Otto Thomas JELINEK

1910 - 1977  (66 years)

• Name	Otto Thomas JELINEK
  Birth	26 May 1910	Chicago, Cook County, IL
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 May 1977	La Grange. Cook County, IL
  	Cause: Automobile Accident
  Notes	(1) Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922 [database online], Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011: Name: Otto Thomas Jelinek Birth Date: 26 May 1910 Ethnicity: Canadian Gender: Male Race: White Father: Thomas Jelinek Mother: Mathilda Olar FHL Film Number: 1315048 Page Number: 160 (2) A household headed by Otto JELINEK is listed in the 1940 census of Iowa City, Johnson County, IA. Otto is listed in the 1940 census as a university professor who was then 30 years of age; therefore, according to the 1940 census, he was born in about 1910. According to the 1940 census, he was born in IL. According to the 1940 census, his residence on April 1, 1935 was in Chicago, Cook County, IL. Listed with Otto is his wife, Dorothy, a school teacher who was then 25 years of age; therefore, according to the 1940 census, she was born in about 1915. According to the 1940 census, she was born in WI. According to the 1940 census, her residence on April 1, 1935 was in Madison, Madison County, WI. (3) Chicago Daily News, Chicago, IL, Thursday, May 19, 1977: Memorial Friday for Jelineks Memorial services for Otto T. Jelinek and his wife, Alice, both musicians, will be at 4 p.m. Friday in the First Congregational Church at Western Springs, 106 Chestnut, Western Springs. The Jelineks, of 4738 Franklin, Western Springs, were killed Monday in a car crash in La Grange. Mr. Jelinek, a violinist and conductor, was music director of both the American Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Businessmen's Orchestra. He also played violin with The Grant Park Symphony Orchestra and with the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra. He taught music until last spring at both Kennedy-King College and the American Conservatory of Music. He been chairman of the music department at Grinnell College in Iowa, and a teacher of violin at the University of Iowa. MRS. JELINEK, 61, was a cellist who formerly taught cello at the Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, and taught at the time of her death at the American Conservatory of Music. She was a member of the Chicago Chamber Music Society and the Hinsdale Music Club. Survivors include a son, Thomas, and a daughter, Katherine. Mrs. Jelinek also is survived by a son, Edward Eversole, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Kenady. (4) Social Security Death Index: Name: Otto Jelinek Social Security Number: 350-03-5995 Birth Date: 26 May 1910 Issue year: Before 1951 Issue State: Illinois Last Residence: 60558, Western Springs, Cook, Illinois, USA Last Benefit: 46804, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA Death Date: May 1977
  Person ID	I46349	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 1	Alice Valentine SMITH,   b. 9 Aug 1915, NE d. 16 May 1977, La Grange, Cook County, IL (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F19945	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Dorothy Lucille WILSON,   b. Abt 1915, WI d. 24 Jul 1950, Grinnell, Poweshiek County, IA (Age ~ 35 years)
  Marriage	2 Sep 1939	Iowa City, Johnson County, IA   [1]
  Children	1. Thomas JELINEK   2. Katherine JELINEK
  Family ID	F19946	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  Details: Details: Citation Text: (1) Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940 [database online], Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014: Name: Otto Thomas Jelinek Gender: Male Race: White Age: 30 Birth Year: abt 1909 Birth Place: Chicago Marriage Date: 2 Sep 1939 Marriage Place: Iowa City, Iowa, USA Number of Marriage: First Father: Thomas Jelinek Mother: Matilda Jelinek Spouse: Dorothy Lucille Wilson.