Saunders County NEGenWeb Project
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St. Francis
(Wahoo, Nebraska) |
ST FRANCIS CEMETERY is within the gates of Sunrise Cemetery, however it was recorded separately. Check the map for section areas as they appear.
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Names Index - Pages 1 through 12
Page 13 St Francis Cemetery - Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska
Charles Kudrna Albert Kudrna
10 Feb 1912 13 Aug 1912 26 Apr 1917 6 May 1917
unmarked grave
Frances Podhaisky Frank Podhaisky
20 inay 1877 9 Dec 1957 1 May 1873 28 Oct 1963
James Safranek Josephine Safranek
1880 - 1942 1878 - 1965
Joseph Houfek Antoina Houfek
1880 - 1965 1885 - 1942
Adeline A Houfek
19 Feb 1914 15 Nov 1971
Paul B Phelan
3 Feb 1890 26 Jul 1974
Edward L Klotz Celia Klotz
17 Nov 1876 31 Dec 1931 8 Apr 1875 19 Mar 1951
Kenneth Klotz, son
5 Nov - 2 Dec 1911
A F Hase Margaret Hase
1857 - 1908 1862 - 1944
Therese Hase
1893 - 1913
Patrick Curran Mary Curran
1833 - 1914 1837 - 1919
Agnes Meduna Wm Meduna
11 Sep 1892 23 Jul 1966 18 May 1890 30 Oct 1962
Mark Joseph, son Richard & Alice Meduna
b & d 16 flul 1970
Row 2 south to north
Frantisek Mastera
1901 - 1907
Lloyd Koutny veteran Barbara Koutny
31 Oct 1888 11 Sep 1962 1 Mar 1895 16 Mar 1964
Lloydie Koutny
25 Sep 1919 16 Feb 1921
"Gone to be an angel"
Page 14 St Francis Cemetery - Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska
Georgie Ann Simodynes
23 Aug 1935 4 Jul 1950
Edward Emil Simodynes
Nebr PFC Co H 6 Armd Inf WW II PH
20 Dec 1913 8 Nov 1942
Frank S Simodynes
1 Dec 1882 31 Mar 1960
Frank Koutny Josephine Koutny
1859 - 1936 1869 - 1940
Vincent Simodynes Marie Simodynes
1885 - 1952 1890 - 1920
Frank Dokulil
d 7 Feb 1916 24 yrs
Josef Dokulil Marie Kokulil
1848 - 1930 1857 - 1930
Baby dau of Joseph L & Christina Dokulil
b & d 20 May 1916
Frank W Koutny
13 Dec 1895 22 Jan 1955
Richard F Cribbett
11 Sep 1909 11 Mar 1961
Joseph L Dokulil
29 Mar 1886 2 Jun 1960
Raymond H Dokulil
Nebr T4 380 Fld Aty Bn WW II
14 Jan 1915 28 Dec 1972
Joseph Kudrna Anna Kudrna
1839 - 1922 1841 - 1933
Lizzie Kudrna
1880 - 1934
SECTION 5 Row 1 north to south
Frank Matejka Frank Matejka
1890 - 1971 1850 - 1941
Anna Matejka
1854 - 1947
Tekla Pallat Leo Pallat
1876 - 1959 1869 - 1939
Joseph S Mastera
Nebr Pvt 6 Fld Aty 1 Div WW I
19 Jan 1889 31 Jan 1935
Page 15 St Francis Cemetery - Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska
Row 2 south to north
Louis Pallat SP Amer War Rudolf H Pallat
1876 - 1910 1908 - 1932
Vincent Kunasek Frances Kunasek
28 Sep 1860 1 Aug 1929 9 Mar 1874 27 Jan 1962
Frank Kunasek Joseph J Kunasek
9 Jun 1903 7 Oct 1958 25 Oct 1898 8 Jul 1968
Row 3 north to south
Joseph M Kralik Agnes Kralik
6 Feb 1878 25 Sep 1956 8 Jan 1880 27 Jun 1954
daw, Marie Kralik dau, Agnes Kralik
14 Aug 1908 14 Aug 1908 4 Aug 1911 3 Nov 1928
Anna Kralik Anton Kralik
1 Apr 1878 3 Aug 1976 17 Apr 1876 17 May 1973
Bernard D Bartek
26 Jan 1902 20 May 1974
Wm A Sudik son, William Sudik
17 May 1904 5 Feb 1971 b & d 24 Mar 1941
Row 4 south to north
James M Zaloudek
27 Aug 1898 10 Feb 1974
Klara Homolka
1841 - 1923
Frank J Lukas Anna A Lukas
3 Dec 1885 28 May 1954 6 Jan 1889 16 Jun 1962
Bessie Fejt Frank Fejt
7 Mar 1906 11 Nov 1937 1867 - 1950
Katherine Fejt
1874 - 1964
Freida Homolka Frank Homolka
1894 - 1934 1880 - 1949
Row 5 north to south
Anna Fisher Anton B Fisher
1856 - 1930 1840 - 1924
Page 16 St Francis Cemetery - Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska
Row 6 north to south
Frank Mastera Karolina Mastera
1875 - 1944 1876 - 1955
John A Stuchlik Anna Stuchlik
1877 - 1941 1882 - 1967
Row 7 south to north
John W Noha Frances Noha
6 Jan 1870 25 Feb 1949 9 Feb 1881 11 Feb 1964
Row 8 north to south
Anna Jonas Mary Jonas
5 Mar 1913 10 Nov 1922 23 Nov 1882 12 Jan 1968
Vincent J Jonas
13 Jul 1880 16 Oct 1967
Mary Jonas Josef Jonas
26 Jul 1853 13 Oct 1948 26 Feb 1854 2 Apr 1933
Row 9 south to north
William Phelan Elzada Phelan
1840 - 1924 1847 - 1921
dau, Mary T Phelan Wm C Phelan
1865 - 1950 1877 - 1939
John Leitgeb Barbara Leitgeb
1873 - 1958 1879 - 1960
Eddie Leitgeb
11 Dec 1915 23 Aug 1917
Josef Tomek Anna Tomek, 1st wife
6 Apr 1869 6 May 1937 26 Jul 1867 5 Aug 1918
Anna Tomek, 2nd wife
9 Jan 1879 15 Oct 1960
Row 10 north to south
Rose Machovec Rudolph Machovec
23 Feb 1891 12 Jun 1976 4 Apr 1889 20 Apr 1952
Louis Machovec
19 Dec 1916 25 Dec 1916
Row 11 north to south
Anna Jirovsky Peter Jirovsky
1850 - 1911 1855 - 1923
Mary T Jirovsky Marie Dvorak
1884 - 1960 d 15 Jan 1916 84 yrs
Page 17 St Francis Cemetery - Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska
Frances Jirovsky John Jirovsky
25 Apr 1858 20 Oct 1925 16 Nov 1857 1 Apr 1954
Georgia Bily
6 Jun 1902 24 Nov 1957
Row 12 south to north
John A Machovec Anna Machovec
24 Dec 1882 11 Jul 1960 17 Jul 1885 14 Jan 1959
son, Emil Machovec
4 Jul 1916 13 Jul 1916
Edith Hockerson Schreider John W Hockerson
1897 - 1945 1862 - 1910
wife, Mary Hockerson
1871 - 1958
Row 13 north to south
Joseph M Novotny
31 Jan 1882 18 Jun 1962
Tillie E Coufal
3 Apr 1910 18 Jun 1970
Anna Houska Clara M Houska
11 May 1875 24 May 1973 12 Aug 1903 26 Jun 1968
Vincenc Houska
28 Dec 1873 30 Oct 1958
Mary Kralik
29 Apr 1877 12 Feb 1945
Row 14 south to north
Antonie Simodynes John Simodynes
1853 - 1921 1853 - 1941
Mary Simodynes Joseph, son of John & Mary Simodynes
27 Aug 1890 20 Dec 1965 b & d 25 Dec 1913
Row 15 north to south
Sophia Wotipka Thomas Wotipka ***
25 May 1884 8 Sep 1968 14 Dec 1881 1 Mar 1960
Martin Wotipka *** Frantiska Wotipka ***
d 27 Dec 1910 62 yrs d 11 Nov 1923 69 yrs
Amil J Wotipka WW II
2 Dec 1921 20 Sep 1944
Edward E Machovec Ann M Machovec
1894 - 1970 1886 - 1967
Page 18 St Francis Cemetery - Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska
Marie Havelka Anton Havelka
1859 - 1941 1850 - 1914
SECTION 6 working west to east Row 1
Patricia A Hoss
1932 - 1971
Row 2 north to south
John C Bendz Clifton 0 Bendz
Sgt U S Air Force Vietnam 1905 - 1977
7 Nov 1943 12 Mar 1974
Daniel W Behrns
SP 5 U S Army Vietnam
8 Feb 1947 18 May 1975
Henry J Clinch
1912 - 1976
Carol J Kanouff
18 Jul 1946 24 Apr 1976
Row 3 south to north
Hattie B Swoboda
1912 - 1977
Louis R Cink
1917 - 1977
Emma Fisher
12 Sep 1890 10 Dec 1976
Robert B Lawson
1919 - 1974
James Kontos
1898 - 1974
Louis N Kontos Mary T Kontos
Nebr PFC U S Army WW I 31 Dec 1891 - 5 Nov 1975
1 Mar 1892 30 Mar 1974
Frank A Spicka
1899 - 1975
Vincent Polacek
1899 - 1975
Joseph R Voboril
5 Dec 1896 5 Feb 1974
Page 19 St Francis Cemetery - Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska
Joseph H Vculek
19 Mar 1909 5 Mar 1975 wed to Rosalie C on 24 Sep 1936
Row 4 north to south
Carol K Swartz
18 May 1940 30 Sep 1970
Mark R Dwyer
16 Mar 1959 7 Jul 1971
Anton J Voboril
PFC U S Army WW II
20 Sep 1925 11 Aug 1976 wed to Bessie H on 23 Aug 1948
Frank A Jelinek
2 Jul 1890 6 Jul 1975 wed to Anna , on B Feb 1915
Lucille M Vanek
1909 - 1975
Peter John Barry
Nebr Cox U S Navy WW I
9 Nov 1897 8 Apr 1973
Bernard Keane
19 Aug 1916 12 Dec 1972
Kenneth P Olsen
1913 - 1971
Shelley Marie, dau of Don & Deloris Fiedler
b & d 23 Mar 1974
Robert Lee Tejral
Nebr SP4 U S Army Vietnam
31 Jul 1944 29 May 1972
August C Hladik
1 Aug 1897 6 Mar 1971
Row 5 south to north
Caroll O Thorson
28 Apr 1934 11 Aug 1970 wed to Donna Brobec on 14 Dec 1960
Frank J Brabec
11 Sep 1910 21 Oct 1972
John H Vybiral
18 Oct 1900 24 Dec 1972 wed to Mildred L on 4 Aug 1924
Page 20 St Francis Cemetery - Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska
Anton L Sabatka
1894 - 1970
Martha Pallat
31 May 1896 6 Jan 1968
John Cajka
30 Mar 1893 22 Aug 1967
Daniel Hellerich
1889 - 1968
Robert J Kunce
25 Jun 1904 26 Dec 1966
Jane Gross
2 Sep 1950 26 Nov 1965
William E Rezac
19 Jun 1891 13 Feb 1976
Row 6 north to south
Rt Rev Msgr Matthew W Nemec
12 Feb 1875 23 Feb 1966
First Nebr born Czech priest ordained in Nebraska 2 Feb 1899.
Emma V Wolff James C Wolff
29 Jun 1883 3 Jan 1967 28 Sep 1878 13 Jan 1968
Stephen Hobza
b & d 1945
Emma Stejskal Martin Stejskal
22 May 1889 22 Nov 1968 28 Oct 1878 25 Jan 1969
Albin J Stejskal
Nebr Sgt Inf REPL Tng Cen WW II
28 Oct 1915 29 Jul 1966
James L Rezac - Peacetime veteran
11 Apr 1934 1 Jun 1969 wed to Arlene L on 28 Apr 1956
Andrea Rae, dau of Ray & Mary Casey
5 Mar 1973 7 Mar 1973
Emil Pelan
5 Nov 1906 7 Dec 1968
Edward L Niebur Sr
Nebr HM2 U S Navy Vietnam PH
29 Jun 1945 27 Feb 1968
Page 21 St Francis Cemetery - Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska
Barbara Egr Joseph Egr
1896 - 1973 1893 - 1976
Bessie M Maly Henry J Maly
28 Apr 1911 20 Jul 1971 15 Jul 1908 14 Jan 1971
Richard I Reese
24 Apr 1944 27 Jan 1968
SECTION 7 Row 1 north to south
Angeline T Bartek
17 May 1917 29 Jan 1958
Anton F Vasina - veteran
16 Sep 1894 15 Mar 1958
Maymie L Hula James A Hula - veteran
2 Jan 1899 1 Jul 1957 6 Jul 1895 13 Jun 1965
Veronicka Zetocha
29 Jul 1878 25 Apr 1953
Louis Mastera
1892 - 1960
Bessie Tomcak John C Tomcak
1 Apr 1894 6 Dec 1971 30 Aug 1888 20 Jan 1954
Helen C Konecky Vincent Konecky
1898 - 1960 1897 - 1957
Mary Sudik
10 Jul 1892 5 Apr 1963
Bessie C Nozicka
1 Nov 1901 19 Nov 1965
Row 2 south to north
Joseph A Koranda
22 Jul 1922 27 Jan 1967
Joe Cherovsky Rose Cherovsky
14 Mar 1889 9 Jul 1972 22 Jul 1891 14 Dec 1968
Emil J Dolezal
25 Nov 1898 13 Dec 1955
Lisa Marie, dau of Richard & Wilma Zimola
1 May 1974 18 Mar 1975
Joseph Zimola
18 Mar 1953 21 Mar 1953
Page 22 St Francis Cemetery - Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska
Frank I Spicka
2 Feb 1804 10 Jan 1971
Charles W Breunig
15 Oct 1890 11 Dec 1951
Mary Polak Frank J Polak
1870 - 1954 1865 - 1963
Row 3 north to south
Leo F Fraley Bessie F Fraley
1892 - 1956 1892 - 1971
Frances E Bazant Frank C Bazant
28 Dec 1898 2 Sep 1949 17 Dec 1893 17 Feb 1971
Rose Janecek
21 Feb 1900 8 Apr 1952
Hilda Dolezal Edward Dolezal
12 Oct 1899 15 Apr 1953 26 Mar 1900 11 Mar 1976
Bridget L Divis Fred C Divis
25 Oct 1896 20 Dec 1953 18 Oct 1877 28 Jan 1965
Donna Mae Spicka
1 Apr 1951 26 May 1952
Emil J Spicka
30 Dec 1917 15 Apr 1964
Kenneth L Noha
15 Nov 1948 28 Jan 1973
Mary Brukner Anton Brukner
1885 - 1967 1876 - 1965
Marie B Virgl
28 Aug 1898 1 Dec 1975
Joseph J Tomcak
6 Jul 1917 9 Oct 1967
Row 4 south to north
Emil Vanek
22 Jul 1909 9 Sep 1968
Page 23 St Francis Cemetery - Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska
John Oliver Brown
Nebr S1 U S Navy Res WW II
27 Sep 1927 8 Apr 1963
Joseph J Maly Anna A Maly
24 Jan 1895 15 Jan 1972 14 Oct 1897 31 Aug 1964
Joseph Frank Beranek
20 Jul 1887 24 Sep 1961
Robert R Lapour
22 Nov 1916 10 Feb 1964
Margaret Breunig Lapour
28 Aug 1920 13 Nov 1959
Ludvik Wotipka *** Bessie M. Wotipka, *** (added later)
23 Mar 1893 25 Aug 1953 10 Oct 1899 2 Apr 1987
Frank J Vybiral
14 Jun 1874 5 Feb 1952
Frank J Rezac Georgia G Rezac
2 Aug 1890 3 Mar 1952 25 May 1897 25 May 1971
Anton E Cink Alice Cink
12 Nov 1896 15 Aug 1949 17 Jun 1899 25 Feb 1969
Row 5 north to south
John W Bures Joseph Bures
17 Jul 1888 9 Sep 1974 Nebr Pvt 81 Gen Hosp WW II
7 May 1900 4 Dec 1948
Carrie M Kracl
30 Jun 1899 12 Apr 1948
Agnes R Spicka Joseph R Spicka
3 Aug 1889 10 Apr 1960 9 Jan 1887 24 Apr 1974
Edward A Berniklau
12 Aug 1893 14 Oct 1950
Antonia Janecek Vaclav Janecek
15 Dec 1879 5 Dec 1952 22 Sep 1874 24 Dec 1951
Mary K Vanek Joseph F Vanek
1880 - 1975 1879 - 1953
Marie G Bouc Jacob J Bouc
27 Nov 1884 17 Jul 1956 18 Apr 1876 24 May 1964
Page 24 St Francis Cemetery - Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska
Frances Bouc John Bouc
18 May 1885 7 Sep 1963 14 Jun 1881 20 Sep 1964
Beatrice Pospisil Jacob Pospisil
11 Jun 1913 29 Aug 1965 24 Jul 1896 3 Jul 1968
Julia Wotipka Frank Wotipka
14 Mar 1889 14 Feb 1970 18 Jun 1883 9 Oct 1965
John F Wotipka
23 Mar 1893 23 Feb 1966
Mary O Ohnoutka
2 Feb 1893 5 Sep 1974
Row 6 north to south
Marie Janecek
19 Nov 1860 11 Nov 1947
Georgia A Jelinek
19 Feb 1908 25 Jan 1977
Edward L Malm
25 Nov 1884 29 Oct 1948
Robert H Virgl Dolores L Virgl
S/Sgt AAF WW II
4 Aug 1918 27 Jun 1974 19 Nov 1925 4 Jan 1973
Row 7 south to north
Joseph J Ohnoutka
24 Jun 1894 22 Dec 1973
Frank C Meduna
Wagoner U S Army WW I
1 Nov 1891 30 Jan 1975
Frank F Benal
24 Apr 1901 29 Oct 1964
Jesse F Miller Katherine L Miller
30 Apr 1885 1 Jul 1965 18 Dec 1888 18 May 1967
Louis A Sedlacek Libby M Sedlacek
4 Jul 1902 20 Mar 1965 23 Feb 1903 15 Jul 1966
Ernest J Paseka
13 Dec 1905 13 Feb 1960
Matthew M Coady
1 Jan 1882 19 Dec 1950
Page 25 St Francis Cemetery - Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska
Caroline J Virgl Henry J C Virgl
19 Oct 1893 1 Jan 1957 8 Jun 1890 27 Mar 1950
Ferdinand W Haba Mary Haba
1 Aug 1887 29 Mar 1965 5 Dec 1891 10 Dec 1947
John A Busek
7 Jul 1880 17 Apr 1947
Frank Swoboda Mary Swoboda
3 Dec 1873 28 Jun 1972 10 Jun 1882 2 Mar 1947
Row 8 north to south
Anna Prokop Vendolin Prokop
1870 - 1951 1868 - 1949
Arthur Rasmussen Ruth B Rasmussen
31 Jan 1884 11 Jul 1965 1 Jul 1885 31 Mar 1945
Amelia P Kavan
27 May 1913 17 Jan 1946
Mary F Mastera Thomas M Mastera
5 Oct 1885 22 Oct 1964 21 Dec 1880 4 Feb 1975
Albert James Divis
Nebr CWT U S Navy Ras WW II
5 Dec 1915 11 Feb 1963
Vincie M Zimola James C Zimola
8 Jan 1888 12 Mar 1968 11 Aug 1884 22 Dec 1969
James F Swoboda
26 Sep 1891 20 Jul 1965
John F Houdek
7 Jun 1905 25 Apr 1966
Marie Cihal
26 Apr 1909 24 Dec 1968
Row 9 south to north
William L Fanning
9 Apr 1904 27 Dec 1968
Anna J Wesely
28 Jul 1905 25 Feb 1974
Page 26 St Francis Cemetery - Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska
Richard D Shonka - WW II Angelyn M Shonka
10 Mar 1925 9 Jun 1964 19 May 1923 9 Jun 1964
son, Richard D Shonka
15 Nov 1948 9 Jun 1964
Emil E Rezek Margaret M Rezek
14 Feb 1891 25 Sep 1965 29 Feb 1892 22 Jan 1973
Ralph G Krumpus
15 Jan 1916 19 Jul 1959
Anna M Divis
4 Jun 1890 6 Sep 1959
Adolph F Maly Evelyn M Maly
15 Mar 1907 30 Aug 1940 22 Sep 1910 23 Dec 1955
Louis J Noha Anna Noha
15 Jun 1882 2 Oct 1972 28 Aug 1884 17 Apr 1970
Joseph L Ficenec Anna T Ficenec
1866 - 1945 1867 - 1947
Row 10 north to south
Katherina Musil John Musil
13 Apr 1878 13 Mar 1946 29 Nov 1872 31 Dec 1950
Henrietta Hase Field Herbert H Field
1895 - 1965 1894 - 1967 WW I
Caroline T Simanek Joseph I Simanek
7 Aug 1886 28 Jun 1965 15 May 1884 2 Oct 1966
Joseph A Rezek
4 Mar 1881 24 Dec 1956
Marie M Kuhn Carol J Kuhn Johnson
6 Mar 1919 2 Nov1951 1 Nov1940 23 Oct 1967
wed on 9 May 1959
Edward A Rezek
24 Apr 1898 27 Mar 1955
Louis Meduna
6 Jan 1893 21 Oct 1965
Martin Wotipka
20 Oct 1889 6 Sep 1967
Herman T Thiesen
26 Jul 1903 11 Feb 1969
Page 27 St Francis Cemetery - Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska
Row 11 south to north
Anna Buresh
1898 - 1975
Linda Sue Specht
19 Jul 1951 18 Jun 1968
Wencelaus P Hruby
8 Sep 1897 16 May 1955
William J Bovill Hazel G Bovill
1881 - 1963 1891 - 1964
Frank Macura
1882 - 1952
William H Haugh
1905 - 1955
Martin Chvatal Mary Ann Chvatal
18 Apr 1891 26 Nov 1968 16 Jun 1893 21 May 1951
Charles Pospisil Rose A Pospisil
15 May 1884 25 Mar 1973 9 Oct 1886 30 Sep 1962
Ernest Travnicek
1911 - 1945
Jesse Phelan Mabel Phelan
26 Oct 1882 5 Aug 1975 18 Feb 1883 11 Sep 1969
Mabel C Kirchmann
26 May 1917 15 Feb 1945
Dennis M Dwyer Mathilda M Dwyer
1880 - 1944 1891 - 1954
Jacob Wernsman
3 Aug 1894 13 Apr 1954
New Section St Francis/Sunrise Cemeteries - Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska (See map)
John Vaca, *** (added later)
Cpl. US Army
World War II
24 Apr 1923 3 Jun 1999
