In our childhood, death was a part of life
Stáhnout obrázek
Libuše Kunčíková, née Šoustalová, was born on 20 May 1934 in Prostějov. Her parents, Josef Šoustal (from Zdětín, 1905-1956) and Filoména, née Rusová (from Stražisko - Maleny, 1903-1986) lived in Ptení, where Libuše grew up. She had an older brother Milan (1931 -1994). Her father managed several Bat‘a shops, until 1945 they lived in a rented house in Ptení, where there was also a repair shop and a store. Her mother, a trained seamstress, worked with father, but was not officially employed. Libuše Kunčíková experienced the local war events and the liberation in Ptení. In 1945 the family moved to Zdětín. After 1948, under the threat of losing his job, his father joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ). The mother then worked for a cooperative farm. In 1956, her father died. She graduated from medical school and then worked most of her life as a nurse in the adolescent department of the Prostějov helth centre. In 1958, she married Milan Kunčík, and they raised their son Dušan (*1959). In 1965, they moved to Prostějov, where they lived through the August 1968 arrival of Warsaw Pact troops. She and her husband were living there at the time of recording in 2024.
