Obit: Obrochta, Albert (1886 – 1964)

Contact: Linda O’Donnell
Email: lindao@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Obrochta, Szczech, Nowobielski, Pajak, Trybula, Nedza

----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark Co., Wis.) 12 Nov 1964

Obrochta, Albert (17 SEP 1886 - 4 NOV 1964)

Albert Obrochta, 78, Rt. 3, Greenwood, died Wednesday, Nov. 4 at the Victory Memorial Hospital in Stanley.

Funeral services were held Friday, Nov. 6, at St. Hedwig’s Chapel, Thorp, at 10:00 with Rev. Edward Masalewicz officiating. Burial was in St. Hedwig’s new cemetery in Thorp.

Pallbearers were Walter Szczech, Sam Nowobielski, Tony Pajak, Matt Kopacz, John Trybula, and Raymond Nedza.

Mr. Obrochta was born on Sept. 17, 1886 in Poland. He came to the United States in 1912, when he moved to Pennsylvania to work in the coal mines. Later he moved to Illinois and then to Wisconsin, on a farm south of Thorp, and stayed there until three weeks before his death.

He is survived by a niece who came from Poland in the spring and stayed with him; and also a brother in Poland.