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Worksawn through life Frank Pesek finds contentment in routine
Frank Pesek, a 75 year old resident of Linn County care facility, tends the flag daily and spends hours in the woodworking shop crafting birdhouses windmills shelves and frames. Immigrant from Czechoslovakia he recalls arriving in 1921 and working various jobs from shoveling coal to plants before settling into a long tenure at Penick and Ford. He says life may seem mundane but he considers it good and fulfilling.
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Frank Pesek
Linn County
Frank
Mr. Fix-it
Kathy Williams
Czechoslovakia
United States
Belle Plaine
Cedar Rapids
Penick and Ford