Vaclav "James" and Annie (Forst) Veverka, 7 North 54 West



POSSIBLY

Vaclav Veverka, 23, a farmer from Bohemia, arrived in New York on the Barbarossa April 9, 1900. He was going to Chicago, where a brother lived.

This might be Vaclav/James Veverka BIRTH 24 Sep 1876 Czech Republic DEATH 10 Dec 1907 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA BURIAL Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery Niles, Cook County, Illinois, USA PLOT Section 4, Block T, Lot 21, Grave 2 FindaGrave ID 136455626.
"He was born in Trebon, Bohemia. He was the second husband of Anna Tesarek Veverka and his son John was born six months after he died. He was interred on December 12, 1907. His name is also James or Wenclaus...they all are the same person. He was the brother of her first husband Jan Veverka. "


DEFINITELY

Vaclav Veverka Age 28, married Annie Forst, Age 22, on 25 Mar 1905 in Chicago, Illinois.

In 1910 Chicago, James Veverka is a butcher, 32, Annie Veverka 27 Wife, Bessie Veverka 5 Daughter, and Mary Veverka 4 Daughter.
Mary Veverka Birth Year abt 1907 Age 01 Death Date 21 Jun 1908 Death Place Chicago, Cook, Illinois

Vaclav claimed a quarter in section 8, 7N 54W in 1917.

March 1917 Pawnee Valley items " Word was received from Arvada Colorado, that little Charles Veverka’ son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Veverka, was doing nicely. "

June 1918 "Jim Veverka and his uncle, S. I. Veverka, were in Sterling Saturday, on business."

In 1920 Willard, Logan County, James "Vaverka" is farming, 43, Anna Vaverka 36 Wife, and Bessie Vaverka 14 Daughter.

Anna Forst BIRTH 19 Apr 1882 Solopysky, Okres Louny, Ústecký (Usti nad Labem), Czech Republic DEATH 5 Oct 1927 BURIAL Woodland Cemetery Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA PLOT Section: 91 Lot: 10 FindaGrave ID 101558925.

In 1930 Willard, James is widowed, farming, living alone.


Bessie H. VeVerka Dilley BIRTH 22 Sep 1907 DEATH 12 Apr 1966 BURIAL Brush Memorial Cemetery Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, USA FindaGrave ID 70298518.
James O. Dilley BIRTH 20 Jul 1904 Iowa, USA DEATH 22 Jul 1989 Colorado, USA BURIAL Brush Memorial Cemetery Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, USA FindaGrave ID 42306424.

Margaret Lorraine Dilley McIntire, 87 of Sterling, passed away Sun., Dec. 21, 2014 in Sterling. Visitation will be from 2pm until 4pm, Fri. Dec. 26 at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. Closed casket funeral service will be 11am Sat., Dec. 27 at First Presbyterian Church, Rev. Michelle D. Witherspoon officiating, with interment at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Margaret was born Dec. 19, 1927 in Sterling to James Otto and Bessie Helen Veverka Dilley. She received her early schooling in Morgan County at Brammer School and Sundberg Schools and middle school years in Logan County at Merino and high school in Merino, Padroni and graduated from Sterling High School in 1945.
On Sept. 28, 1947 she married Robert Allen McIntire in Denver. They lived on the family farm and raised three children, Thomas Dean, Debora Kay and Cheryl Ann. They moved to Sterling in 1967.
Margaret was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and was an Ordained Deacon, serving with the Evangelism Committee and Women’s Association Wedding Reception Committee. She was active in the Kelly Home Extension Club and the Oak Leaf Extension Club in the Kelly area and was a 4-H leader. Margaret served on the Kelly Precinct Election Committee and was Logan County Republican Women’s Treasurer, a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and worked with the Girl’s State Committee.
She held sister memberships in Beta Sigma Phi and Exemplers, PEO and Soyons Gaie Club, and enjoyed playing bridge with various bridge groups. Margaret enjoyed reading, sewing, china painting and the hide-out up the Poudre Canyon west of Ft. Collins with friends and family.
She worked as secretary, bookkeeper and office manager of several accounting firms and retired in 1990 from McGladrey and Pullen CPA’s.
She is survived by son Thomas Dean McIntire and wife Ramona of Idaho Falls, Idaho; daughters Debora Kay McIntire of Sterling and Mexico, and Cheryl Ann Green and husband Robert of Farmington, New Mexico; brother Vernon Dean Dilley and wife Gwen of Brush; sister Dorothy Jean Wade and husband Lloyd of Westminster; sister-in-law Betty Jo Dick McIntire of Buffalo, Missouri; grandchildren Faye Michelle Hoff, Erin Justine Brosterhous and husband Luke, Jacqueline Diane Kennedy and husband Nicholas, Lindsey Ann Jackson and husband Max, Jennifer Ray Deuel and husband Jamin and Jeanna Rose Schow; great grandchildren Davis Brosterhous, Jett Brosterhous, Easton Deuel, Justin Deuel, Jaxon Schow and numerous nieces, nephews and many special friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Robert Allen McIntire and grandson Christian Thomas McIntire. "

"Vernon Dean Dilley, 85, longtime Brush area resident, passed away Saturday, April 11, 2015, at his home surrounded by his loving family.
Vern was born May 24, 1929, in Sterling, Colorado to James Otto and Bessie Helen (VeVerka) Dilley. Vern graduated from high school in Sterling in 1947. He served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict and received his honorable discharge in 1953. When he returned home, Vern moved to Brush to start his business, Dilley's Sand and Gravel. In 1954 he met, and married, Gwendolyn Gail Hall.
Vern & Gwen continued to grow Dilley's Sand & Gravel and in 1973 developed Dilley's Mobile Premix Concrete, both of which continue to be operational in Brush today. Vern & Gwen bought the "Old Brush Golf Course" in 1972, where they built their home and raised their two children, Jim and Lynn Dilley. It was here that Vern started another business, raising Registered Paint and Quarter Horses. Many of the horses raised by Vern were successful racing, roping, cutting, and show horses. For Vern, this life of family, horses, and a country life out of a picture book, was his passion. Happily, Vern continued to enjoy this life in the paradise that he created for his family. It was in this picture perfect paradise that he called home, that he passed away.
Survivors of Vern include his wife of 60 years, Gwen; son Jim and daughter Lynn Dilley, all of Brush; and a sister, Dorothy Wade of Westminster, Colorado.
He was preceded in death by his sister Margaret McIntire of Sterling, and his parents. At Vernon's request, there will be no formal funeral service. Memorial gifts may be given to the charity of your choice. The Heer Mortuary was entrusted with the final arrangements."

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