chilek, July 12, 1947. Shiner Gazette, Thursday, March 6, 1975

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CHILEK Father Fred F. b. Oct 11, 1884 d. Feb 27, 1975 Mother Mary A. b. Dec 6, 1883 d. June 5, 1951 Rest in Peace

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