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Obituary- Kratina, John 2

John Kratina
ROSSVILLE — Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Rossville Presbyterian Church for John R. Kratina, 81, Rossville, who died Wednesday at a Topeka hospital.

He was born July 5, 1894, in Rossville, where he spent all of his life.

He was a farmer before he retired and worked at the dehydrating plant in Rossville from 1947 until 1960. He was a medical supervisor in a field hospital near Tours, France, during World War I.

He. was a member of the Rossville Presbyterian Church, Lodge No. 128 Moravan, Western Bohemian Fraternal Association, a 50-year member of Jimmy Lillard Post No. 31, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and an active member of the Czech-Moravian Cemetery Committee, all at Rossville. He served on the grade school board of Victor No. 101, from 1940 until 1948.

He was married to Helen Hruska in 1932 in Topeka. She survives.

Other survivors include two sons, John D. Kratina, Rossville, and George F. Kratina, Silver Lake; a daughter, Sister Mary Kratina, Rossville; a brother, Frank E. Kratina, 1942 N. Quincy, Topeka; a sister, Mrs. Tressie Uhl, Grantville; and three grandchildren.

Bible Vigil services will be at 8 p.m. Friday at Verschelden Funeral Home, St. Marys. Military graveside services conducted by the Jimmy Lillard Post- No. 31 will be after funeral services Saturday at Czech-Moravian Cemetery, north of Rossville.

Mr. Kratina will lie in state from 9 a.m. until service time at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to Rossville Presbyterian Church for Christian education purposes.

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