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Josephine Anna Vodraska Shors

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Birth	:	19 Apr 1879 Czech Republic
Death	:	2 Feb 1960 Pocahontas, Pocahontas County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Calvary Cemetery, Pocahontas, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.7335000, -94.6597000
Description	:	"Pocahontas Record Democrat" Feb 11, 1960 page 1. "Last Rites Held for Mrs. Shors Here Thursday" "Last rites were held Thursday morning in SS. Peter and Paul's Catholic church for Mrs. James Shors, 80, who died Tuesday, Feb. 2, in her home, the Rev. Fr. Walter Bruch officiated at the requiem High Mass. Mass servers were David Shors, Larry Bartosh, Roger ...linger and Joe Malecek. Pall bearers were Marvin Bartosh, Al Vodraska, Lawrence Seifried, Geo. Shott and Wesley Poduska. Interment was in the Calvary cemetery. Josephine Vodraska, a daughter of Frank and Anna... Read More	"Pocahontas Record Democrat" Feb 11, 1960 page 1. "Last Rites Held for Mrs. Shors Here Thursday" "Last rites were held Thursday morning in SS. Peter and Paul's Catholic church for Mrs. James Shors, 80, who died Tuesday, Feb. 2, in her home, the Rev. Fr. Walter Bruch officiated at the requiem High Mass. Mass servers were David Shors, Larry Bartosh, Roger ...linger and Joe Malecek. Pall bearers were Marvin Bartosh, Al Vodraska, Lawrence Seifried, Geo. Shott and Wesley Poduska. Interment was in the Calvary cemetery. Josephine Vodraska, a daughter of Frank and Anna Vodraska, was born April 19, 1879 in Czechoslavakia. At the age of two she came with her parents to Pocahontas. On Jan. 7, 1902, she was married to James Shors in SS. Peter and Paul's Church. They were the parents of one son, Leo Shors, and one daughter, Mrs. Joe (Lillian) Pierick, both of Pocahontas. They farmed east of Pocahontas for 32 years and moved into town in 1934. Mrs. Shors was active in SS. Peter and Paul's Ladies Social Society. She died of a heart attack in her home. Surviving besides her husband and children are: three sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Mary Hronek, Mrs. Anna Poduska, Mrs. Joe Bartosh and John Vodraska, all of Pocahontas and Louis Vodraska of Mallard; three grandchildren and three great-granchildren. Relatives and friends who came from a distance to attend the funeral included: Mr. and Mrs. Howard Whaley of Spirit Lake, Mrs. Louise Tuttle of Montgomery and Joyce Shors of Cedar Rapids. Others were from Pomeroy, Curlow, Havelock, Emmetsburg and Mallard." Contributed by Ann Bowler #46893124

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Josephine Anna Vodraska Shors's memorial is located at: Calvary Cemetery, Pocahontas, Pocahontas County, USA.
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Josephine Anna Vodraska Shors death on 2 Feb 1960 in Pocahontas, Pocahontas County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.7335000
Longitude: -94.6597000

Family Members:

Parent

Frantisek Josef Vodraska

(1848 - 1918)

Anna Maria Slavaca Vodraska

(1853 - 1931)

Spouse

James Edward Shors

(1880 - 1971)

Siblings

Frank John Vodraska

(1881 - 1952)

Anna Dorothy Vodraska Poduska

(1884 - 1970)

Mary Magdalene Vodraska Hronek

(1886 - 1973)

Joseph A Vodraska

(1887 - 1948)

Agnes L. Vodraska Bartosh

(1889 - 1984)

John Charles Vodraska

(1891 - 1960)

Anthony William Vodraska

(1893 - 1956)

Louis Edward Vodraska

(1894 - 1966)

Children

Lillian Frances Shors Pierick

(1902 - 1996)

Leo James Shors

(1903 - 1993)

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Coordinate: 42.7335000, -94.6597000

2. Summit Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.7315000, -94.6595000

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Coordinate: 42.6176000, -94.5893500

12. Palmer Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6166992, -94.5894012

13. Powhatan Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.8557396, -94.5801773

14. Saint Johns Catholic Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.7332993, -94.4672012

15. Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6268997, -94.5205994

16. Dover Township Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6896100, -94.8524200

17. Marble Valley Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.7458850, -94.4430150

18. Saint Columbkilles Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6467018, -94.8443985

19. Calvary Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.8403015, -94.8368988

20. Laurens Cemetery
Laurens, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8438988, -94.8330994

21. Old Rolfe Cemetery
Rolfe, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8403511, -94.4764175

22. Marshall Cemetery
Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7633018, -94.8930969

23. Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery
Pomeroy, Calhoun County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5558014, -94.6889038

24. Union Cemetery
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