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William Benjamin Nechanicky

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Birth	:	28 Mar 1883 Tama County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	4 Jul 1947 Traer, Tama County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.3636017, -80.6399994
Description	:	married: 21 Feb 1911 St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Clutier, Tama, Iowa William B. Nechanicky was born on his parents' farm in Sect. 20, Carroll Township, Tama County, Iowa, on September 3, 1883, the son of John and Frances (Yuska) Nechanicky, one of 11 children born to the couple. He attended a rural school in the area and assisted with the farming duties; and at age 19 moved with his parents to the farm in Section 17 of Geneseo Township, continuing to assist his father. Four years later his mother died here. On February 21, 1911, he was married to Marie E.... Read More	married: 21 Feb 1911 St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Clutier, Tama, Iowa William B. Nechanicky was born on his parents' farm in Sect. 20, Carroll Township, Tama County, Iowa, on September 3, 1883, the son of John and Frances (Yuska) Nechanicky, one of 11 children born to the couple. He attended a rural school in the area and assisted with the farming duties; and at age 19 moved with his parents to the farm in Section 17 of Geneseo Township, continuing to assist his father. Four years later his mother died here. On February 21, 1911, he was married to Marie E. Stodola at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in rural Clutier by the Rev. Father Joseph Gregor. They acquired and began housekeeping on his parents' former farm in Geneseo Township, his father and remaining children moving to a farm in Perry Township, the old “Bunker” farm two miles southeast of Traer. William and Marie had lived five years in the big old farmhouse with rambling porches on their Geneseo farm when it was completely destroyed by fire on December 10, 1916, when their second child, William, was only five days old. "Grandma" Marie Kubik was there assisting the new mother, who was still confined to her bed; and she helped the mother, baby and two-year old son evacuate the home while the men were occupied with fighting the fire. The family stayed with relatives until they could convert a small farm building into suitable living quarters, which they occupied while the new house was being built, from April to nearly the end of that year. Marie cooked meals for six carpenters and six masons, sometimes all together, while the new home was being built. The workmen slept on cots and beds in the corncrib and the tractor shed on the farm. Throughout her lifetime Marie prepared and served many meals for annual threshing rings, silo fillers, and other harvest helpers; and she was renowned for her culinary ability. Kolaches, poppy seed rolls, and houska were usually available for holiday feasts and often other times of the year. Until her later years, she baked all the bread, both white and rye, and many rolls, doughnuts, listy (she called them platsitchky [sp.?]), cookies, cakes, pies, etc. Her soup creations were endless and delicious. Everything was made without a recipe -- just by taste, feel, and appearance. In addition to Marcel and William, three other children were born on this farm -- Mildred, Celia, and Robert -- and all attended Geneseo Consolidated School, several miles east, riding school buses every day and packing sack lunches. A few times when the snowdrifts were deep, a bobsled hauled the children to and from school. In the spring of 1943 William and Marie purchased and moved to a large home in Traer, and their son, Marcel, and his family moved onto the farm. William who had suffered for years from asthma, died suddenly of a heart attack at age 63 on July 4, 1947; and Marie continued to occupy the home until she was paralyzed by a stroke in 1975. She entered the Sunrise Hill Care Center in Traer where she died of cardiopulmonary arrest due to pneumonia three years later at the age of 90. She and William are buried in St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in rural Clutier, Carroll Township, Tama County, Iowa. by Cecilia Scott; 1 Mar 1995 William Benjamin was an older child of John N. and Frances (Yuska) Nechanicky born on their farm in Section 20, Carroll Township in Tama County on September 3, 1883. He attended a rural school in the area and at age 19, moved with his parents to a purchased farm in Section 17, Geneseo Township. Four years later, his mother died there. On February 21,1911, he was married to Marie Elizabeth Stodola, at St. Wenceslaus Church, in rural Clutier, by Rev. Father Joseph Gregor. They began housekeeping on the farm in Geneseo Township acquired from his father. Marie E. Stodola was born July 2,1887, in the village of Doly, near Raboun, region of Chrudim, eastern Bohemia, 80 miles ESE of Prague. She was the daughter of Joseph and Anna (Cejka) Stodola, whose other children were Bozena (Mrs. Vaclav Drabek) and Emma (Mrs. Volak), both remaining in Bohemia. Other children who immigrated to Tama County were Anna who married Joseph Frank Pulkrabek and settled on a farm south of Traer; Joseph married Mary Kala and lived in Oklahoma; Frank Joseph married Justine H. Sebetka and settled in Clutier, Frances married first Frank J. Slatinka, (killed in a train accident in Traer) and second, Louis Kuzela, who farmed near Clutier and in Geneseo Township; and John, who died at 18 after a feed grinding accident on the Otto Hansen farm SE of Traer. In November 1904, at 17, Marie and her brother, Frank, immigrated to Tama County to the farm of their sister, Mrs. Joseph Pulkrabek, who had highly praised life in America. They boarded the steamship, Pretoria, in Hamburg, on November 4, after they had been vaccinated and their eyes examined, and after 15 days, they arrived at the port of New York. After a night on Ellis Island, where they were served their first hamburgers with potatoes and tea, they were directed to their train for Chicago and Clutier, Iowa. After a 2 day ride, they arrived in time for the Thanksgiving feast at Pulkrabeks. Marie worked several years as a house keeper and learned the English language. She was employed by the families of Henry Sieh, Arthur Wood, William West, T.F. Clark, and Dr. James A. Pinkerton, her favorite, where she was treated almost as one of the family. William and Marie farmed 32 years in Geneseo Township, where the following children were born: 1. Marcel William born January 2, 1914, married Josephine Mary Libra, children: (a) Nancy Joan married David Theodore Joens; children (1) Susan Elizabeth, (2) Michael LeRoy; (b) Mark James married Joleen Kay Mitchell; children (1) Andrea Jolynn, (2) Nicole Leigh, (3) Adam Ross, (4) Gina Michelle. 2. William George born December 5, 1916, married Carroll Womack; children (a)Robert William married Nancy Marie (Schroeder) Caldwell, children (1) Keith William, (a) Megan Marie, (3)Bruce Robert. (b) Douglas Charles married Jacqueline Drane. (c) Mary Carol married Ken W. Martin. 3. Mildred Marie born January 1, 1923. 4. Celia Jane born May 15, 1925, married William John Scott, children (a) Patricia Ann married Ronald B. Silverman, children (1) Alan Robert; (b) Gary Dean married Marena R. Tunkin, child (1) Devon Gabriel. 5. Robert Donald born April 29, 1931, married Kathryn May Hough, children (a) Joanne Elizabeth married James Laurence Albert, child (1) Travis James; (b) Jeff Andrew married Jean Marie (Milton) Nieves, children, (1) Kathryn Ann, (2) Nelson Nieves; (c) Stuart Alan, (d) Barbara Lynn married John Robert Fishman, child (1) Lauren Marie; (e)John Robert, (f) Richard Thomas. Marie was an excellent cook, noted for her kolaches, poppy seed rolls, bread, houska, various soups, etc. On the farm, hogs and cattle were butchered and processed. Much of the meat was canned, and some fried and packed in lard in stoneware crocks. Hams and bacon were smoked. There was a huge vegetable garden which yielded potatoes, cucumbers, sweet corn and other vegetables popcorn, strawberries, raspberries, melons plus many assorted fruit trees. Pickles and sauerkraut were stored in crocks and all the extra produce was canned. For the ice box, ice was harvested from the nearby creek and stored in an ice house. Feather pillows and ticks were made. William was one of the early owners of the new "horseless carriages" when they appeared for sale. After William and Marie retired to Traer, in 1943, their son, Marcel, and his family, took over the farm where they raised their two children and then retired to his parents' Traer home in 1979, when their son, Mark, and family moved to the Geneseo farm. William B. Nechanicky died of a sudden heart attack on July 4,1947, and Marie died in Sunrise Hill Care Center, Traer, at age 90 on March 7, 1978. Both are buried in St. Wenceslaus Cemetery near Clutier. by Cecilia N. Scott, Tama County History, 1987 Census 1930 Geneseo, Tama, Iowa William B Nechanicky Head M 46 Iowa Marie L Nechanicky Wife F 40 Czechoslovakia Marcell W Nechanicky Son M 16 Iowa William G Nechanicky Son M 13 Iowa Mildred M Nechanicky Daughter F 6 Iowa Cecelia Nechanicky Daughter F 4 Iowa Census 1940 Geneseo Township, Tama, Iowa William B Nechanicky Head M 56 Iowa Mary Nechanicky Wife F 51 Bohemia Mildred Nechanicky Daughter F 17 Iowa Celia Nechanicky Daughter F 14 Iowa Robert Nechanicky Son M 8 Iowa

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William Benjamin Nechanicky's memorial is located at: Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Jefferson County, USA.
When did William Benjamin Nechanicky death?
William Benjamin Nechanicky death on 4 Jul 1947 in Traer, Tama County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 40.3636017
Longitude: -80.6399994

Family Members:

Parent

Jan Nepomucene Nechanicky

(1847 - 1916)

Frantiska "Frances" J Juska Nechanicky

(1856 - 1906)

Spouse

Marie "Mary" Elizabeth Stodola Nechanicky

(1888 - 1978)

Siblings

Frantisek "Frank" J Nechanicky

(1878 - 1918)

Mary Nechanicky

(1885 - unknow)

John James Nechanicky

(1887 - 1920)

Agnes Marie Nechanicky Vorba

(1889 - 1939)

Anastasie "Anna Stella" Nechanicky Zmolek

(1891 - 1915)

Joseph Nechanicky

(1896 - 1938)

Ferdinand Nechanicky

(1898 - 1915)

Children

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Union Cemetery
Steubenville, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3636017, -80.6399994

2. Mount Calvary Cemetery
Steubenville, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3643990, -80.6466980

3. Bnai Israel Cemetery
Steubenville, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3744011, -80.6572037

4. Holy Resurrection Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church
Steubenville, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3760986, -80.6580963

5. Tomb of the Unborn Child
Steubenville, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3753230, -80.6199840

6. Jefferson County Infirmary Cemetery
Steubenville, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3748880, -80.6725990

7. Highland Hills Memorial Gardens
Follansbee, Brooke County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3579480, -80.6038500

8. Oakland Cemetery
Mingo Junction, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3285790, -80.6184240

9. Cross Creek Cemetery
Wintersville, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3492928, -80.6872635

10. Hill Cemetery
Steubenville, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3233490, -80.6353580

11. Saint Andrews Cemetery
Mingo Junction, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3250008, -80.6172028

12. Wintersville United Methodist Church Cemetery
Wintersville, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3755360, -80.7064440

13. Coulter Cemetery
Wintersville, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4000970, -80.7014690

14. Oak Grove Cemetery
Follansbee, Brooke County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3274994, -80.5766983

15. Georges Run Cemetery
Steubenville, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3022920, -80.6189630

16. Fort Steuben Burial Estates
Wintersville, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3891983, -80.7236023

17. Saint John Cemetery Haven of Rest
Colliers, Brooke County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3486160, -80.5502720

18. Cross Creek Cemetery
Brooke County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3060989, -80.5792007

19. New Alexandria Cemetery
New Alexandria, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2949982, -80.6781006

20. Center Chapel Cemetery
Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4276600, -80.6942300

21. Two Ridges Cemetery
Wintersville, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3944016, -80.7328033

22. Three Springs Cemetery
Weirton, Hancock County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4035988, -80.5503006

23. Serbian Orthodox Cemetery
Weirton, Hancock County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4166320, -80.5623760

24. Saint Paul Catholic Cemetery
Weirton, Hancock County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4174995, -80.5616989