OBITUARY: William Lee Valasek, 1919-2003, Mitchell Co. Iowa

[Source: Northwood Anchor online - Sep. 24, 2003 ]




                            William Lee Valasek

Funeral service for William Lee Valasek, 84 was Tuesday at the Christian
and Missionary Alliance Church in Osage with the Rev. Rick Magstad
officiating. Interment was at the Osage Cemetery in Osage with military
rites by Osage V.F.W. Post 7920.

William Lee Valasek, 84, of Osage, died Friday, Sept. 26, 2003, at Mercy
Medical Center North Iowa in Mason City, Iowa.

William was born June 15, 1919, the son of Tony and Apolena (Smysik)
Valasek. He attended rural schools in the Osage, Mitchell and St. Ansgar
area. He was a veteran of WWII. William enlisted in the Army Air Corps
and was stationed in the Burma-India-China Theater. His plane was shot
down over Japan. William was a lifetime member of the VFW.

William met Norma Churchill after he was discharged from the Army Air
Corp. They were married on July 21, 1946 in Maryville, Kansas, and from
this union they had five children. William farmed in the Osage area for
60 years. He loved and enjoyed his family. He enjoyed all the girls at
the Lutheran retirement home. He will be sadly missed by his wife and
children.

Survived include his wife, Norma of Osage; five children, Larry of
Bondurant, Iowa, Steve and Rheta of Whitehall, Montana, Nancy and Dave
of St. Ansgar, Janet and Keith of Wichita, Kansas, Carol and Tony of
Des Moines; grandchildren, Carl, Chad, Brandy, Kyle, Neil and Tammy;
great-grandchildren, Samson and Austin; and one sister Ann of California.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Frank, Joe
and Emil, and one sister Mary.



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