JOSEF AND JOSEPHINE [HANZLIK] JAROS
[ pg 279 PHOTO Jos. And Josie Jaros, Marie and Louis]
As a teenager, Josef Jaros came to America from Bohemia and lived
with his foster parents, the Duseks, on their farm. He did various
kinds of work such as helping on the farm and working with the
bridge crew.
During that time he met Josephine Hanzlik, whose parents, Frank and
Elizabeth Hanzlik, had emigrated to the United States before she was
born. They were married in July of 1914, and to this union two
children were born: Marie and Louis.
Joe acquired the Dusek farm and continued to farm and work with the
bridge crew until an accident on a bridge caused him to become
incapacitated for several months. His son Louis, who was in high
school at the time,, took care of the farm.
They, too were victims of the thirties. They had saved up money to
go back to the old country and see their families, but when the bank
went under, they lost all the money except for a few dollars they
had at home. Consequently, neither Joe nor any of his family ever
went to see his parents, John and Ann Jaros, and nine brothers.
They were married 50 years and lived most of their lives on the
family farm before they moved to Verdigre. Josie passed away in
September of 1971 and Joe died in February of 1975.
Marie, the oldest child, graduated as a nurse from Sacred heart
College in Yankton, South Dakota, and married Walter Reichenborn.
They lived most of their lives in New Mexico. They have three
children: William, Jaros, and Myra.
Louis J. graduated from Verdigre High School and served in the armed
forces. He married Violet Ruzicka and lived on the family farm until
his death in June of 1979. They have three daughters: Kathryn,
Bonnie, and Cynthia.
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