5/21/1909 - 10/16/1961
Handwritten-Mon. Oct. 16, 1961
Funeral Rites Held For Harold
Smilack
Funeral services for Harold Smilack, 52, of Portland, a
brother of Mrs. Mary Brooks Gutowitz of Decatur, were held at 2 o’clock this
afternoon at the Baird Funeral Home in Portland, Rabbi Fredric Doppelt
officiating. Smilack died at the Jay County Hospital at 12:24 a.m. Saturday
following a four-month illness.
Brooks Store here was closed this
afternoon for the funeral services. He was a former employee of the store.
The son of Fred and Rosa Smilack, Harold Smilack was born May 21, 1909,
in Dunkirk. He was married to Madge Mills, who survives. He had been
associated with Abromsons, Inc., in Portland since 1951.
Other
survivors include his father and sister, two brothers, Simon, Muncie, and
Jay, of Dayton, O., and several nieces and nephews.
He was a member
of the Masonic Lodge Halfway Lodge No. 298 of Redkey, the Scottish Rite of
Fort Wayne, American Legion Post of Portland, Portland Elks Lodge, PS and 4
Coin Club, and the Chef de Gare of 40 and 8. He was a veteran of World War
II.
Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery at Redkey, with Masonic
graveside services.
Adams County (IN) Historical Museum
1951Jan-Aug1962 Scrapbook, image 42
Transcribed by Janice Vasilovski
Contributed by Margie Roop Pearce
Buried in Hillcrest Cemetery