VACHA, Frances 1881-1963

VACHA, KRUB, SEATON, LIBERSKY, ADAMS

Posted By: Diane Scott (email)
Date: 9/19/2010 at 09:35:31

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(Death Notice)

Frances Vacha was born September 27, 1881 in St. Ansgar, the daughter of John Vacha and Josephine (Krub) Vacha. She died August 8, 1963.

Frances was buried in the Saint Ansgar Cemetery.

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#2:

Objections Filed On Will of Frances Vacha

St. Ansgar, Iowa – Cousins of Miss Frances Vacha, an elementary school teacher in this community more than 50 years, have filed objections to her will.

Miss Vacha died at the Mitchell County Memorial Hospital August 8th, following a series of heart attacks and cerebral hemorrhages.

Miss Vacha willed much of her estate to the St. Ansgar Community School District for some worthwhile project “for the children of this district -— preferably construction of new classrooms if possible.”

St. Ansgar Methodist Church was left $5,000. Bequeathed $1,000 each were Salisbury House, Des Moines; Mitchell County Memorial Hospital, Osage; St. Ansgar Catholic Church; Immanuel Lutheran Church; First Lutheran Church; Nissen Library; L. R. Michaels, St. Ansgar; Henry Galbreth, Des Moines; Lutheran Orphanage Home, Waverly; Hillcrest Baby Fold, Dubuque; and Harriet Ballow Nursery, Sioux City.

Donal R. Halvorson was named executor of the estate. Cousins who object to what they call “the alleged will of Frances Vacha” are Irma Seaton; George Libersky and Wilma Adams.

[ Mason City Globe Gazette, Monday, August 26, 1963 ]
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FRANCES BACHA*

St. Ansgar, Iowa – Miss Frances Bacha, 81, died Friday at Mitchell County Memorial Hospital, Osage. A lifelong resident of St. Ansgar, she taught school more than 50 years.

Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at Schroeder & Houg Funeral Home. The Rev. Lloyd Bochmeier of St. Ansgar Methodist Church will officiate.

There are no immediate survivors.

She was preceded in death by two sisters and a brother.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, Saturday, August 10, 1963]

(*Note: The newspaper obit had her last name spelled incorrectly as BACHA.)