| August
"Christ" Krazkowski, 77, retired coal
miner formerly of East St. Louis, died at 12:45
a.m. Thursday in St. Francis hospital,
Litchfield, after an illness of three weeks. Born in Lithuania, Mr.
Kraczkowski lived in this area most of his life.
He was a Spanish-American war veteran and a
member of the Progressive Mine Workers of
America.
For the past two
years he had been living with his nephew Robert
Yarashus at Benld, Ill. He is survived by another
nephew Domenic Yarashus of Cicero, Ill.
Funeral services
will be held at 10:30 a.m Monday in SS. Peter and
Paul church, Collinsville, with burial in the
Catholic cemetery. Herbert A. Kassly,
Collinsville, has charge.
(Photo Contributed
by Gene Beals)
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