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Obituary- Smatla, Marie 1

MRS. MARIE SMATLA
Mrs. Marie Smatla, 87, Route 1, Silver Lake, died Wednesday, December 15, 1976, at her home. She was one of the oldest residents of the Moravian community north of Rossville.

She was born February 14, 1889, in Posdechov, Moravia, Czechoslovakia, and moved to the U. S. in 1914, marrying Thomas G. Smatla, May 6, 1914, in Rossville. They lived in Maple Hill until 1924, when they moved to the Rossville-Silver Lake area.

Mrs. Smatla was on the last boatload of Czech immigrants to the U. S. before shipping was stopped prior to World War I.

She was a member of the Rossville Presbyterian Church and the ZCBJ Lodge, Rossville.

Survivors include five sons, the Rev. Thomas Smatla, Butte, Mont., Bennie Smatla, Jacksonville, Fla., Henry Smatla, Meriden, Edward Smatla, Silver Lake, William Smatla, Rossville; three daughters, Mrs. Lydia Dailey, Overland Park, Mrs. Marie DeVeney, Raytown, Mo.; one sister, Alice Kingman, Independence, Mo.; one sister, Frantiska Kovar, Bratrejov, Czechoslovakia, 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Services were at 2 p.m. Saturday at Rossville Presbyterian Church. Burial was in the Czech-Moravian Cemetery, north of Rossville. Casket bearers were James Rezac, William Olejnik, George Olejnik, Junior Dannefer and Emial Kovar, all of Rossville, and Joe Macha, Delia.

Verschelden Funeral Home, St. Marys, was in charge of arrangements.

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