VSETECKA, Pauline Rosie 1912-2000

PAULINE VSETECKA, SHINDELAR, KRUCHEK, WAGNER, FRANA

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 9/17/2014 at 21:34:13

Funeral services for Pauline Vsetecka were held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 19 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Protivin. The Rev. Allan Schmitt officiated. Interment was in Holy Trinity Cemetery in Protivin. Pall bearers were: Vincent Frana, Ron Shindelar, Gary Shindelar, Robert Wagner, Edgar Shindelar, Larry Shindelar, Thomas Wagner, John O. Shindelar, Edward Shindelar and Charles L. Schindelar. Balik Funeral Home handled the arrangements.

Pauline, 87, died Monday, January 17, 2000 at the Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo after a short illness.

Pauline Rosie Vsetecka was born June 16, 1912 on the family farm near Spillville, the daughter of John J. and Anna (Kruchek) Shindelar. She attended grade school in Spillville.

On October 9, 1933 she married Clarence Vsetecka at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville. They farmed near Protivin many years and after Clarence’s death, she moved to Protivin.

She was involved with church activities, liked to garden, play cards, and was a great cook. She shared her musical talents at area nursing homes and was a life long member of the Catholic Workman.

Survivors include two brothers, John of Spillville and Alois of rural Fort Atkinson.

Pauline was preceded in death by her husband Clarence on July 3, 1989; her parents; two sisters, Anna Wagner and Agnes Frana and one brother, V. J. Shindelar.

[NCIGS Obituary Archive, Cresco Times-Plain Dealer, January, 2000]