Record Book Translation of
the
WILLARD NATIONAL CEMETARY
Translated by Frank Pakiz
Compiled by Larry Pakiz
Courtesy of Hendren
Town Board and
Roger Kirn,
Caretaker
September, 2002
Red Text indicates words added by
Translator to aid English Translation
Translation was made word for word
and, as much as possible, all translated words were placed in the same position
as on the original document.
The phrase Motion supported and
accepted is a literal translation of the original Slovenian words.
Submitted by George Plautz of the Slovenian Genealogy
Society International, Inc. Wisconsin Cemetery
Records Project
PAGE 4
Balance and
Income
1927
665
Jan 6
Matt ***
$7.50
May 22 John ***
1.00
(Remainder of Entries)
Oct 23 Luka Gabrovic
1.00
Nov 13 Louis Zorman
1.00
Nov 13 Joe Slemic
1.00
Mar 28 Johan Kirn
1.00
700.50
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Income National
Cemetery
1927
700.50
Jun 5 Festival (for) the Cemetery
$133.68
Jun 5 Mike Lesnjak
borrowed and paid back
2.00
1928
April 6 Paid back borrowed money
$10.00
1936
May 30 Income (from the) Festival
Tickets $37.00
Upstairs (Bar)
19.38
Downstairs
(Bar)
42.76
Ice Cream Aug.
Bizjak
.90
942.32
Expense
(for the) National
Cemetery
PAGE 7
1924
Aug 18 Lizzie A. Clair $25.00
Nov 2 Arnold Clair and John Ulesich 25.00
for labor at Cemetery
Nov 8 Quast & Co.
for dynamite 13.42
1925
Feb 2 Farmers and Merchants
Bank 275.00
for ground for Cemetery
Feb 2 Book for deceased members 1.25
Feb 20 C. H. Clute for Guardian
Deed .75
May 13 The
Brown Fence and Wire Co. Cleveland 142.23
Jun 28
2.50
Post
July 6 Express for Post
1.18
July 8 O&N Lumber Co. one Corner
Post 5.25
Aug 8 Brown Fence and Wire Co. for
Post .97
Due for
Postage
.10
Frank Boh for Telephone .30
Nov 3 O&N Lumber Co. Cement 17.00
34 (Sacks?)
Record
Book .96
Dec
1 Aug. Bizjak labor on
Fence 35.00
1927
March 14 S.F. Hewitt Surveyor 15.00
Post Cards and Book 1.?0
Jun 13 The Brown Fence and Wire
Co. 6.09
Jun 5 Festival (for) Cemetery
5 George Cakanic bread .45
5 Blaz Kuznacic cloth* 5.70
5 Frank Auman cloth 19.45
5 Frank Bergant cloth 8.00
5 H. Thompson cloth 15.00
5 Joe Lunka cloth 7.30
5 John Zagozen bread 1.00
5 Kutzler music 5.00
624.41
* The Translator surmises that since home made
alcoholic beverages were illegal,
the term cloth
may have been a code word for these items.
1927
Expense
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624.41
Jun. 13 The Brown Fence and Wire Co. for Caps
6.69
29 Postage
for Caps 1.62
Aug. 31 John P. Kinzele for recording
Deed
1.00
Sep. 25 John P Kinzele for recording
Plan
for Cemetery 18.30
Sep. 25 C.C. Hoehne Greenwood
For
Pipes 28 at 24 cents and
53
cents for for cutting 7.25
Oct. 30 Post Cards .40
L.
J. Hewitt Surveyor 10.00
For
measuring land
Nov. 29 John P. Kinzele for recording
Articles
of Incorporation 1.35
Dec.
13 Post Cards
.40
Stamps .23
Dec.
27 Tablet .10
Aug.
Bizjak, Secretary, for
Loss
of time 5.00
C.C.Hoehne 24
links
.30
1928
Jan. 7 Schuster
& Campman 6.88
Postage
30 Rent
for S.N. Home 2 times
6.00
30 Borrowed
from S.N. Home 10.00
Carl
Ferris Nursery Co. 8.60
Apr
16 For Trees
May Joseph
Jelarcic labor 1.50
Aug.
Bizjak .50
June H.
T. Lowe & Son Frame 1.65
For
Charter
Nov
2 John P. Kinzele 1.00
Deeds
1929
Jan 19 Farmers Merchants Bank (to store ? ) 5.65
1929
Expense PAGE 11
Feb. 9 Post
Cards
.40
1931
Apr. 20 Postage and 40 Cards
for the meeting of April 30 1931
.60
1936
Feb. 17 Cards for meeting .42
Postage for letters .30
Mar 18 Cards for meeting .40
28 Rent
to S.N.D. for meeting 5.00
28 Aug.
Bizjak for loss of time 25.00
for 12 years
1936
May 30 Expense: Festival
Beer Pop Ice Notices 27.79
Rent to N.(ational)
Home 10.00
Permit 3.00
H.M. Thompson Ice Cream 4.50
Joe Lunka
(supplies?) 7.82
Music 10.00
Jun 8 John
Musich for work
At Cemetery 30.00
Grass seed for Cemetery 2.71
Postage .05
1942
Nov
14 40 Post Cards and postage
and postage for letters 1.00
Treasurer for loss of
time 5.00
1943
April
18 Post Cards for meeting .40
Oct.
9 John Zagozen-labor 7.00
1944 8/10 Grass
Seed for Cemetery 3.83
853.65
PAGE
151
Minutes
National Cemetery of Willard
Wisc.
1924
First
Meeting of the National Cemetery Motion
supported
and accepted to buy one acre of land for this purpose.
Vote for
(2?) Men to make some space for a Cemetery
Motion
supported and accepted to elect 5 Men
Elected
were
Anton
Trunkelj
Frank
Hren
Joe
Ulesich
Matt
Malnar
Aug
Bizjak
Aug 17
Motion
supported and accepted to keep the old Board (of
Directors)
Motion supported and accepted to (have) everyone one day cleaning (of land)
Motion supported and accepted to
stay with this (one) acre of ground
Motion supported and accepted to
keep one Man working until (it needs) no
cleaning. (ni Čisto)
Motion supported and accepted that (we) pay 25 cents per hour to whoever every
day (is)
at work.
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Motion
supported and accepted that whoever does not one day work must find someone in
his place.
Motion
supported and accepted to spend $150.00 for fence.
Motion
supported and accepted to buy good pipes (Markers) for the burial ground
and (as) authorized by the
Board.
Motion
made and accepted that when the land is cleaned let us call a meeting.
Election of Board (of
Directors)
Voting for Secretary and Treasurer
Nominated
Aug. Bizjak
Peter Zagar
Matt Malnar
Elected Secretary and Treasurer
Aug. Bizjak
Motion supported and accepted $1000 bond from the Secretary*
Meeting (of
the) N. Cemetery
Sept 29 Motion supported and accepted (to approve) $35 to
clean the ground
of the Cemetery (by) accepting the work of Arnold Clair.
*The Translator surmises
that the bond was for the
Treasurer as well
as the Secretary
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1925 Meeting N. Cemetery
May 14 Motion supported and accepted $25 (for a) grave (for) Matt Filipica
Motion
supported and accepted to keep the plan for the Cemetery
as
it is.
Motion
supported and accepted to place a marker at every path and roadway.
Election
(for) President
Elected
Peter Zagar
1924 Workers at (the) N. Cemetery
All
Day Aug. Bizjak with horses 6.00
Joe Uleič 3.00
Matt Malnar with horses 6.00
Half Day Peter
Zagar 3.00
John
Veraj 1.50
All Day John Kirn 6.00
Jack
Dechman 3.00
Frank
Auman
6.00
Mike
Cerne 3.00
John
Luzevich
6.00
John
Zagozen 3.00
Luka Gabrovich
6.00
Joe Slemec 6.00
One
load of gravel hauled in
Aug.
Bizjak 2.50
Joe
Slemec 2.50
Frank
Boh 2.50
66.00
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1925
66.00
May 26 Workers at N. Cemetery
2
days Blaz
Cohara 6.00
Gor Cakanich 6.00
All
day Luka
Gabrovich with
horses 6.00
Joe Slemec
6.00
Frank Bergant
6.00
Mrt. Kokaly 3.00
Joe Uleič 3.00
Frank Govek 3.00
Aug. Bizjak 3.00
Louis Zorman 3.00
John Zagozen 3.00
Joe Jelarcic with horses 6.00
Frank Lajkovich 3.00
Jack Herrick 3.00
1927 126.00
May 22 Meeting (of) N. Cemetery
Books
looked at, numbers were read and accepted as presented
Motion
supported and accepted that we pay one dollar for (each) member (of the) Cemetery to pay on
remaining debt
Motion
supported and accepted that we record the Plan (of
the) Cemetery
Motion
supported and accepted that (he) will pay ?? ??
Farmer
$25
for grave (for) Josef
Ticarja (ja means possessivehis grave)
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Motion
supported and accepted that we hold a Festival on Sunday
5
June 1927 to benefit the Cemetery
Motion
supported and accepted to divide the gravesites
by
drawing (picking?) numbers (vzdigovanje means lifting)
Motion
supported and accepted that a member who picks a number
of
a grave and is not satified with the grave of that
number, has, at his disposition,
gravesites not written numbers (not numbered??)
not on the list.
Nov 19 Special Meeting (of) Society N. Cemetery
Society N. Cemetery
Motion supported and
accepted the name remains Society N. Cemetery
Election
Organization (of the) Corporation
Society of N. Cemetery
Elected
August Bizjak
Peter Zagar
Joe Slemec
Joe Jelarcic
John Zagozen
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1928 (?)
Annual Meeting (of the) Society N. Cemetery
I. Motion
supported and accepted that we buy a frame for Charter (of the) Corporation Society
N. Cemetery
II. Motion
supported and accepted that we buy small spruce trees and plant (them) on (the) Cemetery, Joe Jelarčič is to order (them) and whoever plants earns usual wages to plant (them)
III. Motion supported and accepted (to give) Secretary $5 as
token for
lost time
IV. Motion supported
and accepted that we change the (neighborhood?) Festival to benefit the
Cemetery for that reason (to a) convenient time
Election of Board for Year
1928
President John Zagozen
Vice President Frank Bergant
Secretary Aug. Bizjak
Treasurer
Supervisors Joe Jelarčič
Frank Boh
Frank
Govek
Substitute Caretaker
John Auman
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April 30 1931 Annual Meeting (of) N. Cemetery
I.
Minutes of the last
Meeting accepted as read.
II.
Account of books and
numbers examined by
Josef Jelarčič and Frank Govek
III.
Election of Board Motion to keep
the old
Board supported and accepted
IV. Jacob Dechman proposed and accepted
as a member of the N. Cemetery
unanimously accepted
(eno glasno means one voice)
1936
Feb 17 Meeting N. Cemetery
17 President John Zagozen was not present. In his place was elected
John Bergant.
Suggestion that
each new member contribute $20.00 for a
gravesite at
(the) N. Cemetery
Proposed and
accepted as members
John Kaltinger
Tom Poiga
Joe Ozanich
John Musich
Blaze Cohara
Andrew Korenchan
1936
March 28 Meeting of N. Cemetery
Motioned for the
Cemetery to drag and level and seed with grass
decided $30 to do
this work. Johan Musich
will do the work
Motion supported and accepted to gift Secretary $25 for
time consumed during twelve years as Secretary
Motion accepted
that we compensate for lost time by the Board (of
the) National Cemetery from this day on.
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Motion
supported and accepted that we make a Festival to benefit the Cemetery on May
30, 1936
Motion
to rent the Hall for $5 for 3 meetings paid to March 28, 1936
Motion
to donate one gravesite (Lot) 25 19 to Society Nr. 198 and one gravesite (Lot)
22 20 as
a gift to the National Cemetery
Election
of Board
John
Kaltinger President
August
Bizjak Secretary
and Treasurer
Supervisors
M.
Krultz J. Marinčič
B. Kuznačič
1942 Nov 14
Meeting (of the) N. Cemetery
Motion
accepted that the Secretaries (report) of the last meeting be r reviewed. (re-read)
Reviewed (re-read) and accepted
Motion
that we accept Matt Malnar and Michael Lesnjak into the Society (of
the) N. Cemetery accepted
Motion
that we give work to Lesnjak as cleaner of the
Cemetery and pay
$12
per year. Must twice mow, namely on the
20th of June and last
days of
August and with this work will Lesnjak be paying for a gravesite to full ownership $20
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Motion
accepted that we have, in spring, all members of the Cemetery come to work whenever
the graveyard can be plowed and leveled and newly seeded on the appointed day.
Motion accepted to compensate for lost time $5 to the
Secretary
At the Meeting of the S.N.P.Jednota
on 27 April 1947
Matt Malnar suggests that we must elect a Board permanently for
the cemetery Since President John Kaltinger resigned, decisions(were) not
madeand
later (out of)
good will, took the work of President-- Blas Cohara. For
Secretary and Treasurer remains Matt Malnar
Meeting (held at) Society of Slovenian National Home
The
record book shows that from Nov 14, 1942
that Michael Lesnjak (supposedly) mowed the
Cemetery (but)
he worked not. Later a motion was made
and supported (to) automatically rescind. ** Mowing on the
cemetery
?? ???
Matt Malnar
was helped by Elmer Severson and sometimes Jacob Dechman Mostly they gave work without pay Severson helped with (power) mower Also Dechman one
year Aug. Bizjak Sr gave
the new Treasurer
Matt Malnar Balance of $108.00 or whatever money in Farmers
Merchants Bank in Greenwood, WiscApril 30th,
1947
** The Translator surmises that this rescinded motion refers
to the agreement on the
bottom of page 158
PAGE 160
This page included words or phrases
in Croation, which made it difficult to translate
Meeting 1947-of
the National Cemetery
June 12 Meeting of the National Cemetery Society
was held at (?) the
S.N.P.J.Slovenian National Home
There were some gifts accepted for the
cemetery.
Motion ?? by
Mike Krultz and seconded by Joe Slemec
that the
New Secretary and
Treasurer Matt Malnar be given $35 for
work of the Treasuer for his time
and the care of the National Cemetery
Motion ?? ??
There
should be a collection of money for the Lawn Mower (bills to) pay and other
expenses. Compensate for the time of John
Auman
The meeting
adjourned?
Blaz Cohara President
Matt
Malnar
Treasurer and Secretary
On
October 1947-Blaz Cohara Joe Luzovic
and Matt Malnar installed
a culvert at the
cemeterythe labor was donated
March 23 Matt Malnar
retires as Treasurer and Secretary from this day on.
Books and
money sold to Association of Slovenian Farmers on May 27, 1956
Matt
Malnar
(Treasurer
and Secretary)