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Obituary- Horak, Benjamin 2

BENJAMIN F. “BENNIE” HORAK
Benjamin F. “Bennie” Horak, 92, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, at his home in Topeka.

He was born Sept. 24, 1920, near Delia, the son of Ignac and Veronica Hejtmanek Horak.

He attended Golden Rod Grade School and started farming for his father after his graduation.

Bennie farmed all of his life and worked at Goodyear Tire and Rubber starting in 1961 and retiring in 1983. He was a member of the Delia Presbyterian Church. He was a member and past master of the Delia Masonic Lodge, the Delia High School Board of Education and Local Union No 307 United Rubber Workers. He was a charter member of the Delia Lions Club and had been a 4-H leader. Ben¬nie had been a security guard at the Delia Missile site. He was a 75-year member of ZCB J Lodge and a member of the Rossville Senior Center. Mr. Horak was a charter member of the US Bank Silver Elite Club.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a daughter Peggy Jean Workman, April 10, 2007, his twin brother Eddie and brothers Rudy and Elbert and his sister Rose.

He was united in marriage to Sara Stum in August 1945 at Alma. She survives of the home.

Other survivors include his son, Don Horak, Delia; sisters Emily Dodge, Irene Collett and Esther Wehner; four grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Friday, Nov. 30, at Piper Funeral Home, St. Marys.

Interment was in the Czech Moravian Cemetery located north of Rossville.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Delia Presbyterian Church or to the donor’s choice and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple St., St. Marys, KS 66536 Online condolences may be sent to www.piperfuneralhome.com.

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