Libby Drgac

Female 1905 - 1990  (85 years)


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  • Name Libby Drgac 
    Nickname Bessie 
    Born 17 Oct 1905  Snook, Burleson County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 26 Oct 1990  Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 28 Oct 1990  Cooks Point Brethren Church Cemetery - Cooks Point, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1740  Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
    Last Modified 22 Apr 2025 

    Father Joseph Daniel Drgac, Jr.,   b. 28 Jan 1871, Austin County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1940, Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Anna Marie Sebesta,   b. 29 Feb 1872, Wesley, Washington County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Aug 1932, Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 27 Oct 1891  Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F656  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Wilton Walter Chaloupka,   b. 5 Sep 1906, Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jun 1998, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 12 Nov 1930  Cooks Point, Burleson County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 11 Dec 2015 
    Family ID F772  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 Oct 1905 - Snook, Burleson County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Nov 1930 - Cooks Point, Burleson County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 26 Oct 1990 - Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 28 Oct 1990 - Cooks Point Brethren Church Cemetery - Cooks Point, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Libby 'Bessie' Drgac Chaloupka
    Libby "Bessie" Drgac Chaloupka
    Obituary picture
    Unity of the Brethren Hus School 1925 Summer
    Unity of the Brethren Hus School 1925 Summer
    Row 4 - Joe Mikulencak (Granger), Edward Schiller (Rosebud), Lad Hruska (Wesley), Joe Hegar (West)

    Row 3 - Vlasta Baca (Rosebud), Lydia Batla-Hegar (Seaton), Julia Jez-Chlapek (Seaton), Bertha Mikulencak-Coombes (Granger), Wilma Skarpa-Janek (West), Angela Baca-White (Ocker), Ella Hejl-Chlapek (Seaton), Stacie Mikulencak-Labaj (Granger), Libby Drgac-Chaloupka (Cooks Point)

    Row 2 - Milady Motl-Zalesky (Seaton), Matilda Vychopen-Marek (Ocker), Annie Machalek-Babovec (Seaton), Cora Schiller-Pattillo (Ocker), Emily Elles-Hegar (Ocker), Lydia Hegar-Griggs (West), Agnes Hutka-Machalek (Seaton), Lydia Kral (Ocker), Ella Motl-Howard (Seaton)

    Front Row - Henry Chupik (Seaton), Rev. F.H. Horak ? visitor, Edward Sebesta (Snook), Mrs. Marie Hegar, Joe Hegar, Daniel Hegar, Rev. Hegar, Frank Luksa ? assistant teacher, Rev. Josef Barton ? visitor, Charles Hutka (Seaton)

    Not Pictured - Lydia Pechal-Rubach (Ocker), Mattie Rynn-Hohlle (Ocker), Hermina Marek-Simcik

    Documents
    Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Chalopka 50th Wedding Anniversary
    Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Chalopka 50th Wedding Anniversary
    Published in The Vestnik SPJST Herald on March 11, 1981
    Death Notice of Libby 'Bessie' Drgac Chaloupka
    Death Notice of Libby "Bessie" Drgac Chaloupka
    Published in The Austin American-Statesman on October 28, 1990
    Obituary of Libby 'Bessie' Drgac Chaloupka
    Obituary of Libby "Bessie" Drgac Chaloupka
    Published in The Bryan-College Station Eagle on October 28, 1990
    Obituary of Libby 'Bessie' Drgac Chaloupka
    Obituary of Libby "Bessie" Drgac Chaloupka
    Published in The Vestnik SPJST Herald on January 2, 1991

    Headstones
    Headstone of Wilton Walter Chaloupka and Libby 'Bessie' Drgac Chaloupka
    Headstone of Wilton Walter Chaloupka and Libby "Bessie" Drgac Chaloupka
    Cooks Point Brethren Church Cemetery - Cooks Point, Texas, US
    Crypt of Libby 'Bessie' Drgac Chaloupka
    Crypt of Libby "Bessie" Drgac Chaloupka
    Cooks Point Brethren Church Cemetery - Cooks Point, Texas, USA
    Picture on Headstone of Wilton Walter Chaloupka and Libby 'Bessie' Drgac Chaloupka
    Picture on Headstone of Wilton Walter Chaloupka and Libby "Bessie" Drgac Chaloupka
    Cooks Point Brethren Church Cemetery - Cooks Point, Texas, USA

  • Notes 
    • Death Notice:

      CHALOUPKA, Bessie Drgac, 85, of Cooks Point died Friday. Prayer service 7 p.m. today, Strickland Funeral Home, Caldwell. Services 11 a.m. Monday, Cooks Point Brethren Church. Burial Cooks Point Cemetery, Cooks Point.

      (Published in The Austin American-Statesman on October 28, 1990)

    • Obituary:

      Bessie Drgac Chaloupka

      CALDWELL - Funeral services for Bessie Drgac Chaloupka, 85, of Cooks Point will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Cooks Point Brethren Church. Burial will be at Cooks Point Cemetery.

      The Rev. Norman Haisler of Cooks Point Brethren Church and the Rev. John Gantt Jr. of Hope Evangelical Free Church will officiate. A prayer service will be at 7 p.m. today at Strickland Funeral Home in Caldwell.

      Visiting hours are 8 a.m. until 9 p.m. today and 7:30 a.m. until 9 a.m. Monday at Strickland Funeral Home. The body also will lie at the church from 10 a.m. until service time.

      Mrs. Chaloupka died Friday night at a Bryan hospital.

      She was born in Snook and spent most of her life in Cooks Point. She was the retired bookkeeper and clerk at the Cooks Point Store, a business her family owned for 36 years.

      Mrs. Chaloupka was a member of SPJST Lodge No. 186 in Caldwell; the Cooks Point Mutual Aid Association, where she was the secretary; the Burleson League Soil Conservation District, where she and her husband donated the building that houses the organization; and was a past member of the Burleson County Historical Society.

      She was an active member of Cooks Point Brethren Church, where she was a member of the Christian Sisters, taught Sunday school for more than 50 years, played the pump organ and sang in the choir.

      She attended Cooks Point public schools as a child.

      Her family said she would be remembered for her love of growing flowers and cattle, her love of all animals, her active service to the community and for her cooking. A family member said she made the best raisin rolls.

      She and her husband Wilton would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Nov. 12, 1990.

      She is survived by her husband, Wilton Chaloupka of Cooks Point; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Ed and Frannie Drgac and Frank and Milady Drgac, all of Cooks Point; and four sisters-in-law, Naomi Lerret of San Antonio, Mattie Chaloupka, Annie Lee Mrnustic, and Tracy Wine and her husband Robert, all of Caldwell.

      Memorials may be made to the Cooks Point Brethren Church.

      (Published in The Bryan-College Station Eagle on October 28, 1990)

    • Obituary:

      Expression Of Sympathy

      We, the Resolution Committee of Lodge No. 186, Caldwell, in behalf of our entire membership, wish to express our sincere sympathy to the bereaved family of our departed lodge sister,

      BESSIE DRGAC CHALOUPKA,

      85, of Cooks Point, who died Friday evening, October 26, 1990 in a Bryan hospital.

      She was born October 17, 1905 in Snook to the late Joseph D. Drgac and Anna Marie Sebesta. She spent most of her life at Cooks Point where she worked as a bookkeeper and clerk at the Cooks Point Store, a business her family owned for 36 years. She attended school in Cooks Point.

      She was an active member of Cooks Point Brethren Church where she taught Sunday School for over 50 years, played the pump organ and sang in the choir.

      She married Wilton Chaloupka on November 12, 1930. They would have been married sixty years.

      Mrs. Chaloupka was a member of the SPJST Lodge No. 186 in Caldwell, the Cooks Point Mutual Aid Society, where she was secretary and a member of the Burleson-Lee Soil Conservation District and a past member of the Burleson County Historical Society. She and her husband, Wilton, donated the building for the Soil Conservation District in Burleson County.

      Her family said she would be remembered for her love of growing flowers, cattle, her love of all animals, her active service to the community and for her cooking. A family member said she made the best raisin rolls.

      She also helped maintain Slovak Cemetery and the Cooks Point Cemetery.

      Mrs. Chaloupka was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Walter Drgac, William Drgac, Joe Drgac and Johnnie Drgac; and six sisters, Annie Hronek, Lydia Kubena, Olga Urbanovsky, Milady Kubena, Albina Meyer and Ella Luksa.

      Survivors include her husband, Wilton Chaloupka of Cooks Point; two brothers, Ed Drgac and wife Fannie of Cooks Point, Frank Drgac and wife Milady of Cooks Point; also four sisters-in-law, Naomi Lerret of San Antonio, Mattie Chaloupka, Tracy and Robert Wine and Annie Lee Mrnustik, all of Caldwell, plus numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.

      A prayer service was held at 7 p.m. Sunday at Strickland Funeral Home. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. from Cooks Point Brethren Church with Rev. Norman Haisler and Rev. John Gantt, Jr. officiating. Interment followed at Cooks Point Cemetery.

      Pallbearers were Kenneth Hronek, Leon Kubena, Brad Allbright, Fred Jurecka, Marvin Kubena, Lamar Drgac, Dwight Hattermann, Hubert Drgac and Craig Homeyer.

      May she rest in eternal peace.

      (Published in The Vestnik SPJST Herald on January 2, 1991)