John R Kratina

1894 - 1976  (81 years)

• Name	John R Kratina
  Born	5 Jul 1894	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Jun 1976	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Czech-Moravian Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4512	Rossville
  Last Modified	28 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	John Kratina, Sr.,   b. 27 Mar 1854, Pozdechov, Moravia ,   d. 6 Dec 1930, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Anna Mynar Kratina,   b. 24 Dec 1855, Prlov, Moravia ,   d. 11 Nov 1935, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas  (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F6183	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen Hruska Kratina,   b. 19 Jun 1898, Dolany, Moravia ,   d. 15 Jun 1983, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  (Age 84 years)
  Married	1932	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Children	1. Mary Kratina,   b. 2 Apr 1924, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois ,   d. 1 Feb 2018, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas  (Age 93 years) + 2. George Franklin Kratina,   b. 26 Jul 1934, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 11 Mar 2015, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 80 years) + 3. John Delano Kratina,   b. 26 Jul 1934, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 1 May 2020, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2021 19:13:05
  Family ID	F4206	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - - Czech-Moravian Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Kratina, John 1 JOHN KRATINA Services were at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Rossville Presbyterian Church for John R. Kratina, 81, Rossville, who died Wednesday, June 16, 1976 at a Topeka hospital. He was born July 5, 1894 in Rossville, where he spent all of his life. He was a farmer before he retired and worked at the dehydrating plant in Rossville from 1947 until 1960. He was a medical supervisor in a field hospital near Tours, France during World War I. He was a member of the Rossville Presbyterian Church, Lodge No. 128 Moravan, Western Bohemian Fraternal Association, a 50-year member of the Jimmy Lillard Post No. 31, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and an active member of the Czech-Moravian Cemetery Committee, all at Rossville. He served on the grade school board of Victor No. 101, from 1940 until 1948. He was married to Helen Hruska in 1932, in Topeka. She survives. Other survivors include two sons, John D. Kratina, Rossville, and George F. Kratina, Silver Lake; a daughter, Sister Mary Kratina, Rossville; a brother Frank E. Kratina, Topeka, a sister, Mrs. Tessie Uhl, Grantville; and three grandchildren. Bible vigil services were at 8 p.m. Friday at Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys. Military graveside services conducted by the Jimmy Lillard Post No. 31 were after funeral services Saturday at Czech-Moravian Cemetery, north of Rossville. Casket bearers were Frank Cerney, Ben Stach, Bennie Martinek, Emil Martinek, Ernest Kratina, Sr., Ernest Kratina, Jr., Gerald Uhl and William Olejnik. Memorial contributions may be made to Rossville Presbyterian Church for Christian education purposes.
  		Obituary- Kratina, John 2 John Kratina ROSSVILLE — Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Rossville Presbyterian Church for John R. Kratina, 81, Rossville, who died Wednesday at a Topeka hospital. He was born July 5, 1894, in Rossville, where he spent all of his life. He was a farmer before he retired and worked at the dehydrating plant in Rossville from 1947 until 1960. He was a medical supervisor in a field hospital near Tours, France, during World War I. He. was a member of the Rossville Presbyterian Church, Lodge No. 128 Moravan, Western Bohemian Fraternal Association, a 50-year member of Jimmy Lillard Post No. 31, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and an active member of the Czech-Moravian Cemetery Committee, all at Rossville. He served on the grade school board of Victor No. 101, from 1940 until 1948. He was married to Helen Hruska in 1932 in Topeka. She survives. Other survivors include two sons, John D. Kratina, Rossville, and George F. Kratina, Silver Lake; a daughter, Sister Mary Kratina, Rossville; a brother, Frank E. Kratina, 1942 N. Quincy, Topeka; a sister, Mrs. Tressie Uhl, Grantville; and three grandchildren. Bible Vigil services will be at 8 p.m. Friday at Verschelden Funeral Home, St. Marys. Military graveside services conducted by the Jimmy Lillard Post- No. 31 will be after funeral services Saturday at Czech-Moravian Cemetery, north of Rossville. Mr. Kratina will lie in state from 9 a.m. until service time at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to Rossville Presbyterian Church for Christian education purposes.