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Anton Vendelin Pokorny

21 Apr 1876 – 12 Dec 1956

Birth	21 Apr 1876
Death	12 Dec 1956
Cemetery	Assumption Catholic Cemetery Dwight , Butler County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	mm on 09 Jan 2023
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96119867

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"ANTON V. POKORNY ONAWA, Ia.--Special: Anton V. Pokorny, 80, a resident of Monona county since 1936, died Wednesday at his home here after a short illness. Mr. Pokorny was born April 21, 1876, at Venice, Monrovia. He came to the United States in 1879, and settled near Wahoo, Neb. He married Antonia Divis October 14, 1901, at Brainard, Neb. They moved to Monona county in 1936 and farmed here until retiring to Onawa in 1945. Mr. Pokorny was a member of St. Joseph Catholic church here, the Knights of Columbus and the Catholic Workmen of America. Survivors include the widow; four daughters, Mrs. Verna Fujan and Mrs. Helen Maly, both of Colon, Neb., Mrs. Mary Stanislav of Onawa and Mrs. Antonia Ratkovec of Valparaiso, Neb.; six sons, Anthony of Topeka, Kan., William of Bryant, Ia., George of Oakridge, Ore., Albert of Decorah, Ia., Andrew of Harlan, Ia., and Edward of Falls City, Neb.; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Davis of Ulysses, Neb., Mrs. Tillie Kubista of Wahoo and Mrs. Anna Maxiner of Omaha; three brothers, Joseph of Wilber, Neb., Ludwig of Valparaiso and John of Omaha; 47 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday at Assumption Catholic church at Dwight, Neb. Burial will be in the church cemetery under direction of the Pearson funeral home of Onawa. The rosary will be recited at the funeral home at 7:30 p. m., Friday." - Sioux City Journal, Page 3; December 13, 1956 Contributor: Jeffrey J. Woita (47231641)

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Family

Parents

• Vendelin J. Pokorny 1854–1923 FaG
• Anna Veronika Vesely Pokorny 1855–1934 FaG

Spouse

• Antonia Divis Pokorny 1884–1967

Siblings

• Joseph John Pokorny 1880–1957 FaG
• John Thaddeus Pokorny 1884–1957 FaG
• Mary Anna Pokorny Davis 1886–1964 FaG
• Ludvik L. Pokorny 1888–1963 FaG
• Anna M Pokorny Maixner 1889–1970 FaG
• Antonia Pokorny 1889–1902 FaG
• Tillie L. Pokorny Kubista 1895–1981 FaG

Children

• Verna C Pokorny Fujan 1902–1989
• Mary Margaret Pokorny Stanislav 1903–1999
• Antonia M. Pokorny Ratkovec 1905–2004
• James Herbert Pokorny 1906–1932
• Anthony J "Tony" Pokorny 1909–2000
• William J. Pokorny 1911–2008
• Helen Frances Pokorny Maly 1913–1985
• George Daniel Pokorny 1915–2006
• Blanche Pokorny 1916–1930
• Albert Ivan Pokorny 1917–2001
• Andrew Louis Pokorny 1922–2008
• Edward Stephen Pokorny 1925–2009

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