Obit: Trubac, Joseph M. (1884 – 1972)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Trubac, Kopacek, Nehring, Marx, Novak, Depa, Howinziak, Pletka, Bruha

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 04 Feb 1972

Trubac, Joseph M. (24 JUL 1884 – 31 JAN 1972)

Joseph Martin Trubac, 83, a resident f Route 2, Thorp (Clark Co., Wis.), passed away at Victory Memorial Hospital, Stanley, January 31, 1972.

He was born in Czechoslovakia July 24, 1894. He came to the U.S. in 1909, to Chicago, Illinois, and was married to Antonia Kopacek in 1910. In 1915 he came to the Town of Taft, Taylor County (Wis.), where he lived ever since.

He is survived by one son, Emil, Thorp, one daughter, Mrs. Fred (Libby) Nehring of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife and one daughter, Elsie.

Funeral services were held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Holy Family South Catholic Church, with Father Joseph Marx officiating. Interment was made in St. Mary's Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Robert and Edward Novak, Ed Depa, Walter Howinziak, Joe Pletka, and Frank Bruha.