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John KLANECKY

John KLANECKY

Male 1878 - 1952  (74 years)


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  • Name John KLANECKY  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
    Birth 18 Apr 1878  Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 11, 12, 13
    Gender Male 
    Census 24 May 1910  Sargent, Custer, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 27 Jan 1920  Sargent, Custer, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Census 2 Apr 1930  Sargent, Custer, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Census 10 Apr 1940  Michigan, Valley, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Census 18 Apr 1950  Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Death 16 Jun 1952  Ord Hospital/Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 11
    Burial 19 Jun 1952  Czech National Cemetery/Valley, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 11
    Person ID I3526  Rivera Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2025 

    Family Frances TUMA,   b. 14 Jan 1884, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1935, Custer, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Marriage 22 Nov 1905  St Paul, Howard, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 11
    Children 
    +1. Adolph KLANECKY,   b. 11 Feb 1909, Sargent, Custer, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1996, Burwell, Garfield, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. Eva KLANECKY,   b. 21 Feb 1925, Sargent, Custer, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 2015, Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F1219  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2025 

  • Notes 
    • John's obituary indicates that he and Fannie had a daughter that passed away in infancy. It happened after 1910 based on the census data of that year.

  • Sources 
    1. [S962] Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908.
      Name: Eva Klanecky
      Race: White
      Marriage Age: 28
      Record Type: Marriage
      Birth Date: abt 1925
      Birth Place: Sargent, Nebraska
      Marriage Date: 29 Apr 1953
      Marriage Place: Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
      Marriage County Office: Hall
      Father: John Klanecky
      Mother: Frances Klanecky
      Spouse: Edward W. Vlach

    2. [S973] Czech National Cemetery (Valley, Nebraska, USA), Grave Markers.
      KLANECKY
      JOHN
      1878 - 1952
      FRANCES
      1883 - 1935

    3. [S962] Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908.
      Name: Fannie Tuma
      Gender: Female
      Race: White
      Marriage Age: 22
      Record Type: Marriage
      Birth Date: abt 1883
      Birth Place: Omaha, Nebraska
      Marriage Date: 22 Nov 1905
      Marriage Place: St Paul, Nebraska, USA
      Marriage County Office: Howard
      Father: Frank Tuma
      Mother: Mary Tuma
      Spouse: John Klanecky

    4. [S1469] 1910 U.S. Census, Nebraska, Custer, Sargent, Thirteenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Supervisor's District No. 6, Enumeration District No. 85, Sheet No. 18A.
      Lines 47 thru 49

    5. [S1470] 1920 U.S. Census, Nebraska, Custer, Sargent, Fourteenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Supervisor's District No. 6, Enumeration District No. 93, Sheet No. 14A.
      Lines 22 thru 24

    6. [S1471] 1930 U.S. Census, Nebraska, Custer, Sargent, Fifteenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Enumeration District No. 21-32, Supervisor's District No. 5, Sheet No. 1A.
      Lines 14 thru 17

    7. [S959] Nebraska, U.S., Birth Ledgers, 1904-1911, Birth Index, 1912-2004.
      Name: Eva Klanecky
      Gender: Female
      Birth Date: 21 Feb 1925
      Birth Place: Custer, Nebraska, USA
      Parent 1 Name: John Klanecky
      Certificate Number: 02702
      Birth Certificate Type: Normal

    8. [S929] U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947.
      Name: Adolph Klanecky
      Gender: Male
      Race: White
      Age: 31
      Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
      Birth Date: 11 Feb 1909
      Birth Place: Sargent, Nebraska, USA
      Residence Place: Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA
      Registration Date: 24 Oct 1940
      Registration Place: Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA
      Employer: Herbert Campbell Co
      Height: 5 10
      Weight: 200
      Complexion: Dark
      Hair Color: Black
      Eye Color: Blue
      Next of Kin: John Klanecky

    9. [S1472] 1940 U.S. Census, Nebraska, Valley, Michigan, Sixteenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Supervisor's District No. 10, Enumeration District No. 88-11, Sheet No. 2B.
      Lines 57 thru 59

    10. [S1440] 1950 U.S. Census, Nebraska, Valley, Ord, Seventeenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Enumeration District No. 88-17, Sheet No. 41.
      Lines 5 thru 6

    11. [S1473] Obituary of John KLANECKY, (Date: Abt. 21 Jun 1952;).
      JOHN KLANECKY

      Funeral services were held on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock in the Hastings-Pearson Mortuary for John Klanecky, who died June 16. Rev. Keith A. Shepherd will officiate and Mrs. Leslie Nash will sing, "Lead, Kindly Light", and "Holy Spirit, Faithful Guide", with Mrs. Orin Kellison at the organ. Pallbearers will be Fred, Skala, Sr., Ed Tvrdik, Len Covert, Vincent Vodehnal, Frank and Anton Adamek. Burial will be in the Bohemian National cemetery with Hastins-Pearson Mortuary in charge of the arrangements.

      John Klanecky was born in Omaha, Nebr., on April 18, 1878. While young, he and his parents moved to a farm northeast of Sargent, Nebr.

      On November 22, 1905, he was united in marriage to Fannie Tuma of Elba, Nebr. To this union was born three children.

      Mr. and Mrs. Klanecky lived on the farm at Sargent until the death of Mrs. Klanecky in 1935. In 1936, he and his family moved to a farm seven miles west of Ord. In 1944 he retired from farming and moved to Ord, where he worked as a common laborer until about a year ago when his health began to fail.

      He departed this life on June 16, at the Ord hospital, at the age of 74 years, one month and 18 days. Death was caused by a heart ailment.

      He leaves to mourn his passing one son, Adolph, Arcadia, Nebr., and one daughter, Eva of Ord; two grand children, three half-sisters, Mrs. Louise Visek, Sargent; Mrs. Anna Kment, Cotesfield; Mrs. Mary Rybin, Omaha; two half brothers, Ed and Henry Klanecky of California. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, one infant daughter and three brothers.

    12. [S471] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
      Name: John Klanecky
      Race: White
      Birth Date: Apr 1878
      Residence Date: 1917-1918
      Street Address: R D No 2
      Residence Place: Custer County, Nebraska, USA
      Draft Board: 9
      Physical Build: Stout
      Height: Medium
      Hair Color: Dark Brown
      Eye Color: Brown
      Relative: Fannie Klanecky

    13. [S692] U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942.
      Name: John Klanecky
      Gender: Male
      Race: White
      Birth Date: Apr 1878
      Birth Place: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
      Residence Place: Michigan Township, Nebraska, USA
      Military Draft Date: 1942
      Occupation: Self
      Height: 5 9
      Eye Color: Blue
      Hair Color: Brown
      Weight: 180
      Complexion: Ruddy
      Next of Kin: Jimmie Turek


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