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Marie L Vacek

Female 1886 - 1970  (84 years)


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  • Name Marie L Vacek 
    Born 15 Mar 1886  Poland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 1 Jun 1970  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 3 Jun 1970  Czech-Moravian Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6747  Rossville
    Last Modified 16 Aug 2018 

    Father Jan Vacek,   bur. Czech-Moravian Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Zofie Jehozena Vacek,   bur. Czech-Moravian Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1986  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBuried - 3 Jun 1970 - Czech-Moravian Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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    Obituary- Vacek, Marie
    Obituary- Vacek, Marie
    Marie Vacek
    Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Parker Mortuary for Marie L. Vacek, 84, 7412 W. 6th, formerly of 131 N. Quinton, who died Monday in a Topeka hospital where she was admitted May 29. She had an abdominal ailment.

    She was born March 15, 1886, in Poland and had lived in the United States 78 years. She spent her early life in the Delia community and spent the past 15 years in Topeka.

    Miss Vacek worked for the American Red Cross in New Jersey during World War I and later spent 15 years as a social worker at Columbus and Dayton, both in Ohio. She worked 25 years at Howell Neighborhood House at Chicago, before she retired. She worked a year at a Presbyterian mission school in Alaska.

    She was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church.

    Four nephews and three nieces survive.

    Burial will be in Moravian Cemetery near Delia.


    Vacek, Marie L. – Age 84, Passed away June 1, 1970. Services 1:30 p.m. Wed., Parker Mortuary. Rev. Dwight Seneker, Delia Presbyterian Church, officiating. Interment Moravian Cemetery north of Rossville.
    Parker Mortuary
    900 N. Jackson
    CE 4-5850