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John Nekuda

6 Oct 1842 – 14 Sep 1926

Birth6 Oct 1842
Death14 Sep 1926
CemeteryOregon State Hospital Patient Memorial
Salem , Marion County , Oregon , USA
Added byKim on 24 Mar 2016
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87113424

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Jan “John” Nekuda’s cremated remains were not initially taken after his death and were available at the Oregon State Hospital to be claimed by anyone who is related. In September 2019 a family member received the ashes. More information about unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/osh/Pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a short documentary film by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information. According to his death certificate John was born about 1842 in Bohemia (now the Czech Republic). His parents Mr. & Mrs. John Nekuda, were also native of Bohemia. Nothing more is known of John’s birth family. About 1868 he married Frantiska “Fannie” Radla who was born in Bohemia in 1848. They had 9 children with 7 being alive in 1910. Among the children (all born in Bohemia) were: Karel “Charles” (born in 1873), Raymond George (1876), Frank (1879), Ferdinand “Fred” (1882), Frances Anna (1884), and Joe (1890). Sons Raymond, Frank, and Fred immigrated to the US in 1900. Following them, John & his wife, son Joe and daughter Frances immigrated in 1901 aboard the SS Koelm from Bremen to New York arriving on 11/1/1901. John’s son Karel immigrated in 1902. At the time of the 1910 census, John and Fannie were living in Geranium, Valley County, in the center of Nebraska with their sons Frank, Fred and Joe who were farming. John was not working, but reported to have a separate income source. At that time Frank (age 30) and Fred (27) were both divorced while Joe (20) was single. During that same (1910) census John’s daughter Frances who had married Louis Holoun was also living in Geranium, Nebraska with her husband and children. Meanwhile their son Raymond was farming in Box Butte County, in northwestern Nebraska where he was living with his wife and son. John’s wife Fannie died in Valley County on 3/8/1914. John has not been found in the census of 1920, but at least by 1923 he and his son Frank were living in Marion County, Oregon and had connected with other Bohemian immigrants and descendants in the area. The following year he entered and won a state fair contest for best ear of corn. On 7/2/1925 John was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. After being a patient at the institution for 14 months John died there of arteriosclerosis on 9/14/1926. He was 84 years old. John’s son Frank predeceased him in 1922 (in California), but the other children survived their father. Most of his children died in Nebraska: Karel (1944), Joseph (1956), and Frances (1963). Raymond continued farming in Marion County and died in 1966 in Oregon.

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