Obit: Paun, Thomas A. (1896-1981)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson
Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Paun, Perkovich, Nelson, Seymour, Cassel, Buntich

Source: Marshfield News-Herald (8 January 1981)

Paun, Thomas A. (16 October 1896-6 January 1981)

GRANTON-- Thomas A. Paun, 84, Richmond, California, former area resident, died Tuesday in Richmond.The funeral will be Monday at St. Stephen's Catholic Church, Chili, with the Rev. Lawrence B. Berger officiating. Burial will be in Corpus Chrisiti Catholic Cemetery, Bakerville.

Friends may call at Gilbertson Funeral Home.

Mr, Paun was born October 16, 1896 in Yugoslavia and came to the United States when her was a teen-ager. On September 5, 1926 at Bakerville, he and Mary Perkovich were married.

Surviving are his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Helen Nelson of Napa, California, Mrs. Martha Seymour of Richmond, California, and Mary Jayne Cassel of Louisville, Kentucky; four sons, Joe of Milwaukee, Frank of Rockford, Illinois and John and Thomas Jr., both of Granton; 20 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Mathilda Buntich of Yugoslavia; and one brother, George Paun of Slovenia.