the blecha family

Charlie Blecha, "the big wrestler from Table Rock"
At the party for Lavon (Larry) Blecha for his 80th birthday
Bouncing Czechs - Recordings

julia blecha

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Apparently at a Legion Auxiliary gathering in the kitchen of the Legion Hall. Photo 3989 - Frances Land Norris, Vlasta Spier, Julia Blecha, and Pearl Diehm. The original photograph is a 1970s faded color print.

jim blecha

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At the Pleasant Valley Country School, District 32 -- Jim Blecha (front row left) with Sylvia Steiner, George Tomek, Joann Kalina, and Milan Tomek. In the back are Dorothy Hunzeker and Rudy Fritch, Jr.

howard blecha

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Photo 7711, Howard Blecha, posted by wife Debbie in March 2019 on the occasion of Howard's 60th birthday
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Photo 4422 - Howard Blecha in a 2017 project at the Bohemian Cemetery, returning a restored sign to its place.
Taelyn is one of Howard Blecha's granddaughters
Some of Howard's grandchildren
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Photo 6869, 2019 January, Neveah and Taelyn Blecha with their snow family
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Taelyn & Neveah accepting an award for their snow family creation, March 2019
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In 2016, Howard Blecha inside the Pleasant Valley Country School, District 32, as restoration progressed. Howard is president of the Rock School Foundation, the nonprofit formed to save the school. His dad attended.

caring for the resting place of many blecha family members

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In 2017, a crew returned a restored sign at the Bohemian Cemetery to its perch. Neveah Blecha with her dad Nick, Allen Fritch, Howard Blecha (Nick's dad,Neveah's grandpa), Ken Fritch (Allen's brother), and "Table Rock Bob" Blecha (cousin of Allen & Ken).
Story about restoring cemetery sign
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