FLORENCE INEZ ALFORD SUROVIK
AAFA #0107
1893 TX – 1993 TX
From AAFA files
From The Burleson County
Citizen, 11 January 1968
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION EAGLE
Bryan, Brazos Co., TX—_____ August 1993
Published in AAFA ACTION, Spring 1994
CALDWELL [Burleson Co.]—Funeral services for Inez Alford
Surovik, 100, of Caldwell will be 10 a.m. today at Strickland Funeral Home.
The Rev. William Jenkins of First United
Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in the Masonic Cemetery…. Mrs.
Surovik died at home Thursday evening [August 19].
She was born in Caldwell and graduated from Caldwell
High School. Mrs. Surovik attended North Texas State Normal College of Denton
and taught in several area schools, including Second Creek, Deanville, Cooks
Point, San Antonio Prairie and Caldwell.
At the time of her death, she was the oldest
member of First United Methodist Church. Mrs. Surovik was very active in the
church, teaching study courses and serving as a Sunday school teacher and as
sponsor for the Church Asberry girls, who began the fund for the church organ
that is still used today. As a member of the Methodist women’s organization,
she helped cook for the local Rotary Club for 29 years. She was also a member
of the Bluebonnet Club.
Family members said she’ll be remembered as a
great cook who loved gardening, flowers and roses.
Mrs. Surovik was preceded in death by her
parents, Halcut and Mary Jane Alford; her husband, W.L. Surovik Sr., in 1968;
four brothers, D.L. Alford Sr., Robert A. Alford, Richard Erwin Alford and
Phillip Alford; and four sisters, Elizabeth Alford, Cadie Alford, Nellie Alford
and Mary Scott Alford.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law,
William L. Jr. and Sara Surovik of Caldwell; a grandson, Richard J. Surovik of
Caldwell; a granddaughter and her spouse, Jayne and Emmit Wolz of Caldwell; a
great-granddaughter, Julie Wolz of Caldwell; five nieces; six nephews; and many
other relatives….
Photos
from Masonic Cemetery, Caldwell, Burleson Co., TX—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by
the photographer, Carolyn [flagmemorial]
AAFA
NOTES: SSDI records show that Inez Surovik (SS# issued in TX) was
born 12 May 1893 and died 19 Aug 1993, last residence Caldwell, Burleson Co.,
TX.
We included the obituaries of her parents Halcut
Alford and Mary Jane Scott Alford; and siblings Daniel Lee Alford Sr., Lizzie
Evans Alford, Philip Bruce Alford, and Richard Erwin Alford in Texas Obituarie.
Inez did not use her first name, Florence.
Her lineage: Florence Inez 1893 TX1,
Halcut 1854 TX2, Richard Erwin 1818 GA3, Halcut 1789 GA4,
Julius 1750 NC5, Lodwick 1710 VA6, James 1687 VA7,
John 1645 VA8.
Her husband died before AAFA was established.
His obituary follows:
WILLIAM LOUIS SUROVIK, SR.
CALDWELL NEWS AND BURLESON COUNTY LEDGER
Caldwell, TX—_____ November 1968
Published in AAFA ACTION, Fall 1997
William Louis Surovik, Sr. of 304 N. Hill
Street, Caldwell, passed away in Scott and White Hospital, Temple at 6:35
Sunday morning, November 17. He became ill the preceding Friday night while
attending the Caldwell-Elgin football game and was taken to Goodnight Memorial
Hospital from which he was transferred to the hospital in Temple.
Mr. Surovik was the oldest son of Joseph J. and
Theresa Trcalek Surovik and was born on the family farm near Caldwell on September
7, 1891. On December 23, 1917, he was united in marriage to Miss Inez Alford by
the Reverend A. S. Whitehurst in Caldwell.
He is survived by his wife; one son, W.L.
Surovik, Jr.; two grandchildren, Richard and Jayne Surovik, all of Caldwell;
three brothers, Joe S. and F.A. Surovik of Caldwell and John Henry Surovik of
Mount Pleasant, Texas and five nieces and three nephews.
Funeral services were held in Phillips-Luckey
Funeral Chapel, Caldwell on Monday, November 18, at 2:00 p.m., with the Reverend
James Killen, pastor of the first United Methodist Church, officiating. Mrs.
D.L. Alford, Jr. was at the organ and at the request of the family played one
of Mr. Surovik’s favorite hymns, “How Great Thou Art.” Burial was in the
Masonic Cemetery, Caldwell.
Mr. Surovik had made his home in Caldwell since
he was a young man. At the time of his death, he and Mrs. Surovik were managing
the family ranch. He had always enjoyed the outdoors and was happiest when he
was out on the farm working with their cattle and supervising the care of the
land. Mr. Surovik became a member of the First Methodist Church in Caldwell
after his marriage to Miss Inez, was always an active and faithful member, and
was an honorary steward when he passed away. He was a devoted husband, father,
grandfather, and a loyal and constant friend.
Pallbearers were M.J. Broadus, Wilson W.
Chaloupka, K. B. Clark, Joe Dusek, Bartlett Jones, D.F. McHenry, Johnny Stefka
and L.H. Stokes. The Stewards of the First United Methodist Church served as
honorary pallbearers.
