Josephine has six sisters and two brothers: Mrs. Ray
(Florence) Jelinek; Leo Bosh; Mrs. Herman (Marcy) Capouch;
Herman Bosh; Mrs. Bruno (Dorothy) Novak; Mrs. Albert
(Marion) Capouch; Mrs. Dennis (Minnie) Cole; and Mrs. Ralph
(Genevieve) Miller. Two brothers, Barty, and Bill, are deceased.
Josephine was thirteen years old when her mother died. She
helped her dad raise her five younger brothers and sisters. The
country school was three and a half miles from their home and
they had to walk to and from school.
William has two brothers and two sisters: Edward of Park
River; Jerry of Lankin; Mrs. Frank (Mary) Kadlec, and Mrs. Henry
(Lil) Trenda. Adolph is deceased.
William and Josephine have six grandchildren: Wendy and
Nicole Vigen; Dana, Matthew, Jason and Jeff Brodina.
William was the treasurer of Latona Township for twenty
years. He is presently president of the Catholic Workmen's
Lodge of Bechyne, N. Dak., and president of Rural Fire
Department of Lankin.
William and Josephine still reside on the farm but their two
sons have taken over the family interests.
Arthur Curtis Bylin Family: left to right, standing, Jan,
Danny, Kim, Lory; seated, Arthur, Julie, Doris.
attended Moorhead State for one summer annd taught a country
school in Norton Township for one year. There was a shortage of
teachers at this time and one was permitted to attend college for
one summer and teach school the following school year. Doris
then went to Aaker's Business College and was bookkeeper at
the Farmers Union Oil Co. of Adams, until she married Arthur on
Jan. 2, 1949, at the Mountain Lutheran Church at Adams. They
transferred membership to Sarepta Lutheran, a country church,
two miles west of their home, where Doris has been pianist for 25
years.
To this marriage were born five children: Daniel Curtis,
Arthur Kim, Jan Michael, Lory Gene, and Julie Renee.
The Bosh sisters and brothers (1979)
Dennis, son of William and Josephine, entered service on
Oct. 10, 1967; had his basic training at Fort Lewis, Wash., and
advanced training in aircraft maintenance at Fort Rucker, Ala.
From there, he was sent to Vietnam where he remained for
thirteen months. He then received his discharge. He was married
to Toni Kratochvil. They had two children, Dana and Matthew.
He resides in Lankin, N. Dak.
Larry, son of William and Josephine, married Rita Honek
from Tabor, Minn., on Oct. 10, 1975. They have two sons,
Jason and Jeff. They live on the Brodina farm.
Jolene, daughter of William and Josephine, resides in
Adams. She married Wendell Vigen. They had two daughters,
Wendy and Nicole Vigen.
Danny passed away at the age of 17 years on Feb. 24,
1967, six months after his father.
Kim is married to Jo Ann Kovarik and has two children,
Rachel Ann and Kristie Jean. They reside in Adams.
Jan lives in Adams and has been employed by the Soo Line
Railroad since 1972.
Lory remains on the farm and is engaged in farming with his
brother, Kim.
Julie is attending college at La Grande, Ore.
As small children Danny, Kim, Jan and Julie sang for many
church and social functions. They all graduated from Adams
High School and are members of Sarepta Lutheran Church.
On June 23, 1978, Doris was married to Lowell Sukstorf
and they farm south of Adams.
G E O R G E DVORAK FAMILY
ARTHUR CURTIS BYLIN FAMILY
George Dvorak was born in Latona Township, son of Joseph
and Matilda (Rose) Dvorak, on July 1 5 , 1 9 1 1 .
Arthur Curtis Bylin, son of Carl Arthur and Christine (Fjeld)
Bylin, was born in Latona Township on June 23, 1923. Arthur
died in a car accident, west of Adams, on Aug. 1 1 , 1 9 6 6 , at the
age of 43 years.
He married Sylvia Kratochvil at Fordville, N. Dak., on June
10, 1940. She was born on May 2, 1919, to Joseph and Mary
(Kubart) Kratochvil in Norton Twonship.
He attended grade school in Latona No. 74, which was V4
mile from his home. (The school remains, but has been converted into a granary.) The family still resides in the same home.
Upon graduating from Adams High School, Arthur left for
California to work and shortly after, entered the Air Force as an
airplane mechanic. He served for three years and when
discharged, met and married Doris Jean Berg.
Doris was born to Henry and Mina (Elton) Berg on March
10, 1928. She graduated from Adams High School and then
George started to play with the Bill Dvorak Dance Band in
1930. He also was a member of the Lankin Community band.
George still plays with the Herb Dvorak Band. They have made
their home in Lankin, N. Dak. George was a heavy duty machine
operator for road construction work.
They have one son Darrell, who was born Nov. 17, 1942, at
Park River, N. Dak. Darrell married the former Virginia
Borchgrevink, daughter of Leonard and Wanda Borchgrevink, of
Adams, N. Dak., on June 2 1 , 1 9 6 9 . They have one son, Darin,
and two daughters, Denise and Danelle. They live at Fosston,