Descendants of JAMES LISKA
Descendants of JAMES LISKA
Generation No. 1
1.JAMES2 LISKA(JOHN1) was born Dec 1878 in CHICAGO, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.He married ANNA CHESEK.She was born Jan 1880, and died Sep 15, 1968.
Children of JAMES LISKA and ANNA CHESEK are:
2. i. ARTHUR3 LISKA, b. Jan 30, 1905, IOWA; d. Mar 15, 1998, LAKOTA, NELSON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA.
ii. LYNDIA LISKA.
iii. ALICE ANGELINE LISKA, b. May 17, 1910, LANKIN, ND; d. Mar 20, 1998, LAKOTA, ND Good Samaritan Center; m. ERNEST JUSTUS, 1956, Mason City, Iowa; d. 1973.
Notes for ALICE ANGELINE LISKA:
Alice Angeline Justus, 87, Tolna, N.D., died Friday, March 20, 1998, in Lakota
(N.D.) Good Samaritan Center.
Alice Angeline Liska was born May 17, 1910, near Lankin, N.D. She grew up and
attended school near Brocket, N.D., then moved with her family to Tolna. In
1931 she moved to Mason City, Iowa. In 1956 she married Ernest Justus in Mason
City. They lived in Iowa, and she worked in several different restaurants
around the state. He died in 1973. She returned to Tolna in 1976, and later
worked as a housekeeper for priests at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Tolna.
She entered the Lakota Good Samaritan Center in 1996.
She is survived by a sister, Florence Halvorson, Phoenix, Ariz.
Visitation: Tuesday from 5 to 7, with a prayer service at 7, and one hour
before the funeral in St. Joseph's Catholic Church.
Funeral: Wednesday at 11 in the church.
Burial: Tolna Cemetery.
(Aaker, Lakota)
iv. BEULAH LISKA, b. Jul 14, 1911; d. Jun 1993, TOLNA, NELSON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA.
v. FLORANCE LISKA, b. Sep 27, 1913.
3. vi. JAMES J LISKA, b. Oct 06, 1906, LANKIN, NELSON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA; d. Aug 02, 1995, LAKOTA, NELSON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA.
4. vii. EARNEST LISKA, b. Mar 24, 1903, LANKIN, NELSON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA; d. Jan 13, 1994, GRAND FORKS, GRAND FORKS COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA.
viii. NETTIE LISKA.
Generation No. 2
2.ARTHUR3 LISKA (JAMES2, JOHN1) was born Jan 30, 1905 in IOWA, and died Mar 15, 1998 in LAKOTA, NELSON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA.He married DORA CELINA LAMOTTE Oct 30, 1930 in TOLNA, NELSON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, daughter of EUGENE LAMOTTE and ELIZABETH JOLIN.She was born Jul 30, 1909 in HAMER, NELSON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, and died Jan 12, 2000 in LAKOTA, NELSON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA.
Notes for ARTHUR LISKA:
Arthur Liska, 93, Devils Lake, N.D., died Sunday, March 15, 1998, in Lakota
(N.D.) Good Samaritan Center.
Mr. Liska was born Jan. 30, 1905, near Lankin, N.D. He attended school in
Brocket, N.D. On Oct. 30, 1930, he married Dora LaMotte in Tolna, N.D., where
they farmed. From 1960 to 1972 he worked as a road maintainer for Eddy County,
N.D. They lived in Michigan, N.D., for a time. They later moved to Devils
Lake. He entered Lakota Good Samaritan Center in 1990.
He is survived by his wife; three sons, Richard (Norma), Chino Valley, Ariz.,
Wayne (Barbra), James (Shirley), both Grants Pass, Ore.; a daughter, Judy
(Jim) Borgen, Devils Lake; two sisters, Alice Justus, Tolna, Florence
Halvorson, Phoenix; 21 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Visitation: Wednesday from noon to 9 in Aaker, Dunnigan & Brooks Funeral Home,
Devils Lake, and one hour before the funeral in the church.
Funeral: Thursday at 11 in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Tolna.
Burial: Tolna Cemetery.
Notes for DORA CELINA LAMOTTE:
Dora Liska, 90, Devils Lake, N.D., formerly Tolna, N.D., died Wednesday, Jan.
12, 2000, in the Good Samaritan Center, Devils Lake.
Dora C. LaMotte was born July 30, 1909, near Hamar, N.D. She grew up and
attended school in the Hamar and McHenry, N.D., area. On Oct. 28, 1930, she
married Arthur Liska near Hamar. They farmed near Hamar and Tolna for many
years and moved into Hamar in the 1950s. She worked as a switchboard operator
for eight years. In 1985, they moved to Devils Lake. He died in 1998.
She is survived by four sons, Richard (Norma), Chino Valley, Ariz., Wayne
(Barbara), James (Shirley), both Grants Pass, Ore.; a daughter, Judy (Jim)
Borgen, Devils Lake; 24 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.
Visitation: Sunday from 1 to 9, with a rosary and prayer service at 7, in
Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake, and one hour before the funeral in the
church.
Funeral: Monday at 10 in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Tolna.
Burial: St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Tolna
Children of ARTHUR LISKA and DORA LAMOTTE are:
5. i. LAVONNE FRANCES4 LISKA, b. Nov 24, 1938, MCVILLE, NORTH DAKOTA; d. Jan 16, 1992, DEVILS LAKE, RAMSEY, NORTH DAKOTA.
ii. RICHARD RODNEY LISKA, b. Oct 30, 1931.
iii. WAYNE SYLVESTER LISKA, b. Oct 26, 1935.
iv. JAMES EUGENE LISKA, b. Feb 01, 1937; m. MARGARET SAILOR.
v. JUDITH JOANNE LISKA, b. Sep 18, 1949.
vi. GORDON WAYNE LISKA, b. Aug 08, 1933, TOLNA, NELSON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA; d. Feb 03, 1991; m. PATTY JURGENSON.
3.JAMES J3 LISKA (JAMES2, JOHN1) was born Oct 06, 1906 in LANKIN, NELSON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, and died Aug 02, 1995 in LAKOTA, NELSON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA.He married SELMA HALVORSON Oct 08, 1938.
Notes for JAMES J LISKA:
The funeral for James Liska, 88, Lakota, N.D., will be at 11 Saturday in Aaker
Funeral Home, Lakota, with burial in Doyon, N.D. Visitation will be from 1 to
9 today in the funeral home. He died Wednesday, Aug. 2, 1995.
Mr. Liska was born Oct. 12, 1906, near Lankin, N.D. He grew up in the Lankin
and Brocket, N.D., areas and attended Newbre School, near Brocket. He married
Selma Halvorson, Oct. 8, 1938, in Jessie, N.D. They farmed near Brocket for
several years and later farmed near Tolna, N.D. and Warwick, N.D. They lived
in Maddock, N.D., for a few years before moving to Doyon, N.D., in 1976. She
died in 1983. He entered Good Samaritan Center, Lakota in 1987.
He is survived by two sons, Jerry (Isabel), West Fargo, James (Jane) Lakota;
two sisters, Alice Justus, Tolna, Florence Halvorson, Phoenix; a brother,
Arthur, Lakota; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Children of JAMES LISKA and SELMA HALVORSON are:
i. JERRY4 LISKA.
ii. JAMES LISKA.
4.EARNEST3 LISKA (JAMES2, JOHN1) was born Mar 24, 1903 in LANKIN, NELSON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, and died Jan 13, 1994 in GRAND FORKS, GRAND FORKS COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA.He married GLADYS STENE Oct 27, 1929 in DEVILS LAKE, RAMSEY COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, daughter of ALFRED STENE and DORTHEA TWETEN.She was born Dec 06, 1907 in BROCKET, NELSON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, and died Nov 20, 1997 in HALLOCK, KITTSON COUNTY, MINNESOTA.
Notes for EARNEST LISKA:
Ernest A. Liska
Birth:Mar. 24, 1903
Death:Jan. 13, 1994
Burial:
Sunnywood Gardens Cemetery
Grand Forks
Grand Forks County
North Dakota, USA
Notes for GLADYS STENE:
Gladys Stene Liska
Birth:Dec. 16, 1907
Death:Nov. 20, 1997
Burial:
Sunnywood Gardens Cemetery
Grand Forks
Grand Forks County
North Dakota, USA
Children of EARNEST LISKA and GLADYS STENE are:
i. LORRAINE4 LISKA.
ii. DARLYNE LISKA.
Generation No. 3
5.LAVONNE FRANCES4 LISKA (ARTHUR3, JAMES2, JOHN1) was born Nov 24, 1938 in MCVILLE, NORTH DAKOTA, and died Jan 16, 1992 in DEVILS LAKE, RAMSEY, NORTH DAKOTA.