This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Prestay Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RGB.2ACI/352 Message Board Post: Marinette Eagle-Star p2 Monday 31 March 1975 Lifelong Area Resident Dies POWERS - Joseph Paul Prestay, 56, of route 1, Powers, died Saturday afternoon at Anderson Memorial Hospital in Norway, Mich. Mr. Prestay was born Feb. 26, 1919, in Powers and married the former Frances Samodral on Aug. 2, 1952, in Spalding. He was self-employed as a farmer and was also employed by Fishback and Moore Construction Co. of Escanaba, Mich. Mr. Prestay was a member of the Holy Name Society of St Francis Xavier Catholic Church of Spalding. He was a member and past president of Powers-Spalding Lions Club, a 4-H Club leader, and a member of Western Fraternal Life Association of Carney. Mr. Prestay was a 1936 graduate of Powers-Spa1ding High School. He had resided in the Powers area all of his life. Survivors include his widow; seven daughters, Mrs. Howard Gumbert of Newport,. R.I.; Helen, Carol, Theresa, Judith, Nancy Jo and Tina, and a son, William, all at home; two sisters, Mrs. George Maseenic and Mrs. Raymond Rappal, both of Chicago; a brother, Samuel of Nadeau, and a granddaughter. Friends may call at Kell-ton-din chapel in Spalding today from 4 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at St. Francis Zavier Church with the Rev Lester T. Bourgeois officiating. Burial will be in Nadeau Township Cemetery Liturgical prayers will be receited tonight at 8 at the chapel.