Notes:

Obituary:

Mrs. John K. Drgac Succumbs Tuesday

Funeral services for Mrs. John K. (Stannie Skrivanek) Drgac were held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, September 28, in the Caldwell Brethren Church, with the Rev. Daniel J. Marek officiation, assisted by the Rev. Herman Bulman. Mrs. Ernest Homeyer served as organist and accompanied the Caldwell Brethren Church choir as they sang "In the Garden" and "My Faith Looks Up to Thee". Mrs. Drgac passed away Tuesday, September 26, in St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan. She had been a patient there since September 4. She had always enjoyed good health until October 1956, when she fell and fractured her hip. Since then, she needed someone to care for her. She was up and about in the house, but was confined to bed in the hospital for 22 days.

Born in Wesley, Texas on May 24, 1877 to Joseph and Annie Skrivanek, she moved with her parents to Burleson County when she was three years old, and spent all of the rest of her life in this county. She was confirmed in the New Tabor Church on May 20, 1894. She served as Sunday School teacher and was always active in church work. She was a lifetime member of the Brethren Church and was also member of the Mutual Aid Society.

On November 20, 1898 she was married to John K. Drgac by the Rev. Mr. Opicencky. The couple observed their 57th wedding anniversary several months before Mr. Drgac preceded her in death on June 15, 1955. Five children were born to this union, and one infant daughter also preceded her mother in death.

Mrs. Drgac enjoyed working with flowers, sewing, cooking, and especially loved her grandchildren.

Survivors include one son, Alvin Drgac of Caldwell; three daughters, Miss Lydia Drgac, Miss Annie Laurie Drgac and Mrs. William (Mildred) Crnkovic, all of Caldwell; four grandchildren, Billy, John Bart and Joe Dan Crnkovic, and Douglas Drgac; two brothers, Joe and Frank Skrivanek, both of Caldwell; and two sisters, Mrs. Rosie and Mrs. Annie Marek, both of Caldwell.

Pallbearers were Dr. John M. Skrivanek of College Station, Dr. Ervin Skrivanek of Ennis, Julius Skrivanek of Bryan, Bill Crnkovic, Jr. of Caldwell, Theodore Marek of Austin, and John, Wilton and Melvin Marek, all of Caldwell.

Interment was in the New Tabor Cemetery under the direction of Harvey-Schiller Funeral Home.

ATTEND FUNERAL

Those who attended Mrs. Drgac's funeral from out of town were: from El Campo, William J. Skrivanek; Austin, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Marek and children, and Mrs. Frank Bednar, Sr.; Cameron, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Drgac; College Station, Dr. and Mrs. John M. Skrivanek and Sharon; Ennis, Dr. E.J. Skrivanek; Rockdale, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Skrivanek and Mr. Joe J. Skrivanek, Sr.; Bryan, Mrs. Fred L. Robinson, Rev. and Mrs. Alvin Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. A.R. Denney, Mrs. Sue Sanders Loew, Miss Marybell McDonald, Miss Eugenia West, Miss Willie M. Boyd, Miss Inez Brantner, Miss Gertrude Standley, Mrs. Audrey Barnett, Mr. Mary Bravenec, Mrs. Ella C. Merka and Mrs. Mary C. Fuller.

(Published in The Caldwell Burleson County Citizen and News on October 5, 1961)

Stanislava married John K. Drgac 20 Nov 1898 (Married by Rev. Mr. Opicencky), Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA. John (son of Joseph Daniel Drgac, Sr. and Anna Mynar) was born 30 Dec 1876, Burleson County, Texas, USA; died 15 Jun 1955, Cooks Point, Burleson County, Texas, USA; was buried 16 Jun 1955, New Tabor Cemetery - Caldwell, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Stanislava Rosalie Drgac was born 6 Jan 1900, Burleson County, Texas, USA; died 6 Apr 1901, Burleson County, Texas, USA; was buried , Slovak Cemetery - Caldwell, Texas, USA.
2. Lydia Annie Drgac was born 15 Jan 1903, Burleson County, Texas, USA; died 21 Nov 1992, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA; was buried 23 Nov 1992, New Tabor Cemetery - Caldwell, Texas, USA.
3. Annie Laurie Drgac was born 26 Feb 1913, Burleson County, Texas, USA; died 20 Mar 1978, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA; was buried 22 Mar 1978, New Tabor Cemetery - Caldwell, Texas, USA.
4. Alvin Johnnie Drgac was born 25 Nov 1917, Burleson County, Texas, USA; died 26 Aug 1993, Cooks Point, Burleson County, Texas, USA; was buried 28 Aug 1993, New Tabor Cemetery - Caldwell, Texas, USA.
5. Mildred Minnie Drgac was born 11 Apr 1919, Cooks Point, Burleson County, Texas, USA; died 28 Feb 2009, Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA; was buried 4 Mar 2009, New Tabor Cemetery - Caldwell, Texas, USA.

Joseph married Anna Mucha 23 Nov 1875, Washington County, Texas, USA. Anna (daughter of Martin Mucha and Marie Holubec) was born 19 May 1859, Stredokluky, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic; died 19 May 1938, Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA; was buried 20 May 1938, New Tabor Cemetery - Caldwell, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Obituary:

Mrs. Skrivanek Buried May 19th

Was Resident Of County Fifty-Eight Years

Mrs. Anna Mucha Skrivanek, a resident of Burleson County for the past 58 years, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John K. Drgac, in the Cook's Point community, Thursday, May 19.

Mrs. Skrivanek was born in Czechoslovakia on May 19, 1859, and came to America in 1872, at the age of 13. Her family settled at Wesley, Washington County. Here on November 23, 1875, she was married to Joseph Skrivanek. In 1880, she and her husband moved by wagon to the New Tabor community in Burleson County, where she lived continuously on the farm which they then bought until within a year of her death. Her husband and two children preceded her in death.

Funeral services were held Friday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John K. Drgac, with burial in the New Tabor cemetery. The Revs. Jos. Barton, Granger, and H.E. Beseda, Caldwell, officiated. Burial was in charge of Harvey-Schiller.

Survivors include two sons, Joseph and Frank Skrivanek; three daughters, Mrs. John K. Drgac, Mrs. Frank Marek, Mrs. Hynek Marek; twenty-two grand-children, and one great-grand-child, all of Burleson County.

(Published in The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger on May 26, 1938)

Joseph — Anna Rosina Bravinec. Anna (daughter of Jan Bravinec and Terezi Slezak) was born 18 Nov 1808, Moravia, Austria-Hungary; died 11 Dec 1892, Hallettsville, Lavaca County, Texas, USA; was buried , Mikeska Cemetery - Lavaca County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Death Notice:

Died at 86 Years of Age

Last Monday, Martin Muca, a Bohemian, died at the residence of his son-in-law, Joe Skrivanek, in the New Tabor settlement. The old gentleman was 86 years old when he died.

He was buried at New Tabor.

(Published in The Caldwell News-Chronicle on May 2, 1902)

Martin — Marie Holubec. Marie was born 5 Dec 1838, Moravia, Austria-Hungary; died 20 Nov 1893, Cooks Point, Burleson County, Texas, USA; was buried , New Tabor Cemetery - Caldwell, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

Josef — Terezie Celustka. Terezie was born 1780, Jaroslavice, Moravia, Austria. [Group Sheet]

Jan — Terezi Slezak. Terezi was born 2 Feb 1777. [Group Sheet]