Kouba, Emil

1877 - 1952  (75 years)

• Name	Kouba, Emil
  Birth	4 Apr 1877	Leroy Township, Benton, Iowa, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	Family Farm
  Christening	1887	Benton, Iowa, USA
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	1887	Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA
  	White School South
  Occupation	Merchant  [4]
  Religion	Lutheran
  Burial	Jul 1952	Oak Hill Cemetery, Belle Plaine, Benton, Iowa, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Death	5 Jul 1952	St Luke Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Person ID	I10301	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Kouba, Peter,   b. 12 Jan 1833, Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic d. 21 Jul 1909, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lojka, Frances,   b. 3 Oct 1835, Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic d. 24 Mar 1916, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	19 Sep 1852	Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic   [2, 5]
  	House 7
  Family ID	F5823	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rosburg, Laura Maria,   b. 24 Feb 1887, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA d. 9 Oct 1971, St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1908	Belle Plaine, Benton, Iowa, USA
  	Westinghouse Home in Belle Plaine, Iowa
  Children	1. Kouba, Marcella Mae,   b. 20 Apr 1920, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA d. 25 Oct 1975, Boone County Hospital Center, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA (Age 55 years)  [natural]   2. Kouba, Emil Rosburg,   b. 21 Mar 1929, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA d. 25 Nov 2019, St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA (Age 90 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F3089	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Apr 1877 - Leroy Township, Benton, Iowa, USA Christening - 1887 - Benton, Iowa, USA Baptism - White School South - 1887 - Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA Marriage - 1 Jan 1908 - Belle Plaine, Benton, Iowa, USA Burial - Jul 1952 - Oak Hill Cemetery, Belle Plaine, Benton, Iowa, USA Death - 5 Jul 1952 - St Luke Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		KOUBA, Emil and Marcella
  		KOUBA, Emil Home in Luzerne
  		KOUBA, Emil and Laura née Rosburg
  		KOUBA, Emil Family
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  		KOUBA, Emil Playing Football
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  		KOUBA, Emil Playing Football
  		MCQUIGG, Marcella Mae née Kouba (L)
  		MCQUIGG, James Donald (I) (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
  		MCQUIGG, James Donald (O)
  		MCQUIGG, James Donald Family (K) (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
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  		MCQUIGG, James Donald Family (F) (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
  		MCQUIGG, James Donald Family (D) (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
  		KOUBA, Singers.aiff (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)

  
  

• Notes

  He died of prostate cancer. He graduated from Epworth Seminary, Epworth, Iowa in 1901. Then he went to Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa with an projected graduation date of 1904. However, in 1903 his Dad offered to buy A. J. Schriver's General Store in Luzerne for him and his brother William if he would drop out of College to help run the store. He went to a banker in Cedar Rapids for advice as to what to do. He wanted to go on and study to be a doctor.The banker advised him to take his Dad's offer, so he did. His Cornell year book shows his picture as ex '04, the year he would have graduated. He was baptised in the White school south of Luzerne. The Congregational circuit rider preacher came to Luzerne from Vining once a month to hold services. He fell off the back of a horse drawn wagon when he was a baby. His parents found him playing in the snow when they came back looking for him. He and his wife were married in the Westinghouse home in Belle Plaine. Mrs. Westinghouse was his wife's sister. He and his brother William were merchants and ran the Kouba Bros. store in Luzerne for 45 years. (From 1903 until 1948.) The store was also a post office for Luzerne. They initiated the first telephone service for the town by connecting he store and the two homes so additional clerks could be called when a lot of customers arrived in the store at the same time. The service expanded to include the rest of the town who asked. Yearly cost for the local service was about $7.50, (in the 1950s) which paid for the services of a full-time operator. He is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Belle Plaine, Iowa.

  
  

• Sources

  [S433] CONTRIBUTORS:. Kouba, Emil Rosburg: Deceased [S433] CONTRIBUTORS:. Kouba, Laura Marie nee Rosburg: Letters [S433] CONTRIBUTORS:. McQuigg, Marcella Mae Kouba: Letters [S433] CONTRIBUTORS:. Thoma, Linda Kay nee McQuigg: interview [S433] CONTRIBUTORS:. Kolman, Pavel.