Louis John Vavrik, 84, Ventura, died Wednesday, November 28, 2012, at the Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City.
A funeral mass will be held at 10:30 A.M. Saturday, December 1, 2012, at the St. Patrick's Catholic Church, 1001 9th Ave. South, Clear Lake, with Reverend John Gossman officiating. Burial will be in the St. Johns Cemetery in Duncan. Visitation will be held from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. with a Scriptural Wake Service at 7:00 P.M. on Friday, at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 North 4th Street, Clear Lake. Visitation will also be held one hour prior to service time on Saturday at the church.
Louis John Vavrik was born on January 27, 1928, the son of Frank and Anna (Tusha) Vavrik on the family farm near Duncan. He was baptized at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Duncan, and attended rural school in Garfield Township. Louis was inducted into the Army on January 11, 1951, serving in the Korean Conflict. Louis served his country honorably and faithfully until his honorable discharge in October 1952, with the rank of SGT.
Louis was united in marriage to Marjorie Kirschbaum at St. James Catholic Church in Forest City on June 25, 1953, and to this union was born a daughter, Jane and a son, Marvin.
Louis and Marjorie farmed west of Duncan until 1968, when they moved to an acreage north of Ventura. He then worked at Cashway Lumber Company in Mason City for 25 years.
Louis enjoyed gardening and woodworking and was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Clear Lake.
Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Marjorie Vavrik of Ventura; daughter Jane (Wayne) Eckhoff of Alexander; son, Marvin (Julie) Vavrik of Clear Lake; grandchildren, Rebecca and Stephen Tiffany of Mukwonago, WI, Mark and Jennifer Eckhoff of Madrid, Brian and Ashley Eckhoff of Marion, Hannah Vavrik and Dylan Vavrik of Clear Lake; great-grandchildren, Nathan and Allyson Tiffany; step great-grandson, Michael Legan; brother-in-law, Eugene Kirschbaum and sister-in-law, MaDonna Kirschbaum; as well as nieces, nephews, and many other extended family members and friends.
Louis was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Anna; sisters, Mamie Sucky, Rose Formanek, Lillian Malek; brothers, Frank Vavrik Jr, George Vavrik, William Vavrik and Robert Vavrik.
A funeral mass will be held at 10:30 A.M. Saturday, December 1, 2012, at the St. Patrick's Catholic Church, 1001 9th Ave. South, Clear Lake, with Reverend John Gossman officiating. Burial will be in the St. Johns Cemetery in Duncan. Visitation will be held from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. with a Scriptural Wake Service at 7:00 P.M. on Friday, at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 North 4th Street, Clear Lake. Visitation will also be held one hour prior to service time on Saturday at the church.
Louis John Vavrik was born on January 27, 1928, the son of Frank and Anna (Tusha) Vavrik on the family farm near Duncan. He was baptized at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Duncan, and attended rural school in Garfield Township. Louis was inducted into the Army on January 11, 1951, serving in the Korean Conflict. Louis served his country honorably and faithfully until his honorable discharge in October 1952, with the rank of SGT.
Louis was united in marriage to Marjorie Kirschbaum at St. James Catholic Church in Forest City on June 25, 1953, and to this union was born a daughter, Jane and a son, Marvin.
Louis and Marjorie farmed west of Duncan until 1968, when they moved to an acreage north of Ventura. He then worked at Cashway Lumber Company in Mason City for 25 years.
Louis enjoyed gardening and woodworking and was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Clear Lake.
Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Marjorie Vavrik of Ventura; daughter Jane (Wayne) Eckhoff of Alexander; son, Marvin (Julie) Vavrik of Clear Lake; grandchildren, Rebecca and Stephen Tiffany of Mukwonago, WI, Mark and Jennifer Eckhoff of Madrid, Brian and Ashley Eckhoff of Marion, Hannah Vavrik and Dylan Vavrik of Clear Lake; great-grandchildren, Nathan and Allyson Tiffany; step great-grandson, Michael Legan; brother-in-law, Eugene Kirschbaum and sister-in-law, MaDonna Kirschbaum; as well as nieces, nephews, and many other extended family members and friends.
Louis was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Anna; sisters, Mamie Sucky, Rose Formanek, Lillian Malek; brothers, Frank Vavrik Jr, George Vavrik, William Vavrik and Robert Vavrik.
Louis John Vavrik, 84, Ventura, died Wednesday, November 28, 2012, at the Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City.
A funeral mass will be held at 10:30 A.M. Saturday, December 1, 2012, at the St. Patrick's Catholic Church, 1001 9th Ave. South, Clear Lake, with Reverend John Gossman officiating. Burial will be in the St. Johns Cemetery in Duncan. Visitation will be held from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. with a Scriptural Wake Service at 7:00 P.M. on Friday, at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 North 4th Street, Clear Lake. Visitation will also be held one hour prior to service time on Saturday at the church.
Louis John Vavrik was born on January 27, 1928, the son of Frank and Anna (Tusha) Vavrik on the family farm near Duncan. He was baptized at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Duncan, and attended rural school in Garfield Township. Louis was inducted into the Army on January 11, 1951, serving in the Korean Conflict. Louis served his country honorably and faithfully until his honorable discharge in October 1952, with the rank of SGT.
Louis was united in marriage to Marjorie Kirschbaum at St. James Catholic Church in Forest City on June 25, 1953, and to this union was born a daughter, Jane and a son, Marvin.
Louis and Marjorie farmed west of Duncan until 1968, when they moved to an acreage north of Ventura. He then worked at Cashway Lumber Company in Mason City for 25 years.
Louis enjoyed gardening and woodworking and was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Clear Lake.
Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Marjorie Vavrik of Ventura; daughter Jane (Wayne) Eckhoff of Alexander; son, Marvin (Julie) Vavrik of Clear Lake; grandchildren, Rebecca and Stephen Tiffany of Mukwonago, WI, Mark and Jennifer Eckhoff of Madrid, Brian and Ashley Eckhoff of Marion, Hannah Vavrik and Dylan Vavrik of Clear Lake; great-grandchildren, Nathan and Allyson Tiffany; step great-grandson, Michael Legan; brother-in-law, Eugene Kirschbaum and sister-in-law, MaDonna Kirschbaum; as well as nieces, nephews, and many other extended family members and friends.
Louis was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Anna; sisters, Mamie Sucky, Rose Formanek, Lillian Malek; brothers, Frank Vavrik Jr, George Vavrik, William Vavrik and Robert Vavrik.
A funeral mass will be held at 10:30 A.M. Saturday, December 1, 2012, at the St. Patrick's Catholic Church, 1001 9th Ave. South, Clear Lake, with Reverend John Gossman officiating. Burial will be in the St. Johns Cemetery in Duncan. Visitation will be held from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. with a Scriptural Wake Service at 7:00 P.M. on Friday, at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 North 4th Street, Clear Lake. Visitation will also be held one hour prior to service time on Saturday at the church.
Louis John Vavrik was born on January 27, 1928, the son of Frank and Anna (Tusha) Vavrik on the family farm near Duncan. He was baptized at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Duncan, and attended rural school in Garfield Township. Louis was inducted into the Army on January 11, 1951, serving in the Korean Conflict. Louis served his country honorably and faithfully until his honorable discharge in October 1952, with the rank of SGT.
Louis was united in marriage to Marjorie Kirschbaum at St. James Catholic Church in Forest City on June 25, 1953, and to this union was born a daughter, Jane and a son, Marvin.
Louis and Marjorie farmed west of Duncan until 1968, when they moved to an acreage north of Ventura. He then worked at Cashway Lumber Company in Mason City for 25 years.
Louis enjoyed gardening and woodworking and was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Clear Lake.
Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Marjorie Vavrik of Ventura; daughter Jane (Wayne) Eckhoff of Alexander; son, Marvin (Julie) Vavrik of Clear Lake; grandchildren, Rebecca and Stephen Tiffany of Mukwonago, WI, Mark and Jennifer Eckhoff of Madrid, Brian and Ashley Eckhoff of Marion, Hannah Vavrik and Dylan Vavrik of Clear Lake; great-grandchildren, Nathan and Allyson Tiffany; step great-grandson, Michael Legan; brother-in-law, Eugene Kirschbaum and sister-in-law, MaDonna Kirschbaum; as well as nieces, nephews, and many other extended family members and friends.
Louis was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Anna; sisters, Mamie Sucky, Rose Formanek, Lillian Malek; brothers, Frank Vavrik Jr, George Vavrik, William Vavrik and Robert Vavrik.
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