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Obituary- Smatla, Marie 2

Mrs. Marie Smatla
SILVER LAKE - Mrs. Marie Smatla, 87, Route 1, Silver Lake, died Wednesday at her home. She was one of the oldest residents of the Moravian community north of Rossville.

She was born Feb. 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. Rom [sic 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. and Mrs. Alide [sic Alice] Kingman, Independence, Mo.; one sister, Franticka Kovar, Bratrejov, Czechoslovakia; 12 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.

Services were at 2 p.m. Saturday at Rossville Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in the Czech-Moravia Cemetery, north of Rossville. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at Verschelden Funeral Home, St. Marys.

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