SCHACK, John 1886-1963

SCHACK, WILSON, FRONK, MIRAKOVITS, TRINK

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 5/12/2011 at 14:57:09

John Schack 1886-1963

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JOHN SCHACK FUNERAL SET FOR TUESDAY

John Schack, 76, retired engineer for the Northwestern States Portland Cement Co., died Saturday evening in a Mason City hospital. He had lived in Mason City 52 years and made his home at 1524 Washington N.W.

Mr. Schack was born December 20, 1886 in Austria. He came to Mason City from Pennsylvania in 1911 and had lived here since that time.

He was married to Mabel Wilson, January 10, 1931 at Northwood.

Surviving are his wife, son, John Schack Jr., Olympia, Wash.; daughter, Mary Fronk, Vancouver, Wash.; three grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Three brothers, Louis and Joseph Mirakovits, North Hampton, Pennsylvania, and Frank Mirakovits, in Austria, and a sister, Mary Trink, Chicago, also survive.

He was a member of the First Methodist Church.

The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Major Memorial Chapel. Dr. George Truman Carl, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in the Osage Cemetery.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Monday November 11, 1963
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NOTES:

He married Mabel Wilson, the daughter of Thomas Edwin Wilson and Nellie (Dodge) Wilson.

The photo below is from the Globe Gazette obituary above.

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