Albert Zika, after being confined to his bed for more than two months after a stroke of paralysis, died on Sunday evening at 4 o'clock at the home of his son, John Zika, aged 81 years. He had not partaken of any food for sixty-five days and for the last twelve days he had not touched a drop of water.
Funeral services were held at the home on Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, Rev N.J. Hilton of the First Baptist church being in charge. Burial took place at the Minonk cemetery. The pallbearers were Peter Ullman, John Rutkowski, E.E. Hill, John Kline, John Zaitz and Clay Wells. Those from out of town who attended the funeral were the two daughters, Mrs Mary Kaha and Mrs Albia Stepan of Chicago, and a granddaughter, Mrs A.L. Wick of Burlington, Iowa.
The deceased was born in Bohemia, for many years a part of Austria, on April 23, 1840, and there he grew to middle age. He was married in 1864 to Anna Hlavac, who passed away in that country in 1880. Two years after this event, Mr Zika decided to emigrate to America and in that year he came here and located at Chicago. But for occasional and short stays at other places, he made that city his home until fifteen years ago, since which he had lived with his son, John Zika, at Colfax, at Burlington, Iowa and at Minonk.
Three children survive: John Zika, of Minonk, and Mrs Mary Kaha and Mrs Albia Stepan of Chicago. There were two brothers and three sisters who resided in Bohemia, but the deceased had heard nothing from them since before the world war.
Besides these, there survive twenty-two grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren. There were more grandchildren, the others being deceased, but all of the great-grandchildren are living.
Funeral services were held at the home on Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, Rev N.J. Hilton of the First Baptist church being in charge. Burial took place at the Minonk cemetery. The pallbearers were Peter Ullman, John Rutkowski, E.E. Hill, John Kline, John Zaitz and Clay Wells. Those from out of town who attended the funeral were the two daughters, Mrs Mary Kaha and Mrs Albia Stepan of Chicago, and a granddaughter, Mrs A.L. Wick of Burlington, Iowa.
The deceased was born in Bohemia, for many years a part of Austria, on April 23, 1840, and there he grew to middle age. He was married in 1864 to Anna Hlavac, who passed away in that country in 1880. Two years after this event, Mr Zika decided to emigrate to America and in that year he came here and located at Chicago. But for occasional and short stays at other places, he made that city his home until fifteen years ago, since which he had lived with his son, John Zika, at Colfax, at Burlington, Iowa and at Minonk.
Three children survive: John Zika, of Minonk, and Mrs Mary Kaha and Mrs Albia Stepan of Chicago. There were two brothers and three sisters who resided in Bohemia, but the deceased had heard nothing from them since before the world war.
Besides these, there survive twenty-two grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren. There were more grandchildren, the others being deceased, but all of the great-grandchildren are living.
Albert Zika, after being confined to his bed for more than two months after a stroke of paralysis, died on Sunday evening at 4 o'clock at the home of his son, John Zika, aged 81 years. He had not partaken of any food for sixty-five days and for the last twelve days he had not touched a drop of water.
Funeral services were held at the home on Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, Rev N.J. Hilton of the First Baptist church being in charge. Burial took place at the Minonk cemetery. The pallbearers were Peter Ullman, John Rutkowski, E.E. Hill, John Kline, John Zaitz and Clay Wells. Those from out of town who attended the funeral were the two daughters, Mrs Mary Kaha and Mrs Albia Stepan of Chicago, and a granddaughter, Mrs A.L. Wick of Burlington, Iowa.
The deceased was born in Bohemia, for many years a part of Austria, on April 23, 1840, and there he grew to middle age. He was married in 1864 to Anna Hlavac, who passed away in that country in 1880. Two years after this event, Mr Zika decided to emigrate to America and in that year he came here and located at Chicago. But for occasional and short stays at other places, he made that city his home until fifteen years ago, since which he had lived with his son, John Zika, at Colfax, at Burlington, Iowa and at Minonk.
Three children survive: John Zika, of Minonk, and Mrs Mary Kaha and Mrs Albia Stepan of Chicago. There were two brothers and three sisters who resided in Bohemia, but the deceased had heard nothing from them since before the world war.
Besides these, there survive twenty-two grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren. There were more grandchildren, the others being deceased, but all of the great-grandchildren are living.
Funeral services were held at the home on Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, Rev N.J. Hilton of the First Baptist church being in charge. Burial took place at the Minonk cemetery. The pallbearers were Peter Ullman, John Rutkowski, E.E. Hill, John Kline, John Zaitz and Clay Wells. Those from out of town who attended the funeral were the two daughters, Mrs Mary Kaha and Mrs Albia Stepan of Chicago, and a granddaughter, Mrs A.L. Wick of Burlington, Iowa.
The deceased was born in Bohemia, for many years a part of Austria, on April 23, 1840, and there he grew to middle age. He was married in 1864 to Anna Hlavac, who passed away in that country in 1880. Two years after this event, Mr Zika decided to emigrate to America and in that year he came here and located at Chicago. But for occasional and short stays at other places, he made that city his home until fifteen years ago, since which he had lived with his son, John Zika, at Colfax, at Burlington, Iowa and at Minonk.
Three children survive: John Zika, of Minonk, and Mrs Mary Kaha and Mrs Albia Stepan of Chicago. There were two brothers and three sisters who resided in Bohemia, but the deceased had heard nothing from them since before the world war.
Besides these, there survive twenty-two grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren. There were more grandchildren, the others being deceased, but all of the great-grandchildren are living.
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