RAYMOND FRANCIS SAMEK 1901-1958

SAMEK

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 3/19/2005 at 21:47:43

RAYMOND FRANCIS SAMEK 1901-1958

Funeral services were held Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at the Schutte Funeral Home in Postville for Raymond F. Samek, Postville cafe owner who passed away at Postville Hospital following a heart attack.

The rites were in charge of the Rev. Walter T. Martin of the Community Presbyterian Church. Burial was in Postville cemetery.

Raymond Francis Samek died at the Postville Hospital early Friday morning after a heart attack. He was born May 15, 1901 at Giard, Iowa, a son of Emma and Frank Samek.

He was educated in the Postville schools. He married Veva Churchill on November 16, 1940 and made his home Postville, owning and operating the Palm Cafe.

Surviving are his wife, Veva; his father, Frank Samek; a brother, Leo and nephew, Lee Samek, of Waukon. Mr. Samek was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge, Kiwanis and the Tri-City Golf Club.

Postville Herald, hand-dated 1958 - contributed by Mary Durr