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Marie <I>Pecka</I> Zaruba

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Marie Pecka Zaruba

Birth
Czech Republic
Death
5 Sep 1917 (aged 93)
Kossuth, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Cooperstown, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA GPS-Latitude: 44.251466, Longitude: -87.8072616
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MARIE ZARUBA
(1824 - 1917)

GREEN STREET LOSES OLDEST WOMAN SETTLER
Mrs. Zaruba Passes Away at Age of 92 Years Yesterday


Mrs. Simon Zaruba, the oldest pioneer settler of Greenstreet, died at the home of her daughter Wednesday night at the advanced age of 72 years.

Mrs. Zaruba located in Manitowoc county in the early 50's with her husband settling on a farm at Cooperstown. She was a native of Bohemia and was born Feb. 2, 1825, emigrating with her husband and one child to America in 1855. The family remained at New York and Chicago and then came here.

Mrs. Zaruba was the mother of nine children, five of whom survive, being, Joseph Zaruba, Greenstreet; Mrs. Lorenz Chada, Bolt; Mrs. Albert Kasda, Kingsbridge; Mrs. Vincent Shuster, Denmark, and Mrs. Joseph Krajcarek, Kossuth.

The funeral will be held Saturday at 10 from the home of Mrs. Krejcarek, with whom Mrs. Zaruba made her home for eight years. Burial will be at Greenstreet cemetery.

Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wis., Thursday, September 06, 1917, Page 1

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The funeral of Mrs. Zaruba, probably one of the oldest residents of the county, who died Wednesday at the home of Joseph Krepcarek at the age of 92 years, was held at Greenstreet last Saturday.

Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wis., Monday, September 17, 1917, Page 4

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MARIE ZARUBA
(1824 - 1917)

GREEN STREET LOSES OLDEST WOMAN SETTLER
Mrs. Zaruba Passes Away at Age of 92 Years Yesterday


Mrs. Simon Zaruba, the oldest pioneer settler of Greenstreet, died at the home of her daughter Wednesday night at the advanced age of 72 years.

Mrs. Zaruba located in Manitowoc county in the early 50's with her husband settling on a farm at Cooperstown. She was a native of Bohemia and was born Feb. 2, 1825, emigrating with her husband and one child to America in 1855. The family remained at New York and Chicago and then came here.

Mrs. Zaruba was the mother of nine children, five of whom survive, being, Joseph Zaruba, Greenstreet; Mrs. Lorenz Chada, Bolt; Mrs. Albert Kasda, Kingsbridge; Mrs. Vincent Shuster, Denmark, and Mrs. Joseph Krajcarek, Kossuth.

The funeral will be held Saturday at 10 from the home of Mrs. Krejcarek, with whom Mrs. Zaruba made her home for eight years. Burial will be at Greenstreet cemetery.

Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wis., Thursday, September 06, 1917, Page 1

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The funeral of Mrs. Zaruba, probably one of the oldest residents of the county, who died Wednesday at the home of Joseph Krepcarek at the age of 92 years, was held at Greenstreet last Saturday.

Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wis., Monday, September 17, 1917, Page 4

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Marie Zaruba
nar 2 Unor. 1824
zem 5 Zari 1917



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