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Joseph J. "Joe" Hromas
19 Mar 1867 – 20 May 1950
| Birth | 19 Mar 1867 |
| Death | 20 May 1950 |
| Cemetery | Assumption Catholic Cemetery Dwight , Butler County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Teresa Prochnow on 16 May 2022 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95468047 |
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Born Risenberk, Bohemia, Austria. Married Mary Hain on May 25, 1897 at St. Mary Catholic Church, Dwight, Nebr. '''''''''''''''''''''' Seward Independent (Seward, Nebr.), May 31, 1950, p. 5, col. 6-8 JOSEPH HROMAS Joseph Hromas was born in Czechoslovakia on March 19, 1867. At the age of two he came to Omaha, Nebr., with his parents. Two years later the family homesteaded in Saunders county, where he spent his boyhood. He helped build the trans-continental railroad and later settled on a farm near Dwight, Nebr. In 1897, he was united in marriage to Mary Hain by Monsignor Klein, at Dwight in the school which served as a place of worship before the first Catholic church was built. In the fall of 1897, he became one of the charter members of the Catholic Cemetery association, and later of the church. In 1904, he moved with his family to a farm northeast of Garland. In 1937, he retired to Bee, where he passed away on May 20, 1950, after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held on May 23 at 10 o'clock in the Saint Wenceslaus church of Bee, Nebr., with the Rev. M. Pazourek officiating. The deceased's grandsons, Edmund Hein, Gerald Kovar, Tommy Petak and Francis Kraus, assisted at the altar. Burial was in the Dwight cemetery, with grandsons Leo Hain, Laddies Prozak, Louis Strizek, Edward Kohout, Victor Kovar and Cyrill Kovar, serving as pall bearers. He leaves to mourn, his wife; nine daughters, Mrs. Anton Prazek (Jennie), Mrs. Leo Hain (Mary), Mrs. Frank Kovar (Barbara), Mrs. Ed Kohout (Fannie), Mrs. Louis Strizek (Blanche), Mrs. Emil Kraus (Josephine), Mrs. Cyrill Kovar (Bessie), Mrs. Anton Patak (Lillian), Mrs. Frank Kohout (Helen); also 43 grandchildren, and one great grandchild; one brother, two sisters; and a host of other relatives and friends. __ p. 8, col. 2 Card of Thanks We wish to express our heartfelt thanks for the kindness and sympathy shown us during our bereavement, to all the relatives, neighbors and friends who assisted during the illness and death of our beloved husband, father and grandfather, and also for the spiritual and floral offerings. We especially wish to express thanks to Rev. M. Pazourek for his comforting words, and also to the choir. Mrs. Mary Hromas Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hain and family Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kovar and family Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kohout and family Mr. and Mrs. Louis Strizek and family Mr. and Mrs. Emil Kraus and family Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Kovar and family Mr. and Mrs. Anton Patak and family Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kohout and family.
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Siblings
- Mary Hromas 1861–1936
- Frank L. Hromas 1872–1939
- Alois Hromas 1873–1969
- Barbara Hromas Zavodny 1874–1960
- Kristina Hromas Jakub 1881–1963
Children
- Jennie M Hromas Prazak 1898–1980
- Mary Frances Hromas Hain 1899–1992
- Barbara Catherine Hromas Kovar 1900–1979
- Frances M. Hromas Kohout 1902–1991
- Blanche L Hromas Strizek 1905–1995
- Josephine Helen Hromas Kraus 1907–1992
- Bessie Rose Hromas Kovar 1908–2003
- Lillian K. Hromas Patak 1912–1985
- Helen Georgia Hromas Kohout 1915–1984
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