Arthur N. Kristufek
July 19, 1929 - January 8, 2007
Arthur N. Kristufek, beloved husband of Donna, nee Grubb; loving father of Arthur Lance Kristufek; stepfather of Don Petrone; dear brother of the late Robert Kristufek; Superintendant of the Illinois Police Reserves. Funeral service Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007 at 11 a.m. at Matz Funeral Home,410 E. Rand Rd., Mt. Prospect. Entombment All Saints Mausoleum. Visitation Wednesday, 3 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials to Misericordia appreciated.
Arthur N. Kristufek was born on July 19, 1929 in Cook County, Illinois to Arthur W. Kristufek and Nellie Brzostowski.His brother Robert Kristufek was born February 3, 1938 and predeceased Arthur on December 18, 1994. His grandfather, Edward Kristufek Sr. was born in Chicago on December 29, 1871 to John Kristufek Jr. and Mary Bedlan.
John Kristufek Jr. had nine children and was born on November 17, 1848 in Vodnany, South Bohemia in what is now the Czech Republic. He came to the US with his parents John Kristufek Sr. and Anna Jelinek and sister Mary Amelia Kristufek Krch in 1854., settling in Chicago, Illinois
His parents originally lived at 171 Dekoven, where John Kristufek Jr. worked as a cigar maker, before moving in the mid 1870s to 487 Canal Street to a building John Kristufek Sr. owned and had a saloon business in. John Kristufek Jr. took over the saloon business and ran it until his death on April 10, 1913.
