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==Background==
==Background==
Zaeske was born at Randolph Air Force Base, then Randolph Field, in [[San Antonio]], the son of Louis Zaeske, Sr. (1906–1991) and the former Agnes V. Prihoda (1910–1999) Louis and Agnes Zaeske are interred at New Bremen Cemetery near Coy City in Karnes County, Texas. Zaeske, however is interred at the Mt. Calvary [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] Cemetery in Bryan.
Zaeske was born at Randolph Air Force Base, then Randolph Field, in [[San Antonio]], the son of Louis Zaeske, Sr. (1906–1991) and the former Agnes V. Prihoda (1910–1999) Louis and Agnes Zaeske are interred at New Bremen Cemetery near Coy City in Karnes County, Texas. Zaeske, however is interred at the Mt. Calvary [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] Cemetery in Bryan.<ref name=obit/>
The senior Zaeske made his career in the [[United States Army]] Air Forces, and the family lived in various parts of the United States. Zaeske graduated in 1964 from [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]] Station with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering. He was a member of the TAMU Corps of Cadets and a squadron commanding officer. He subsequently studied at the graduate level at [[Purdue University]] in West Lafayette, [[Indiana]]. For more than thirty-five years, he operated Zaeske Engineering Company in Bryan.<ref name=obit/>
The senior Zaeske made his career in the [[United States Army]] Air Forces, and the family lived in various parts of the United States. Zaeske graduated in 1964 from [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]] Station with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering. He was a member of the TAMU Corps of Cadets and a squadron commanding officer. He subsequently studied at the graduate level at [[Purdue University]] in West Lafayette, [[Indiana]]. For more than thirty-five years, he operated Zaeske Engineering Company in Bryan.<ref name=obit/>
==Czech heritage activist==
==Czech heritage activist==
Himself of [[Germany|German]] and [[Czech Republic|Czech]] descent, Zaeske was heavily involved in the promotion of Czech heritage groups. He frequently made public presentations on the migration of the Czech peoples from Eastern Europe. For many years, Zaeske was the president of the Brazos Valley Czech Heritage Society in Bryan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.czechheritage.org/CountyPages/brazosvalley.html |title=Brazos Valley Czech Heritage Society |publisher=czechheritage.org |accessdate=September 5, 2011; material no longer on-line}}</ref> Zaeske was a member of the Czech Educational Foundation of Texas, which has established chairs for Czech studies at TAMU, the [[University of Texas at Austin]] and the University of North Texas at Denton.
Himself of [[Germany|German]] and [[Czech Republic|Czech]] descent, Zaeske was heavily involved in the promotion of Czech heritage groups. He frequently made public presentations on the migration of the Czech peoples from Eastern Europe. For many years, Zaeske was the president of the Brazos Valley Czech Heritage Society in Bryan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.czechheritage.org/CountyPages/brazosvalley.html |title=Brazos Valley Czech Heritage Society |publisher=czechheritage.org |accessdate=September 5, 2011; material no longer on-line}}</ref> Zaeske was a member of the Czech Educational Foundation of Texas, which has established chairs for Czech studies at TAMU, the [[University of Texas at Austin]] and the University of North Texas at Denton.