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- Birth: Mar. 19, 1888
Hradec Kralove
Kralovehradecky (Hradec Kralove), Czech Republic
Death: Jun. 25, 1982
Orwell
Oswego County
New York, USA
Joseph Janacek, 94, of Pine Meadows Road, Altmar RD 1, died Friday afternoon, June 25, 1982, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Irene Greenfield, of Orwell.
Born March 19, 1888, at Sobotka, Czechoslovakia, to Franklin and Antonia Caha Janacek, he was educated in Sobotka. He came to this country at the age of 16 and settled in South Dakata. There he married Elsie Sejnoha on August 17, 1916.
For the past 60 years, they lived on the Pine Meadows Road, where he owned and operated a dairy farm and sawmill. Many years ago he worked for Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. and helped install the first pipeline for the utility near Altmar.
He was a member of Pine Meadows Wesleyan Church and a former member of the Dairymen's League.
Surviving besides his wife are three sons, Raymond F. of West Monroe, Joseph V. of East Syracuse and Roland H. of Sandy Creek; four daughters, Mrs. Carl (Sylvia) Candel of Greenwood, Delaware, Mrs. Charles (L. Merlin) Kaine of Altmar; Mrs. Beryl (Irene) Greenfield of Orwell and Mrs. Herbert (Dolores) Hall of Altmar; a brother Cheslau of Vicksburg, Michigan; a sister, Mrs. Rose Rudd of Lacona; 26 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
A son Franklin died in infancy.
Services were at 11 a.m., Tuesday in Pine Meadows Wesleyan Church, the Rev. John Gillette officiating, assisted by Adelbert Edwards. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.
Calling hours were 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, June 28 at Foster-Hax Funeral Home in Pulaski.
Sandy Creek News, June 30, 1982
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1888 - 1982 (94 years)
d. Apr 1988