Posted on: PortageCoWI Obits Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/PortageObits/10941 Surname: MALINOWSKI, PLATTA, RAMCZYK, YACH ------------------------- John P PLATTA Obit, died June 18, 1961, clipping from Grandmother ZYWICKI's scrapbook. A lifelong resident of his family's homestead in the Town of Sharon, John P PLATTA, 67, died at 6:30pm Sunday in St Michael's Hospital. He had been hospitalized since last Thursday, and was ill for a week previously. The funeral will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday in Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Polonia. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery. Friends may call at the Dzikoski Funeral Home after 7 o'clock this evening. Prayers will be said there at 8 p.m. today and Tuesday. Mr PLATTA was born Feb. 8, 1894, a son of the late Mr and Mrs Michael PLATTA. He attended Sacred Heart School and McGlachlin School in Sharon. He married the former Mary YACH in Sacred Heart Church Nov. 12, 1923. He farmed on the homestead afterward. Surviving are the widow; a son, John Jr, at home; four daughters, Mrs Victor (Emily) RAMCZYK and Mrs Clarence (Ann) RAMCZYK, Sharon, Mrs John (Bernice) MALINOWSKI, Town of Hull, and Miss Marlene, at home; and 11 grandchildren. He is further survived by four brothers, Nick and Felix, Sharon, Alex, Amherst, and Jacob, Wisconsin Rapids; and three sisters, Mrs Frank (Regina) WALKUSH, 842 Center St, and Mrs Nick (Johanna) LEMKE and Mrs Victor (Mary) ECKENDORF, also in Sharon. Mr PLATTA was preceded in death by two sisters, two brothers and two infant sons.