Obituary: Who is Vlasta Krsek aka Queen Of Polka? Learn more about the Berwyn musician’s personal details, including the reason of her death, by visiting here.
Vlasta, the Berwyn musician renowned as the ‘International Queen of Polka,’ played the accordion in ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,’ which was just auctioned for $12,500. She was known as ‘Shirley Temple of Czechoslavakia.’
The accordion, which Krsek kept for years at her Berwyn home, was custom-made by Baldoni, a company long based in Wisconsin.
Obituary: Who Is Vlasta Krsek aka Queen Of Polka? Her Death Cause
Vlasta Krsek was the Berwyn musician who was known as ‘International Queen of Polka, She was also an actress known for ‘The Tonignt Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), and ‘Late Night With David Letterman’ (1982).
Vlasta Krsek’s death of cause was due to cancer. But, when the Berwyn resident died in August at her daughter’s house in Spooner, Wisconsin, there was little coverage in the media.
Her daughter said that not long before her mother died, she made a request, not to make a big deal out of it, but just to bury her next to her family.
Vlasta Krsek Age And Wikipedia
Vlasta Krycek’s age was 83-years-old when she passed away last year. She was born in Prague, Czech Republic, and now resides in Spooner, Wisconsin, in the United States.
According to a biography on the back of her album, she was known as Vlasta Wanke, the ‘Shirley Temple of Czechoslovakia.’ She appeared in over a dozen European films, tapdancing and playing the accordion.
She claims she learned to play the ‘Beer Barrel Polka’ from Jaromir Vejvoda, the Czech composer when she was six years old. During WWII, her family was deprived of food and faced danger.
Mrs. Krsek and her family lived in a refugee camp in Germany for four years, performing for other displaced people and American soldiers.
Later, her family came to the United States in the 1950s, finally settling in Little Village near St. Agnes of Bohemia. She met the love of her life and started a family there.
Vlasta Krsek Husband And Family
Vlasta Krsek was married to her husband Jan Krsek, a Czechoslovakian from Plzen. Vlasta and Jan met at her mother’s sausage factory.
Later, they got married, and Vlasta started working for General Electic and Jan for International Harvester. The couple shares a daughter named Helen Krsek. Moreover, Mrs. Krsek also is survived by a granddaughter.
Where Is Vlasta Krsek Now?
Vlasta Krek, a late musician, is no longer with us. We pray her pure spirit is resting quietly in paradise now that she has passed away