Obit: Tykac, Emil (1900 - 1978)

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

Surnames: Tykac, Lawson, Braatz, Hammond, Kuehn, Garbisch, Bartsch, Ellerbusch

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 3/16/1978

Tykac, Emil (27 October 1900 – 8 March 1978)

A man who worked for the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and later retired to the Granton area, Emil Tykac, 77, was found dead at his Granton home, Wednesday, March 8.

Tykac was born on October 27, 1900, in Granton, married Grace Lawson who died in 1959. He later married Elfreida Garbisch. He is survived by his wife and one brother, Frank Tykac of Marshfield.

Committal services were held on Thursday afternoon at the Windfall Cemetery with burial there, officiated by the Rev. Stephen Ellerbusch of the Grace Lutheran Church of Nasonville. Pallbearers for the service included Norman Braatz, John Hammond, Russell Kuehn, Melvin Garbisch, Oscar Bartsch and Ervin Garbisch. The Gilbertson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.