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Houston Post 24 Oct 1983 Before moving to San Antonio he was a resident of Baytown and El Campo. H e was born on June 11, 1892 in Lavaca County to the late Frank J. and Frances Sveltik Trojcak. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of the Triska Funeral Home in El Campo with Rev. Besada officiating. Interment will be in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in El Campo. Survived by two daughters, Miladie Carroll of Baytown, Gladys Mood of San Antonio; one son, Frank W. Trojcak, San Antonio; two sisters, Frances Bures of Nada, Annie Greer of Hallettsville; five brothers, Charles of Little Rock, Arkansas, John of Hallettsville, Joe of LaWard, Lewis of Shiner, Emil of Weid, six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Triska Funeral Home, El Campo, Texas, 409-543- 3681. Posted by Matt Cross ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shiner Gazette Frank J. Trojcak Rites Held
He was a self-educated storekeeper, who began his career in 1910. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25 at Triska Funeral Home with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. The Rev. Henry Beseda officiated. His son Frank Trojcak read the obituary. Pallbearers were Jaro Netardus, Kenneth Bures, Mark Bures, Shirley Trojcak, Jimmy Trojcak and August Trojcak. Mr. Trojcak, one of 11 children, was born June 11, 1892 in Breslau, Lavaca County, Texas, son of Frank J. and Frances Mary (Svetlik) Trojcak. He was raised on a farm and forced to leave school in the third grade to help chores. He went on to teach himself to read with newspapers and learned to keep books after starting as a clerk in a general store when he was 18. In 1928, while running his own store in Sublime, he heard that one of the two dirt roads intersecting the tiny hamlet of Midfield, population about 100, would become Texas Highway 71. He immediately moved in, built a store and a house, and pushed for the construction of Highway 111 to complete the paved crossroads. He prospered. He sold the store in 1948 and went into semi-retirement, operating a liquor store in El Campo. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Miladie Carroll of Baytown and Mrs. Gladys Mood of San Antonio; one son, Lt. Col. Frank W. Trojcak of San Antonio; two sisters, Frances Bures of Nada and Annie Greer of Hallettsville; five brothers, Charles Trojcak of Little Rock, Ark., John Trojcak of Hallettsville, Joe Trojcak of LaWard, Louis Trojcak of Shiner and Emil Trojcak of Wied; six grandchildren; and two great- grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father, Aug. 27, 1949; his
mother, Sept. 28, 1952; two brothers, August Nick Trojcak, Dec. 2,
1968; Joe Trojcak who died in infancy; and one sister, Mrs. William
(Emilie) Brod, Mar. 16, 1947. Posted by Matt Cross
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