Daughter of Louis Wesley Straka and Anna Kvas. Born at Caslavsky. Married to Anton Ptacek. She had lived at 5832 Wyandotte Street in Kansas City, MO for 6 months at the time of her death. Cause of death was listed on her death certificate as a skull fracture resulting from auto trauma (driverless car in driveway crashed into a tree). She was a widow at the time of her death. Buried on 07 Oct 1946.
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The Emporia Gazette, 05 Oct 1946, Saturday, p. 1
MRS. MARY PTACEK, FORMER EMPORIAN, KILLED IN ACCIDENT
Mrs. Mary A. Ptacek, 81, former Emporian, was killed in an accident in Kansas City Friday afternoon. She was standing on the right running board of a driverless car in the driveway of the home of her son, Michael E. Ptacek, when the car began coasting down the 40-foot incline and crashed into a tree, pinning Mrs. Ptacek between the car and the tree and ripping off the car door. Mrs. Ptacek was attempting to reach the emergency brake as the car rolled down the driveway.
Mrs. Ptacek and her daughter-in-law were entering the car to go shopping when the elder Mrs. Ptacek remembered she had left her purse in the house and her daughter-in-law volunteered to get it. As Mrs. Michael Ptacek returned to the front porch with the purse, she saw the car in motion and her mother-in-law attempting to reach the emergency brake. Mrs. Ptacek died before a doctor reached her.
Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 9 o'clock at the Visitation Catholic church in Kansas City. Graveside services will be conducted in Maplewood cemetery here Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Mrs. Ptacek was born in Czechoslovakia and came to this country when a girl. She married the late Anton Ptacek and they moved to a farm on Rt. 2, north of Emporia, on January 12, from David City, Neb. Mr. Ptacek died about 23 years ago. E. T. Anderson bought their farm in 1932 and Mrs. Ptacek and two of her sons moved to Herington where they operated a hotel. For the past several years she had been living in Cleveland, Ohio, with her daughters, Mrs. Emil Shrolle and Mrs. Frank Hruby and visiting her sons in Kansas in the summers. On her trip to Kansas this summer, she visited at the home of Mrs. W. A. Gladfelter, Rt. 2.
She is survived by six sons, Michael Ptacek, Kansas City; Theodore Ptacek, Cleveland; Ernest Ptacek and Leo Ptacek, Manhattan; A. L. Ptacek, Wichita, and Dr. J. L. Ptacek, Webster City, Ohio; and two daughters, Mrs. Frank Hruby and Mrs. Emil Sholle, Cleveland.
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The Emporia Gazette. 08 Oct 1946, Tuesday
RITES FOR MRS. PECK
Burial services for Mrs. Harry A. Ptacek, former Emporia resident who was accidentally killed in Kansas City Friday, were held in Maplewood cem(e)tery Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services were conducted by Father Ferdinand Nirmaier, pastor of the Sacred Heart church.
The pallbearers were Mrs. Ptacek's sis sons, Anton L., of Wichita; Ernest H. and Leo D., of Manhattan; ,Michael, of Kansas City, Mo.; Ted W., of Cleveland, Ohio, and Dr. J. L. Ptacek, of Webster City, Iowa.
Mrs. Ptacek was also survived by two daughters, Mrs. Eva Hruby and Mrs. Rose Sholl, both of Cleveland, Ohio. They were here for the services.
The Ptacek family was well known in Emporia from 1912 to 1932. It was in 1912 that the family moved to Emporia from David City, Iowa, in order to give the children the advantages of schooling which Emporia afforded. They purchased the farm on the Neosho river north of Emporia now known as the E. T. Anderson farm. The parents were both natives of Bohemia, and came to this county as children. Mrs. Ptacek was a Nebraska school teacher before she met and married the late Anton Ptacek.
All of the children except one finished college. Three of the eight obtained masters degrees, and one a Ph.D. Anton L Ptacek is now a resident of Wichita; Ernest is an instructor in chemistry at Kansas State College; Leo also is a Manhattan resident; Michael is an employe(e) of the J. C. Nichols company in Kansas City, and Ted is an instructor at the John Adams High school at Cleveland. Dr. J. L. Ptacek now in Webster City, Iowa, was flight surgeon in World War II. Three of the brothers were in World War I.
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The Emporia Gazette, 05 Oct 1946, Saturday, p. 1
MRS. MARY PTACEK, FORMER EMPORIAN, KILLED IN ACCIDENT
Mrs. Mary A. Ptacek, 81, former Emporian, was killed in an accident in Kansas City Friday afternoon. She was standing on the right running board of a driverless car in the driveway of the home of her son, Michael E. Ptacek, when the car began coasting down the 40-foot incline and crashed into a tree, pinning Mrs. Ptacek between the car and the tree and ripping off the car door. Mrs. Ptacek was attempting to reach the emergency brake as the car rolled down the driveway.
Mrs. Ptacek and her daughter-in-law were entering the car to go shopping when the elder Mrs. Ptacek remembered she had left her purse in the house and her daughter-in-law volunteered to get it. As Mrs. Michael Ptacek returned to the front porch with the purse, she saw the car in motion and her mother-in-law attempting to reach the emergency brake. Mrs. Ptacek died before a doctor reached her.
Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 9 o'clock at the Visitation Catholic church in Kansas City. Graveside services will be conducted in Maplewood cemetery here Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Mrs. Ptacek was born in Czechoslovakia and came to this country when a girl. She married the late Anton Ptacek and they moved to a farm on Rt. 2, north of Emporia, on January 12, from David City, Neb. Mr. Ptacek died about 23 years ago. E. T. Anderson bought their farm in 1932 and Mrs. Ptacek and two of her sons moved to Herington where they operated a hotel. For the past several years she had been living in Cleveland, Ohio, with her daughters, Mrs. Emil Shrolle and Mrs. Frank Hruby and visiting her sons in Kansas in the summers. On her trip to Kansas this summer, she visited at the home of Mrs. W. A. Gladfelter, Rt. 2.
She is survived by six sons, Michael Ptacek, Kansas City; Theodore Ptacek, Cleveland; Ernest Ptacek and Leo Ptacek, Manhattan; A. L. Ptacek, Wichita, and Dr. J. L. Ptacek, Webster City, Ohio; and two daughters, Mrs. Frank Hruby and Mrs. Emil Sholle, Cleveland.
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The Emporia Gazette. 08 Oct 1946, Tuesday
RITES FOR MRS. PECK
Burial services for Mrs. Harry A. Ptacek, former Emporia resident who was accidentally killed in Kansas City Friday, were held in Maplewood cem(e)tery Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services were conducted by Father Ferdinand Nirmaier, pastor of the Sacred Heart church.
The pallbearers were Mrs. Ptacek's sis sons, Anton L., of Wichita; Ernest H. and Leo D., of Manhattan; ,Michael, of Kansas City, Mo.; Ted W., of Cleveland, Ohio, and Dr. J. L. Ptacek, of Webster City, Iowa.
Mrs. Ptacek was also survived by two daughters, Mrs. Eva Hruby and Mrs. Rose Sholl, both of Cleveland, Ohio. They were here for the services.
The Ptacek family was well known in Emporia from 1912 to 1932. It was in 1912 that the family moved to Emporia from David City, Iowa, in order to give the children the advantages of schooling which Emporia afforded. They purchased the farm on the Neosho river north of Emporia now known as the E. T. Anderson farm. The parents were both natives of Bohemia, and came to this county as children. Mrs. Ptacek was a Nebraska school teacher before she met and married the late Anton Ptacek.
All of the children except one finished college. Three of the eight obtained masters degrees, and one a Ph.D. Anton L Ptacek is now a resident of Wichita; Ernest is an instructor in chemistry at Kansas State College; Leo also is a Manhattan resident; Michael is an employe(e) of the J. C. Nichols company in Kansas City, and Ted is an instructor at the John Adams High school at Cleveland. Dr. J. L. Ptacek now in Webster City, Iowa, was flight surgeon in World War II. Three of the brothers were in World War I.
Daughter of Louis Wesley Straka and Anna Kvas. Born at Caslavsky. Married to Anton Ptacek. She had lived at 5832 Wyandotte Street in Kansas City, MO for 6 months at the time of her death. Cause of death was listed on her death certificate as a skull fracture resulting from auto trauma (driverless car in driveway crashed into a tree). She was a widow at the time of her death. Buried on 07 Oct 1946.
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The Emporia Gazette, 05 Oct 1946, Saturday, p. 1
MRS. MARY PTACEK, FORMER EMPORIAN, KILLED IN ACCIDENT
Mrs. Mary A. Ptacek, 81, former Emporian, was killed in an accident in Kansas City Friday afternoon. She was standing on the right running board of a driverless car in the driveway of the home of her son, Michael E. Ptacek, when the car began coasting down the 40-foot incline and crashed into a tree, pinning Mrs. Ptacek between the car and the tree and ripping off the car door. Mrs. Ptacek was attempting to reach the emergency brake as the car rolled down the driveway.
Mrs. Ptacek and her daughter-in-law were entering the car to go shopping when the elder Mrs. Ptacek remembered she had left her purse in the house and her daughter-in-law volunteered to get it. As Mrs. Michael Ptacek returned to the front porch with the purse, she saw the car in motion and her mother-in-law attempting to reach the emergency brake. Mrs. Ptacek died before a doctor reached her.
Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 9 o'clock at the Visitation Catholic church in Kansas City. Graveside services will be conducted in Maplewood cemetery here Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Mrs. Ptacek was born in Czechoslovakia and came to this country when a girl. She married the late Anton Ptacek and they moved to a farm on Rt. 2, north of Emporia, on January 12, from David City, Neb. Mr. Ptacek died about 23 years ago. E. T. Anderson bought their farm in 1932 and Mrs. Ptacek and two of her sons moved to Herington where they operated a hotel. For the past several years she had been living in Cleveland, Ohio, with her daughters, Mrs. Emil Shrolle and Mrs. Frank Hruby and visiting her sons in Kansas in the summers. On her trip to Kansas this summer, she visited at the home of Mrs. W. A. Gladfelter, Rt. 2.
She is survived by six sons, Michael Ptacek, Kansas City; Theodore Ptacek, Cleveland; Ernest Ptacek and Leo Ptacek, Manhattan; A. L. Ptacek, Wichita, and Dr. J. L. Ptacek, Webster City, Ohio; and two daughters, Mrs. Frank Hruby and Mrs. Emil Sholle, Cleveland.
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The Emporia Gazette. 08 Oct 1946, Tuesday
RITES FOR MRS. PECK
Burial services for Mrs. Harry A. Ptacek, former Emporia resident who was accidentally killed in Kansas City Friday, were held in Maplewood cem(e)tery Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services were conducted by Father Ferdinand Nirmaier, pastor of the Sacred Heart church.
The pallbearers were Mrs. Ptacek's sis sons, Anton L., of Wichita; Ernest H. and Leo D., of Manhattan; ,Michael, of Kansas City, Mo.; Ted W., of Cleveland, Ohio, and Dr. J. L. Ptacek, of Webster City, Iowa.
Mrs. Ptacek was also survived by two daughters, Mrs. Eva Hruby and Mrs. Rose Sholl, both of Cleveland, Ohio. They were here for the services.
The Ptacek family was well known in Emporia from 1912 to 1932. It was in 1912 that the family moved to Emporia from David City, Iowa, in order to give the children the advantages of schooling which Emporia afforded. They purchased the farm on the Neosho river north of Emporia now known as the E. T. Anderson farm. The parents were both natives of Bohemia, and came to this county as children. Mrs. Ptacek was a Nebraska school teacher before she met and married the late Anton Ptacek.
All of the children except one finished college. Three of the eight obtained masters degrees, and one a Ph.D. Anton L Ptacek is now a resident of Wichita; Ernest is an instructor in chemistry at Kansas State College; Leo also is a Manhattan resident; Michael is an employe(e) of the J. C. Nichols company in Kansas City, and Ted is an instructor at the John Adams High school at Cleveland. Dr. J. L. Ptacek now in Webster City, Iowa, was flight surgeon in World War II. Three of the brothers were in World War I.
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The Emporia Gazette, 05 Oct 1946, Saturday, p. 1
MRS. MARY PTACEK, FORMER EMPORIAN, KILLED IN ACCIDENT
Mrs. Mary A. Ptacek, 81, former Emporian, was killed in an accident in Kansas City Friday afternoon. She was standing on the right running board of a driverless car in the driveway of the home of her son, Michael E. Ptacek, when the car began coasting down the 40-foot incline and crashed into a tree, pinning Mrs. Ptacek between the car and the tree and ripping off the car door. Mrs. Ptacek was attempting to reach the emergency brake as the car rolled down the driveway.
Mrs. Ptacek and her daughter-in-law were entering the car to go shopping when the elder Mrs. Ptacek remembered she had left her purse in the house and her daughter-in-law volunteered to get it. As Mrs. Michael Ptacek returned to the front porch with the purse, she saw the car in motion and her mother-in-law attempting to reach the emergency brake. Mrs. Ptacek died before a doctor reached her.
Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 9 o'clock at the Visitation Catholic church in Kansas City. Graveside services will be conducted in Maplewood cemetery here Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Mrs. Ptacek was born in Czechoslovakia and came to this country when a girl. She married the late Anton Ptacek and they moved to a farm on Rt. 2, north of Emporia, on January 12, from David City, Neb. Mr. Ptacek died about 23 years ago. E. T. Anderson bought their farm in 1932 and Mrs. Ptacek and two of her sons moved to Herington where they operated a hotel. For the past several years she had been living in Cleveland, Ohio, with her daughters, Mrs. Emil Shrolle and Mrs. Frank Hruby and visiting her sons in Kansas in the summers. On her trip to Kansas this summer, she visited at the home of Mrs. W. A. Gladfelter, Rt. 2.
She is survived by six sons, Michael Ptacek, Kansas City; Theodore Ptacek, Cleveland; Ernest Ptacek and Leo Ptacek, Manhattan; A. L. Ptacek, Wichita, and Dr. J. L. Ptacek, Webster City, Ohio; and two daughters, Mrs. Frank Hruby and Mrs. Emil Sholle, Cleveland.
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The Emporia Gazette. 08 Oct 1946, Tuesday
RITES FOR MRS. PECK
Burial services for Mrs. Harry A. Ptacek, former Emporia resident who was accidentally killed in Kansas City Friday, were held in Maplewood cem(e)tery Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services were conducted by Father Ferdinand Nirmaier, pastor of the Sacred Heart church.
The pallbearers were Mrs. Ptacek's sis sons, Anton L., of Wichita; Ernest H. and Leo D., of Manhattan; ,Michael, of Kansas City, Mo.; Ted W., of Cleveland, Ohio, and Dr. J. L. Ptacek, of Webster City, Iowa.
Mrs. Ptacek was also survived by two daughters, Mrs. Eva Hruby and Mrs. Rose Sholl, both of Cleveland, Ohio. They were here for the services.
The Ptacek family was well known in Emporia from 1912 to 1932. It was in 1912 that the family moved to Emporia from David City, Iowa, in order to give the children the advantages of schooling which Emporia afforded. They purchased the farm on the Neosho river north of Emporia now known as the E. T. Anderson farm. The parents were both natives of Bohemia, and came to this county as children. Mrs. Ptacek was a Nebraska school teacher before she met and married the late Anton Ptacek.
All of the children except one finished college. Three of the eight obtained masters degrees, and one a Ph.D. Anton L Ptacek is now a resident of Wichita; Ernest is an instructor in chemistry at Kansas State College; Leo also is a Manhattan resident; Michael is an employe(e) of the J. C. Nichols company in Kansas City, and Ted is an instructor at the John Adams High school at Cleveland. Dr. J. L. Ptacek now in Webster City, Iowa, was flight surgeon in World War II. Three of the brothers were in World War I.
