August Dolezilek

1899 - 1982  (82 years)

• Name	August Dolezilek
  Born	20 Sep 1899	Jackson County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Mar 1982	Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	25 Mar 1982	Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3441	Rossville
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	John Dolezilek, Sr.
  Mother	Antonie (Tillie) Simecka Dolezilek,   b. 1871, Frysovicich, Moravia ,   d. 24 Dec 1938, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 67 years)
  Married	1891
  Family ID	F1938	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 20 Sep 1899 - Jackson County, Kansas Died - 22 Mar 1982 - Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Buried - 25 Mar 1982 - Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Dolezilek, August 1 August Dolezilek Mass of Christian burial was at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, Rossville, for August Dolezilek, 82, Silver Lake, who died Monday, March 22, 1982, in a grass fire near his farm home. Shawnee County District Coroner W. Kiernan O'Callaghan said Mr. Dolezilek died of smoke inhalation and burns. An autopsy was performed Tuesday. A neighbor of Mr. Dolezilek's speculated the victim was attempting to put out the fire when his clothing caught on fire. Mr. Dolezilek was born September 20, 1899, in Jackson County, the son of John and Antonie Simecka Dolezilek. He lived all his life in the Jackson-Shawnee County area. He was a retired farmer and a member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Rossville. Survivors include a brother, Ted Dolezilek, Rossville; and two sisters, Mrs. Lula Steele, Berryton, and Mrs. Agnes Michel, Walla Walla, Wash. Burial was a Mount Calvary Cemetery in St. Marys, and Rosary said at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Verschelden Funeral Home chapel, St. Marys. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association in care of the funeral home. Casket bearers were Ed Smatla, Henry Martinek, Vince Martinek, Henry Lillard, Larry Andrson and Gary Funke.
  		Obituary- Dolezilek, August 2 August Dolezilek Dies In Grass Fire August Dolezilek, 83, a retired Rossville farmer, may have been killed when his clothes were set ablaze as he tried to stomp out a small grass fire, authorities speculated. His body was found Monday, March 22, 1982, near his farm home. Shawnee County Sheriff's Deputy Mike Ramirez told a reporter for the "Topeka Capital-Journal" they were speculating that Mr. Dolezilek was burning trash and, one way or another, was engulfed in flames. Mr. Dolezilek's badly burned body was found at 3:28 p.m. lying in the driveway near his farmhouse, northeast of Rossville, about one-half mile south of 86th Street on Docking Road. An autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. Sherriff's deputies commented they had to treat the death as a homicide until the autopsy report is returned, even though the death appear accidental, maybe coupled with a heart attack. Bennie Martinek, a neighbor, said that Dolezilek usually burned his trash. In the shadow of his farmhouse, a charred pile of newspapers and magazines littered the driveway. Farther north was the still-smoldering outline of a cedar tree and a wide patch of fire-blackened stubble. Several of Dolezilek's relatives, including his brother Ted, also of rural Rossville, were at the scene soon after the fire was discovered. Ted told authorities that August lived alone and that he got around well despite his age. Their parents had lived in the small wood-frame farmhouse before his brother moved therein in the 1920s. Fire units from Shawnee County Fire District No. 1, based in Silver Lake, were first on the scene. "We just happened on it." said Dale Upton. "We were out investigating an illegal burning and took that road back because we saw a column of smoke." They found the grass fire, by then barely burning, and Dolezilek's body. Services for Mr. Dolezilek are pending at Verschelden Funeral Home, St. Marys.