Gram’s siblings, from left, Ted, Josephine, Frank, Gram, and Matt. A Los Angeles jeweler, Matt returned to the Midwest at age 70 to row the entire length of thee Mississippi River. He was the only sibling born in Czechoslovakia.

Wencley bedridden during his last 11 years

Weathered post card shows aerial of Central City in the early 1960s. Teller house is at the center of the photo The Opera House would be behind it.

Four generations with Mom holding Theresa, Gram, and Great Grandmother Rose Bakula.

Gram and Grandpa with children, from left, Dorothy Waggoner, Durward, Irene Ayers, Maynard, Mom, Ed.

From left, front row: Jana, Nancy, Mary Jo, David, Doug. Second row: Dad, Cecilia, Mom, Theresa. Back row: Michael, Dolores, Patricia, Mercedes, Virginia, Loras.

From left, Uncle (Doc) Durward, Gram’s sister Josephine and husband, Gram, Great Grandmother Rose Bakula, Aunt Betty and Uncle Ed. Girl in front not identified.

Wencley and Alvina T. Marek

First row, from left, Michael Boos, Helen Pearson, Mary, Genevieve Tarp, Theresa. Back row: from left, Dad, twin brother Bernard, August Pearson, Gus, and Lawrence.