Robert Frank Kozelka [1907-2008]

  Robert Frank Kozelka was born in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 13 January 1907, son of Frank Joseph Kozelka and Barbara Cizek, died at the Proctor Endowment Home in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, 10 April 2008, and donated his body to medical research.

Robert Frank Kozelks

Carleton College Graduation Picture

  He married, first, in Jackson, Jackson County, Minnesota, 23 June 1930, Miriam Constance Child Ashley, who was born 6 April 1907 in Jackson, Jackson County, Minnesota, daughter of Mark Dexter Ashley and Dora Maria Child, died in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, 22 May 1965, and was cremated.

Miriam Constance Child Ashley

Carleton College Graduation Picture

  He married, second, in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, 14 July 1968, Tressie Masocco, who was born 16 November 1908 in Fiatt, Fulton County, Illinois, daughter of Angelo Masocco and Antonia Licini, died in the Methodist Medical Center, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, 2 August 2000, and was buried in the Fairview Cemetery, Fulton County, Illinois.

Tressie Masocco

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Resource Documents

--U.S. Patent #2,757,996 issued 7 August 1956 to Robert F. Kozelka of Springfield, IL, for a Sectional Desk Adapted for Use by Students.