Charles George SVOBODA

1908 - 1982  (74 years)

• Name	Charles George SVOBODA  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	3 Mar 1908	Howard, Nebraska, USA   [6]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Charley SVOBODA  [9, 10, 11, 12]
  Also Known As	Charlie SVOBODA  [13, 14]
  Also Known As	Chas SVOBODA  [15]
  Census	16 Apr 1910	Elba, Howard, Nebraska, USA   [14]
  		1910 Federal Census of Nebraska, Howard County, Elba Supervisor's District No. 6 Enumeration District No. 149 Sheet No. 2A
  Census	2 May 1940	Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA   [16]
  		1940 Federal Census of Nebraska, Valley County, Ord Supervisor's District No. 10 Enumeration District No. 88-15 Sheet No. 24B
  Census	15 Apr 1950	Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA   [4]
  		1950 Federal Census of Nebraska, Valley County, Ord Enumeration District No. 88-16 Sheet No. 23
  Death	14 May 1982	Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA   [6]
  Burial	Abt 17 May 1982	Ord Cemetery/Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA   [6]
  		SVOBODA, Charles SVOBODA, Louise
  Person ID	I4369	Family Tree
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Anton SVOBODA,   b. 25 Oct 1874, Czech Republic d. 20 May 1964, Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Bessie E. TUMA,   b. 28 Jun 1885, Howard, Nebraska, USA d. 17 Feb 1965, Garfield, Nebraska, USA (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	20 Dec 1905	St Paul, Howard, Nebraska, USA   [17, 18]
  		SVOBODA, Anton TUMA, Bessie Marriage License Witnesses are Anton's brothers.
  Family ID	F1222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louise PUNCOCHAR,   b. 3 Mar 1911, Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA d. 19 Aug 1982, Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA (Age 71 years)
  Children	1. Infant SVOBODA,   b. 20 Aug 1930, Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA d. 20 Aug 1930, Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Georgia L. SVOBODA,   b. 29 Sep 1931, Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA d. 8 Jul 1988, Valley County Hospital/Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Charlotte Irene SVOBODA,   b. 10 May 1934, Valley, Nebraska, USA d. 15 Nov 1997 (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 4. Charles George SVOBODA, Jr. + 5. George Louis SVOBODA,   b. 31 Oct 1938, Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA d. 6 Feb 2001, Kearney, Buffalo, Nebraska, USA (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Infant SVOBODA,   b. 20 Feb 1940, Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA d. 20 Feb 1940, Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 7. LeRoy John SVOBODA,   b. 18 Jan 1942, Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA d. 29 Nov 2021, CHI Health St. Francis/Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, USA (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 3 Mar 1908 - Howard, Nebraska, USA Census - 16 Apr 1910 - Elba, Howard, Nebraska, USA Census - 2 May 1940 - Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA Census - 15 Apr 1950 - Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA Death - 14 May 1982 - Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA Burial - Abt 17 May 1982 - Ord Cemetery/Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  Documents » Slide Show		PROSKOCIL, Georgia Obituary
  		SVOBODA, Charles SVOBODA, George Svoboda Brothers Home on Leave
  		NOVAK, Emma Obituary Part II

  
  

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  [S959] Nebraska, U.S., Birth Ledgers, 1904-1911, Birth Index, 1912-2004. Name: Georgia L Svoboda Gender: Female Birth Date: 29 Sep 1931 Birth Place: Valley, Nebraska, USA Parent 1 Name: Charels Svoboda Certificate Number: 19125 Birth Certificate Type: Normal [S920] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Name: Charlotte Irene Svoboda Gender: Female Race: White Birth Date: 10 May 1934 Birth Place: Ord Valley, Nebraska Death Date: 15 Nov 1997 Father: Charles Svoboda Mother: Louise Puncochar SSN: 505363779 Notes: Jul 1949: Name Listed As Charlotte Irene Svoboda; Jan 1962: Name Listed As Charlotte Irene Stanley; 06 Dec 1997: Name Listed As Charlotte I Stanley [S959] Nebraska, U.S., Birth Ledgers, 1904-1911, Birth Index, 1912-2004. Name: Charley G Svoboda Gender: Male Birth Date: 3 Oct 1936 Birth Place: Valley, Nebraska, USA Parent 1 Name: Charles Svoboda Certificate Number: 23627 Birth Certificate Type: Normal [S1440] 1950 U.S. Census, Nebraska, Valley, Ord, Seventeenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Enumeration District No. 88-16, Sheet No. 23. Lines 12 thru 17 [S920] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Name: George Louis Svoboda Gender: Male Race: White Birth Date: 31 Oct 1938 Birth Place: Ord, Nebraska Death Date: 6 Feb 2001 Father: Charles Svoboda Mother: Louise A Puncochar SSN: 508404983 Notes: Feb 1953: Name Listed As George Louis Svoboda; 17 Feb 2001: Name Listed As George L Svoboda [S974] Ord Cemetery (Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA), Grave Markers. SVOBODA LOUISE MAR. 3, 1911 AUG. 19, 1982 CHARLES MAR. 3, 1908 MAY 14, 1982 [S1449] Obituary of Infant SVOBODA, (Date: Abt. 21 Feb 1940;). Infant Buried Today. Funeral services for the stillborn son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Svoboda are being held this afternoon from the Ord Catholic Church at 2 p.m., arrangements in charge of Frazier's. Burial will be made in the Ord Catholic cemetery. [S1004] U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current. Name: Le Roy John Svoboda Gender: Male Death Age: 79 Birth Date: 18 Jan 1942 Birth Place: Ord, Nebraska Death Date: 29 Nov 2021 Death Place: Grand Island Obituary Date: 7 Jun 2024 Father: Charles Svoboda Child: Candy Svoboda Randy Svoboda Kimberly Chollar Siblings: Charlotte Stanley George Svoboda Charles Svoboda William Proskocil Georgia Proskocil Phyllis Svoboda [S1439] 1940 U.S. Census, Nebraska, Valley, Ord, Sixteenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Supervisor's District No. 10, Enumeration District No. 88-15, Sheet No. 24B. Lines 55 thru 60 [S1441] Obituary of Infant SVOBODA, (Date: Abt. 22 Aug 1930;). -- Mr. and Mrs. Charley Svoboda lost their new born daughter. The infant was buried yesterday forenoon. Mrs. Svoboda was formerly Miss Louise Puncochar. [S959] Nebraska, U.S., Birth Ledgers, 1904-1911, Birth Index, 1912-2004. Name: Leroy J Svoboda Gender: Male Birth Date: 18 Jan 1942 Birth Place: Valley, Nebraska, USA Parent 1 Name: Charley L Svoboda Certificate Number: 23033 Birth Certificate Type: Normal [S1456] Obituary of Emma NOVAK, (Date: Abt. 03 Mar 1999;). Emma Novak Ord resident, 89 Emma Novak, 89, of Ord died Mar. 2, 1999 at the Valley County Hospital in Ord. Funeral services will be held on Fri., Mar. 5, at 10:30 a.m. at the Ord Memorial Chapel, the Rev. Keith Menter will officiate. Musicians are Laddie E. Bruha, Alice Stevens and Agnes Janda. Pallbearers are Dale Svoboda, Allen Svoboda, Brad Copple, David Novak, Keith Novak and Dale Novak. Burial will be in the Ord Bohemian Cemetery. Visitation is Thursday from 5 - 8:30 p.m. at the Ord Memorial Chapel. Arrangements are by Ord Memorial Chapel. Memorials are suggested to Western Fraternal Life Association #112, or to the Senior Classics of Valley County. Mrs. Novak was born August 25, 1909, three miles west of Elba, to Anton and Bessie (Tuma) Svoboda. At the age of nine years she moved with her parents two miles north of Ord and attended the Melia School. The family then moved west of Ord and she attended the Brace School. On March 19, 1929, she married Frank Novak at Broken Bow. The couple lived on the Novak farm west of Ord. In 1969 they moved into the town of Ord. Mr. Novak died Sept. 7, 1996. Mrs. Novak continued to live in Ord until her death. While on the farm she enjoyed raising chickens and gardening. While living in town she did craft work, grew flowers and spent time at the Senior Center. She was a charter member of the Neighborly Sisters Club since 1945 and a member of the Western Fraternal Life Association #112 for 66 years, having served as secretary for 22 years. She is survived by one son, Eugene of Ord; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; three brothers, James Sr. of Burwell, Raymond of Portland, OR and Eldon of Cotesfield; and two sisters, Bessie Toogood of Goleta, CA and Viola Christopherson of Tacoma, WA. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Frank; one son, LaVerne; and four brothers, Charley, Joe, Wayne and Frank. [S959] Nebraska, U.S., Birth Ledgers, 1904-1911, Birth Index, 1912-2004. Name: Charolett [sic] I Svoboda Gender: Female Birth Date: 10 May 1934 Birth Place: Valley, Nebraska, USA Parent 1 Name: Charlie Svoboda Certificate Number: 09356 Birth Certificate Type: Normal [S1450] 1910 U.S. Census, Nebraska, Howard, Elba, Thirteenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Supervisor's District No. 6, Enumeration District No. 149, Sheet No. 2A. Lines 14 thru 18 [S974] Ord Cemetery (Ord, Valley, Nebraska, USA), Grave Markers. CHAS. SVOBODA INFANT 1930 - 1930 [S480] 1820 U.S. Census, Indiana, Washington, Fourth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images. Given what we know about the Peter Fisher, Jr. family, this seems like a good match from the census record. The record enumerates 2 adults and 1 female (under 10) which matches the family record in our tree. [S962] Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908. Name: Bessie Tuma Gender: Female Race: White Marriage Age: 20 Record Type: Marriage Birth Date: abt 1885 Birth Place: Howard County, Nebraska Marriage Date: 20 Dec 1905 Marriage Place: St Paul, Nebraska, USA Marriage County Office: Howard Father: Frank Tuma Mother: Mary Tuma Spouse: Anton Svoboda [S969] Cotesfield Cemetery (Cotesfield, Howard, Nebraska, USA), Grave Markers. SVOBODA BESSIE 1885 - 1965 ANTON 1874 - 1964 MARRIED DEC. 20, 1905