Ivan Joseph Sramek

Ivan Joseph Sramek

Oct. 20, 1941 - April 22, 2013

ATWOOD, Kansas --Ivan Joseph Sramek, 71, died Monday (April 22, 2013), at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas.

He was born Oct. 20, 1941, in Stratton, Nebraska, to Edward and Lucille (Prochazka) Sramek. He attended school in Rawlins County, Kansas and graduated from high school in Canon City, Colorado, in 1960. He joined the Army Reserve unit in St. Francis, Kansas. In 1967, he began farming the Anslem Sramek farm, where he worked and lived for the rest of his life.

He married Mary Millan in 1970.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Mary, in 2008.

He is survived by six children and 14 grandchildren.

A Mass of Christian burial is 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 26, 2013 at St. John's Catholic Church in Beardsley, Kansas with the Rev. Nick Parker officiating. Interment is at St. John's cemetery. Memorials may be given in his name.

Williams Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.