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James ZETTEK[1]
Male 1917 - 1997


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  • Birth  10 Apr 1917  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Hobbies  Y  [1
    • He was an avid fisherman and tomato grower.
    Residence  8 Jan 1920  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    2701 Lawndale Avenue 
    Military Service  1940-1945  Pacific Theater of War Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    as a TEC 3 US Army in the 27th Infantry in Division World War II 
    • He was a part of the force that landed on Saipan on 16 Jun 1944. During the months of July and August, the 27th cleaned out isolated pockets of Japanese resistance in the mountains and cliffs of Saipan.
    Organizations  Stickney, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Stickney Post, American Legion
    Occupation  Y  [1
    • Railroad maintenance worker.
    Died  21 Jul 1997  Stickney, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Obituary, 23 July 1997, "Life"

      James Zettek
      James Zettek, 79, a 47-year resident of Stickney was pronounced dead on arrival Monday (July 21, 1997) in the emergency room of MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn following a long illness.
      Services are at 11 a.m. today in Mount Auburn Funeral Home, 4101 Oak Park Ave. Interment will be in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Stickney.
      Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until the time of the service today.
      Prior to retiring, Mr. Zettek was a railroad maintenance worker. He was a member of the Stickney Post American Legion.
      Mr. Zettek served in the Army during World War II. He was an "avid" fisherman and tomato grower, family members said.
      Survivors include his wife, Dorothy, and two sisters, Eleanore Reid and Pat Matas.
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    Buried  23 Jul 1997  Berwyn, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    4101 Oak Park Avenue
    Berwyn, IL 60502
    773-242-1466 
    Notes 
    • See note at Eleanor Ann Zettek re orphanage.
      Jim lived in Stickney for 47 years.
      Robert Martinek recalled that Jim saved tomato seeds from nice plants for his garden. [1, 4]
    Person ID  I6020  Dobard-Tenette-Fauria
    Last Modified  12 Apr 2015 

    Father  Rudolph Richard ZETTEK,   b. 19 Mar 1891, , , , Bohemia [now Czech Republic] Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1957, Oak Lawn, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Rose KRENEK,   b. May 1894, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married  7 Jun 1913  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorced  Abt 1920 
    Family ID  F1507  Group Sheet

    Family  Dorothy E. SIMAK,   b. 20 Nov 1917,   d. 30 May 2007 
    Married  21 Nov 1938 
    Last Modified  4 Jun 2012 
    Family ID  F1509  Group Sheet

  • Event Map
    Event
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 Apr 1917 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 2701 Lawndale Avenue - 8 Jan 1920 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOrganizations - - Stickney, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 21 Jul 1997 - Stickney, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Address:
    4101 Oak Park Avenue
    Berwyn, IL 60502
    773-242-1466 - 23 Jul 1997 - Berwyn, Cook, Illinois, USA
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  • Sources 
    1. [S159] Obituary - Zettek, James, (July 23, 1997 - newspaper name not known) (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S28] Census-US federal-1920, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.), Illinois, Cook, Chicago, Ward 34; SD 1, ED 2183; page 7B (Reliability: 1).

    3. [S363] US Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2006, National Cemetery Administration, Nationwide Gravesite Locator, ((http://www.ancestry.com : 2006)), accessed 4 Jun 2012), Zettek, James. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S160] Interview: Martinek, Robert undated phone interview, Tennery, Katherine, (Notes from phone conversation.) (Reliability: 2).


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