JOHN J. REZEK
(1875 - 1945)
Dynamite Explodes and Kills John Rezek, Kossuth Farmer
Was Blasting Rocks on Farm Saturday
John J. Rezek, 70, Kossuth farmer and blacksmith, was fatally injured late Saturday afternoon when a charge of dynamite he was using to blast rocks on his farm exploded as he apparently went forward to examine the fuse.
No one witnessed the accident. His mangled body, blown 75 feet through the air, was found by his wife and son Gardy when they went to search for him when he failed to return to the Rezek farm home for supper at 6 o'clock.
Coroner Theodore Teitgen, who was called, announced there would be no inquest.
Mr. Rezek had been working about the farm Saturday afternoon with his son. When the latter went to the home of a neighbor, Harry Havlichek, to do some work, the elder Rezek went into the field to blast stumps and rocks on his land.
Mr. Havlichek told the coroner that he heard a blast about 4 o'clock in the afternoon and there were no blasts later indicating that Rezek had been killed at that time. His skull and chest were crushed by the explosion.
Last rites for Mr. Rezek will be held at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning at the Husar funeral home, Kellnersville, and at 9:30 the Rev. Joseph Rauch will celebrate a requiem mass in St. Ann's church, Francis Creek. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
The victim was born Feb. 25, 1875, in Kossuth, and in 1896 took the
former Rose Cigler for his wife. He is a member of the CZBJ lodge.
Besides his wife, he leaves a daughter, Celia of Manitowoc; four sons, Otto of Milwaukee, Joseph of Racine, Clarence of Richland Center and Gardy at home; three brothers, Anton of Better, Tex., Frank of San Francisco and James of Washington; and two sisters, Mrs. Henry Hutter of Markesan and Miss Mary Rezek of Ohio.
The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral parlors.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Monday, November 12, 1945 P. 1
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(1875 - 1945)
Dynamite Explodes and Kills John Rezek, Kossuth Farmer
Was Blasting Rocks on Farm Saturday
John J. Rezek, 70, Kossuth farmer and blacksmith, was fatally injured late Saturday afternoon when a charge of dynamite he was using to blast rocks on his farm exploded as he apparently went forward to examine the fuse.
No one witnessed the accident. His mangled body, blown 75 feet through the air, was found by his wife and son Gardy when they went to search for him when he failed to return to the Rezek farm home for supper at 6 o'clock.
Coroner Theodore Teitgen, who was called, announced there would be no inquest.
Mr. Rezek had been working about the farm Saturday afternoon with his son. When the latter went to the home of a neighbor, Harry Havlichek, to do some work, the elder Rezek went into the field to blast stumps and rocks on his land.
Mr. Havlichek told the coroner that he heard a blast about 4 o'clock in the afternoon and there were no blasts later indicating that Rezek had been killed at that time. His skull and chest were crushed by the explosion.
Last rites for Mr. Rezek will be held at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning at the Husar funeral home, Kellnersville, and at 9:30 the Rev. Joseph Rauch will celebrate a requiem mass in St. Ann's church, Francis Creek. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
The victim was born Feb. 25, 1875, in Kossuth, and in 1896 took the
former Rose Cigler for his wife. He is a member of the CZBJ lodge.
Besides his wife, he leaves a daughter, Celia of Manitowoc; four sons, Otto of Milwaukee, Joseph of Racine, Clarence of Richland Center and Gardy at home; three brothers, Anton of Better, Tex., Frank of San Francisco and James of Washington; and two sisters, Mrs. Henry Hutter of Markesan and Miss Mary Rezek of Ohio.
The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral parlors.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Monday, November 12, 1945 P. 1
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JOHN J. REZEK
(1875 - 1945)
Dynamite Explodes and Kills John Rezek, Kossuth Farmer
Was Blasting Rocks on Farm Saturday
John J. Rezek, 70, Kossuth farmer and blacksmith, was fatally injured late Saturday afternoon when a charge of dynamite he was using to blast rocks on his farm exploded as he apparently went forward to examine the fuse.
No one witnessed the accident. His mangled body, blown 75 feet through the air, was found by his wife and son Gardy when they went to search for him when he failed to return to the Rezek farm home for supper at 6 o'clock.
Coroner Theodore Teitgen, who was called, announced there would be no inquest.
Mr. Rezek had been working about the farm Saturday afternoon with his son. When the latter went to the home of a neighbor, Harry Havlichek, to do some work, the elder Rezek went into the field to blast stumps and rocks on his land.
Mr. Havlichek told the coroner that he heard a blast about 4 o'clock in the afternoon and there were no blasts later indicating that Rezek had been killed at that time. His skull and chest were crushed by the explosion.
Last rites for Mr. Rezek will be held at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning at the Husar funeral home, Kellnersville, and at 9:30 the Rev. Joseph Rauch will celebrate a requiem mass in St. Ann's church, Francis Creek. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
The victim was born Feb. 25, 1875, in Kossuth, and in 1896 took the
former Rose Cigler for his wife. He is a member of the CZBJ lodge.
Besides his wife, he leaves a daughter, Celia of Manitowoc; four sons, Otto of Milwaukee, Joseph of Racine, Clarence of Richland Center and Gardy at home; three brothers, Anton of Better, Tex., Frank of San Francisco and James of Washington; and two sisters, Mrs. Henry Hutter of Markesan and Miss Mary Rezek of Ohio.
The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral parlors.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Monday, November 12, 1945 P. 1
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(1875 - 1945)
Dynamite Explodes and Kills John Rezek, Kossuth Farmer
Was Blasting Rocks on Farm Saturday
John J. Rezek, 70, Kossuth farmer and blacksmith, was fatally injured late Saturday afternoon when a charge of dynamite he was using to blast rocks on his farm exploded as he apparently went forward to examine the fuse.
No one witnessed the accident. His mangled body, blown 75 feet through the air, was found by his wife and son Gardy when they went to search for him when he failed to return to the Rezek farm home for supper at 6 o'clock.
Coroner Theodore Teitgen, who was called, announced there would be no inquest.
Mr. Rezek had been working about the farm Saturday afternoon with his son. When the latter went to the home of a neighbor, Harry Havlichek, to do some work, the elder Rezek went into the field to blast stumps and rocks on his land.
Mr. Havlichek told the coroner that he heard a blast about 4 o'clock in the afternoon and there were no blasts later indicating that Rezek had been killed at that time. His skull and chest were crushed by the explosion.
Last rites for Mr. Rezek will be held at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning at the Husar funeral home, Kellnersville, and at 9:30 the Rev. Joseph Rauch will celebrate a requiem mass in St. Ann's church, Francis Creek. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
The victim was born Feb. 25, 1875, in Kossuth, and in 1896 took the
former Rose Cigler for his wife. He is a member of the CZBJ lodge.
Besides his wife, he leaves a daughter, Celia of Manitowoc; four sons, Otto of Milwaukee, Joseph of Racine, Clarence of Richland Center and Gardy at home; three brothers, Anton of Better, Tex., Frank of San Francisco and James of Washington; and two sisters, Mrs. Henry Hutter of Markesan and Miss Mary Rezek of Ohio.
The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral parlors.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Monday, November 12, 1945 P. 1
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