A gazebo is provided for a day picnic and a cross to stir and inspire one's contemplations

Pavel and Rozina had 9 children: Anna, Paul, Rosie, Joe R., Frances, Charles, Mary, Frank Louis, and John T. (he, his wife Veronika, and children are pictured here).

Texas Historic Marker dedicated to the Machu Family Cemetery

Over 20 family members are shown in this pic of the Unity of the Brethren Church.

Rubie Loessin (eldest daughter of Albin E. Machu) and her son Terry Loessin (eldest grandchild of Albin E. Machu) stand beside Pavel and Rozina's monument stone at the family cemetery.

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The Machu Family in Texas patriarch and matriarch: Pavel and Rozina (Trlica) Machu

At the time of its relocation in the 1970s Albin E. Machu envisioned a new home here that would be a "beautiful and a real peaceful place for generations to come. One the whole family can take pride in..."

SPJST members posed here in front of the lodge hall, a city property the lodge purchased from Rozina in 1907

Entrance to the 3-acre site provided by the U.S. Corps of Engineers in the 1970s when the Old Friendship, Allison, Beard and Machu cemeteries had to be relocated.

Darwin Machu, left, son of Anton & Millie Machu and Albin F. Machu, right, son of Albin E. & Vlasta Machu

Entrance to the 3-acre site provided by the U.S. Corps of Engineers in the 1970s when the Old Friendship, Allison, Beard and Machu cemeteries had to be relocated.

Entrance to the 3-acre site provided by the U.S. Corps of Engineers in the 1970s when the Old Friendship, Allison, Beard and Machu cemeteries had to be relocated.

Over 200 guests attended the Dedication Ceremony for the new Historical Marker in 2013

At the time of its relocation in the 1970s Albin E. Machu envisioned a new home here that would be a "beautiful and a real peaceful place for generations to come. One the whole family can take pride in..." He passed in 1997 but would have been especially proud of the acquisition of the historical marker his cousin Darwin L. labored to make possible. Albin E.'s sons Eugene and Albin F. and grandson Terry Loessin are shown here installing the monument prior to the dedication ceremony in 2013.

At the time of its relocation in the 1970s Albin E. Machu envisioned a new home here that would be a "beautiful and a real peaceful place for generations to come. One the whole family can take pride in..."

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Over 200 guests attended the Dedication Ceremony for the new Historical Marker in 2013

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