Bessie was the daughter of Anton Tichy and Anna Holan. Her parents farmed on a quarter section of land in Sparta Township. Bessie was their first born child and, on February 5, 1901, she married Louis (Alois) Skokan. Later, her sister Molly would marry Louis' brother Frank.
The couple lived on a farm about six miles south of Niobrara. The couple had seven sons and a daughter and brought the children up in the Czech tradition, so they all spoke, read, and wrote beautifully in Czech. To the delight of the parents, the young boys were keen members of the Sokol.
Tragedy would twice strike this couple. Bessie's younger sister Milada, born in 1899, pulled a pan of boiling water over herself and was scalded to death on January 31, 1901. This was just a few days before the marriage of Louis and Bessie.
In 1932, another terrible tragedy befell the family. Their daughter, Nora, died and her mother, who had been of ill health, followed Nora on November 13, 1933.
Bessie was buried at the L'Eau Qui Court Cemetery, in Niobrara.
The couple lived on a farm about six miles south of Niobrara. The couple had seven sons and a daughter and brought the children up in the Czech tradition, so they all spoke, read, and wrote beautifully in Czech. To the delight of the parents, the young boys were keen members of the Sokol.
Tragedy would twice strike this couple. Bessie's younger sister Milada, born in 1899, pulled a pan of boiling water over herself and was scalded to death on January 31, 1901. This was just a few days before the marriage of Louis and Bessie.
In 1932, another terrible tragedy befell the family. Their daughter, Nora, died and her mother, who had been of ill health, followed Nora on November 13, 1933.
Bessie was buried at the L'Eau Qui Court Cemetery, in Niobrara.
Bessie was the daughter of Anton Tichy and Anna Holan. Her parents farmed on a quarter section of land in Sparta Township. Bessie was their first born child and, on February 5, 1901, she married Louis (Alois) Skokan. Later, her sister Molly would marry Louis' brother Frank.
The couple lived on a farm about six miles south of Niobrara. The couple had seven sons and a daughter and brought the children up in the Czech tradition, so they all spoke, read, and wrote beautifully in Czech. To the delight of the parents, the young boys were keen members of the Sokol.
Tragedy would twice strike this couple. Bessie's younger sister Milada, born in 1899, pulled a pan of boiling water over herself and was scalded to death on January 31, 1901. This was just a few days before the marriage of Louis and Bessie.
In 1932, another terrible tragedy befell the family. Their daughter, Nora, died and her mother, who had been of ill health, followed Nora on November 13, 1933.
Bessie was buried at the L'Eau Qui Court Cemetery, in Niobrara.
The couple lived on a farm about six miles south of Niobrara. The couple had seven sons and a daughter and brought the children up in the Czech tradition, so they all spoke, read, and wrote beautifully in Czech. To the delight of the parents, the young boys were keen members of the Sokol.
Tragedy would twice strike this couple. Bessie's younger sister Milada, born in 1899, pulled a pan of boiling water over herself and was scalded to death on January 31, 1901. This was just a few days before the marriage of Louis and Bessie.
In 1932, another terrible tragedy befell the family. Their daughter, Nora, died and her mother, who had been of ill health, followed Nora on November 13, 1933.
Bessie was buried at the L'Eau Qui Court Cemetery, in Niobrara.
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