Obit: Zubal, John (1879 – 1968)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Zubal, Housinica, Demtrak, Olmstad, Bandor, Matson

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 04 Jul 1968

Zubal, John (28 JUL 1879 – 27 JUN 1968)

John Zubal, 88, rt. 2, Stanley, died Thursday morning at St. Joseph's Hospital in Chippewa Falls.

He was born in Austria on July 28, 1879, and came to the United States when he was 16 years old. He settled in Scranton, Pa., and married Anna Housinica. They moved to Chippewa County, town of Huron, 57 years ago, and lived there until 1959. They moved to Binghamton, N.Y., and in 1961 to Thorp (Clark Co., Wis.). They returned to the town of Huron this year.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, William, Stanley, and Mike, Madison; four daughters, Mrs. Louis Demtrak and Mrs. Charles Olmstad, both of Binghamton, N.Y.; Mrs. Jess Bandor, Thorp, and Mrs. Don Matson, Naperville, Ill.; 15 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday from St. Trinity Orthodox Church in rural Thorp. Burial was in the church cemetery.