The tiny town of Pilsen is preparing for the return of its most famous native son. Residents spent the day cutting the grass and painting parking lines outside of the church in town where Father Emil Kapaun’s remains will be taken after they arrive in Wichita Saturday morning. It’s a day many in the town never thought would happen. “It’s one of the greatest feelings I’ve probably ever had in my life,” said Marvin Tajchman, who has worked at the church where Kapaun’s remains are going to be taken for the last 20 years. Residents like Tajchman and others say they don’t know exactly how many people will be coming to town but there preparing to accommodate as many as possible. It has been an entire town effort to spruce the place up, something the director of the Fr. Kapaun Museum, Harriet Bina, says is what the priest would have wanted.
Source: KAKE – News
