St. John’s Cemetery Triptych

The Hillsboro, WI area is considered the “Czech Capital of Wisconsin.” Not far from there, in the township of Dilly a mission church was constructed in the latter quarter of 1892. It was dedicated to St. John Nepomucene, the namesake of the patron of Czech and Bohemian people, meaning “St. John the helper.” on October 10, 1893. The parishioners and new pastor, Father John Prucha, endured many hardships and adventures constructing St. John’s church, including gathering by hand the large foundation stones, sawing lumber for the church framing and hauling the 24,000 bricks on heavy horse-drawn wagons from a brick factory some 40 miles away over bad, muddy roads.