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Lil Marek Skrivanek, 74, of Plano, Texas, formerly of Austin, Texas, and College Station, Texas, died August 17, after a long illness.

The fourth child of Frank and Rosie Marek, she was born in Burleson County, Texas, on October 4, 1919. She graduated from Caldwell High School and attended the University of Texas at Austin. For many years she served on the Board of Directors of the Czech Educational Foundation. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. John M. Skrivanek, a founder of the Czech Educational Foundation of Texas and Texas A&M University professor of modern languages.

She is survived by her son, John David Skrivanek of Bellaire, Texas; daughters, Deanne Butterfield of Memphis, Tennessee, and Sharon Skrivanek-Clark of Plano, Texas; four grandchildren, Kelly Jones Capps of Washington, D.C., Chris Jones of Los Angeles, California, and Andrew and Allison Clark of Plano, Texas; sisters, Rose Skrabanek and Annie Kubelka of Caldwell, Texas; brother, Ted Marek of San Marcos, Texas; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Private interment will be at the College Station Cemetery.

A memorial service will be held in Austin at the Faith Community Church, 1800 Peyton Gin Road, at 11:00 AM, Saturday, August 20, 1994, The Reverend H.E. Beseda officiating.

Sparkman/Hillcrest, 7405 W. Northwest Hwy., Dallas, Texas 75225. 214-363-5401

(Published in The Austin American-Statesman on August 19, 1994)

Lillie — John Marion Skrivanek. John (son of Joseph John Skrivanek, Sr. and Mary Rose Drgac) was born 6 Jun 1913, Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA; died 27 Dec 1972, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA; was buried 29 Dec 1972, College Station Cemetery - College Station, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. D.D. Skrivanek
2. J.D. Skrivanek
3. S.L. Skrivanek

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Saturday Rites Scheduled For Frank Marek

Frank Marek Sr., 69, died Thursday night in a Bryan hospital.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday from teh Czech-Moravian Brethren Church in Caldwell under the direction of the Harvey-Schiller Funeral Home in Caldwell. Burial will be in New Tabor Cemetery near Caldwell.

Marek is survived by his widow, Mrs. Rose Marek; two sons, Theodore J. Marek of Austin and Frank T. Marek of Caldwell; three daugthers, Mrs. Rose Skrabanek and Mrs. Annie Kubelka, both of Caldwell and Mrs. Lil Skrivanek of College Station and by eight grandchildren and nine brothers and sisters.

(Published in The Austin American-Statesman on June 7, 1957)

Frank married Rosie Anna Skrivanek 29 Sep 1908, Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA. Rosie (daughter of Joseph Skrivanek and Anna Mucha) was born 22 Oct 1890, Cooks Point, Burleson County, Texas, USA; died 4 Sep 1984, Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA; was buried 8 Sep 1984, New Tabor Cemetery - Caldwell, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Rosie Anna Marek passed away September 4, 1984 in St. Joseph's Hospital in Bryan, Texas.

Sister Marek was born October 22, 1890 in the New Tabor community, the daughter of Joseph Skrivanek and Anna Mucha Skrivanek. She was married to Frank Marek, Jr. September 29, 1908 in the home of her parents in the New Tabor Community by the late Rev. Chlumsky. He preceded her in death June 6, 1957.

Mrs. Marek was a homemaker and a faithful and active member of the Caldwell Brethren Church, Sunday School and Christian Sisters Society. Her hobby was reading her Bible, preparing her Sunday School lessons for adult Czech class which she taught for many years in earlier days. She was very proud of her 22 years perfect attendance pin and for not missing a church service for around 30 years. She was also a member of the Mutual Aid Society, serving as Vice President at one time. In every way she had lived an exemplary Christian life, and will be missed by her Christian friends.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. September 8 in the Caldwell Brethren Church with the pastor Rev. Albert Michalik and Rev. Henry E. Beseda, pastor of the Snook Brethren Church officiating. Interment was in the New Tabor Cemetery. Her great-grand-nephew, John Crnkovic of Cooks Point, was the organist.

Sister Marek is survived by two sons, Frank P. Marek of Caldwell and Theodore J. Marek of San Marcos; daughters-in-law, Neldina Marek and Bessie Lee Marek; three daughters, Mrs. Rose Skrabanek of Caldwell, Mrs. Annie Kubelka of Caldwell and Mrs. John M. (Lil) Skrivanek of Austin; eight grandchildren, two step-grandsons, twelve great-grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Annie Marek.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Joseph Skrivanek and Frank Skrivanek and a sister, Stannie Drgac.

Pallbeareres were grandsons, John Hall, Mark Skrabanek, John Skrabanek, John David Skrivanek, Leroy Kubelka, Larry Marek, Richard Linnstaedter, Ronnie Linnstaedter, Claude Butterfield and John Clark.

May our departed sister rest in eternal peace and may her memory live with us forever.

(Published in The Vestnik SPJST Herald on November 14, 1984)

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MAREK, Rosie Anna, 93, of Caldwell died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday at Caldwell Brethren Church. Burial New Tabor Cemetery near Caldwell. (Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home, Caldwell)

(Published in The Austin American-Statesman on September 7, 1984)

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]

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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]

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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]