Notes:

JOSEPH RIHA, VINING RESIDENT, DIED JULY 4

Services were conducted Monday at the Hrabak Funeral Home.
Joseph Riha, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Riha, died Friday, July 4th at 1:00 o'clock a.m. at St. Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids. The cause of his death was cerebral hemorrhage.

Funeral services were conducted from Hrabek's Funeral Home Monday, July 7, Mr. T. B. Hlubusek, jr., of Cedar Rapids was in charge of the funeral. Burial was in the National cemetery in Vining.

Those surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Jim Shanda, and Mrs. Frank Strachata, three brothers, James, Emil and Louis Riha. Mr. Rihas' wife, the former Tena Chalupsky, preceded him in death in May 1946.

Mr. Riha was born in Bohemia, Europe, on July 11, 1874, and came to America 68 years ago. He was a long time resident of Vining and during his life time he had been a farmer. Mr. Riha was a member of the Z.C.B.J.

The Belle Plaine Union, Jul 7, 1947

Family/Spouse: Chalupsky, Antonie. Antonie (son of Chalupská, Frank and Kouba, Katherina) was born in 1857 in South Bohemia, Czech Republic; died on 4 May 1946 in Irving, Benton, Iowa, USA; was buried on 7 May 1946 in National Cemetery, Vining, Tama, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]