My grandmother, Maria Sisak Karaff, immigrated to the United States about 1893, at the age of 16. She stayed with her sister, Ella Sisak Lucas in Iowa. Most of the middle Europeans that immigrated to the US went into the coal mines of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Iowa. While living with Ella, she met and married Michael Karaff who also immgrated here from a village in what is now Slovakia. Michael was from Vechec and grandmother was from Juskova Vola. The two villages were only about 4 kilometers apart. Don't know if they knew each other at that time or not.
After the death of her father, Mary Sisak, your Grandmother, came to America to make her home with her sister, Ella, who had come at an earlier date, married and was living in Iowa. Here she met and married your Grandfather, Michael Karaff. Anna and John Sisak, your Grandmother's half-sister and brother, also came to the United States. John returned to his homeland, but Anna stayed in Iowa. She married George Kocur and reared a family there. Signed by: Mabel Karaff
Mary Karaff Obit:
MARY KARAFF 74 YEARS OLD, DIES AT EDINA - May 10, 1952 Former Adair County Woman; Burial to be in Cemetery Here Mrs. Mary (Sisak) Karaff, 74, of Edina, a former Adair county resident, died at the home of her son, George Karaff, in Edina Saturday morning following a long illness. She was born Aug. 24, 1878, in Volya, Czechoslovakia, [Juskova Vola, Slovakia] and came to this country at the age of 17. She was married in 1896 to Michael Karaff and to this marriage twelve children were born, nine of whom survive. Her husband died in 1931 and three children, Mary, John and Edward preceded her in death in infancy. Surviving are George, at whose home she died; Joseph, Raymond and Eugene, of Kansas City; Michael Jr., of Fort Branch, Ind.; John, of Marceline; Mrs. Michael (Anna) Biros, of Novinger; Mrs. Carter (Mary) Patton, of Kirksville, and Richard (Julia) Cole, of Kansas City. Twenty-one grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, a half brother, who lives in Czechoslovakia, and several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral mass will be held Tuesday morning at nine o'clock in St. Joseph's Church at Edina by the Rev. Terrence Mullins, pastor of the church. Interment will be in Highland Park cemetery in Kirksville. The body will lie in state at the George Karaff home in Edina.
After the death of her father, Mary Sisak, your Grandmother, came to America to make her home with her sister, Ella, who had come at an earlier date, married and was living in Iowa. Here she met and married your Grandfather, Michael Karaff. Anna and John Sisak, your Grandmother's half-sister and brother, also came to the United States. John returned to his homeland, but Anna stayed in Iowa. She married George Kocur and reared a family there. Signed by: Mabel Karaff
Mary Karaff Obit:
MARY KARAFF 74 YEARS OLD, DIES AT EDINA - May 10, 1952 Former Adair County Woman; Burial to be in Cemetery Here Mrs. Mary (Sisak) Karaff, 74, of Edina, a former Adair county resident, died at the home of her son, George Karaff, in Edina Saturday morning following a long illness. She was born Aug. 24, 1878, in Volya, Czechoslovakia, [Juskova Vola, Slovakia] and came to this country at the age of 17. She was married in 1896 to Michael Karaff and to this marriage twelve children were born, nine of whom survive. Her husband died in 1931 and three children, Mary, John and Edward preceded her in death in infancy. Surviving are George, at whose home she died; Joseph, Raymond and Eugene, of Kansas City; Michael Jr., of Fort Branch, Ind.; John, of Marceline; Mrs. Michael (Anna) Biros, of Novinger; Mrs. Carter (Mary) Patton, of Kirksville, and Richard (Julia) Cole, of Kansas City. Twenty-one grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, a half brother, who lives in Czechoslovakia, and several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral mass will be held Tuesday morning at nine o'clock in St. Joseph's Church at Edina by the Rev. Terrence Mullins, pastor of the church. Interment will be in Highland Park cemetery in Kirksville. The body will lie in state at the George Karaff home in Edina.
My grandmother, Maria Sisak Karaff, immigrated to the United States about 1893, at the age of 16. She stayed with her sister, Ella Sisak Lucas in Iowa. Most of the middle Europeans that immigrated to the US went into the coal mines of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Iowa. While living with Ella, she met and married Michael Karaff who also immgrated here from a village in what is now Slovakia. Michael was from Vechec and grandmother was from Juskova Vola. The two villages were only about 4 kilometers apart. Don't know if they knew each other at that time or not.
After the death of her father, Mary Sisak, your Grandmother, came to America to make her home with her sister, Ella, who had come at an earlier date, married and was living in Iowa. Here she met and married your Grandfather, Michael Karaff. Anna and John Sisak, your Grandmother's half-sister and brother, also came to the United States. John returned to his homeland, but Anna stayed in Iowa. She married George Kocur and reared a family there. Signed by: Mabel Karaff
Mary Karaff Obit:
MARY KARAFF 74 YEARS OLD, DIES AT EDINA - May 10, 1952 Former Adair County Woman; Burial to be in Cemetery Here Mrs. Mary (Sisak) Karaff, 74, of Edina, a former Adair county resident, died at the home of her son, George Karaff, in Edina Saturday morning following a long illness. She was born Aug. 24, 1878, in Volya, Czechoslovakia, [Juskova Vola, Slovakia] and came to this country at the age of 17. She was married in 1896 to Michael Karaff and to this marriage twelve children were born, nine of whom survive. Her husband died in 1931 and three children, Mary, John and Edward preceded her in death in infancy. Surviving are George, at whose home she died; Joseph, Raymond and Eugene, of Kansas City; Michael Jr., of Fort Branch, Ind.; John, of Marceline; Mrs. Michael (Anna) Biros, of Novinger; Mrs. Carter (Mary) Patton, of Kirksville, and Richard (Julia) Cole, of Kansas City. Twenty-one grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, a half brother, who lives in Czechoslovakia, and several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral mass will be held Tuesday morning at nine o'clock in St. Joseph's Church at Edina by the Rev. Terrence Mullins, pastor of the church. Interment will be in Highland Park cemetery in Kirksville. The body will lie in state at the George Karaff home in Edina.
After the death of her father, Mary Sisak, your Grandmother, came to America to make her home with her sister, Ella, who had come at an earlier date, married and was living in Iowa. Here she met and married your Grandfather, Michael Karaff. Anna and John Sisak, your Grandmother's half-sister and brother, also came to the United States. John returned to his homeland, but Anna stayed in Iowa. She married George Kocur and reared a family there. Signed by: Mabel Karaff
Mary Karaff Obit:
MARY KARAFF 74 YEARS OLD, DIES AT EDINA - May 10, 1952 Former Adair County Woman; Burial to be in Cemetery Here Mrs. Mary (Sisak) Karaff, 74, of Edina, a former Adair county resident, died at the home of her son, George Karaff, in Edina Saturday morning following a long illness. She was born Aug. 24, 1878, in Volya, Czechoslovakia, [Juskova Vola, Slovakia] and came to this country at the age of 17. She was married in 1896 to Michael Karaff and to this marriage twelve children were born, nine of whom survive. Her husband died in 1931 and three children, Mary, John and Edward preceded her in death in infancy. Surviving are George, at whose home she died; Joseph, Raymond and Eugene, of Kansas City; Michael Jr., of Fort Branch, Ind.; John, of Marceline; Mrs. Michael (Anna) Biros, of Novinger; Mrs. Carter (Mary) Patton, of Kirksville, and Richard (Julia) Cole, of Kansas City. Twenty-one grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, a half brother, who lives in Czechoslovakia, and several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral mass will be held Tuesday morning at nine o'clock in St. Joseph's Church at Edina by the Rev. Terrence Mullins, pastor of the church. Interment will be in Highland Park cemetery in Kirksville. The body will lie in state at the George Karaff home in Edina.
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