Hinton Progress
September 6, 1934

WAS PIONEER IN
PERRY TOWNSHIP

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Poradek, 84, Plymouth county pioneer woman,
was held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the home of a daughter, Mrs. A. L. Armstrong,
709 West Second, Sioux City, Rev. P. M. Fowler, officiating and interment
was in Floyd cemetery directed by Larkin's funeral home. Mrs. Poradek died
Thursday afternoon in Mrs. Armstrong's home.

Born in Bohemia, March 25, 1850, Mrs. Poradek came to the United States in
1882 and settled on a farm in Perry township, Plymouth county. She lived
there 30 years and then moved to Sioux City.

Surviving are six daughters: Mrs. Mike Vondrak, Mrs. Charles Juzek, and Mrs.
Robert Brownlee of Hinton; Mrs. William Bauerly and Mrs. Fred LaBahn of
Merrill; and Mrs. Armstrong; a son, Joseph, of Sioux City; 19 grandchildren
and 12 great-grandchildren.