Joseph and Elona (Tucker) Dushanek, 7 North 54 West



ELONA'S FAMILY

In 1880 Harrison County, Iowa, James M. Tucker is 31, Amanda R. Tucker 32 Wife, Edwin M. Tucker 11 Son, William L. Tucker 10 Son, Emma L. Tucker 8 Daughter, John H. Tucker 6 Son, and Elpha Tucker 3 Daughter.

Edwin Manford Tucker Sr. BIRTH 15 Oct 1869 DEATH 30 May 1895 BURIAL Ridge Cemetery Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska, PLOT Block 251 Lot 1 MEMORIAL ID 92326532.

John Horace Tucker BIRTH 17 Oct 1874 Blair, Washington County, Nebraska, DEATH 4 Dec 1943 Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado, BURIAL Mountain View Cemetery Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado, PLOT Plot E5, Block 11, grave 1 MEMORIAL ID 102897803.
"John H. Tucker, resident of the Fruita section for many years, died Dec. 4 in a hospital at Pueblo, where he was taken from St. Mary's hospital Nov. 30. Mr. Tucker was born Oct 17, 1874, at Blair, and came to Colorado in 1910. He farmed in the Fruita section for many years, but went to Denver Jan. 22, 1937, where he and his wife had a delicatessen store and rooming house. They returned here March 5, 1943, and again resided at Fruita. Mr. Tucker became ill last summer and had grown steadily worse since that.
He is survived by Mrs. Gertrude Tucker, and the following children: Chester, LaJolla, Robert of the U. S. army; John whose address is unknown; Mrs. Ellen O. Burton, Haxtun, Miss Ethel Tucker, Colorado Springs; and Mrs. Alma K. Otto, Colorado Springs."

James is "widowed" in 1900.

In 1900 Dodge County, Nebraska, Wilson McReynolds is 52, Amanda McReynolds 52 Wife is a laundress, Minnie Tucker 15 Stepdaughter, and Sadie Tucker 14 Stepdaughter.

July 17, 1929 Fort Collins "Mrs. Amanda McReynolds, 83 years old, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Maud Duschanek, 901 Smith street, at 7 o'clock Tuesday evening of old age and stomach trouble. She has been failing for the past two years. Mrs. McReynolds was born in Indiana in 1847, and spent the greater portion of her life at Fremont, Nebr.. She came to Fort Collins years ago and has lived at the home of her daughter since that time.
Funeral services will be held at the Balmer mortuary at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. The remains will be sent to Fremont for interment. She is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Duschanek, Fort Collins,Mrs. Emma Thomas, Willard, Col., Mrs. Psrter, Canada, Miss Lillian Anderson, Fort Dodge, Iowa, Mrs. Wtss Swain, Long View, Wash., Mrs. Mary Wilson, Gold Hill, Colo., and by two sons, Will Tucker, Porterville Calif., and Tucker Grand Junction "


Jos. Duschank Age 25 Birth Place Bohemia Marriage Date 26 Apr 1897 Marriage Place Pottawattamie, Iowa, Spouse Maud A. Tucker Father Jas Duschanek Mother Anna Tohl.

Joseph claimed a quarter in section 30, 7N 54W in 1915.


January 1916 "Miss Mayme Wilmis, who has been visiting at the Duschanek home, returned to her home in Neola, Iowa, Sunday."

August 1916 " Mr. and Mrs. J. Duschanek and daughter Helen, and Mrs. Mary Michelson of Fort Collins arrived at the Thomas home Sunday afternoon, and visited there a short time; later they drove through Willard and visited the Duschanek farm. Mrs. Michelson lived here twenty-five years ago. She and her family were the first people to live in the section house here."
Joseph Duschanek registered for WWI, living at 1113 Laporte, Fort Collins, a blacksmith born November 3, 1872, wife Maud Ann.

August 1918 Sterling "The Willard branch of the Red Cross was represented by Mrs. Wililiam Thomas and Mrs. F. W. Gilliland, at the meeting at the court house Thursday. Miss Helen Duschanek of Fort Collins, a niece of Mrs. Thomas, accompanied her."

In 1920 Fort Collins, Joseph Duschanek 46, born in Bohemia, a blacksmith, Maud E. Duschanek 43 Wife, and Helen M. Duschanek 17 Daughter.

Joseph Duschanek BIRTH 3 Nov 1872 DEATH 6 Apr 1932 BURIAL Grandview Cemetery Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, PLOT Section 8 MEMORIAL ID 98344170.

Lyons, Colorado March 1940 "Mrs. Maud Duschanek of Fort Collins spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Owens."

Elpha Maud Duschanek BIRTH 16 Oct 1876 DEATH 30 Jan 1964 BURIAL Grandview Cemetery Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, PLOT Section 8 MEMORIAL ID 98344196.
" Mrs. Maude Duschanek, 87, a former Fort Collins resident, died this morning in a nursing home at Colorado Springs after five years of failing health. She was the widow of Joseph Duschanek who died here in 1930, and was a member of St. Catholic Church She was born in Fremont, Neb., Oct 16, 1876. She and her family lived in Greeley and Fort Collins since 1912.
Mrs. Duschanek is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Paul Getchell of Colorado Springs, two grandchildren, a brother, William Tucker of Porterville, Calif., and two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Anderson of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and Mrs. Mary McConnell of Lafayette, Colo."

HELEN

Helen Duschank Age 22 Marriage Date 20 Jun 1925 Marriage Place Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado, Spouse Paul L Getchell.

Helen M Getchell BIRTH 1903 DEATH 1983 BURIAL Shrine of Remembrance Mausoleum Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, PLOT Garden of Angels, BldgC, 28-A MEMORIAL ID 209022555.

Paul L. Getchell BIRTH 1901 DEATH 1997 BURIAL Shrine of Remembrance Mausoleum Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, PLOT Garden of Angels, BldgC, 27-A MEMORIAL ID 20902246.


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