Joseph R. PROCHASKA

PROCHASKA, HINES, JACKMAN, HOULIHAN

Posted By: Kathleen Frailey Puls (email)
Date: 1/13/2006 at 00:06:07

The Fort Dodge Messenger, Saturday, Dec. 31, 1949

Funeral Rites For Joseph R. Prochaska

Funeral services for Joseph R. Prochaska, a resident of Clare for over 48 years, were held Friday morning at 8:15 at the Laufersweller Funeral home and at 9 o'clock at St. Matthew's church in Clare. The Rev. T. J. McGuire officiated. Burial was in St. James cemetery in Clare.

Pallbearers were Carl Donahue, Charles Klapka, Mathew Lahiff, Edward Martin, James Lahiff and Urban Lawler. Mrs. Joseph Lahiff was in charge of the flowers.

Attending the service from out-of-town were Edward Prochaska of Irving, James Prochaska of Ayrshire, Mrs. T. J. Houlihan of Waterloo, Louis Prochaska of Wesley and Robert Prochaska of Waterloo.

Mr. Prochaska, who died late Tuesday afternoon following an illness of several months, was a paint contractor and widely known in the Clare and Webster county vicinity.