CHALOUPKA, Wenzel Joseph

1890 - 1956  (66 years)

• Name	CHALOUPKA, Wenzel Joseph
  Nickname	Joe
  Birth	13 Apr 1890	Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin, United States   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military	Wisconsin ??USN? (illegible)  [2]
  Military Draft Registration	5 Jun 1917
  	His draft card stated that he was supporting 1 mother and 2 children but he was single. The two children were likely his younger half siblings.
  Death	31 Oct 1956  [2]
  	Joseph Chaloupka Joseph Chaloupka, 66, 221 Forest St., died yesterday afternoon at 4:10 o'clock in a local hospital. Funeral services will be next Monday morning at 8:30 o'clock in the Ritter & Deutsch Funeral HOme and at 9 o'clock in St. Michael's Catholic Church, with the Rev. John Krasowski officiating. Interment will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery. A rosary service will be held Sunday night at 8 o'clock in the funeral home. Mr. Chaloupka, a life-long resident of the community, was born here April 13, 1890, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chaloupka. Unmarried, he was a plumber by trade. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of Burns Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Surviving are two brothers, Frank Chaloupka, 211 1/2 Forest St., and John Fara. Riverview Dr. and two sisters, Mrs. William Ziegler, Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. Walter Kluever, 911 Stark St. Wausau Daily Herald Thu, Nov 01, 1956 ·Page 4
  Burial	Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin, United States   [2]
  	Address: Saint Joseph Cemetery
  Person ID	I1676	Jindra and Chaloupka Family Trees | Chaloupka (Ellen's paternal)
  Last Modified	11 May 2025

  
  

  Father	CHALOUPKA, Franz\Francis,   b. 10 Nov 1857, Kocin, Bila Hurka, Bohemia d. 12 Sep 1889, Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin, United States (Age 31 years)
  Mother	LEITEL, Dorotha,   b. Abt 1864, Czech Republic d. Aft 1942 (Age > 79 years)
  Marriage	8 Sep 1882	Marathon, Wisconsin, United States
  Family ID	F586	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  CH-Chaloupka Joseph Chaloupka son of Frank Chaloupka and Dorothy Leitel St. Joseph Cemetery Wausau

  
  

• Notes

  He was given this name at birth. Went by the name Joseph.

  
  

• Sources

  [S119] Vital Records - Wisconsin Vital Records - Family Search, viewed online; 9 November 2012; Wenzel Joseph Chalopek; https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XR6F-DJC. [S41] Website - FindAGrave, viewed online; 18 July 2018; Joseph Chaloupka Memorial ID 152986323 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152986323/joseph-wenzel-chaloupka.