RUDOLPH J. AND TILLIE [DOBRICHOVSKY] PAVLIK
Rudolph J. Pavlik was born to Frank and Anna Pavlik on April 10,
1896, at Lany, Czechoslovakia. Frank and Anna were the parents of
six sons and thee daughters.
[pg 369 PHOTO Rudolph J. and Tillie Pavlik]
At the age of 17, Rudolph came to the United States making his home
with his uncle and aunt, Joseph and Emma Zdarsky, in Chicago,
Illinois. They moved from Chicago to Louisiana where they operated a
grocery store. Rudolph and his uncle were both furniture
upholsterers. From Louisiana, Rudolph struck out on his own, moving
to Nebraska, where he worked in the area west of Verdigre. Some of
the people he worked for were Vinc Ellis, Raymond Barta, and Adolph
Elis.
On November 26, 1919, he married Tillie Dobrichovsky, daughter of
Vaclav and Barbara (Ruzicka) Dobrichovsky. She was born March 9,
1898. The wedding ceremony was performed by Justice of Peace Anton
Jelen. Witnesses were Pauline Dobrichovsky and Adolph Elis.
Vac and Barbara were the parents of four daughters: Mrs. Adolph
(Tracey) Elis, Mrs. Charles (Minnie) Mlady, Mrs. Rudolph (Tillie)
Pavlik, and Mrs. John (Pauline) Simanek.
Tillie attended the Meadow View School, District No. 53. She learned
to play the organ when she was young; her music teacher was Barbara
Bowman. Her father took a great interest in her music as he himself
loved music and was a cornet player with the Kreycik Band. The band
played for many dances in Nebraska and South Dakota. When Tillie
would practice and hit a wrong note, her father would come in the
house and correct her. Rudolph was also fond of music, playing the
cornet, concertina, and button accordion.
Rudolph and Tillie made their home with her parents for the first
year of their marriage, then moved to a farm owned by John and Josie
Dobrichovsky. They lived there for about two years, then went back
to her parents’ farm while a house was being built on their own
place.
They were the parents of ten children: Leo of Rockford, Illinois,
married Julie Jackno; Louis, Verdigre, married Grace Volquardsen;
Arvey of Norfolk married Clara Dufek; James of Rockford, Illinois,
married Leona Dufek; Mrs. John (Edith) Rudloff, Verdigre; Mrs.
Laddie (Jane) Horacek, Tyndall, South Dakota; Mrs. Charles (Elaine)
Johnson, West Memphis, Arkansas; Mrs. Frank O. (Blanche) Skokan,
Verdigre; Edwin of Norfolk married Jeanene Zila, and Rudolph, Jr.,
of Norfolk, married Carolyn Prokop.
Rudolph passed away on February 25, 1968. Tillie died November 3,
1973. They are buried at the Bohemian National Cemetery at
Pischelville.
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