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Lillian Mable Snyder Vacek

Female 1907 - 1995  (87 years)


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  • Name Lillian Mable Snyder Vacek 
    Born 30 Apr 1907  Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 5 Mar 1995  Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Czech-Moravian Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6746  Rossville
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2018 

    Father John Snyder 
    Mother Martha Ellen Snyder 
    Family ID F7802  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John A Vacek,   b. 23 Jul 1911,   d. 19 Aug 1999  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 1955  Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Rosalie L Vacek Wasson
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2018 15:25:33 
    Family ID F7803  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1955 - Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Czech-Moravian Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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    Obituary- Vacek, Lillian
    Obituary- Vacek, Lillian
    Lillian Mable Vacek
    WAMEGO — Lillian Mable Vacek, 87, Wamego, died Sunday, March 5, 1995, at a Wamego nursing home.

    Mrs. Vacek owned and operated a restaurant for 50 years and also was a blues singer in Kansas City-area night clubs when she was young woman.

    She was born April 30, 1907, in the Oklahoma Territory, the daughter of John and Martha Ellen Snyder. She had lived in Junction City, Herington, Solomon, Topeka and Kansas City, Kan., before she moved to Wamego 19 years ago.

    She was married to John Vacek in 1955 in Nebraska. He survives.

    Other survivors include a daughter, Rosalie L. Wasson, St. Petersburg, Fla.; three grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and three great-great- grandchildren.

    Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at R.J. Evans Mortuary in Wamego. Burial will be at the Czech Moravan Cemetery northeast of Rossville. Mrs. Vacek will lie in state from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at the mortuary.