----Source: Greenwood Library Scrapbook Collection, Marshfield News Herald 05 / /1960

Prebil, Frank Sr. (1876 - 1960)

GREENWOOD--Frank Prebil Sr., 83, of Willard, Clark County, died Thursday evening at St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, where he had been a patient since April 14. He had been in poor health several years.

Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Monday at the Hill Funeral here and at 10 a.m. Monday at Holy Family Catholic Church at Willard. The Rev. Aloysius Madic will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery.

Friends may call at the Hill Funeral Home beginning Sunday afternoon. A rosary service will be held there at 4 p.m. Sunday.

Mr. Prebil was born in Yugoslavia in Oct. 1876. When a young man he came to the United States to Ely, Minn. He married the former Mary Skerjanc at Ely on Aug. 24, 1904.

They lived at Ely until 1918, when they purchased a farm 2 miles west of Willard and had resided there since. His wife preceded him in death Sept. 25, 1941.

Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. William (Mary) Zimmerman and Mrs. Michael (Elsie) Janz, both of Beaver Dam Mrs. Walter (Frances) Evans, Chicago, Ill. Mrs. Roy (Pauline) Winkenwarder, Watertown and two sons, Frank Prebil Jr., Boyceville Anthony Prebil, Willard 14 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.

GREENWOOD Frank Prebil Sr., 83, of Willard, Clark County, died Thursday evening at St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, where he had been a patient since April 14. He had been in poor health several years.

Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Monday at the Hill Funeral here and at 10 a.m. Monday at Holy Family Catholic Church at Willard. The Rev. Aloysius Madic will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery.

Friends may call at the Hill Funeral Home beginning Sunday afternoon. A rosary service will be held there at 4 p.m. Sunday.

Mr. Prebil was born in Yugoslavia in Oct. 1876. When a young man he came to the United States to Ely, Minn. He married the former Mary Skerjanc at Ely on Aug. 24, 1904. They lived at Ely until 1918, when they purchased a farm 2 miles west of Willard and had resided there since. His wife preceded him in death Sept. 25, 1941.

Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. William (Mary) Zimmerman and Mrs. Michael (Elsie) Janz, both of Beaver Dam Mrs. Walter (Frances) Evans, Chicago, Ill. Mrs. Roy (Pauline) Winkenwarder, Watertown and two sons, Frank Prebil Jr., Boyceville Anthony Prebil, Willard 14 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.