Zickmond Edward Chrast
April 9, 1925 ~ March 8, 2016 (age 90) 90 Years OldShare using:
Zickmond Edward Chrast, the son of Rudolph and Ludmilla (Prokop) Chrast was born on the family farm north of Silver Lake, Minnesota on April 9, 1925.
He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Silver Lake.
On June 5, 1951, Zickmond Chrast and Theresa Kalitowski were joined in holy matrimony at St. Adalbert Catholic Church in Silver Lake, Minnesota. God blessed their marriage with five children Gene, Terry, Debra, and twins Marilyn and Marlyce. Zickmond and Theresa would have celebrated 65 years of marriage in June.
Zickmond lived his entire life on the family farm and engaged in dairy farming as well as raising hogs, beef and poultry. After retiring from dairy farming in 1984, he continued to crop farm raising corn and soybeans up to last summer. Hel also enjoyed tending to his garden and was very proud of his harvest of vegetables.
Zickmond enjoyed his free time listening to old time music, playing his concertina and harmonica, going on casino/gambling trips as well as visiting with family and friends. He loved his family dearly and welcomed each new grandchild and great grandchild who was born into his family.
Zickmond passed away at Hutchinson Health on Tuesday March 8th, 2016 surrounded by his loving family at the age of 90. Blessed be his memory!
Zickmond is survived by his loving wife: Theresa; sons: Gene (Grace) Chrast of Dassel, MN and Terry Chrast of Silver Lake, MN; daughters: Debra (Rodney) Weiers of Silver Lake, MN, Marilyn (Hilary) Scheffler of Lonsdale, MN and Marlyce (Paul) Johnsen of Hutchinson, MN; 15 grandchildren: Matthew (Melanie) Chrast, Andrew (Robyn) Chrast, Jennifer (Terry) Heidecker, Anita (Tim) Lundquist, Nicholas (Stephany) Weiers, Jake (Nikki) Weiers, Rose Weiers, Bridget Weiers, Luke Weiers, Justin Scheffler, Craig Scheffler, Travis (Katie) Scheffler, Sarah (Mark) Schwartz, Kim (Jayce) Howe and David Johnsen; 13 great grandchildren: Dylan and Seth Chrast, Edward and Benjamin Chrast, Kendall and Isaac Heidecker, Zack and Willa Lundquist, Anthony and Lariah Weiers, Lydia Schwartz and Brielle and Lauren Howe; a sister: Lillian Novak; along with many nieces and nephews.
Zickmond was preceded in death by his parents Rudolph and Ludmilla Chrast, father-in-law and mother-in-law: Stephen and Clara Kalitowski, brothers: Ralph (Clara) Chrast, Louis (Helen) Chrast, twin brothers Frank and William Chrast, Emil (Dona) Chrast and Stanley (Delores) Chrast, a brother-in-law: Dominic Novak and by a sister-in-law: Veronica Jilek and her husband Ron.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Zickmond Chrast will be held on Friday, March 11th, 2016 at 10:30 A.M. at Holy Family Catholic Church in Silver Lake. Father Paul Schumacher will be the Celebrant. Interment will follow at Holy Family Cemetery.
A visitation will be held on Thursday, March 10th from 4-8 P.M. at The Maresh Funeral Home in Silver Lake. A Rosary will be recited at 4:30 P.M. and a Parish Prayer service will be held at 7:30 P.M. Further visitation will be held on Friday morning, March 11th one hour prior to Mass at the funeral home.
Casket Bearers include grandsons Matthew and Andrew Chrast, Nicholas, Jacob and Luke Weiers, Justin, Craig and Travis Scheffler and David Johnsen.