SOUTH DAKOTA OBITUARIES OF ALFORDS
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MARGUERITE ALENE ALFORD NEDVED
Mother of Charlotte Ann Nedved,
AAFA #1040
DAILY REPUBLIC
Yankton, Yankton Co., SD—Friday,
22 February 2002
Marguerite Alene Nedved,
84, Tyndall [Bon Homme Co.], died Tuesday, February 19, 2002, at Avera Sacred
Heart Hospital, Yankton. Funeral services were held at United Methodist Church,
Tyndall. Burial was in Czech National Cemetery, Tyndall.
She was born on
August 6, 1917, at Verdel, Nebraska, to William H. and Hilda Ethel McLane
Alford. Graduating from Springfield High School, she attended Southern Normal
College, Springfield. She taught school for a few years and then helped in the
Tourist Café, Tyndall. On June 5, 1946, she married Leo Nedved at Tyndall. They
farmed southeast of Tyndall. She was a member of the Tyndall United Methodist
Women and taught Sunday School.
Her husband and
children, Charlotte Nedved, Alan, Jerome, Richard, and John (Melissa), all of
Tyndall, Duane (Susie) of Crooks, and Gloria Nedved of Denver, sister, Bonnie Hinzman
of Salem, Oregon, and sisters-in-law, Renate Alford of Sun City, Arizona, and
Ann Alford of Aurora, Colorado survive her.
Preceding her in
death were her parents, an infant son, Bruce, two sisters, and two brothers.
In another
article:
From web page, www.byelectric.com/~kelleyfh/nedved.html,
not functioning as of 3 Feb 2009:
Marguerite Alene
Alford was born on August 6, 1917 at Verdel, Nebraska. Her parents were William
H. and Hilda Ethel (McLane) Alford. She graduated from Springfield High School
and attended Southern Normal College in Springfield. Marguerite taught school
for a few years and then helped in the Tourist Cafe located at 1506 Main Street
in Tyndall, South Dakota. The Tourist Cafe was owned by her parents and is
where she met Leo Nedved. Marguerite married Leo Nedved on June 5, 1946
at Tyndall. They farmed southeast of Tyndall.
Marguerite was a
member of the Tyndall United Methodist Church where she was a member of the
Board of Trustees, United Methodist Women and taught Sunday School. She loved
to read, knit, crochet and was a member of Help One Another Extension Club. She
was also a member and president of the T.O.P.S. Club for many years.
Marguerite died
on Tuesday, February 19, 2002 at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton at the
age of 84 years.
Marguerite’s
memory will be cherished by her husband, Leo Nedved, Tyndall; seven children,
Charlotte Nedved, Tyndall; Alan Nedved, Tyndall; Duane and wife, Susie Nedved,
Crooks, South Dakota; Jerome Nedved, and special friend, Margo Hoffman,
Tyndall; Gloria Nedved, Denver, Colorado; Richard Nedved, Tyndall; John and wife,
Melissa Nedved, Tyndall; eight grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, one
sister, Bonnie Hinzman, Salem, Oregon; two sisters-in-law, Renate Alford, Sun
City, Arizona; and Ann Alford, Aurora, Colorado.
Marguerite was
preceded in death by one infant son, Bruce Nedved on March 7, 1956, her
parents, two sisters and two brothers.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do
not list her death.
Marguerite’s
grandfather Henry and his older brother William moved from England to Canada in
1876 to work. In nine months William sent for his wife. They had lost an 8
month old son in England. From Canada they moved first to Iowa and then to
Avon, SD. In 1890 they moved to Nebraska where they homesteaded southwest of Monowi.
Henry left Clayton, IA, in 1884 and settled north of Springfield, SD, near
Avon. In 1892 the moved to Boyd Co., NE.
Her lineage:
Marguerite 1917 NE1, William H. 1886 SD2, Henry 1860
England3.
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MARY ELLEN ALFORD
WICHITA EAGLE
Wichita, Sedgwick Co.,
KS—Sunday, 1 April 2007
Alford, Mary
Ellen, 77, died March 28, 2007, in Sioux Falls [Minnehaha Co.], S.D. Service
Monday, St. John the Apostle Catholic Church, Minot, N.D. Survivors: daughter,
Elizabeth; son, Denny; sister, Rita (Wade) Gulbranson; sister-in-law,
Evangeline Blonigen; 2 grandchildren. Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Minot,
N.D., 701-852-3446.
