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«b»MUDr Jiri PALEK -«/b»«i»
«/i» Studied Medicine at the Karlova University in Praha and specialized in Internal Medicine and further in Clinical Hematology. Around the year «i»1968 «/i»he won a research scholarship at the Harvard University, in Boston, Mass. He had an illustrious career not only in the Academia and research, but also as a teacher and clinician. Through his internationally recognized research in the field of red cells, his teaching, and his clinical acumen he had achieved a rare distinction of a full acceptance in the exclusive club of the New England medical establishment.
Jiří had two children with his second wife «b» Majka«/b»: «b» A) Michal «/b»and «b» B) Nicole«/b», both born in the USA. At 55 «b» «/b»Jiří was diagnosed with a renal cell carcinoma (Grawitz tumor). In spite of expected favorable outcome, the disease spread and he succumbed to it and died ten years later.
«b»Diana «/b»and I visited him and his family in «i»1971 «/i»in Boston«i», «/i»long time before he
became ill.
After his death his wife remarried. We lost contacts with her and her family.

Jiří — Majka PALEK. [Schéma rodiny]

1. Michal PALEK se narodil(a) Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
2. Nicole PALEK se narodil(a) Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Xyz — Marie (Mářa) ŠPIČKOVÁ-PÁLKOVÁ. [Schéma rodiny]

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«b»Marie ŠPIČKOVÁ-PÁLKOVÁ«/b» suffered of bipolar disease, which runs in Špička family . The Palkas had two sons:
«b» A) Jiří «/b»«i» (August 6, 1934 - 1999) «/i»and nine years younger «b» B) Vojtěch«/b», born on «i» January 18, 1943«/i».
Vojtěch has two daughters, both of whom studied Philosophy. He lives in Switzerland..

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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»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.