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- Niagara Gazette - 2/26/1963
Leopold P. Placek, 5128
Woodland Drive, Lewiston
Heights, proprietor of a gasoline
service station at 24th
and Niagara Streets and a
well known Niagara area
sports figure, died today
(Feb; 26, 1963)
at his ho.me
a f t e r an 'apparent
h e a r t
attack. He was
49.
A N i a g a ra
F a l l s native,
Mr. Placek attended
schools
here and was
a graduate of
T r o t t Vocat
i o n a l High
School;
He was an PLACEK .
outstanding ball player with
local teams in the 1930s, playing
with Sal Maglie, who has
retired.' from baseball, and
with the late Lou Kazial.
Mr. Placek was a life member,
of the Niagara Falls Echo
Society Inc., and a member
of Camp No. 211, Woodmen
of the World; the Polish Roman
Catholic Union of America,
Group No. 853, and the
Niagara Falls Gasoline Dealers
Association
Survivors are his wife,
Mrs. Sophie Augustyn Placek;
a daughter, Arlene Placek,
both, at home; two brothers,
Henry and Peter Placek, and
a sister, Mrs. Cecelia Goddsz,
all of this city; four nieces
and two nephews..
Funeral services be
held at 9:15 a.m. Thursday
at the Tubinis Funeral Home
and at 10 a.m. at St. Peter's
C h u r c h , Lewiston. Burial
will be in Holy Trinity Cemetery.
The rosary will be recited
at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday at
the funeral home.
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Abt 1914 - 1963 (~ 49 years)