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«b»MUDr Diana ŠPIČKOVÁ-PETŘÍKOVÁ
«/b»Diana recalls her happy childhood in the family house U Mrázovky 7 and the summer vacations at the summerhouse with a large garden in Pikovice, a small village and recreational community at the bank of the river Sázava south of Praha. Amongst her cherished childhood memories are those of her aunt (really grandaunt) Olga (roz. ZÁTKOVÁ), and her beloved grandmother Bohumila
("bábu"). This affectionate nickname meaning "grandmother" or "old woman" in Russian dates
back to the time when her grandchildren started to learn Russian in school. She gracefully
accepted it, and in fact probably liked it.
Diana' childhood was sheltered, protected from the shocks of political and social events.
The children looked forward to grandaunt Olga's regular visits. Childless Olga loved her grandnephews and her grandniece like her own children, who particularly enjoyed her readings of
fairytales. Their grandmother "bábu" was a kind, selfless and utterly modest person. Her
health was anything but robust and she would hide her ailments to avoid others to worry about
her, achieving just the opposite. Ultimately it was always her doctor son-in-law Hilar [II], who
pulled her back to health.
Diana learned to play piano, but did not persevere like her brother Daniel. She enjoyed
horse riding in the same riding school as Daniel and myself. She graduated from the secondary
school in «i» 1957«/i», at an incredibly young age of sixteen. Our school year was the first one to be hit
by the reforms of the notorious Dr Zdeněk Nejedlý the first communist minister of education.
Nejedlý introduced a unified system of education, which used as a guiding principle the lowest
common denominator. All curricula were rewritten and history was remade. Undoubtedly, the
worst hit by the reform was the secondary level. In the same year Diana was accepted at the
Faculty of Medicine at the Karlova University, School of Dentistry. The first two pre-clinical years
were common for both the Dentistry and the General Medicine programs. This is when and where
we met and started to date in the fall «i» 1959«/i».
From there on our live stories have intertwined. The Dentistry program was one year shorter than the General Medicine program. Diana obtained her diploma in «i» 1962, «/i»at a time when the graduates had virtually no say in job selection. She had to accept a job in a town of Chomutov near the border with Eastern Germany. By the ancient king's invitation the town and the whole region had been settled by German colonists, mostly during 14th and 15th centuries. Prior to that, the region had been sparsely populated. Archeological evidence shows succession and intermingling of both German and Slavic cultures.
At the founding of the independent Czechoslovak state in «i» 1918«/i», and for the duration of the "First republic", the region was ethnically overwhelmingly German, and had been known as "Sudeten" (Sudety). On weekends «b»D«/b»iana used to come to Praha, and in turn I went to Chomutov to visit her, though less frequently. Although the mountainous, wooded country of Krušné Hory surrounding the town is beautiful, it is a region of large superficial deposits of bituminous ("brown") coal with large content of sulphur. The deposits extend across the border into the Germany. To satisfy the hunger for energy the whole area had been turned into a moonscape of strip-mines. The process was ruthless, with no respect for, and no consideration of historical and existing social structures and cultural heritage. Environment and nature had not been even considered an issue. More than 80 villages (true historically documented figure) had been razed and people with century-old roots in the countryside were mercilessly and forcefully relocated. In order to increase the efficiency, the coal was burned on site in several power plants. It became probably the worst environmental nightmare in the Central Europe of «i» 1950s. «/i»Acid rain destroyed forests not only in the Czechoslovakia, but also in several neighboring countries. The incidence of respiratory illnesses competed with those in the worst polluted areas in the world. The public health warnings of not opening windows did not stop a layer of fine ash to get in the houses and cover everything. I remember one cross-country skiing trip with Diana in then still beautiful nearby mountains, when the snow felt gritty like sandpaper. In spite of the shortage of doctors and dentists in the whole region, the system did not bother to provide them with decent living accommodations. Diana worked in Chomutov until our wedding in «i»1966«/i», when she married myself, «b»MUDr Petr PETŘÍK «/b»on «i» February 11, 1966 «/i»in Praha.
Thanks to social networking rife in all Soviet client Communist countries, her mother «b»Eva «/b»secured her a position of a dentist in a small town of Suchdol at the outskirts of Praha. With no hope to find an apartment we moved in with my mother at Jungmannova street. This temporary solution thankfully lasted barely six months. On «i» September 30, 1966 «/i»I was permitted to leave the
country to start a scholarship at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Incredibly, my permit
allowed me to stay in Switzerland for 2 full years. Diana had to wait two months for the permission granting her a short visit. Finally, in «i» November 1966 «/i»she rejoined me in Lausanne. We
never went back.
Our two and half years in Lausanne had been one extended honeymoon. In spite of having very little, we were exalted by the beauty of the country, the neatness and order, abundance of everything, and a newly found freedom. We were in love and we could finally start our own life. At the beginning we lived very modestly, our only source of income having been my scholarship stipend. However, as soon as Diana passed a practical examination in Dentistry, she
was allowed to work in the Swiss Public Dental system. She got a job in the Lausanne School
Dental program. Our economical situation immediately and markedly improved. With Diana
working, we bought an ancient VW beetle and went for simple vacations to France and to Italy.
On weekends we went skiing and hiking in the nearby Jura Mountains and Alps. Of course, all
this was at a very low budget, but for us it was something beyond imagination until then. Diana
really enjoyed the work and the work environment, and met there a good friend. Also, her French
had dramatically improved. She would have been happy to stay in Switzerland.
As the end of my scholarship was approaching I was offered a permanent staff position at
the Department of Histology and Embryology at the University of Lausanne, with a good prospect
of advancement. Yet the situation in the department was such that I could not imagine staying
there. Another issue was that of a language. Although my French was excellent, virtually all the
scientific interactions in Switzerland were conducted in German, and my German was poor with
little hope for improvement in French-speaking Lausanne.
From the moment I left Czechoslovakia I harbored a desire to go to Canada. The rational part of this wish was to put an ocean between us and the Communist Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. Switzerland appeared to be just too close. Also, Switzerland had been known as a country where assimilation was very difficult. At that time even second and third generation
immigrants were considered foreigners. On the top of it, the process of recognition of my medical
diploma appeared at that time very complicated.
Yet, there was also an intangible, a dream from my youth of idealized Canadian wilderness, legacy of the Ernest Thompson Seton's Woodcraft ideal I grew up with, and the many books I read. I was also well aware of the high-caliber research in Canada and USA, and of the openness of the North American society compared to a very closed one of Switzerland. Following
the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact forces on «i» August 20, 1968«/i», our application for immigration to Canada was fast-tracked and on «i» December 30, 1968 «/i»we left Switzerland for
Quebec City, where I was offered and accepted a teaching position at Laval University.
This decision totally changed the lives of both of us. It brought disappointment and hardship for Diana. In spite of our attempts to find reliable information in Switzerland about Diana's prospects to work as a dentist in Canada, it was only after out arrival to Quebec to when we found out about all the obstacles on the way. For a foreign trained dentist to pass the examinations required for application for a license to practice Dentistry in Canada was virtually impossible. The reason was that the concepts and the practice of Dentistry in North America differed very significantly from those in Europe. Also, it was next to impossible to gain admission in a School of Dentistry, which had only several spots reserved for foreign graduates. And there was a very long waiting list. An opportunity we regretfully missed had arisen in «i» 1969«/i», when the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of University of Toronto was a Czech with deep sympathy of the newly arrived Czech colleagues. He fled Czechoslovakia either in «i» 1938 «/i»(Nazi occupation) or in «i»1948 «/i»(Communist takeover); which I cannot recall. He succeeded in the creation of a program at the U of T solely for the Czech and Slovak dentists who arrived in Canada in «i» 1968. «/i»The program fast-tracked them through the training and prepared them for the examinations, which all participants successfully passed. The catch was that the graduates had to take a job in a remote community in the northern Ontario in need of a dentist. At that time, with my position at Laval University in Quebec City, this condition appeared insurmountable.
Both our sons were born in Quebec City during those years:
«b»A«/b») «b»David William Peter PETRIK «/b»«i» (born on August 17, 1970), «/i»and «b»
B) Christopher Hilary Andrew PETRIK «/b»«i» (born on January 27, 1972).
«/i»With no family support and help, caring alone for our first-born David, her isolation wasalmost complete. We both struggled with sometimes hard-to-understand Quebec French patois, so strikingly different from the French we got used to in Switzerland.
In «i» 1972 «/i»we moved to Calgary, Alberta, where I started residency in Pathology, and the
following year we moved again to Edmonton, where I finished my training and started to build up
my medical career. During those years our means were quite modest. With an unparalleled
ingenuity and dedication Diana was able to create a beautiful and wonderfully warm and
comfortable home for our children and myself.
In Edmonton, where we ultimately stayed for 28 years, she founded her own very successful program in Aerobic dance, and she run fitness classes for several decades. There she made faithful friends. We have always done all our activities together; now there were also David and Chris. For six summers in a row we kept returning to the Churchill River and adjacent lakes on wilderness on canoeing expeditions with the boys from their tender age. We cross-country skied in Edmonton area, and hiked and skied in the Rockies. In «i» 1989 «/i»we bought a condominium in Canmore. This added another dimension to our lives. We have used every opportunity to hike and ski in the mountains. In «i» 1999 «/i»we built our current house in Canmore, where we moved the following year, when I officially retired from my professional activities in Edmonton. Edmonton had been good to us; we lived there for almost 30 years, and we brought up there our family.
(«u»Source«/u»: «i»From Petr PETRIK: "«b»FAMILY CHRONICLE: Family of Diana Špičková«/b»" «/i»)

Diana byl(a) sezdán(a) s MUDr Petr PETŘÍK 11 Únor 1966, Praha, Czech Rep.. Petr se narodil(a) 27 Únor 1940, Praha, Czech Rep.. [Schéma rodiny]

1. David William Peter PETŘÍK se narodil(a) 17 Srpen 1970, Quebec City, Canada.
2. Christopher Hillary Andrew PETRIK se narodil(a) 27 Leden 1972, Quebec City, Canada.

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«b»Hilar (ii) ŠPIČKA«/b» -
studied at the Karlova University in Praha, and subsequently specialized in Internal
medicine. During his medical studies he met his future wife «b»Eva Kubertová«/b». He was an avid and dedicated member of the Sokol movement. He had excelled in sports, particularly in gymnastics, and remained an accomplished athlete most of his life. Hilar [II] was a modest man of strong moral principles. He valued personal honesty above anything else. He never abandoned the principle of simple frugal lifestyle, acquired during his youth and during his University studies, when he often struggled to make the ends meet.
After graduation, he held a position of an Assistant (Staff physician with academic appointment) at the Department of Internal medicine at the Vinohrady Hospital in Praha. In «i» 1936 «/i»he opened a private practice, with a subspecialty for diseases of the gastro-intestinal tract«i» . «/i»He kept his private practice until late «i» 1950s«/i», when the Communist government in a sweep of Nationalization of Healthcare closed all private medical practices. Subsequently he worked in a Public Health Clinic at Klimentská Street in Praha.
MUDr Hilar [II] had deep social feelings and his quest for social justice made him left leaning in his youth. However, the hypocrisy and duplicity of Communists in and after «i» 1948 «/i»left him deeply disillusioned. He had a natural gift to relate to people of all social backgrounds, and had been respected and loved by his patients. His daughter «b»Diana «/b»recalls assisting him after the official closure of his practice in his office, where he continued to see patients thus defying the official closure. This had been done at considerable risk for quite a longtime. The fact that he was never reported is a testimony of the loyalty of his patients.
On «i» July 4, 1931 «/i»he married «b»MUDr Eva Kubertová .«/b»«i» «/i»The interlude between the time of their graduation from the Medical School and the liquidation of the Czechoslovakia after the Munich accord on «i» September 30, 1938 «/i»was relatively short. Nonetheless, they had enjoyed the just earned financial freedom, as well as
the political freedom the "First Czechoslovak Republic" had offered. They vacationed travelling throughout the Europe, in particular enjoying the skiing in the Alps. At home, their favored sport activities were canoeing, hiking and mountaineering.
At the beginning of the WW II he bought a family summerhouse with a large garden at Pikovice, at the bank of the river Sázava, some 30 km south of Praha. This proved to be an excellent decision, as the whole family had been enjoying it for a number of decades. For Hilar [II], who loved physical work and activity, the house, which required constant attention, and the with the orchard, became his regular escape on weekends and vacations mitigating the of life during the Communist era. Since the property was situated in the proximity of a military areal during the German occupation, it was expropriated in «i» 1944«/i», though r to the family after the end of the war. During the last year of the war Hilar and Eva sent three children to the family house in Libni During his retirement the beloved Pikovice to be Hilar [II]'s refuge and sanctuary. As long as his health allowed, he had been
spending even longer periods of time there, enjoying above all the nature and the work in the He had been very fortunate that even in Praha he had a large garden. Having lived until end of his life in his own house in Praha surrounded by Daniel's family, and having the to watch his beloved granddaughters to grow up and mature, was a blessing of his age. And it had been made possible only because of the loving care of his daughter'96in'96law «b» Victoria, «/b»and his son «b» Daniel«/b». [II] and Eva Kubertová - had three children: «b» A) Daniel, B) Diana «/b»and «b» C) Hilar [III] .
«/b»(«u»Source«/u»: «i»From Petr PETRIK: "«b»FAMILY CHRONICLE: Family of Diana Špičková«/b»" «/i»)

Hilar byl(a) sezdán(a) s MUDr. Eva KUBERTOVÁ-ŠPIČKOVÁ, - plastická chirurgie 4 Červenec 1931. Eva (dcera od Julius KUBERT, - pražský setník a Bohumila (Milka) ZÁTKOVÁ-KUBERTOVÁ, - překladatelka angl. literatury) se narodil(a) 8 Prosinec 1903, Praha, Czech Rep.; zemřel(a) 16 Duben 1979, Praha. Czech Rep.. [Schéma rodiny]

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«b»MUDr Eva Kubertová
«/b»(«i»December 8, 1903 in Praha '96 April 16, 1979 in Praha)
«b»«/i»Eva «/b»and her younger brother «b»Julius [II]«/b» lost her father very early in their lives; she was four
years old, Julius [II] only seven months. Their loving mother Bohumila doted on the children.
Their grandfather August [I] Zátka, who was also their guardian, played an important role in their
lives. Eva had been involved in the Scout movement from her early youth. She put her heart and
soul in the Scouting and spent weekends and vacations of her adolescent years hiking, camping,
and sharing wonderful time with friends, many of whom remained friends for life.
«b»«i»A note on Czech Scouting
«/b»Dr A. B. Svojsík, professor at a secondary school, started his first experiments with
Scouting in Bohemia in 1911. The country was then still part of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.
He published Základy Junáctví (Foundations of Scouting), which differed in several important
aspects from the British model. Dr A. B. Svojsík put greater emphasis on the life in the nature and
life in harmony with the nature, thus directly building on the American Woodcraft. He did not
stress the military elements of the original Robert Baden Powell's model. Also, in contrast to a
number of other countries, the movement did not incorporate religious elements. Nonetheless,
since the Czech Scout movement took off immediately after the foundation of the independent
Czechoslovak state based on the principle of national identity (in 1918), unsurprisingly it included
ideals of patriotism.
Dr A. B. Svojsík's tomb with his bust happens to be located next to the Kubert's family
tomb in the illustrious cemetery at Vy in Praha.
Another direct link to Dr A. B. Svojsík is through my mother. She was a close friend of Dr
Svojsík's daughter, with whom she intensively participated in the Scouting activities as well.
«/i»Eva studied Medicine at the Karlova University in Praha, where she met her future
husband «b»MUDr Hilar [II] «/b». They got married on «i»July 4, 1931 «/i»in Praha«i». «/i»In Hilar [II] she
found an ideal companion for travels and many outdoor activities. The collection of family
photographs contains numerous pictures from skiing and mountaineering trips, canoeing trips
and motoring in the Alps. Well into her years Eva loved to swim in the river Sázava in Pikovice
until late autumn. Eva and Hilar [II] had three children, all born in Praha«b»:
a) Daniel«/b», born on «i»February 5, 1939«/i», «b»b) Diana«/b», born on «i»November 16, 1940 «/i»and «b»c) Hilar [III] ("Pli «/b»born on J«i»anuary 22,1943.
«b»«/i»Eva «/b»specialized in plastic surgery under Prof MUDr František Burian in Praha, and became his favored and promising assistant. Prof Burian was the founder of the Czech school of plastic surgery, and earned international recognition for his pioneering work on facial reconstructions. When Eva chose family over a promising academic career, Prof Burian was disappointed, as he foresaw a promising academic career for her. She opened a successful private practice in «i»1936. «/i»In the early «i»1950s«/i», like most of the physicians, she had to close it following fundamental reorganization of the Heath Care system by the Communist government.
She continued to work as a plastic surgeon in a Public Health Clinic at Klimentská ulice in Praha,
the same one in which her husband Hilar [II] and my father MUDr Karel Peyerl von Peyersfeld
worked as well. After her retirement she found great comfort and happiness in having around her
two grand-daughters. Eva visited us in Lausanne in«i»1967«/i». We fondly remember a memorable trip
with her across a glacier to the Monte Rosa Hut. In Canada she visited our family only once, in
mid-seventies, while we lived in Edmonton.
In the matters of her own health, her attitude of benign neglect was not unlike that of her
mother's. She suffered of hypertension, a condition with strong predisposition in the Zátka family,
and ultimately died of one of its complication, a stroke. Admittedly, efficient medical treatment of
hypertension had a lot to be desired then.
(«u»Source«/u»: «i»From Petr PETRIK: "«b»FAMILY CHRONICLE: Family of Diana Špičková«/b»" «/i»)

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«b»MUDr Hilar [I] ŠPIČKA«/b» -«i»
«/i» was born in Bohu ov and died in Plasy. He married «b»Milada Holečková «/b» who was born and died in Plasy. They had two children: older «b»1) Marie (Mářa)
«/b» and «b»2) Hilar [II]«/b» .
MUDr Hilar [I] pi ka held a position of a personal physician of the Prince Metternich in Plasy, and his official title was "Physician by Appointment of H. H. Prince von Metternich, Chief Physician of the Town of Plasy, and Chief Physician of the Railroads". However, this lofty title betrayed the sober reality that he and his family lived quite frugally in a small apartment in the Plasy castle.
«i» (According to the reminiscences of his son MUDr Hilar [II] pi ka passed on to in turn by his grandson Daniel pi ka)«/i» . Nonetheless, he could afford to buy in «i» 1913 «/i» a personal car manufactured by then quite renowned firm Laurin & Klement. Diana's cousin Vojt ch Palek shared with me an anecdote worth including in this account.
With his coachman Mr. Urbánek at the wheel, as usual, while returning to Plasy from Plze on a wintry nigh the car collided with a farmer's cart. Luckily, Hilar [I] wore two fur coats to keep himself warm in an open roof-less car. As he was thrown out of the car, he suffered serious concussion but no other injuries. After the accident he sold the car to the chauffeur of Prince Metternich for 5,000 K, who immediately resold
it to the Prince himself '96 for 25,000 K !
During the WWI MUDr Hilar [I] pi ka remained stationed in Plasy as a Chief P hysician of the military hospital created in the convent0 .
Hilar [I] had a brother «b»František«/b» , who was priest at Hustope near Brno, and held a
position of a professor at the local secondary school (Gymnasium). At Christmas he often joined his brother's family in Plasy. Marie (Má a) pi ková reminisces in her memoir, that during his visits at Plasy he often took his nephew and his niece for long walks.
A commemorative monument was constructed by his grateful parishioners and placed at the main road nearby.
«u»«b»PLASY«/u»«/b»:
Plasy is a small town with rich history located 25 km north of Plzeň (Pilsen) a beautiful countryside of forests, meadows and farmland. First historical record of Plasy with the foundation of a Cistercian monastery. In fact the history of Plasy is inseparable the history of the Cistercian monastery. Later, Plasy became domain of the powerful aristocratic family of Metternich '96 Czech prince Vladislav II (1140 '96 1171) the Cistercian order to establish a monastery in Plasy with a donation of Land holdings for Since the founding clerics came from Bavaria, the monastery had kept the German
character. In 15th century it was burnt down by the Hussites during the pre-reformation Hussite . The town quickly lost its significance and marauding armies of foreigners in 1620 found the deserted.
Rebuilding of the monastery and reconstruction of the town started only during the Counter-reformation backlash following the defeat of the Czech Protestant cause in 1921.
Between 1661 and 1785 famous architects J. B. Mathey, J. B. Santini and K. I. Dientzenhofer lavishly rebuilt the monastery in a baroque style. In 1825 the monastery was closed and sold in auction by Joseph II, an enlightened and very practical Hapsburg monarch . In 1826 the fief of Plasy came into the ownership of the Prince von Metternich, who established in it his residence and set a family tomb here. The castle remained in the ownership of the Metternich House until 1945.
(«u»Source«/u»: «i»From Petr PETRIK: "«b»FAMILY CHRONICLE: Family of Diana Špičková«/b»" «/i»)

Hilar — Milada HOLEČKOVÁ-ŠPIČKOVÁ. Milada (dcera od Ing. Josef (ii) HOLEČEK, - direktor, Plasy: Metternich-Winneberg panství a Anna KABÁTOVÁ-HOLEČKOVÁ) se narodil(a) 15 Říjen 1878, Plasy, Czech Rep.; zemřel(a) 2 Duben 1931, Plasy, Czech Rep.. [Schéma rodiny]

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«b»Milada HOLEČKOVÁ-ŠPIČKOVÁ«/b» -
had three brothers and a sister. Two brothers were lawyers, one of them a judge, and the third one was a professional engineer of waterways supervising river navigation.

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«b»Julius [I] KUBERT
«/b»«i»(July 6, 1864 in Rokycany '96 December 6, 1907 in Praha)
«/i»Julius came from a well-heeled Czech family from Rokycany, where his father was a Pharmacy owner. Apparently, he did not show inclination for learning and finally found his place in the military. After graduation from a military academy he received a commission of a Captain (Hauptmann) in the Infantry, which brought him ultimately to České Budějovice, where he met his future wife. Vlastislav paints a rather unflattering picture of his brother-in-law. Undoubtedly, this conveys his parents' opinion as well. According to the «i»Narrative «/i»Julius [I] had been accustomed to luxury, which he could easily afford. Even in the Army he kept two personal riding horses, enjoyed service of two
batmen, travelled only first class etc. He travelled a lot and even ventured to Chicago in «i»1893 «/i» to
visit the World Fair. He readily displayed arrogance and haughtiness.
Before meeting Bohumila he sought out German speaking company in České Budějovice and communicated with his brother in German. The latter was very likely a major issue for Bohumila's father. August [I] Zátka love for, and expression of Czech culture and language by Czech nationals was a litmus test for a character of a person. Nevertheless, in the «i»Narrative «/i»Vlastislav quotes from a letter by then widowed Bohumila«b», «/b» in which she fervently disputes this harsh characterization of her husband Julius [I]. Unfortunately the date of the letter is obviously incorrect; therefore we do not know when Bohumila wrote it. In the letter the loyal widow bravely counters all the "accusations", and paints a picture of a kind, sensitive gentleman and loving father of his little daughter Eva, and of a Czech with deep nationalistic and patriotic feelings and mastery of the Czech language. Since
Czech was his mother tongue, he allegedly struggled with German during his studies.
I cannot avoid suspicion that both the Vlastislav's character sketch and the apology by his widow were written from extreme positions.
I dare to offer the following reflection: an officer of Czech or any other Slavic nationality in the Austrian Imperial Army must have felt under pressure to demonstrate his loyalty to the Monarchy even more strongly than an ethnic German-Austrian. It is not difficult to imagine Julius' [I] anxiety and eagerness to become accepted into the German-speaking officer corps. It is easy again to imagine how such ambition might have led him to overstate his loyalty by an excessive display of German sympathies, by an association with German fellow officers and by favoring the German element in his social interactions.
Nonetheless, Julius [I] complied with his future father-in-law's precondition before the latter granted him consent to marry his daughter. Julius [I] resigned his commission in the Army under the false pretext of ill health. Regrettably, he did not have any profession or aptitude for another occupation besides his military training. After having toyed with an idea of becoming a land-owner-manager, he resigned himself to a life of leisure. After a while this boring life prompted him to apply for the reclamation of his commission in the Army, which he was fortunately granted.
Julius [I] Kubert and Bohumila (Milka) settled in Praha, where both their children «b»Eva «/b»and «b»Julius [II] «/b» were born. Tragically, Julius [I] died only seven weeks after his son's birth, leaving the young widow with two little children.
(«u»Source«/u»: «i»From Petr PETRIK: "«b»FAMILY CHRONICLE: Family of Diana Špičková«/b»" «/i»)

(Medical):«b»«i»Medical Comment
«/b»«/i»The tragic and astonishingly similar fates of «b»Julius [I] Kubert «/b»and his brother in law, «b»JUDr
Jindřich Rychlík«/b», first husband of Olga Zátková, prompts me to digress once more in the
medical field«b». «/b»Both Julius [I] Kubert and Jindřich Rychlík died of tertiary syphilis, with the form
affecting the central nervous system, colloquially known as general paralysis or general paresis
(or palsy) of the insane. In this day and age it is easy to forget how devastating disease syphilis
used to be when no effective treatment existed, in particular in its tertiary forms. The disease
affected all strata of society. It was only with the discovery of penicillin in early 1940's, that
effective treatment became available. The insidious early stages causing no hardship for the
infected person may mask the disease until it explodes in the terminal devastating stages, which
affect various vital organs, including the central nervous system. The involvement of the brain
and spinal cord by the disease results in disintegration of the personality and to motor
dysfunction. The disease was not unlike AIDS in our day, before the discovery of modern antiretroviral drugs.
Typically, the disease carried away young men and women in the flower of their lives, leaving behind despair, shame and financial ruin of families. Perhaps the most painful for the families was the personality change of the unfortunate victims, which was quite common. This is what happened to these two luckless young men.
«b»Julius [I] Kubert «/b»was«b» 41«/b», when the illness declared itself by his intellectual decline. He realized he could no longer cope with preparations of the examinations for staff officers. Motor dysfunction and personality change followed, the latter apparently for the better. According to Vlastislav, the illness transformed him into a meek, kind, patient and modest person. This only added to the pain of his close ones. He was discharged from the Army for the second time, this time for legitimate health reasons. He died at «b»43 «/b»after an accidental injury suffered under influence of the disease. Thus, he was mercifully spared of the disgrace of institutionalization.
«b»JUDr Jind Rychlík«/b», Olga's husband, became manifestly ill at 43 and died at 46. The similarity of the fates of the husbands of the two sisters gives an eerie sensation of the implacability of the hand of destiny. One must not, however forget that the disease was quite common in the upper middle class, and that the hypocritical prudish society is at least partly to be blamed for the spread of the disease amongst young gentlemen.
«b»Bohumila «/b»never remarried. She devoted her life to her orphaned children. Her father August [I], who shared with her the guardianship of the children, was ever important in her life. Besides caring for her children, her greatest joy was continuous learning, which she never gave up. Her English and her French became so good that she won a contract for translation of Galsworthy's Forsyth Saga. She accomplished this literary success with a minimal commercial reward. Nonetheless, the income earned from her translation work helped her to buy a small house in Libni which gave her independence and privacy she yearned for. For the sake of sparing others she kept her sorrows, pains and disappointments to herself. Thinking first of others and sparing them of worries appears to be a pattern throughout her life. This included her health problems. Neglect of her own health was a luxury she could hardly afford, as her health had never been robust. Typically, she kept mum about her troubles till advanced, causing in the end considerable worries for her daughter Eva and her husband MUDr Hilar [II] pi ka, who literally saved her life on a number of occasions.
At this point the «i»Narrative «/i»ends. Because Bohumila ("bábuška") spent the rest of her life with her daughter's Eva family, she is well remembered by her grandchildren, who all keep fondest memories of her. I was fortunate that I met her and knew her, before and after our marriage with Diana.
(Source: «i»From Petr PETRIK, MUDr : "«b»FAMILY CHRONICLE: Family of Diana Špičková«/b»" «/i»)
«b» «/b»

Pohřeb:
H bitov Praha-Vy :
http://czech.stonepics.com/czech_cemeteries/search2.htm
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Julius byl(a) sezdán(a) s Bohumila (Milka) ZÁTKOVÁ-KUBERTOVÁ, - překladatelka angl. literatury 26 Červenec 1902, Praha, Czech Rep.. Bohumila (dcera od JUDr. August ZÁTKA, - advokát, politik a Jana KLAVÍKOVÁ-ZÁTKOVÁ) se narodil(a) 13 Prosinec 1883, České Budějovice, Czech Rep.; zemřel(a) 27 Květen 1971, Praha, Czech Rep.; byl(a) pohřben(a) Praha-Vyšehrad, Czech Rep.. [Schéma rodiny]

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«b»Bohumila, «/b»"babuška" «b»Milka, «/b»never remarried after the premature death ofher husband«b» Julius (i) KUBERT«/b».
She devoted her life to her orphaned children. Her father August [I], who shared with her the guardianship of the children, was ever important in her life. Besides caring for her children, her greatest joy was continuous learning, which she never gave up. Her English and her French became so good that she won a contract for translation of Galsworthy's Forsyth Saga. She accomplished this literary success with a minimal commercial reward. Nonetheless, the income earned from her translation work helped her to buy a small house in Libnič which gave her independence and privacy she yearned for. For the sake of sparing others she kept her sorrows, pains and disappointments to herself. Thinking first of others and sparing them of worries appears to be a pattern throughout her life. This included her health problems. Neglect of her own health was a luxury she could hardly afford, as her health had never been robust. Typically, she kept mum about her troubles till advanced, causing in the end considerable worries for her daughter Eva and her husband MUDr Hilar [II] Špička, who literally saved her life on a number of occasions.
At this point the «i»Narrative «/i»ends. Because Bohumila ("bábuška") spent the rest of her life with her daughter's Eva family, she is well remembered by her grandchildren, who all keep fondest memories of her.
(«u»Source«/u»: «i»From Petr PETRIK: "«b»FAMILY CHRONICLE: Family of Diana Špičková«/b»":«/i»)

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«b»Xyz ŠPIČKA«/b» -
was a farmer in Bohuňov. His first name and his wife's family name are not known at this point. He had two brothers, one in the service of the Church as a dean, the other one a merchant.
He married «b» Josefina «/b»?... «i» (November 11, 1841 - April 28, 1916)«/i». She rests in a tomb at the parish cemetery in Plasy along with her son «b» MUDr Hilar [I] ŠPIČKA«/b».
Hilar [I]'s father died early, leaving the little boy orphaned at young age.
Hilar [I] had a sister, who worked in a bank.

— Josefina ŠPIČKOVÁ. Josefina se narodil(a) 11 Listopad 1841; zemřel(a) 28 Duben 1916. [Schéma rodiny]

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«b»Josefina ŠPIČKOVÁ «/b»-
rests in a tomb at the parish cemetery in Plasy along with her son «b»MUDr Hilar [I] «/b».
Hilar [I]'s father died early, leaving the little boy orphaned at young age. Hilar [I] had a sister, who worked in a bank.

Josef — Anna KABÁTOVÁ-HOLEČKOVÁ. Anna (dcera od Josef KABÁT a Barbora KABÁTOVÁ) se narodil(a) 11 Únor 1854; zemřel(a) 7 Duben 1892. [Schéma rodiny]

Jiné události:

• Děti / Children: Celkem 12 dětí

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«b»Anna KABÁTOVÁ-HOLEČKOVÁ«/b» -
At the time of her premature death at 38, she was mother of 12 children.

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JUDr August ZÁTKA - první předseda - Národní Jednota Pošumavská (České Budějovice) založena 31.8.1884 a zrušena 1948.
«b»August Zátka«/b», plným jménem «b»August Pantaleon Zátka«/b» («u»27. července «/u» «u»1847 «/u» «u»České Budějovice [1]«/u» '96 «u»31. ledna «/u» «u»1935 «/u» «u»České Budějovice [2][3]«/u»), byl «u»rakouský «/u» a «u»český «/u» advokát a politik z vlivného českobudějovického «u»rodu Zátkových «/u», na přelomu 19. a 20. století poslanec «u»Českého zemského sněmu «/u», předák českojazyčné komunity v Budějovicích, po vzniku Československa krátce «u»předseda správní komise Českých Budějovic «/u».
WIKIPEDIE:
Chodil na piaristickou obecnou školu, pak od roku 1857 na gymnázium v Jindřichově Hradci, kde bydlel u strýce Jana. Zůstal zde až do roku 1861, i po strýcově odchodu, teprve toho roku přešel na německé piaristické gymnázium v Českých Budějovicích, ovšem v oktávě opět studoval v Jindřichově Hradci, kde i maturoval. Následně vystudoval práva a v červenci 1869 promoval. Roku 1870 získal titul doktora práv. Absolvoval vojenskou službu a soudní praxi v Štýrském Hradci. Ve věku 23 let se vrátil do Budějovic jako začínající advokát. Zároveň se po boku svého otce, podnikatele a politika «u»Hynka Zátky «/u» zapojil do veřejného života. Od března 1876 měl vlastní advokátní kancelář v Budějovicích.«u»[4][5]«/u»
V 70. letech 19. století se zapojil i do zemské politiky, v níž vystřídal otce Hynka Zátku. V «u»zemských volbách v Čechách v roce 1878 «/u» byl zvolen v «u»kurii «/u» venkovských obcí (volební obvod Budějovice '96 Lišov '96 Trhové Sviny '96 Hluboká '96 Týn n. Vltavou) do «u»Českého zemského sněmu «/u».«u»[6]«/u» Zvolen byl jako člen «u»Národní strany «/u» (staročeské).«u»[7]«/u» Mandát obhájil ve «u»volbách v roce 1883 «/u»,«u»[8]«/u» «u»volbách v roce 1889 «/u» i «u»volbách v roce 1895 «/u»,«u»[5]«/u» přičemž v roce 1889 i 1895 nadále kandidoval za staročechy.«u»[9][5]«/u» Ve «u»volbách v roce 1901 «/u» byl na sněm zvolen za kurii obchodních a živnostenských komor (obvod Budějovice).«u»[10]«/u» Mandát obhájil ve «u»volbách roku 1908 «/u», nyní za kurii městskou, obvod České Budějovice,«u»[11]«/u» přičemž byl společným kandidátem českých politických stran.«u»[12]«/u» Zemským poslancem byl nepřetržitě 35 let.«u»[4]«/u»
Kromě toho zasedal od roku 1872 do roku 1910 v okresním zastupitelstvu. Do obecního zastupitelstva v Budějovicích poprvé nastoupil roku 1876. Od roku 1885 působil jako starosta místní Občanské záložny. Podílel se na rozvoji českého hospodářského a společenského života a budování českého školství. V roce 1872 založil pobočku «u»Ústřední matice školské «/u» v Budějovicích. Roku 1883 patřil k první garnituře Čechů, která získala většinu v dosud převážně německé obchodní komoře v Českých Budějovicích.«u»[4][5][3]«/u» V roce 1906 vedl českou volební kampaň v komunálních volbách, jejímž výsledkem byla česká většina v třetím voličském sboru v obecním zastupitelstvu, čímž se český živel výrazně posunul k ovládnutí dosud převážně německé městské samosprávy.«u»[13]«/u»
27. října 1918 promluvil na manifestaci občanů Budějovic a ohlašoval brzkou národní samostatnost.«u»[13]«/u» Krátce se stal i nejvyšším představitelem města, protože v listopadu 1918 byl jmenován «u»předsedou správní komise Českých Budějovic «/u». Na postu setrval jen do následujícího roku, kdy byla ustavena řádná obecní samospráva a kdy Zátka neuspěl ve volbách. V roce 1922 nicméně získal jako první osoba po roce 1918 titul čestného občana Budějovic. Pro udělení titulu hlasovali i němečtí členové zastupitelstva, kteří ho ocenili jako čestného protivníka. Čestné občanství mu udělily i mnohé další obce v regionu.«u»[4]«/u»
Roku 1878 se oženil s «u»Janou Zátkovou «/u», rozenou Klavíkovou, vnučkou bývalého budějovického starosty «u»Františka Josefa Klavíka «/u». Jana Zátková byla rovněž aktivní ve veřejném životě, podílela se na organizování ženských spolků. August Zátka zemřel ve svém domě v roce 1935 na sešlost věkem. Pohřben byl na hřbitově u sv. Otýlie.«u»[4]«/u»

August byl(a) sezdán(a) s Jana KLAVÍKOVÁ-ZÁTKOVÁ 27 Červenec 1878, České Budějovice, Czech Rep.. Jana (dcera od Jindřich KLAVÍK a Johanna SCHUSSER-KLAVÍKOVÁ) se narodil(a) 30 Duben 1859, České Budějovice, Czech Rep.; zemřel(a) 20 Září 1933, Libníč, Czech Rep.; byl(a) pohřben(a) Hřbitov sv. Otylie, České Budějovice, Czech Rep.. [Schéma rodiny]

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WIKIPEDIE:
http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Z%C3%A1tka
August ZÁTKA se roku 1878 oženil s «u»Janou KLAVÍKOVOU-Zátkovou «/u», rozenou Klavíkovou, vnučkou bývalého budějovického starosty «u»Františka Josefa Klavíka «/u». Jana Zátková byla rovněž aktivní ve veřejném životě, podílela se na organizování ženských spolků.

Encyklopedie Českých Budějovic :
http://encyklopedie.c-budejovice.cz/clanek/zatkova-jana
Pravnučka a vnučka dvou českobudějovických starostů «i»Vincence Strandla«/i» (1760'971842) a F. J. «u»«b»Klavíka «/u»«/b», manželka českého politika a předního představitele «i»českobudějovických Čechů«/i» A.«u» Zátky «/u» - rozená Klavíková
Studovala mimo jiné na české klášterní škole pro dívky «i»U svatého Josefa«/i». V devatenácti letech se provdala za A. Zátku, s nímž měla tři děti '96 «i»Olgu«/i», «i»Bohumilu«/i» a «i»Vlastislava«/i». Ačkoliv byla vychována v česko-německém duchu, po boku svého manžela se stala aktivní podporovatelkou české věci, což se promítlo i do podoby jejího jména, neboť se nejpozději od roku 1918 podepisovala jako «i»Jana«/i», nikoliv «i»Johanna«/i», jak měla uvedeno v rodném listě. Od roku 1885 do své smrti v roce 1933 byla předsedkyní českého dámského spolku «u»Ludmila «/u» (1885'971950), který se zasloužil o české vyšší dívčí školství ve městě a vyvíjel také charitativní činnost spojenou i s řadou společenských akcí.