Charles Podhasky

Charles Podhasky, son of Josef and Rosalie Vysek Podhasky, was born January 28, 1877 in Belle Plaine, Iowa, where he was educated

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and lived until 1?? this time he helped his parents ?? Canby, Minnesota and then approximately the next two years working throughout the Pacific Northwest working in lumber camps, etc. and ending in Alaska before returning midwest to settle in Wimbledon, North Dakota ??ing his first years at Wimbledon he a horse and buggy taxi about for v be land buyers. He also helped construction of some of the early buildings. In 1902 he opened a recreation parlor which he operated until 1912. H married to Tena Sortore in Fargo, I August 27, 1907. Christine (Sortore, daughter of Wallace and Reuter Sortore was born in Dover cousin October 12, 1880. She moved with her family to Tomahawk, Wisconsin where she graduated from high sc In 1902 she came to the Wimbledon and worked in a cook car for the summer.   In the fall of 1902 she taught school at Medina, North Dakota. She taught for 2 year: then went to work for the telephone exchange in Wimbledon, Kensal, Courtenay until her marriage to Charles Podhasky.

In 1912 the Podhaskys sold the recreation parlor and moved to a farm two one half miles west of Wimbledon. farmed there until they retired in and returned to Wimbledon to make home. They were members of St. I face Church, the Royal Neighbors L?? of Wimbledon and were very active in civic affairs.

Charles Podhasky died in James on duly 6, 1955 and Tena Podhasky in Jamestown on November 24, 1

 

They are both buried in St. Boniface Cemetery in Wimbledon.

To this marriage were born five children:

  1. Byron Charles was born August 21, 1909 and was killed in a logging accident in Raymond, Washington on September 11, 1938.

  2. Ardis was born May 15, 1914 and is now Mrs. Edward Lulai of Buchanan, North Dakota and teaches in the Jamestown school system.

  3. Berna Marie was born April 9, 1917. She married William Potthast in December of 1941 but was later divorced and married Neil Skaar in November 1951. Berna Skaar died in Jamestown on September 12, 1969 and is buried near her parents.

  4. Charles Eldon (Bud) was born August 21, 1921 (on his brother Byron's 12th birthday). Bud lives in Seattle, Washington and flies for United Airlines.

  5. A baby girl was born August 11, 1926 but died in infancy.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 196