JOHN V. AND FRANCES M. [LANC] SEDIVY
John V. Sedivy was born March 27, 1871, in Chicago, Illinois, and
came to Knox County with his family. They lived on a homestead at
Pischelville, Nebraska, where he grew to manhood and continued to
develop the homestead, clearing land for farming and adding on to
the original acreage.
[pg 391 photo John V. and Frances Sedivy]
He married Julia Marshall of Verdigre and they had five children:
John, Jr., who died in infancy; Henry, who drowned in the Niobrara
River at age 16; Walter - Niobrara; Edward - Verdigre, and Otilia -
Wausa. His wife, Julia, passed away when the children were still
small, and in 1922 he was married to Frances M. Lanc.
Frances, who was born in Czechoslovakia, had come to this country to
live with a cousin, Mrs. Mike (Katie) Vesely in Pischelville. Katie
was her only relative in this country. After her marriage to John V.
Sedivy in July of 1922, they continued to live on the old homestead.
They had one daughter, Irene (Foxworthy), Cody, Wyoming.
John took pride in his farming and his home. He built a house on the
homestead which has served three generations. In his younger days,
in 1909, John was elected and served as Justice of the Peace of
Western Township of Knox County.
In 1932 John V. and Frances moved to Creighton where he passed away
March 17, 1960, at the age of 89. He is buried in the Creighton
cemetery. Frances is now living at Alpine Village in Verdigre.
Submitted by Irene (Sedivy) Foxworthy
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