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Obituary- Smatla, Thomas G. 1

Thomas Smatla
Thomas G. Smatla, 90, Route 1, Silver Lake, died Thursday morning at a Topeka hospital following a short illness.

He was born Sept. 19, 1887, in Posdechov, Moravia, Czechoslovakia, and came to the United States in 1904. He purchased alarm at Maple Hill in 1914, and lived there until moving to Rossville in 1928. He was a farmer before he retired.

He was a member of Rossville Presbyterian Church and Z.C.B.J. Lodge, both of Rossville.

He was married to Marie Juran May 6, 1914, in Topeka. She died Dec. 15, 1976.

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

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Rossville Presbyterian Church, Rossville. Burial will be in Czech-Moravian Cemetery, north of Rossville.

Mr. Smatla will lie in state until noon Saturday at Verschelden Funeral Home, St. Marys, and from 1 p.m. Saturday until service time at the church.

Prayer services will be at 7:30 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Rossville Presbyterian Church.

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