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Joseph Anton "Joe" Adamek
25 Mar 1883 – 27 Jun 1942
| Birth | 25 Mar 1883 |
| Death | 27 Jun 1942 |
| Cemetery | Ord Cemetery Ord , Valley County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Rio on 01 Jun 2025 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90867893 |
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Joseph A Adamek was born 25 March 1883 in Czechoslovakia to Frank and Anna Cerny Adamek. He came to the US and Valley County in 1884 with his parents. Joseph married Marie Capek on October 2 1910 in Ord Nebraska. After their marriage they lived in Omaha for a year while Joseph went to Optical school and finished a course in watchmaking and fitting glasses. They moved to Holly Colo. where they opened a jewerly and optometry shop. Two daughters, Pauline and Ann were born in Holly, as well as a son Paul, who died in infancy. In 1918 they moved to LaJunta Colo where they started the Lajunta Music and Jewerly Company while maintaining shops in Holly and Los Animas. The music departments were closed and the firm's name changed to Adamek's Jewerly. Joseph passed away in the Lajunta Hospital on June 27, 1942. He is buried in the Ord Cemetery.
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- Frank William Adamek Sr 1876–1967
- Antonia "Toni" Adamek Kaspar 1879–1941
- Anton Joseph Adamek 1880–1977
- Wencel Frank "Jim" Adamek 1885–1951
- Anna Marie "Ann" Adamek Jones 1887–1977
- William Joseph Adamek 1890–1968
- Mary Ann Adamek Petska 1893–1963
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