Josephine Rose BREZNY

1911 - 1975  (64 years)

• Name	Josephine Rose BREZNY  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	1 Mar 1911	Hugoton, Stevens, Kansas, USA   [1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10]
  Gender	Female
  Census	3 Jan 1920	South Creek, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA   [8]
  Census	1 Apr 1930	Dent, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA   [6]
  Census	2 Apr 1940	South Creek, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA   [4]
  Death	2 Oct 1975  [3, 5, 11]
  Burial	Abt 5 Oct 1975	Czech National Cemetery/Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA   [3, 12]
  		SESTAK, Josephine R.
  Person ID	I975	Family Tree
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Karel Joseph BREZNY,   b. 19 Mar 1883, Zabreh, Czechoslovakia d. 26 Feb 1939, Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Rosie M. RUZICKA,   b. 25 Aug 1883, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA d. 5 May 1971, Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	30 Oct 1905	Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma Territory, USA
  Notes	Rosie and her sister Bessie had a double wedding.
  Histories		BREZNY Family, The By Jerry and Ann SUVA (From information compiled by Cecelia (POSPISIL) HULL)
  Family ID	F284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Otto Thomas SESTAK,   b. 10 Mar 1910, Oklahoma, USA d. 24 Sep 1979, Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	30 Oct 1943	Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA   [9]
  		SESTAK, Otto BREZNY, Josephine Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
  Children	+ 1. Henry Louis SESTAK + 2. Charles SESTAK
  Histories		BREZNY Family, The By Jerry and Ann SUVA (From information compiled by Cecelia (POSPISIL) HULL)
  Family ID	F376	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1 Mar 1911 - Hugoton, Stevens, Kansas, USA Census - 3 Jan 1920 - South Creek, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA Census - 1 Apr 1930 - Dent, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA Census - 2 Apr 1940 - South Creek, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA Marriage - 30 Oct 1943 - Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA Burial - Abt 5 Oct 1975 - Czech National Cemetery/Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  BREZNY, Frank P Obituary

  
  

  Histories

  BREZNY Family, The By Jerry and Ann SUVA (From information compiled by Cecelia (POSPISIL) HULL)

  
  

• Sources

  [S75] CROSSON, Kathy, Email of 18 Mar 2000. Josephine Rose Brezny Sestak born March 1, 1911 [S82] History of Lincoln County, Lincoln County Families, Page 535, The BREZNY Family, By Jerry and Ann SUVA. [S546] Czech National Cemetery (Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA), Grave Markers. Josephine R. SESTAK Mar. 1, 1911 + Oct. 2, 1975 [S628] 1940 U.S. Census, Oklahoma, Lincoln, South Creek, Sixteenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Supervisor's District No. 4, Enumeration District No. 41-33, Sheet 1A. Lines 24 - 29 [S736] SESTAK, Henry, Email of 29 May 2015. 5-Brezny, Josephine Rose (03/01/1911 - 10/02/1975) + Sestak, Otto Thomas (03/11/1910 - 09/24/1979) [S934] 1930 U.S. Census, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie, Dent, Fifteenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Enumeration District 63-20, Supervisor's District No. 20, Sheet 1A. Lines 1 thru 8 [S1030] Obituary of Frank P BREZNY, Oklahoma, Garfield County, Obituaries, 1963-1986 (familysearch.org). FRANK P. BREZNY GARBER - Recitation of the Rosary for Frank P. Brezny, 74, will be at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Parks Funeral Home Chapel in Prague. Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church. The Rev. Louis Vander Ley, OSB, will officiate at the rites. Burial will be in the Paradise Cemetery at Breckinridge at 3 p.m., under the direction of the Anderson Funeral Home of Garber. Brezny died late Sunday afternoon in an Enid hospital. He was born Aug. 8, 1906, in Collinsville, the son of Rose and Charles Brezny, and spent most of his life in Prague. He and Helen Seftak [sic] were married there Feb. 24, 1945. They lived on a farm east of Prague until moving to Yukon in 1966. The Breznys moved to Garber in 1974 where he worked for Mid-Continent Co-Op. Brezny was a member of the Catholic Church at Billings. He is survived by his wife Helen of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Paul Eldon (Georgena) Maly and her children, Joan, Chris and Matthew, Garber; two sisters, Mary Grimes of Pauls Valley and Mrs. Johnnie (Helen) Gregory, Prague; two brothers, Charley Brezny and Henry Brezny, both of Prague. Another sister died earlier. This who wish may make contributions to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Heart Fund in memory of Brezny. Anderson's will serve as custodian of the memorial fund. [S565] 1920 U.S. Census, Oklahoma, Lincoln, South Creek, Fourteenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Supervisor's District No. 4, Enumeration District No. 127, Sheet No. 1B. Lines 51 thru 57 [S945] Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995. Name: Otto Sestak Sex: Male Age: 33 Birth Year (Estimated): 1910 Spouse's Name: Josephine Brezny Spouse's Sex: Female Spouse's Age: 32 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1911 Marriage Date: 30 Oct 1943 Marriage Place: Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States Marriage Place (Original): Prague [S211] ancestry.com. The SESTAK Family Tree owned by EricSes. [S75] CROSSON, Kathy, Email of 18-Mar-00. She died Oct. 2, 1975. [S75] CROSSON, Kathy, Email of 18 Mar 2000. All of my Aunts and Uncles are buried here at the Catholic Cemetery here in Prague with the exception of Frank, he is buried either at Yukon or Enid.