Vestnik 2012 07 18

Volume 100 Number 29

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Benevolence

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July 18, 2012

Lodge 9, Snook Member Ollie Jakubik Achieves Grand Age of 96

SPJST congratulates  Sister  Ollie Jakubik, a member of SPJST Lodge 9, Snook,  who  will  celebrate  her  96th birthday on July 20, 2012.  As such, Sister Jakubik is entitled to all SPJST member benefits with no further dues or assessments required. Ollie (Olga Emilie Shenkir) Jakubik was  born  in  Seaton,  Texas,  in  1916. She grew up on a farm in Seaton and learned about a loving family life and the value of hard work from her parents John M. and Emilie (Lesikar) Shenkir. Ollie and her brother John Shenkir are the  only  surviving  siblings.    Sister Martha Shenkir Armintrout and brothers  Edwin,  Adolph,  Rudolph,  and Jessie Shenkir are all deceased.  Their mother  Emilie  died  in  a  house  fire when Ollie was about 16 years old so Ollie had to help her father with her three  younger  siblings.    Their  father

John  passed  away in about 1941. Ollie  married Ernest  Rudolph Jakubik on November 24, 1938, at the home  of  Reverend F.J.  Kostorhyz  in Temple,  Texas. Ernest  was  a farmer/rancher and an SPJST sales representative.    Ollie was  a  mother  and homemaker.    She also worked at various jobs including the  grocery  store bakery  and  the greatest length of time as store clerk and kitchen helper at Snook ISD from which she retired in 1989.  Ollie and

Ernest were blessed with  four  children: Carlson (wife Judy Fuchs)  of  New Braunfels,  Lyndon (wife Maude Bothe) of  Snook,  Elaine (husband  James Muzny)  of Deanville, and Bernice  (husband Thomas  Junek)  of Snook;  11  grandchildren  and spouses;  and  12 great-grandchildren.  Ernest passed away in 1989. The  knowledge that  she  learned  on  the  family  farm helped  Ollie  in  her  life  as  a mother/homemaker raising four chil-

dren  on  a  farm  working  with  Ernest taking care of animals and working in the fields.  “I remember milking cows by  hand  and  making  homemade cheese, and caring for the household needs,” she says.  “Our children also had to help out on the farm; it was hard work, but it brings wonderful memories  of  family  togetherness  that  you don’t  see  too  much  of  today.”  The memories  of  togetherness  extend  to visiting friends and family on Sunday afternoon and enjoying svacina of poppyseed  and  cottage  cheese  kolaches and doughnuts with coffee and tea.   An  SPJST  member  for  78  years, Ollie’s first SPJST life insurance certificate  was  purchased  by  her  father. “And, after I married Ernest, he made sure  I  had  another,”    Ollie  remarks.

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Youth Section.....................................15 In Memoriam ......................................19 Czech Culture ....................................21 Advertisements..................................21 Lodge Calendar..................................22 Corpus Christi Getaway....................24

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