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John Simek
13 May 1875 – 29 Jan 1962
| Birth | 13 May 1875 |
| Death | 29 Jan 1962 |
| Cemetery | Saint Leo Cemetery Tyndall , Bon Homme County , South Dakota , USA |
| Added by | Volunteer Contributor on 23 Aug 2017 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91036335 |
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Funeral services are scheduled Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock for John Simek, 86, who died at the home of his daughter in Beresford Jan. 29. Burial will be in St. Leo's Cemetery under the direction of the Petrik Funeral Home. The rosary will be recited at the funeral home this evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. Simek was born in Czechoslovakia May 13, 1875. He came to the United States in 1876 and was married to Mary Koupal at Tabor on Nov. 5, 1902. The family farmed in Charles Mix County until 1910, then moved to a farm northeast of Tyndall where they lived until 1947 when they retired to Tyndall. Survivors are the widow and 11 children, Mrs. Joseph Hlavac, Mrs. James Welfl and William of Tyndall, Mrs. James Dvorak of Beresford, Miss Christine Simek, Harry and Frank of Omaha, Mrs. Emil Svoboda of Schulyer, Neb., George of Akron, Ia., Raymond and Clarence of Rockford, Ill. He also leaves 16 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Rose Tucek of Tripp. Daily Republic (Mitchell, South Dakota) on January 30, 1962
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- Agnes Simek Rada 1878–1959 FaG
- Frank Joseph Simek 1881–1953 FaG
- Joseph Simek 1889–1957 FaG
- Rose N Simek Tucek 1891–1982 FaG
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- Frank J. Simek 1902–1986
- Emma Simek Hlavac 1904–1975
- William H Simek 1906–1986
- Marie M Simek Dvorak 1907–1993
- George L Simek 1908–1978
- Anna Grace Simek Welfl 1911–1995
- Christina D Simek 1913–1987
- Helen Irene Simek Svoboda 1915–2013
- Raymond Albert Simek 1917–1989
- Harry Simek 1919–1989
- Clarence Lennard Simek 1924–2007
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