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Mrs Antonie Marie “Tonie” <I>Zavorka</I> Donbraska

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Mrs Antonie Marie “Tonie” Zavorka Donbraska

Birth
Touhy, Saunders County, Nebraska, USA
Death
15 Jan 2010 (aged 86)
Torrington, Goshen County, Wyoming, USA
Burial
Torrington, Goshen County, Wyoming, USA Add to Map
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Antonie was born March 12, 1923 in Touhy, Neb. the daughter of Louis and Antonie Rose (Pavlicka) Zavorka, Sr. The family moved to a farm in the Sheep Creek area in the late 1920's. They later farmed in the Yoder and Hawk Springs communities where Antonie grew up and attended school. She
married Dudley Haines Oct. 2, 1938, at Hot Spring, S.D. The couple lived in several places in Wyoming and Colorado and were later divorced. She married Ernest Wilkins Jan. 2, 1958. They lived and worked on their ranch in the Lone Tree Canyon area for nearly 30 years. Mr. Wilkins died in 1987. Antonie married John Donbraska June 14, 1989, and they lived in Torrington. She had lived at the Goshen Care Center for the past five years. She worked as a cook at the Mustang Café in Torrington and also worked at Miller's Keep-you-neat Cleaner's. She was also the cook at the Iowa Center School.
Antonie was a member of St. Rose Catholic Church. She enjoyed being with her family and her grandchildren. She liked animals and flower gardening. She was a natural artist. Antonie also liked country music, singing, dancing, and sewing.
Survivors include her daughters, Bettyann Marie Haines (James) Absher of Torrington, Wyo., Marie Antoinette Haines (Roy) Frazier of Rockford, Ill., Patricia Lynn Haines (Bob) Adams of Torrington, Beverely Jean Wilkins (Harvey) Shonts of Colorado Springs, Colo.; sons, David (Carmen) Haines of Greeley, Colo., Dudley (Teresa) Haines of Torrington; sisters, Louise Urbanek of Torrington, Mary Rutar of Thurston, Neb., Annie (Jim) Votava of Clearfield, Iowa; brothers, Frank Zavorka of Cheyenne, Wyo., Joe (Marge) Zavorka of Torrington, Charles (Dorothy) Zavorka of Torrington; stepsons, John Donbraska, Jr. of South Dakota, Vernon Donbraska of South Dakota; 15 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.
Preceding her in death was her husbands, Ernest Wilkins and John Donbraska; son, Douglas Dumont Haines; brothers, Wencel and Louis Zavorka; great-granddaughter, JoAnna Baros; and great-grandson, Xavier Haines.
Antonie was born March 12, 1923 in Touhy, Neb. the daughter of Louis and Antonie Rose (Pavlicka) Zavorka, Sr. The family moved to a farm in the Sheep Creek area in the late 1920's. They later farmed in the Yoder and Hawk Springs communities where Antonie grew up and attended school. She
married Dudley Haines Oct. 2, 1938, at Hot Spring, S.D. The couple lived in several places in Wyoming and Colorado and were later divorced. She married Ernest Wilkins Jan. 2, 1958. They lived and worked on their ranch in the Lone Tree Canyon area for nearly 30 years. Mr. Wilkins died in 1987. Antonie married John Donbraska June 14, 1989, and they lived in Torrington. She had lived at the Goshen Care Center for the past five years. She worked as a cook at the Mustang Café in Torrington and also worked at Miller's Keep-you-neat Cleaner's. She was also the cook at the Iowa Center School.
Antonie was a member of St. Rose Catholic Church. She enjoyed being with her family and her grandchildren. She liked animals and flower gardening. She was a natural artist. Antonie also liked country music, singing, dancing, and sewing.
Survivors include her daughters, Bettyann Marie Haines (James) Absher of Torrington, Wyo., Marie Antoinette Haines (Roy) Frazier of Rockford, Ill., Patricia Lynn Haines (Bob) Adams of Torrington, Beverely Jean Wilkins (Harvey) Shonts of Colorado Springs, Colo.; sons, David (Carmen) Haines of Greeley, Colo., Dudley (Teresa) Haines of Torrington; sisters, Louise Urbanek of Torrington, Mary Rutar of Thurston, Neb., Annie (Jim) Votava of Clearfield, Iowa; brothers, Frank Zavorka of Cheyenne, Wyo., Joe (Marge) Zavorka of Torrington, Charles (Dorothy) Zavorka of Torrington; stepsons, John Donbraska, Jr. of South Dakota, Vernon Donbraska of South Dakota; 15 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.
Preceding her in death was her husbands, Ernest Wilkins and John Donbraska; son, Douglas Dumont Haines; brothers, Wencel and Louis Zavorka; great-granddaughter, JoAnna Baros; and great-grandson, Xavier Haines.


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