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- Mary Kaspar would marry twice. Her first marriage was to Frantisek (Frank) Hrdlicka. Frank and Mary had several children, one of whom would die in infancy and without a name. Two others of their children were Joseph and Cecelia. Frank would die early as well, leaving Mary with a young "Cel" (pronounced "seal") to raise. - Mary would remarry in 1900 to John Petran, also his second marriage as his first wife, also named Mary, would die and leave him with a young daughter named Rose. Mary would divorce John, and when she died in 1936, beburied next to her first husband, Frank, their unnamed child, and another daugter, Marie, at Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery in St. Louis, MO.
Frantisek (Frank) Hrdlicka - Frank's gravestone, although severely weathered, appears to have a Confederate General carved into its face. In fact, it is a Knights of Columbus, as Frank was a member. Years later another of Mary's children would lie at rest feet from her and Frank - Cel and her husband Michael Korman.
- Center Top: Gravestone of Frantisek Hrdlicka, Mary Kaspar Hrdlicka, Marie Petan, unnamed infant. Bottom gravestone and below - Cecelia Petran Korman and Michael Korman
In the pictures below you will see Joseph is his straw top hat. The picture at far rights is of Jean (Genevieve) and Joseph's wife, Hilda.
LEFT: Petran family picture - (seated) Edwin Petran, Mary Kaspar Hrdlicka Petran, John Petran, Standing - Joseph Hrdlicka, seated on ground - Evelyn Petran CENTER: Joseph Hrdlicka RIGHT: Jean (Genevieve) Petran and Hilda Hrdlicka
Joseph and Hilda Hrdlicka's son, Meryl, died on Dec. 19, 2008. I met Joe and Meryl only once, on their visit to St. Louis. I remember seeing Joe and being fascinated by the fact that he was a spitting image of his younger brother, Edwin Petran.
Meryl had been the Mayor of Lynwood, WA for nearly a quarter century.
Meryl Hrdlicka
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