St. Wenceslaus Cemetery

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The St. Wenceslaus Catholic Cemetery was established on January 5, 1881 at the same planning meeting for the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church. The cemetery was used before the church was ever completed (1882), when the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Papousek died in the summer of 1881. This grave remains unmarked in the cemetery today, as is the case with several graves in the cemetery. A listing of the cemetery was published in Nebraska Ancestree, vol. 12, no. 3, Winter 1990. The issue stated that the stones were read in 1980. As I looked over the list, I noticed several errors, most notably the story about the William Heffernan burial, which is detailed at the end. I used this list as a starting point, and updated the list by walking the cemetery in June 2004. Many more errors were found in the previous list while walking the cemetery. The 1900 US Census was used to find birth months and middle initials of some individuals. From 2005-2006 newspapers were checked for obituaries and the church funeral records were consulted to find names of unmarked burials. Following is an accurate (to the best of my ability) listing of the burials in St. Wenceslaus Catholic Cemetery.

Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Notes
Babka, František J.	December 3, 1834	May 4, 1908	husband of Barbara Babka
Bedlivy, František	March 1825	February 14, 1916	unmarked
Bedlivy, Kateřina	May 1826	October 9, 1908
Benda, František		March 23, 1894	74 years old
Benda, Jan	November 25, 1887	April 25, 1900
Blaha, František	December 30, 1888	May 19, 1906
Bonne, Emma M. DeCock	November 27, 1882	August 27, 1909	wife of Edward Bonne
Bonne, Emma M. S.	August 20, 1909	September 6, 1909	dau of Edward and Emma
Brim, Barbara Rosie	February 12, 1890	September 27, 1940
Brim, Frank Edward	July 3, 1918	January 25, 2002	husband of Viola, married December 28, 1970
Brim, Frank Martin Sr.	December 31, 1882	July 14, 1970
Brim, Josefka M.	March 1850	July 31, 1916	born in Moravě
Brim, Karel M. Sr.	December 1, 1844	July 21, 1920	75 yr 7 mo 20 d
Brim, Louis	September 2, 1916	August 6, 1935
Brim, Lue Frank	December 4, 1891	July 12, 1966
Brim, Mary	January 5, 1895	January 4, 1925	wife of Lue Brim, dedicated by Mr. & Mrs. V. F. Klanecky
Brim, Ruzenka	August 10, 1908	August 22, 1908	dau of Karla and Marie
Bruha, Anna	February 20, 1851	June 21, 1943
Bruha, Emma	July 9, 1899	March 15, 1904
Bruha, František	June 17, 1918	September 28, 1919
Bruha, Josef	December 12, 1840	January 13, 1902	husband of Anna Bruha
Bruha, Paul Edward	March 5, 1974	March 6, 1974
Bruha, Vincenc	October 7, 1896	September 23, 1919
Čech, Antonie	May 23, 1879	April 9, 1915
Cerny, Frank Joseph	November 17, 1884	November 27, 1966
Cerny, Julia A.	February 1, 1890	August 6, 1974
Chalupa, Anna C.	October 20, 1855	October 22, 1931
Chalupa, Frank L.	October 14, 1849	January 31, 1938
Chalupsky, Antonia Agnes	May 6, 1885	December 20, 1974
Chalupsky, Jacob Joseph	June 5, 1878	February 12, 1968
Conley, Andrew		October 8, 1892	63 years old
Denskey, Joseph		April 27, 1895	63 years old
Epp, Otto	October 8, 1884	May 1, 1908	born in Germany, stone hidden in a lilac bush
Foral, August Anton	July 29, 1886	January 31, 1983
Foral, Emma E.	May 8, 1904	May 1, 1933
Foral, Frank John	1856	July 21, 1938
Foral, Josefa M.	January 16, 1860	August 2, 1955
Foral, Marie	March 4, 1888	May 6, 1971
Francl, Joe	January 28, 1890	May 30, 1907
Grunwald, Wenceslaus Joseph	September 23, 1914	September 30, 1914	unmarked, son of Albert and Marie
Heffernan, Jennie	March 1892	March 6, 1901	dau of John
Heffernan, John	1853	April 27, 1918
Heffernan, Margaret	May 1851	November 3, 1934
Heffernan, Margaret	March 7, 1884	February 25, 1917	dau of Mr. and Mrs. John
Heffernan, Mary	December 1882	September 19, 1883	dau of John
Heffernan, William H.	September 19, 1887	March 17, 1936	see story below
Holoun, Albina Anna	December 29, 1876	July 11, 1947
Holoun, Joseph Frank	December 1869	January 19, 1948
Holzinger, Infant Daughter	July 9, 1921	July 9, 1921	unmarked, dau of Joseph and Theresia
Holzinger, Marketa	October 1830	March 2, 1911
Hosek, Agnes Anna	August 10, 1888	April 19, 1974
Hosek, Anna M.	August 30, 1917	May 29, 1999
Hosek, Emil Edward	May 21, 1915	December 13, 1993	D.A.V.
Hošek, František	February 28, 1888	March 11, 1891
Hošek, Josef	March 11, 1884	March 12, 1891
Hosek, Joseph E.	August 31, 1912	May 16, 1998	PFC U.S. Army Air Forces WW II
Hosek, Joseph Rudolph	April 22, 1886	November 11, 1965
Hošek, Kateřina		1891
Hosek, Lyduska Marie	May 28, 1920	October 15, 1920	dau of Vaclav Hosek
Hosek, Mary E.	November 6, 1920	February 19, 2006
Hosek, Matej		January 18, 1890
Hosek, Václav	September 28, 1889	March 21, 1891
Hošek, Vojtěch		1890	Shown on previous listing, grave could not be found
Hosek-Bailey, Mary Albina	January 23, 1900	July 18, 1992
Hulinsky, Marie	September 8, 1849	July 20, 1905
Hulinsky, Vojtěch (Albert)	1841	August 13, 1896	stone has skull & crossbones
John, Marie Kosmata	1870	1891
Kamarad, Charlotte M. Hansen	November 15, 1930		married October 8, 1949
Kamarad, Frances Julia	January 4, 1901	March 24, 1993
Kamarad, Joseph Richard	July 25, 1894	December 8, 1988	Pvt. U.S. Army, WW I
Kamarad, Leonard Rudolph	March 5, 1930	June 2, 1996	DK3 U.S. Navy, Korea, married October 8, 1949
Kamarad, Randall James	September 2, 1960	September 3, 1960
Kelley, Emily E. Weverka	March 21, 1926
Kelley, Richard William	December 10, 1921	November 20, 1994
Klanecky, Barbora Josephine	December 4, 1866	June 1, 1935
Klanecký, Josef	October 18, 1847	December 26, 1912	“Woodmen of the World Memorial”
Klanecký, Karolina	March 21, 1861	September 28, 1936
Klanecky, Vaclav F.	September 27, 1866	November 5, 1957
Klapal, Jan	December 1822	1906
Klapal, Jan	August 19, 1857	January 18, 1900
Klíma, František	October 26, 1879	April 15, 1882	bones buried in casket with mother, Anna Klíma Voráček
Klíma, Matěj	February 24, 1837	November 20, 1883
Kokes, Anna M.	April 1887	June 19, 1967
Kokes, Emily	December 26, 1908	January 13, 1909	dau of John J. & Anna M.
Kokes, John Joseph	February 18, 1885	October 26, 1961
Kokeš, Josef	August 24, 1836	July 11, 1896
Kokeš, Teresie Rose	October 5, 1877	August 10, 1901	wife of Jan
Kokše, Antonie	no dates	no dates	dau of Josef Kokeš, died at age of 9 mo 10 d
Kokše, Jan	April 5, 1895	December 25, 1896	son of Jan, died at age of 1 yr 8 mo 29 d
Kolar, Bozenka and Ruženka	April 3, 1912	May 3, 1912
Kolar, Frank J.	December 21, 1883	May 13, 1949
Kolar, František M.	June 17, 1930	April 17, 1931
Kolar, Minnie J.	October 15, 1909	February 3, 1910
Kolar, Tillie Josephine	May 10, 1887	August 17, 1965
Kosmata, Francis	October 4, 1868	November 17, 1891
Kosmata, Minnie	August 19, 1899	September 4, 1899
Kosmata Son		June 1889	unmarked, son of Joseph
Koupal, Anna	October 1844	November 14, 1909	65 years old
Koupal, Anton	May 9, 1825	June 19, 1913
Krbel, Anna W.	December 8, 1884	July 28, 1910	maiden name: Chalupa
Krikac, Bartholomew Cyril	January 12, 1838	August 12, 1897
Krikac, Marie	June 1, 1842	February 13, 1924
Krikac, Thomas J.	March 6, 1871	November 15, 1891
Křikače, Josef	August 29, 1897	February 10, 1898	son of Václav and Josefa
Krish, Mary	March 17, 1890	August 28, 1897	dau of Joseph and Mary
Kriss, James	September 27, 1873	November 14, 1946
Kriss, Joseph	July 25, 1914	April 30, 1981
Kriss, Mary Ann	February 14, 1874	June 20, 1966
Kriss, William	June 10, 1912	May 2, 1989
Kriz, Annie	January 1843	December 11, 1907	64 years old
Kriz, Frank	June 1835	February 17, 1925	89 years old
Kruml, Prokop	November 19, 1883	April 12, 1895
Kruml, Vaclav	February 5, 1897	June 3, 1898
Krumlova (Kruml), Marie	May 17, 1892	September 13, 1915
Leska, Alois	June 25, 1892	September 9, 1963
Leska, Antonia K.	June 8, 1892	May 9, 1984
Leska, Infant	January 24, 1924	January 24, 1924	Baby of Alois and Antonia
Leska, Lillian Rose	December 5, 1925	October 23, 1943
Lola, Jan	December 24, 1848	October 28, 1908	born in Moravé, Okres Křižanov
Lola, John W.	February 9, 1895	June 5, 1954
Lola, Joseph	January 19, 1930	January 24, 1930
Lola, Julia V.	February 20, 1906	June 1, 1998
Lola, Mary	July 26, 1851	June 26, 1943
Lukeš, Evelyn E.	June 11, 1894	June 11, 1894
Lukeš, John	May 7, 1909	May 7, 1909
Mach, Anna	January 11, 1902	August 17, 1903
McDonald, Moras	July 1849	November 7, 1905	53 years old
Moravec, Albina Frances	October 30, 1880	April 6, 1966
Moravec, Henry Martin	December 8, 1909	January 29, 1922
Moravec, Joseph J.	March 19, 1881	September 27, 1963
Nekuda, Františka	1848	March 8, 1914
Nekuda, Marie	September 1902	April 1903	unmarked, dau of Charles
Nemeskal, Peter	October 1849	February 8, 1921
Nemeskal, Sophie	May 5, 1844	November 26, 1931
Novak, Cecilie	November 6, 1841	January 30, 1929
Novák, Jan		May 29, 1890	53 years old
Novotný, Alzběta	February 28, 1859	October 7, 1890
Novotný, Barbora	May 26, 1889	July 27, 1889
Novotný, Jan	November 18, 1883	October 10, 1886
Oliva, Bozěna	May 28, 1883	March 11, 1916
Oliva, Katherine	March 1916	March 1916	buried with Bozěna Oliva
Oliva, Mary	1902	April 3, 1916	dau of Mr.&Mrs. F. Oliva
Palan, Anna	July 19, 1861	June 16, 1928
Palan, Jan	May 1857	January 12, 1902
Palan, Vincent	April 1899	1909
Papousek, Infant		Summer 1881	unmarked, dau of Mr. & Mrs. Martin
Papousek Child		June 27, 1892	unmarked, child of Frank, 18 months old
Parkos, Anna Emma	August 18, 1885	April 4, 1955
Parkos, Antonia	June 8, 1865	August 2, 1935
Parkos, František		1891
Parkos, Josef	January 6, 1889	February 24, 1904
Parkos, Josef Frank	January 12, 1878	October 2, 1921
Parkos, Maria	August 25, 1874	February 20, 1891
Parkos, Marie	April 12, 1859	August 5, 1933
Parkos, Vaclav	January 9, 1859	December 20, 1935
Parkos, Vojtěch	October 15, 1855	March 23, 1931
Parkosova (Parkos), Eliška	February 19, 1904	February 8, 1917	murdered at the age of 12 yr 11 mo 20 d
Parkosova (Parkos), Františka	October 1849	April 5, 1903	wife of Matej Parkos, born in Kalalova
Parkosova (Parkos), Františka	October 28, 1862	June 19, 1903	wife of Vaclav Parkos, born in Jihlavske v Cechăch
Peňás, Kateřina	July 18, 1844	November 20, 1912
Penas, Marie Holounová		May 23, 1907	40 years old
Pesek, Jerry James	September 27, 1926	July 10, 1978	PFC U.S. Army, WW II
Pesek, Mildred Ruth	July 14, 1921	November 27, 1989
Pilný, František		August 20, 1892	65 years old
Pokorny Son		January 16, 1908	son of John, 6 years old
Polak, Antonie	March 2, 1854	January 3, 1926	maiden name: Kuklisova
Polak, František J. J.	September 25, 1889	December 20, 1918
Polak, Joseph J.	September 28, 1857	August 9, 1927
Prestle, Bibiana	December 26, 1844	March 14, 1904	wife of M. Prestle, 59 yr 2 mo 17 d, stone says death date March 13, 1904, other sources state March 14, 1904
Prestle, Michael	January 10, 1851	December 17, 1911	born in Bayern (Bavaria), died in Ord, Nebraska
Proskocil, Anton Stanley	May 7, 1926	January 5, 1927
Ptacnik, Infant twins	June 17, 1937	June 17, 1937	twins of Mr. and Mrs. Lumir - boy and girl
Ptacnik, Frank	November 14, 1898	November 30, 1898
Ptacnik, Frank	August 25, 1905	September 20, 1905
Ptacnik, John	January 1, 1945	January 1, 1945	son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Ptačnik, Joseph	February 12, 1853	June 17, 1936
Ptacnik, Kateřina	November 25, 1884	April 7, 1902	dau of Josef and Kateřina
Ptačnik, Kateřina A.	November 1, 1854	December 17, 1928
Ptacnik, Willie	August 19, 1898	August 19, 1898
Puncochar, Frank J.	April 2, 1894	October 14, 1913
Rousek, Anna	August 14, 1889	December 18, 1912	wife of Jan Rousek
Rysavy, Josef	1835	October 9, 1906
Scheinost, Albina		Before 1900	unmarked, dau of Emanuel
Seda, Antonia	May 20, 1856	March 13, 1948
Seda, Frank	June 26, 1854	December 22, 1932
Sedlacek, Alice J.	October 10, 1913	September 23, 1947
Sedlacek, Anna B.	October 7, 1883	May 18, 1972
Sedlacek, George B.	May 18, 18861886	June 9, 1956
Sedlacek, John Louis	December 23, 1890	March 31, 1955	Pvt. U.S. Army, WW I
Sedlacek, Mary	July 23, 1853	November 19, 1934	unmarked, next to Václav
Sedlacek, Václav	May 1844	March 3, 1921	76 years old
Severin, Benedikt		February 14, 1890	18 years old
Shimek, Barbara	1908	July 13, 1943
Silver, Teddy	1926	1926
Slaviček, Bessie (Boženka)	August 28, 1895	December 31, 1914
Slavicek, Fannie	April 13, 1881	January 3, 1913
Slavicek, Frank	July 14, 1868	May 4, 1914
Slavicek, Rose	August 20, 1881	May 2, 1914
Šlegel, Anna	October 22, 1849	September 13, 1924
Slegel, Jim	January 4, 1886	June 14, 1965	uncle
Slegel, Mary	November 22, 1887	June 18, 1962	aunt
Šlegel, Pavel (Paul)	November 8, 1846	December 26, 1894
Smolik, Emma Marie	December 25, 1911	December 25, 1911	dau of Mr & Mrs L. J. Smolik
Smolik, Joseph	March 1820	February 24, 1910	unmarked
Smolik, Marie	December 1836	December 14, 1909	unmarked
Tomes, Florian	October 18, 1837	January 19, 1919
Tomes, Josef	December 22, 1901	March 22, 1903	son of Alojze and Kateřina
Tomeš, Kateřina	September 1840	November 18, 1914	wife of Florian Tomeš
Turek, Antonia M.	September 16, 1882	November 21, 1972
Turek, Matt Adolph	September 1, 1874	January 11, 1944
Valasek, Emma A.	August 4, 1885	February 20, 1981
Valasek, Frank Joseph	June 6, 1877	September 21, 1925
Valášek, Jan	April 29, 1898	April 29, 1898
Valášek, Josef	April 19, 1846	March 19, 1910
Valasek, Vojtěch F.	July 25, 1887	June 22, 1910
Valáškova (Valášek), Anna	June 29, 1844	March 25, 1920
Veverka, Adela M.	September 16, 1883	March 2, 1953
Veverka, Frank A.	February 26, 1878	December 23, 1940
Veverka, Martin Sr.	November 14, 1845	July 5, 1920	77 years old
Veverka, Vilém	1888	1890
Visek, Anne Marie	October 28, 1913	July 29, 2003
Višek, Emily Katherine	January 3, 1916	June 10, 1942
Višek, Vaclav John	May 23, 1878	July 16, 1943
Vodehnal, Alice B.	October 26, 1905	August 2, 1907	dau of Jindricha and Emmy
Vodehnal, Josef	April 25, 1875	September 11, 1905
Vodehnalova (Vodehnal), Emilie	March 15, 1886	March 28, 1896
Volf, Agnes	October 15, 1921	October 16, 1921	unmarked
Volf, Anna	July 20, 1864	November 18, 1928	wife of Frank
Volf, Frank	January 1853	November 27, 1913
Volf, Frank	October 15, 1921	October 16, 1921	unmarked
Voráček, Anna Klíma	January 20, 1844	October 23, 1923
Waldmann, Alice Catherine	April 4, 1910	April 15, 2001
Waldmann, Joseph John	September 19, 1871	May 27, 1958
Waldmann, Katherine Frances	January 22, 1877	June 28, 1973
Waldmann, Lawrence Joseph	November 13, 1905	October 3, 2004	married February 28, 1933
Waldmann, Loretta Ellen	December 25, 1910	April 23, 1992	married February 28, 1933
Waldmann, William Englebert	May 14, 1899	January 10, 1945
Weverka, Emanuel Frank	August 4, 1910	May 10, 1970
Weverka, Emma E.	January 1, 1887	August 20, 1975
Weverka, Frantiska	July 1842	February 25, 1931	88 years old
Weverka Infant		December 18, 1899	unmarked, child of Joseph, 10 or 11 months old
Weverka Infant		March 8, 1901	unmarked, son of Joseph, 3 months old
Weverka, John Henry	February 8, 1883	January 4, 1963
Weverka, Karel	October 9, 1893	October 20, 1913
Weverka, Martin Joseph	November 11, 1885	July 23, 1965
Weverka, Pauline E.	December 1885	April 26, 1972
Woracek, Anna Mary	July 6, 1886	May 18, 1968	sister
Woráček, Barbora	August 3, 1893	February 23, 1915	maiden name: Ptáčnikova
Woracek, John	January 28, 1874	December 21, 1955
Woráček, Josef	March 20, 1884	May 13, 1896
Woráček, Marie	April 22, 1845	July 9, 1898
Woracek, Mate J.	February 22, 1838	April 8, 1926
Woracek, Matthew	July 14, 1889	September 2, 1973	brother
Woráček, Vilém	October 31, 1914	November 24, 1914
Zadina, Lucie	September 23, 1889	February 13, 1913

The grave of William H. Heffernan is located to the south of the main cemetery, close to the fence. The listing in Nebraska Ancestree stated this false story in regards to the reason for the burial location: “It is said that from time to time, Wm. fell out of grace with the priest. At the time of his death they were not getting along, and that is the reason his grave is located along the fence line.” This was not the case. Heffernan committed suicide by hanging himself on March 17, 1936, due to his financial condition. After his mother passed away in 1934, Bill’s sister Nellie Irwin wanted to settle the estate. Due to back taxes not paid, the farm was sold at a referee’s sale to Joseph Waldmann, who was supposed to gain possession on March 1, 1936. Bill kept asking for extensions, and finally committed suicide. The reason that he was not buried in the main cemetery was at that time, people who committed suicide could not be buried in a Catholic cemetery. It had nothing to do with getting along with the priest. Even if he was getting along with the priest, he still could not have been buried in the cemetery at that time.

The Nebraska Ancestree also stated: “Other graves to the east of the main cemetery are not marked and no one knows names.” I have never heard of any graves to the east of the main cemetery. I have never found evidence of graves in that area. Many of the older graves (and these would have to be older graves) in the cemetery have sunk slightly or quite a bit, requiring filling. If there were graves in this area, more than likely there would be at least one that had sunk. I found no evidence of this. It is also highly unlikely that there are graves in this part of the cemetery because this area is on the side of a hill. It is not overly steep, but it seems like the digging of graves stopped at the easternmost point possible in the cemetery.

Grave of William H. “Bill” Heffernan, located south of the cemetery near the fence