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Obituary- Horak, Ignac 1

Ignac Horak

Ignac Horak, 87, Delia, died early Sunday in a Topeka hospital where he was admitted April l17 for treatment of a heart ailment. He later had an apparent cerebral hemorrhage.

He was born Sept. 26, 1884, at Bilnz, Czechoslovakia, and lived in the United States since 1912. He lived in the Delia community about 60 years.

He served in the Czechoslovakian Army in 1909. He was employed by Union Pacific Railroad 30 years before he retired in 1949. He later was a custodian at Delia Grade School eight years.

He was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Delia, Moravian Lodge No. 128, ZCBJ, Rossville, and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.

He was married to Veronica Hejtmanek on Nov. 8, 1908, at Bratislav, Czechoslovakia. She died in November 1968.

Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Rose Davis, Bakersfield, Calif., Mrs. Irene Collett, Washougal, Wash., Mrs. Emily Dodge, Delia, and Mrs. Esther Wehner, Rossville; four sons, Rudy Horak and Albert Horak, both of Bakersfield, Calif., Eddie Horak, Lewisburg, Ohio, and Bennie Horak, Delia; 16 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.

Services were held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, at Parker Mortuary. Burial was in Moravian Cemetery southeast of Delia. Memorial contributions may be made to the Presbyterian Church, Delia.

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