Obit: Sebesta, John (1884 - 1974)

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Surnames: Sebesta, Florian, Zapp

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 12/12/1974

Sebesta, John (15 January 1884 – 30 November 1974)

A former Neillsville area resident, John Sebesta, 90, died November 30 at Columbus Hospital in Chicago, Il., where he had been a patient for two weeks. Private services were held Monday, December 2, from the Kolbus Funeral Home on Higgins Ave. in Chicago.

Mr. Sebesta was born January 15, 1894, in Czechoslovakia to Jacob and Mary (Florian) Sebesta and was the youngest and last-remaining member of a family of 12 children. He lived in the Neillsville area for many years; farmed in the Town of Levis and was also a bricklayer.

Survivors include three sons; Robert of Rt. 3 Neillsville, and George and John of Chicago; one daughter, Mrs. Frank (Gladys) Zapp, also of Chicago; and nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Stella, in 1957.
 

 

 


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