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ZARUBA (JANUS) JOE MRS

 

Hallettsville Newspaper
Tuesday January 30, 1968

This was a double funeral.
Mrs. Vinc Melnar
Mrs. Joe Zaruba

Joint services for Mrs. Joe Zaruba, sr, 92 and Mrs. Vinc Melnar, 79, who were sisters, were held Monday January 29th at 1:30 pm at Kubena Funeral Home in Hallettsville, and at 2 pm at Czech Moravian Brethern Church at Vsetin, near Hallettsville.

Mrs. Zaruba died at 8 am Sunday in a Yoakum Hospital and her sister Mrs. Melnar passed away Saturday at 12:25 am in the Youens Hospital in Weimar.

The Rev. F J Kostohryz officiated and burial was in Vsetin Cemetery.

Mrs. Melnar was born October 9, 1888 in Colorado County. She was a member of the SPJST Lodge No 16 and the CMB Church at Vsetin. Her husband died in 1958.

Surviving are two daughters: Mrs. Julius (Augusta Melnar) Pustejovsky of Port Lavaca and Mrs. Victor (Christina Melnar) Dusek of Hallettsville: two sons, Victor Melnar of Hallettsville and Clifton Melnar of Weimar; one sister, Mrs. Ed (Tracy Janus) Melnar of Hallettsville; a brother Frank Janus of Hallettsville, eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Mrs. Zaruba, who was born January 19, 1876, in Colorado County, is survived by a daughter, Mrs. R J Walters of Yoakum: a step-son Anton Zaruba of Hallettsville; step-daughter Miss Bessie Zaruba; a sister Mrs. Edward Melnar; a brother, Frank Janus of Hallettsville; several grandchildren and several great grandchildren.

Pallbearers for the Funeral of Mrs Vinc Melnar were her grandsons, Larry Melnar, Victor Dusek JR, Marvin and Royce Dusek, and Leroy and Jimmy Pustejovsky.

Pallbearers for the funeral of Mrs. Annie Zaruba were August, Charlie and Henry Melnar, and Robert, Joe and Frank Zaruba.

NOTE:
Mrs. Vinc Melnar-Frances Janus Melnar---my great-grandmother
Mrs. Joe Zaruba-----Annie Janus Zaruba-my great-great-aunt

Posted by Darlene Baker




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