Obit: Smagacz, Stanley F. (1919 - 1966)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Smagacz, Holub, Tomsyck, Martens, Filipiak, Dockendorff

----Source: Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, (Wood Co, WI) /1966

Smagacz, Stanley F. (26 April 1919 - 27 August 1966) With Flag

Stanley F. Smagacz, 47, 511 11th St. S., (Wisconsin Rapids) died at 7 p.m. Saturday, at the Bethel Convalescent Home where he had been a patient for two weeks.

Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday, September 2, 1966, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, the Rev. Carl Dockendorff officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.

Mr. Smagacz was born April 26, 1919 at Pray, Wis., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smagacz. He was employed by the Green Bay & Western Railroad for 25 years and was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Holy Name Society and the Home & School Association of St. Vincent’s Parish.

He married Lorraine Holub at Neillsville on April 7, 1956. She survives, together with a daughter, Lorraine, and a son James, both at home; three sisters: Mrs. Donald Tomsyck, Pittsville, Mrs. Harry Martens, Elgin, Ill., and Mrs. Joseph Filipiak, Chicago, and three brothers: Louis, Frank, and Joseph, all of Chicago.

Friends may call at the Higgins Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Tuesday, September 1, 1966. The Holy Name Society and Home & School Association will join in a general rosary at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

(This obituary was given to us by his daughter, Lori Johnson)