JOSEPH AND ANNA [SKALICKY] JELINEK, JR.
Joseph Jelinek, Jr., was born December 8, 1862, in Caslav Henska,
Bohemia. He emigrated to America with his father when he was six
years old. Here they settled in Chicago where he received his
education. In 1875, Joseph left Chicago and moved to Pocahontas,
Iowa, for five years. Then in 1879, he moved to Verdigre to farm.
From here he moved to South Dakota, and for four years he and his
half-brother owned and operated a grist mill, grinding meal for the
early settlers of Shoulder Creek and the Montrose communities. He
later operated a ferry boat across the Missouri River in the Lynch
area.
His wife, Anna Skalicky, was born May 10, 1867, in Sestroum,
Bohemia. When she was 18 years old, she came over to America with
her parents, John and Josephine (Bartak) Skalicky. Joseph and Anna
were married August4, 1889, at the home of her parents six miles
southwest of Verdigre. To this union were born three children:
Julia, Joseph, and Mary. Julia was born July 2, 1890, and married
James A„ Mott on March 30, 1910. She passed away on October 7, 1978.
Joseph was born December 8, 1891, married Emma Sukup on June 20,
1916, and passed away on April 8, 1980. Mary, born April 1, 1901,
married Louis Chocholousek on November 28, 1922.
Joseph and Anna moved to Boyd County, Nebraska, eight miles north of
Lynch where they lived until 1902 when they took a homestead near
Walnut, farming land in the Southwest Quarter of Section 31 in
Jefferson Township Here they farmed fourteen years until 1916 when
they retired and
moved to Verdigre, living in the home now owned by the Larry Masat
family. In 1926, Joseph and Anna purchased a farm four miles east of
Winner, South Dakota, and lived there with their youngest daughter,
Mary.
[pg 287 PHOTO Joseph and Anna Jelinek 1in 1920]
While living in Verdigre, Joseph and Anna were members of Lodge Bila
Hora No. 5 of the ZCB1.
Anna Jelinek, a loving and faithful wife, wonderful mother, and true
friend, passed away on August 31, 1930, due to a paralytic stroke.
Her body was laid to rest at the Jelen Cemetery northwest of
Verdigre.
On October 20, 1939, Joseph was chatting with friends in a hardware
store in Winner, South Dakota, when he died of an apparent heart
attack. He was always in good humor and had a ready smile despite a
speech handicap resulting from a paralytic stroke. His body was laid
to rest beside his wife's in the Jelen Cemeterv.
-Submitted by Brian Mlady and Rebecca (Havlicek} Jelinek
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