Edna M Vavricek Matyak

1927 - 2016  (89 years)

• Name	Edna M Vavricek Matyak
  Born	28 Jun 1927	Schuyler, Colfax County, Nebraska
  Gender	Female
  Died	20 Nov 2016	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	23 Nov 2016	Czech-Moravian Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I14210	Rossville
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Frank Vavricek
  Mother	Emma Petr Vavricek
  Family ID	F6937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Woodrowf Matyak,   b. 1 Sep 1923, Carter, Tripp County, South Dakota ,   d. 22 Nov 1996, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 73 years)
  Married	26 Sep 1950	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Children	+ 1. James Dale Matyak,   b. 28 Mar 1956, Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 11 Mar 2000, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 43 years)   2. Judy Marie Matyak Brock Carlson + 3. Donna Matyak Jacobson Johnson
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2018 16:43:37
  Family ID	F3388	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - 23 Nov 2016 - Czech-Moravian Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Matyak, Edna Edna M. Matyak Rossville - Edna M. Matyak, 89, passed away Sunday, November 20, 2016 at the House of Midland Hospice. She was born June 28, 1927 at Schuyler, NE., the daughter of Frank and Emma Petr Vavricek. Edna was raised and attended school in the Blue Rapids and Waterville communities. She and her husband Joe farmed in the Rossville area where you could find her operating tractors, combines and driving the grain trucks. She always raised a big garden - with no weeds - and shared many jars of homemade canned vegetables and pickles with her family. Edna enjoyed flower gardening and was happy to share some of her plants to make other yards pretty. Everyone looked forward to her homemade kolaces and pies. Edna loved needlecrafts, sewing, crocheting and she was an avid quilter. On September 26, 1950 she was united in marriage to Joe W. Matyak in Topeka. He preceded her in death; she was also preceded in death by her son, Jim, brother, Bud Vavricek and sisters, Lydia Korte and Betty Baker McKenna. Mrs. Matyak is survived by two daughters, Donna (Vlad) Johnson, Wamego and Judy (Neil) Carlson, Topeka; her sister, Alice Delavergne, in Virginia; six grandchildren, Julie Loats, Casey Johnson, Trevor Johnson, Kristen Weeks, Melanie Brock and Jeramy Matyak and seven great-grandchildren, Louise, Joe, Daniel, and Betsy Loats, Leah and Hana Johnson and Lucinda Weeks. Graveside services were held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at the Czech-Moravan Cemetery north of Rossville. Mrs. Matyak lied in state from 2:00 until 5:00 P.M. Tuesday at Piper Funeral Chapel in Rossville where the family received friends from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. Memorial contributions may be made to the Czech-Moravan Cemetery and sent in care of Piper Funeral Chapel, P.O Box 642, Rossville, Kansas, 66533. To leave online condolences please go to www. piperfuneralhome.com.