James L Stetka Jr

Birth Name James L Stetka Jr
Gender male
Age at Death about 42 years, 5 months, 19 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1913 Czechoslovakia   1a
Census (Head) April 12, 1940 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States   2a
Event Note

1940 Census, Ward 30, Cleveland, ED 92-755, sheet 12B
April 12, 1940
12813 Gay Avenue

James Stetka, 27, born in Czechoslovakia, naturalized, 1 year high school, facing man, foundry
Vera Stetka, 26, born in Ohio, 4 years high school

both lived in Cleveland in 1935

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Residence (Husband) June 1955 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States 13413 Crennell Ave 3a
Event Note

James was living at 13413 Crennell Ave when he died

Death June 20, 1955     3a
Burial August 30, 1955 Highland Park Cemetery, Highland Hills, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States   4a
Event Note

Cleveland News Index and Necrology File

Name: Stetka, James L.
Date: Jun 22 1955
Source: Cleveland Press, Reel #127
Notes: Stetka, James L., of 13413 Crennell Ave., beloved husband of Vera (nee Looby), brother of Frank, Jerry, George, Helen Schultz, Evelyn Novak, Doris Zidlicky, passed away suddenly Monday a. m. Family will receive friends 7-10 p. m. Tuesday, 2-5 and 7-10 p. m. Wednesday. Funeral Thursday, June 23, at S. J. Kubu & Son Funeral Home, 3271 E. 55th St., at 1:30 p. m.

Event Note

Highland Park Cemetery Index

James L Stetka, buried August 30, 1955, age 43, from S.J. Kubu Funeral Home

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Families

Family of James L Stetka Jr and Veronica Looby

Married Wife Veronica Looby ( b. April 6, 1914 d. November 1, 1997 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage August 13, 1938 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States   1a
Event Note

Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013
page 556, license 53776
13 August 1938
James Stetka, Jr, age 25, an attendant, born in Czechoslovakia, living at 13413 Crennell. father: James. mother: Anna Vorisek

Vera Looby, 24, no occupation, born in Cleveland, living at 3703 East 59th. father: William J. mother: Matilda Divis

first marriage for both.
married by R P Walsh, Broadway

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Pedigree

    1. James L Stetka Jr
      1. Veronica Looby

Source References

  1. Ohio County Marriages
      • Page: 13 August 1938, Cleveland, Stetka-Looby
  2. 1940 United States Census
      • Page: James Stetka, Ward 30, Cleveland, ED 92-755, sheet 12B
  3. Cleveland Public Library: Cleveland News Index and Necrology File
      • Page: Stetka, James L., Date: Jun 22 1955, Source: Cleveland Press
  4. Cleveland Department of Parks, Recreation and Properties: Cleveland City Cemetery Interment Records, 1824-2001
      • Page: James L Stetka, Aug 30, 1955, Highland Park