DOBRAS, Valentine Alexander 1879 - 1951

DOBRAS, SCHMANIAC, DIERS, BANNACH

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 8/29/2021 at 15:33:43

"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Thursday, March 8, 1951
Front Page, Column 4

FATALLY HURT IN FALL FROM LOCAL HOUSE

Coroner Jack Raymond said this morning there will be no inquest in the death of V. A. DOBRAS, well known Fairfield resident who was killed late yesterday afternoon in a fall from a roof he was repairing.

The accident took place at the Mrs. M. V. Stephens property at 309 W. Adams street about 4:15 p.m. DOBRAS, who resides at 308 S. Fourth street, had been engaged to make some repairs on the roof of the two-story house.

No one saw DOBRAS start to fall, but a neighbor saw him falling through the air and hit the ground. She is Mrs. Vernon Reeder who resides next door to the Stephens home. She told officers she heard a clatter, probably the ladder starting to fall, and as she looked out her kitchen window she saw DOBRAS and the ladder falling.

She said a short time earlier she had seen DOBRAS up on the roof but didn't know whether he was on the roof or on the ladder when he fell.

An ambulance was called and he was rushed to the Jefferson county hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Coroner Raymond said he died of internal injuries including a fractured pelvis, three fractured ribs, and died of internal hemorrhage when the fractured ribs punctured his lungs.

Last rites will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at the St. Mary Catholic church with Father O. F. DeCoursey in charge. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery. The Rosary will be recited at the Hoskins funeral home at 9 p.m. Friday.

Valentine Alexander DOBRAS, 72, was born February 14, 1879, in Poland, and the son of the late Anthony and Pauline SCHMANIAC DOBRAS. He came to this country when 12 years old and settled in the Richwoods community near Fairfield.

He made his home in that community until he moved to Fairfield three years ago.

DOBRAS was united in marriage on February 6, 1907, to Charlotte Gertrude DIERS, who survives. The wedding took place at the Polishville Parsonage. He was a member of the St. Mary Catholic church.

Besides his wife he is survived by one son, Harlan DOBRAS, Fairfield; two brothers, A. J. DOBRAS, Mitchell, South Dakota, and B. E. DOBRAS, Fairfield, and a sister, Mrs. Martha BANNACH, Peshtigo, Wisconsin.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Harold, a brother, John, and a sister, Katherine.

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"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Friday, March 9, 1951
Page 8, Column 8

DOBRAS Rites To Be Saturday Morning

Last rites will be Saturday morning for V. A. DOBRAS, well known Fairfield man who was fatally injured in a fall from a house late Wednesday afternoon.

The service will be held at 10 a.m. at the St. Mary Catholic church with Father O. F. DeCoursey in charge. Burial wil be in Evergreen cemetery.

The Rosary will be recited at the Hoskins funeral home at 9 p.m. this evening.

DOBRAS lost his life when he fell from the roof of the Charles Mullenix residence at 309 W. Adams street. The accident took place about 4:15 p.m. and he was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital in an ambulance.

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Note: Buried in Lot 3rd.155. Wife Charlotte died in 1988 at age 105 years, and was buried with him.