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    1. [PA-SW-OBITS] Aug. 19, 1938 Obits McDonald Record-Outlook
    2. Victoria Hospodar Valentine
    3. HUNT, BENEK, ZALAZNIK Mrs. Mary Agnes HUNT, 67, wife of Francis Marion HUNT, a well known resident of McDonald for the past 40 years, died Saturday, August 13, 1938, in her home, 135 Railroad street, McDonald, after a lingering illness. Mrs. HUNT was a member of the First Presbyterian church of McDonald. Her maiden name was LOHMAN, her marriage to Mr. HUNT being solemnized June 30, 1896. Besides the husband, three daughters and two sons survive: Emma Charlotte HUNT of Cresson, Mrs. Mildred REBOUL of Dormont, Mrs. Mary ROBERTS at home, Charles HUNT of Philadelphia, and Francis HUNT of Houston.. One sister, Mrs. Emma LOWRY of Independence, and four grandchildren, Wilma, Charles and Marion HUNT, and Robert REBOUL, also survive. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the home, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Oscar E. GARDNER. Burial was in Robinson's Run cemetery. John E. BENEK, 32, of Rittman, Ohio, died at 1:40 a.m. Saturday, July 30, 1938, from burns received in a gasoline explosion Thursday morning, July 28. Mr. BENEK was in his usual gay spirits when about 11:15 that morning he stopped at a garage to have his car services. He went into the office of the garage to call his wife and on coming out of the office he and a Mr. ELSASS noticed the mechanic cleaning the motor of a running car with a pan of gasoline and a brush. Suddenly the three men were enveloped in flames. Mr. BENEK's clothing to his waist was burnt off, even the shoelaces. Still conscious he ordered the spectators to take him to the Wadsworth hospital and to call his physician. The gasoline poisoned the burns and transfusions were ordered, but he lapsed into a coma and died early Saturday. Mr. BENEK was a graduate of Muskingum college and attended medical at Western Reserve for a year. He taught school in Ohio; in Burbank for one year, at Shreve for one year and at Rittman for five years. He had been engaged in the insurance business for four and a half years. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. BENEK was injured in an automobile accident in North Carolina about seven months ago. He attended school at Midway and his parents have lived for about twenty years at Robinson in Washington county and are well known in Imperial, McDonald, and surrounding communities. Mr. BENEK is survived by his wife, Margaret, and two children: John Cunningham, 4, and Anne Margaret, 2, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John BENEK of near Imperial; four sisters: Mrs. Christine HORTON and Mrs. Agnes ROGERS of Pittsburgh, and Anna Mae and LaVerne at home, and five brothers: Lewis, August, Edward, Lawrence, and Thomas, all at home. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, August 1, in the Milton Presbyterian church. Burial was in New Concord, Ohio. Honorary pallbearers included six representatives of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. Mrs. Johanna ZALAZNIK, 53, died Monday, August 15, 1938, at 11:15 p.m., in her home in Bulger, after a lingering illness. Mrs. ZALAZNIK had resided in the Thomas district before moving to Bulger three years ago. She was born in Austria and had been a citizen of the United States for 30 years. Surviving are her husband, Frank ZALAZNIK, and the following children: Donald, Della, William, Wilda, Emma, Frank, Jr., and Raymond, all of Bulger; and Mrs. Ed. BUCHELL, Mrs. R. H. DORNAN and Mrs. Norman MARTIN, all of near Eightyfour. Funeral services were held Thursday morning in St. Ann's church, Bulger. Burial was in Center cemetery at Midway.

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