LOUIS AND MARY [JELINEK] CHOCHOLOUSEK
Mary Jelinek was the youngest child of Joseph and Anna (Skalicky)
Jelinek. She had a sister Julia (Mrs. James Mott) and a brother Joe
(who married Emma Sukup).
Mary was born April 1, 1901, at the family homestead near Lynch,
Nebraska. In the fall of 1902 her father bought a farm southwest of
Verdigre and they moved there in the spring of 190.3. They continued
to live there until Joe's marriage to Emma Sukup in 1916. Then Mary
and her parents moved to a new house in Verdigre.
Mary met Louis Chocholousek, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Anton
Chocholousek. They were married on November 28, 1922. Louie worked
at the creamery and also was a cop in Verdigre. Then they moved to a
farm near Winner, South Dakota, where they farmed and raised
turkeys. Mary's parents, Joe and Anna, moved to their farm in 1926.
Anna died in 1930 and Joseph died in 1939. They are buried in the
Jelen Cemetery near Verdigre.
In 1947 Louie and Mary decided to quit farming and moved to Norfolk,
Nebraska, where Louie was employed at the State Hospital as a
carpenter. A musician who played the clarinet, Louie played with the
Pavlik band. He fought in World War 1, went over on freighters, and
came back on the U. S. S. Leviathan, the world's largest ship.
Louie accumulated a large collection of Indian arrowheads found on
his farm and he mounted them under glass. Louie and Mary loved to
garden and also raised many beautiful roses. Louie died June 2,
1978. He is buried at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Cemetery at Verdigre.
Mary resides at their home in Norfolk.
[pg 220 PHOTO Mary (Jelinek) and Louis Chocholousek in the 1940s]
-Submitted by Rebecca (Havlicek) Jelinek
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