Saunders County NEGenWeb Project
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Czech Presbyterian Cemetery(Chapman Township) |
CZECH PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY located in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 Section 25, Township 14N, Range 6E Chapman Township, Saunders County, Nebraska. Well maintained.
Recorded by Clarabelle Mares 1722 East 19 Fremont, Nebraska and Kathrine Petersen on 30 August 1977.
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Names Index

Page 1 Czech Presbyterian Cemetery Saunders County, Nebraska
SECTION 1 Row 1 north to south
Albie Musil Emil Musil
1896 - 1953 1886 - 1961
Anton Pestal
30 Jun 1861 28 Aug 1960
Row 2 south to north
Henry Pokorny Sr Aloisie Pokorny
1884 - 1966 1894 - 1932
Flagpole in memory of Pvt Kenneth T Trutna
7 Cav Reg U S Army
9 Feb 1928 8 Oct 1951
Row 3 north to south
Anna Caha Rudolph Caha
21 Jul 1890 19 Apr 1973 10 Mar 1884 18 Mar 1966
John Shultz
1889 - 1956
Louis Dolezal, son Vaclav Dolezal
1896 - 1965 1854 - 1934
Anton Dolezal, son James B Dolezal, son
1884 - 1928 1882 - 1959
Emil Dolezal
Nebr Wagoner 276 Co MPC WW I
22 Oct 1890 8 Dec 1959
Row 4 south to north
Emily Lopour inf dau of Emil & Rose Lopour
21 Nov 1911 17 Feb 1916 b & d 15 May 1925
Emil B Lopour Rosie Lopour
2 Jul 1884 19 Nov 1952 10 Jun 1887 11 Feb 1967
John Pokorny Inf grave no name or dates
30 Mar 1883 27 Mar 1958
Rosalie Pokorny Josef Pokorny
20 Apr 1848 24 Sep 1938 24 Dec 1850 12 Mar 1931
Page 2 Czech Presbyterian Cemetery Saunders County, Nebraska
Bessie Trutna Kenneth T Trutna
12 Oct 1898 16 Mar 1955 9 Feb 1928 8 Oct 1951
Nebr Pvt 7 Cav Inf 1 Cav Div-Korea
Row 5 north to south
Anna Pokorny Frank Pokorny
19 May 1846 11 Jun 1923 22 Sep 1873 13 Jul 1906
Marie Pokorny Josef Pokorny
9 Feb 1848 26 May 1933 5 Mar 1844 27 Oct 1936
Frantiska Pokorny Jan Pokorny
d 9 Oct 1913 74 yrs d 24 Oct 1922 82 yrs
Josef Pospisil Marie Pospisil
1868 - 1951 1875 - 1915
Row 6 south to north
Joseph Jasa Mary Trutna Jasa
13 Mar 1871 24 Sep 1943 28 May 1875 16 Apr 1935
Adolph Pokorny John T Pokorny
1889 - 1947 1875 - 1956
Frances Pokorny
1861 - 1960
Row 7 north to south
Stanley Ruzicka Emil E Ruzicka
3 Jun 1883 19 Jan 1965 17 Mar 1924 1 Nov 1941
son, Ladislav S Ruzicka Bohumil Ruzicka
8 Apr 1919 23 Mar 1935 18 Jun orJul 1885 29 Mar 1908
Anna Ruzicka Joseph Ruzicka
1856 - 1920 1850 - 1936
Eleonora Pestal Josef Pestal
1846 - 1917 1839 - 1927
John Pestal Jan & Emilie Pestal
26 Apr 1883 6 Jan 1962 d 10 Sep 1917 3 days old
Josephine Jasa Joseph M Jasa
1881 - 1970 1877 - 1961
Robert L Jasa M/M 3/c
Submarine Serv U.S.S. Wahoo
He died in the service of his country, at sea
Pacific area 1923 - 1943
Libbie M Jasa
1911 - 1955
Joseph J Pallas
1878 - 1962
Page 3 Czech Presbyterian Cemetery Saunders County, Nebraska
Row 8 south to north
James Sklenar Anna Sklenar
Sgt Air Serv WW I
2 Sep 1885 14 Mar 1974 1 Apr 1889 7 Sep 1974
Jan Sklenar Frantiska Sklenar
1857 - 1943 1870 - 1926
Jerry V Ruzicka Mary Ruzicka
1880 - 1950 1886 - 1943
son, Jerry Ruzicka
1915 - 1918
Antonin Sklenar Francis Sklenar
26 Jan 1871 28 Sep 1909 1874 - 1966
Richard B Sklenar Anton Sklenar
1909 - 1942 14 Jul 1898 29 Oct 1976
Row 9 north to south
Jose M Novak Mary Novak
1873 - 1950 1881 - 1940
Agnes Novak
1903 - 1977
Jerry Jasa
1897 - 1963
Bohumil J Jasa
10 Jun 1916 26 Jul 1971
Row 10 south to north
Gusty, wife of Josef Jasa Jr Joseph Jasa
7 Sep 1891 21 May 1926 27 Apr 1889 29 Mar 1959
Anna Jasa John Jasa
1861 - 1941 1854 - 1936
Karel Jasa
1886 - 1924
Karel Smolik
d 7 Apr 1904 64 yr.
Emil, son of Vaclav & Marie Veskrna
6 Aug 1912 21 Apr 1917
Jozef Veskrna
2 Nov 1884 6 Mar1907
Joseph Veskrna Josephine Veskrna
1853 - 1902 1856 - 1928
Page 4 Czech Presbyterian Cemetery Saunders County, Nebraska
Row 11 north to south
Antonia Trutna Charles Trutna
23 Apr 1875 15 Nov 1970 26 Jul 1869 26 Dec 1956
Stanley R Caha
16 Jul 1908 9 Mar 1964
Frank Krafka Charles Krafka
1837 - 1920 1878 - 1924
Anna Krsfka John Krafka Sr
15 Sep 1883 26 Jul 1973 10 Dec 1875 20 Jan 1972
George Krafka, son of John & Anna Krafka
9 Dec 1907 4 Jun 1962
Mary Semenec Frank Semenec
1875 - 1959 1861 - 1939
SECTION II Row 1 south to north
Marjorie E Proett
4 Jan 1910 9 Feb 1976
wed to Rev Donald A Proett 5 Jun 1938. Pastor of the Czech & Prague
Presbyterian churches 1953.
Row 2 south to north
Inf son, Benjamin & Elaine Pokorny
b & d 28 Jan 1957
Charles B Trutna
6 Feb 1893 26 Mar 1963
Dr Rudolph E Skelnar
Nebr Capt 2154 Army Serv Unit WWI CR
26 Feb 1922 24 Sep 1967
Row 3 north to south
Ella Kaspar Vincent Kaspar
1894 - 1969 1894 - 1956
Joseph Pallas
1875 - 1932
2 unmarked graves beside Dolezal
Mary Dolezal Frank Dolezal
9 May 1886 10 Ju1 1961 7 Apr 1880 2 Jun 1968
Ruben Paul Dolezal
2 Nov 1922 5 May 1973
Page 5 Czech Presbyterian Cemetery Saunders County, Nebraska
Frank Caha
1875 - 1955
Baby Pecena
b & d 1960
Mae Novak Louis J Novak
4 Jul 1924 1 Aug 1964 21 Jun 1886 1 May 1971
Frances Novak
4 Oct 1888 2 Oct 1955
Mary Jasa John Jasa
1851 - 1931 1847 - 1928
Frank Jasa Antonia Jasa
16 Oct 1876 29 Jul 1951 13 Nov 1881 5 Mar 1959
unmarked grave
Row 5 north to south
Barbara Svoboda John Svoboda
22 Nov 1862 24 Dec 1919 1 Oct 1860 28 Nov 1941
Anna Dostal Matej Dostal
27 Aug 1866 3 Jul 1944 24 Oct 1862 11 Jun 1923
Ferdinand A, son of James & Anna Jasa
15 Dec 1908 13 Jan 1926
Twin inf dau of Chas & Lilly Veverka
b & d Apr 1928
Inf dau of Louis & Sylvia Novak
b & d 1936
Lillie Marie Veverka Charles J Veverka
7 Aug 1906 19 Jun 1967 28 Dec 1900 18 Jan1965
Anna Jasa James Jasa
14 Jan 1885 23 Aug 1962 18 Aug 1876 28 Feb 1973
Row 6 south to north
John Edward, son John & Emma Trutna
1917 - 1924
Jan Trutna Marie Trutna
24 Jun 1865 8 Jan 1914 13 May 1866 22 Mar 1931
Rudolph Sklenar
9 Mar 1886 15 Sep 1950
Marie Sklenar Trutna Baby Sklenar
29 Mar 1896 5 Sep 1958 no dates
Charles Pallas Vaclav Pallas, M.L.
1 Nov 1893 24 Apr 1960 27 Feb 1877 23 Dec 1918
James Pallas Jr Anna Pallas, wife of James
1877 - 1918 1886 - 1964
Marie Pallas, wife of Vaclav Vaclav Pallas
15 Aug 1850 26 Mar 1929 28 Sep 1844 11 Jan 1932
son, Anton Pallas
6 Oct 1883 12 Oct 1956
Page 6 Czech Presbyterian Cemetery Saunders County, Nebraska
Row 7 north to south
Genevieve R Pestal
17 Jun 1927 2 Dec 1935
Samuel J Pestal Charles A Pestal, son
Nebr Pvt 244 Amb Co WW I 1905 - 1955
24 Dec 1895 30 Oct 1968
Teresie Pestal Frank Pestal
1873 - 1950 1871 - 1941
Frances E Pokorny Joseph F Pokorny
24 Feb 1888 1 Apr 1972 5 Jul 1881 17 Aug 1958
Marie Vajgrt Pokorny Baby
1892 - 1920 b & d 1925
Father Pokorny Mother Pokorny
1845 - 1924 1850 - 1926
Anna Caha Jozef Caha
23 Dec 1910 6 Nov 1901 23 Dec 1845 4 Nov 1926
Marie Caha Ladislav Caha
15 Aug 1847 21 Apr 1938 7 Aug 1888 26 Jan 1911
William Caha Rose E Caha
7 Dec 1879 7 Aug 1962 26 Jan 1891 19 Dec 1927
Joseph Caha
18 Mar 1877 22 Sep 1966
Godfrey A Erickson Marie Caha Erickson
10 Aug 1888 9 Dec 1967 23 Mar 1881 12 Nov 1925
Row 8 south to north
Albie F Jasa Matej Jasa
18 Apr 1896 24 Jul 1972 1854 - 1946
Antonie Jasa
1852 - 1943
Inf dau of Rev Kucera - no dates
Rev Vaclav Cejnar Anna Cejnar
14 Dec 1862 28 May 1940 11 Sep 1875 11 Jun 1954
Ruth M Pallas Frank Pallas
1905 - 1908 1893 - 1919
Member of Adm Labor Co, 9th QMC
Died in France
Row 9 south
Alma Esther Caha
3 Sep 1907 8 Apr 1967
Marie dau of Josef & Marie Pokorny
26 Feb 1876, Wahoo, Nebr 23 Aug 1887
Page 7 Czech Presbyterian Cemetery Saunders County, Nebraska
Row 10 south
Vaclav Ruzicka Frances Ruzicka
1868 - 1943 1873 - 1964
Marie Pastel
18 May 1879 10 Jan 1882
Row 11 south to north
Vencl Jasa Frantiska Jasa
1840 - 1920 1845 - 1882
Franc. Pallas
23 Sep 1881 3 Jun 1890
Josef Trutna
19 Dec 1815, Moravia 13 Feb 1879
Frantiska Trutna
20 Oct 1831, Moravia 11 Nov 1889
F Hledik Rosalie Hledik
1843 - 1889 1849 - 1921
