JOE A. AND ANNA [NOVACEK] VAVAK
Joe A. Vavak, the son of Anton and Marie Sokol Vavak, was born July
16, 1893, on a farm ten miles northwest of Verdigre. He attended
school at Jelen District No. 27 and for a short time was enrolled at
the Verdigre Public School. He helped his parents on the farm and,
at an early age, he went to work on different farms, including the
Davidson Ranch.
[pg 445 photo Joe and Anna Vavak]
Joe had eight brothers and three sisters: Edward, Jim, Albert,
Thomas, Charles, Louis, Bennie, Frank, Mary, Stazy, and Helen.
In 1916 Joe married Anna Novacek and they took up farming nine miles
west of Verdigre on a farm that once belonged to his grandfather,
Joseph Vavak, Sr., and then his uncle, Joseph Vavak.
Joe and Anna had six children, four girls and two boys: Lillian
(Mrs. Louis Kliment), Elsie (Mrs. Walter Pavlik), Sylvia (Mrs. Don
Bratetic), Evelyn (Mrs. Andrew Meirose), Emil passed away as a small
boy, and Laurence died in infancy.
They continued to farm until 1953 when they purchased a home in
Verdigre where they raised a garden, had fruit trees, and lovely
flowers.
Joe passed away March 16, 1958. Anna continued to live there and
spent time visiting her family and grandchildren. She passed away
February 24, 1965. There were fourteen grandchildren; grandson Greg
Meirose passed away September 2, 1973.
-Submitted by Mrs. Walter Pavlik
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