Helen Irene BREZNY

1927 - 2015  (87 years)

• Name	Helen Irene BREZNY  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	18 May 1927	Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA   [4, 5, 7, 10, 11]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1 Apr 1930	Dent, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA   [5]
  Census	2 Apr 1940	South Creek, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA   [3]
  Death	19 Mar 2015	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA   [4, 11, 12]
  Burial	24 Mar 2015	Prague Catholic Cemetery/Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA   [11]
  Person ID	I977	Rivera Family Tree
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2025

  
  

  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.
  Family ID	F284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Johnnie Phillip GREGORY,   b. 14 Sep 1925, Tahlequah, Cherokee, Oklahoma, USA d. 11 Aug 1995, Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	23 May 1948	St. Wenceslaus Church/Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA   [4, 7, 13]
  Children	+ 1. Johnnie Phillip GREGORY, Jr. + 2. Kathleen Jeanette GREGORY + 3. Mary Lynn GREGORY + 4. Thomas Joseph GREGORY
  Family ID	F377	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S75] CROSSON, Kathy, Email of 18 Mar 2000. Helen Irene Brezny Born May 18, 1927. [S82] History of Lincoln County, Lincoln County Families, Page 535, The BREZNY Family, By Jerry and Ann SUVA. [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 [S919] Obituary of Helen Irene GREGORY, https://www.okcemeteries.net/lincoln/miscobit/gregoryhib.html. HELEN IRENE GREGORY 1927 - 2015 Helen Irene Brezny Gregory was born on May 18, 1927, in Prague, Oklahoma, and departed this life on Thursday, March 19, 2015, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 87. Helen, the daughter of Charles Joseph and Rose Mary Ruzicka Brezny, Sr., was a resident of Prague. She married Johnnie Phillip Gregory, Sr. on May 23, 1948, in Prague, and they remained married until his death in 1995. She was a member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church. Helen enjoyed reading, crocheting, doll making and baking Kolaches. Helen’s parents, husband and three brothers and two sisters preceded her in death. Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Johnnie and Sandra Gregory, Jr., of Choctaw and Tommy and Debra Gregory of Claremore; daughters and son-in-law, Kathy Crosson of Prague and Mary and Don Conner of Meeker; grandchildren, Jillian Michelle Gregory, Michael Joseph Gregory, Kyle Gregory, Kristy Birchfield, Jerry Orr, Jennifer Messer, Christopher Crosson, Erin Brown and Jeremy Coleman; great grandchildren, Zack Coleman, Zoie Coleman, Benjamin Brown, Dustin Orr, Gregory Orr, Dalton Messer, Kylie Messer and Paisley Crosson; great great grandchildren, Channin Orr and Grayson Orr; other family and friends. A wake service will be held on Monday, March 23, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. at Parks Brothers Funeral Chapel in Prague. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Prague with Father Long Phan officiating. Interment will follow at the Catholic Cemetery in Prague. Services are under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Service in Prague. [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. [S945] Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995. Name: Johnnie Phillip Gregory Sex: Male Age: 22 Birth Year (Estimated): 1926 Spouse's Name: Helen Irene Brezny Spouse's Sex: Female Spouse's Age: 21 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1927 Marriage Date: 23 May 1948 Marriage Place: Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States Marriage Place (Original): Prague [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 [S945] Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995. Name: Frank Brezny Sex: Male Age: 38 Birth Year (Estimated): 1907 Spouse's Name: Helen Sestak Spouse's Sex: Female Spouse's Age: 40 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1905 Marriage Date: 24 Feb 1945 Marriage Place: Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States Marriage Place (Original): Prague [S75] CROSSON, Kathy, Email of 18-Mar-00. Born May 18, 1927. [S514] Prague Catholic Cemetery (Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma), Grave Markers. HELEN I. GREGORY MAY 18, 1927 MAR. 19, 2015 JOHNNIE P. GREGORY SEPT. 14, 1925 AUG. 11, 1995 [S296] GREGORY, Kyle, Email of 19 Mar 2015. Helen Brezny Gregory died on March 19th, 2015 during a stint surgery. [S75] CROSSON, Kathy, Email of 18 Mar 2000. My parents were married on May 23,1948 at St Wenceslaus Church here in Prague.