Obit: Smagacz, Michael (1896 - 1969)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: Smagacz, Eiden

----Source: Banner Journal (Black River Falls, Jackson Co, WI) /1969

Smagacz, Michael (28 May 1896 - 29 June 1969)

Michael Smagacz, age 73, of 1224 Van Buren Street, Black River Falls, passed away early Sunday morning, June 29, 1969, at St. Francis Hospital, La Crosse, where he had been a patient for the past two weeks. Mr. Smagacz was born May 28, 1896, in Poland and came to America as a young man. He settled in the City Point area where he was employed by the railroad for many years and also operated a cranberry marsh. Upon his retirement 15 years ago, he and his wife moved to Black River Falls.

Mr. Smagacz is survived by his widow, Pearl, and nieces and nephews.

Funeral services for Michael Smagacz were held on Wednesdays morning at 9:00 a.m. from the Langlois-Galston Funeral Home and at 10:00 a.m. from Martyr’s Chapel near City Point, Rev. Eiden officiating. Interment was made in Spaulding Cemetery. Friends called at the Langlois-Galston Funeral Home on Tuesday afternoon and evening. A Bible vigil was at 8:00 p.m.