1909 - 2006

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• Birth	1909	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Jul 2006	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
  Person ID	I1288	Rozhon's from Chicago and Elsewhere
  Last Modified	04 Dec 2006 08:54:42
  Father	John V. PEKNY, b. 29 Jun 1877, Bohemia
  Mother	Barbara Marie TRANTINA, b. 1882, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
  Family ID	F279	Group Sheet
  Family	Mildred WILKE
  Family ID	F937	Group Sheet

• Notes

  OBIT: PEKNY, GEORGE J. Chicago Tribune (IL)July 25, 2006 George J. Pekny, 97, formerly of Western Springs. Beloved husband of the late Mildred, nee Wilke; loving father of Barbara (Robert) Laken and Terry (Jessica) Pekny; grandfather of Diane (Rich) Doerr, Donna Laken (Russell Wolf), Beth (Bruce) Turek, Valerie Laken (Rodney Ranken), Marc (Jenny) Pekny and Doug (Lindsay) Pekny; great-grandfather of Amanda, Brandon, Christopher, Kaj, Alison, John, Grace, Jackson, Angela, Noelle and Joseph; brother of Gertrude (late Ed) David, Etta (Stanley) Ruzak and the late Barbara (late Charles) Moutvic, late Bernadette (late George) Rozhon, late Tom (late Helen) Pekny and late Henry Pekny. Visitation 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Hallowell & James Funeral Home, 1025 W. 55th Street, Countryside. Prayers 10:45 a.m. Wednesday from funeral home to St. John of the Cross Church in Western Springs for Mass at 11:15 a.m. Entombment Queen of Heaven Mausoleum. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Defeat Autism Now or Children's Tumor Foundation. Funeral info 708-352-6500

• Sources

  [S20] 1930 U.S. Federal Census, (NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, Great Lakes Region, 7358 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, Illinois 60629).