Much was written in the New York Czech publication "Kalendar in 1936, Almanach New Yorskych Listu, Vol. 15, obituary appearing on page 171.

"She was one of those Czech goodhearted souls who fully represented the lovely type of our emigrants who preserve and admit to their undying love for their native land to their dying breath." Entered the USA about 1890 with her three children, Joseph, Frank and Antoinette. She opened a boarding house in NYC to help put her Son Joseph in Prague COnservatory of music. He later became the First French Horn soliest in the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, She put her other son through Prague to study art. " In the meanwhile she maintained her daughters with her people's kithen" As a partoit Czech she joined many organizations.

"Marie Francl made her greates contribution during the peroid of the independence movement, (during WWI, ending in the Czechoslovak Republic.)" " Her self-sacrificing activity in the period of the indpendence movement was a great experssion of her unwavering love of country. With great warmth she recalled her native town LOMNICE nad POPELKOU and expressed a wish that when her earthly journey ended----that her ashes might be placed in her native land."

"Her casket, with her earthly remains, was given to the flames at a crematorium and the urn containing the ashes was sent to LOMNICE nad POPELKOU where on the occasion of the opening of the Urn of Paradise, the urn of Marie Francl was placed in the earth for eternal rest which our unforgettable fellor countrywoman loved to the end of life."

"25th of June 1933, Mr. Frances Mizera, in LOMNICE nad POPLEKOU delivered a memorial speech in which he spoke about the whole life of our fellow countrywoman MArie FRancl and about her love of country with deep understanding and piety. In his eulogy, he spoke if her entry into life :"she inherited after her mother, a greengrocer stand next to a church (in LOMNICE) later in an arcade near Navratils. During the Tabor pilgrimage fairs she used to prepare warm drinks and food in the stand not far from the gates of Kosov."

"For her outstanding work, she was awarded in her lifetime, the Revolutionary Medal of the Czechoslovak Republic. Her portrait is in Prague in the Memorial to the Resistance, as a member of the 25 person American committee. Vojta Benes also wrote quite a bit about her work."

This information is all I have, would like to know who her husband was, why he did not come to USA, who her parents were, her siblings. Someday I hope to visit this land and get a photo of the picture that is or was hanging in Prague. Any help will be appreciated.

Linda Gunzl LGunzl@aol.com