contributor: Ricahrd LaBrosse

Special to Press-Gazette  
1955  

LENA, Wis. - Frank Blazek, 69, well known resident of Oconto Falls, Rt. 1, died at the Oconto Falls Hospital late Wednesday night. He had suffered a stroke last Saturday.

Mr. Blazek has served as the chairman of the Town of Spruce for many years, served as a director of the Cadlec school and was a former member of the Oconto County Highway Commission.

He was the founder and owner of Blazek Park where the annual Bohemian Day celebration is held.

Br. Blazek was born in the Town of Spruce on Oct. 10, 1886 and was married to the former Lillian Schuh of Chicago on July 18, 1922. He had lived in the Town of Spruce all his life.

Survivors Are Listed Besides his wife, he is survived by three daughters, Lillian, at home; Mrs. Eben (Frances) Dufek, Lena; and Mrs. James (Shirley) Lane, Oconto Falls; four brothers, Joseph, Suring; John, Coleman, Rt. 1; Ed, Escanaba, Mich.; and George, Lena, Rt. 1; two sisters, Mrs. Elmer Kasner and Mrs. William Kobes, both of Lena; and seven grandchildren.

The body may be viewed at the Steffen Funeral Home in Lena after 7 o'clock this evening.

The Odd Fellows Lodge of Oconto, of which he was a member, will conduct the last rites at the funeral home at 2 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery at Oconto.