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10 May 1974 Tonawanda News

PROHASKA – John T. Prohaska, 64, of North Tonawanda, N.Y., Thursday (May 9, 1974) at DeGraff Memorial Hospital. Mr. Prohaska was a lifelong resident of the Tonawandas, a retired postal employee and member of St. Mark Lutheran church.

He is survived by his wife, Mildred (nee Vogt) Prohaska; a son, Arthur A., and two daughters, Mrs. Norbert (Carol) Schultz and Mrs. Philip (Sharon) Durlick, all of North Tonawanda; 12 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three brothers, Frank of Buffalo, Peter of Alden and Joseph Prohaska of North Tonawanda; two sisters, Miss Ann Prohaska of New York City and Mrs. James (Helen) Polizzi of Buffalo.

The family will receive friends at the Fretthold Funeral Home, Inc., 1241 Oliver St. at Ward Road, North Tonawanda, Saturday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held in St. Mark Lutheran Church, Monday at 10 a.m. The Rev. Edward C. Goehner will officiate. Interment in St. Mark Lutheran Cemetery. If so desired, memorials may be made to St. Mark Lutheran Church or the Lutheran Hour.

Family/Spouse: VOGT, Mildred. Mildred (daughter of VOGT, Emil E and Freda A) was born on 27 Dec 1911 in New York; died on 28 Feb 1995 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. PROHASKA, Sharon
2. PROHASKA, Arthur Allen
3. PROHASKA, Carol

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29 April 1937 Tonawanda News
Frank Prohaska
Frank Prohaska, 50 years old, died Tuesday evening at his home, 21 Grove
street. Born in Austria, he had lived in Tonawanda for the past 34 years.
He leaves a wife, Katherine; four sons, John, Frank and Joseph, Tonawanda,
and Peter, Miami; two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Miller, New York city and Miss
Helen Prohaska, Tonawanda; three grandchildren and two brothers, Joseph and
John, Germany. Rites will be held Saturday morning at 8:30 o'clock from the
home of his son, Frank, 605 Oliver street and at 9 o'clock from the St.
Francis church. Burial will be in St. Francis cemetery. The Very Rev. John
A. Weismantel will officiate.

Frank + BABCOCK, Katherine. Katherine was born about 1881 in Austria-Hungary; died on 21 Nov 1956 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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23 November 1956 Tonawanda News
PROHASKA - Mrs. Catharine Prohaska, 75, died Wednesday, (Nov. 21, 1956) in
Buffalo after a long illness. Born in Austria-Hungary, Mrs. Prohaska
resided in Tonawanda the greater part of her life before moving to Buffalo
five years ago. She was a member of St. Francis Church and a former member
of the Altar Society of St. Francis Church. She is survived by two
daughters, Miss Ann Prohaska of New York City and Mrs. James Polizzi of
Buffalo, and four sons, John and Joseph of North Tonawanda, Frank of Niagara
Falls and Peter of Alden, N. Y. Twelve grandchildren and six great
grandchildren also survive. Friends may call at the Hamp Funeral Home, 37
Adam St., where services will be at 8:30 a.m. Saturday and at 9 a.m. in St.
Francis Church with the Rev. Wilbur Yaeger officiating. Burial in St.
Francis Cemetery.