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Rákóczy, Maria Anna

Dear Editor, Please advise me to publish these few lines in which I wish to describe the death of my cousin, Marie Rakocy, who went into convalescence on December 17, 1924, at the Springfield Lake Sanitarium after a long illness of dryness. From there she was taken by our Slavic undertaker, Mr. J. G. Vascak, to his room where she was prepared for burial and brought the next day to my home at 1061 Shady run road. The burial was on Saturday, 20 December, for the very first time at the house of mourning and so at St. Matthias Church. The funeral services were conducted by our clergyman Rev. Frantisek Kozelek who also said a beautiful and touching sermon over her casket. For this I thank him very much and I also thank Mrs. Anne Kundus for her Godly work which she showed to the deceased and collected $8.40 for flowers. To all the carers who contributed to this collection, God will pay a hundredfold. I also thank the ladies of the St. Alzbeta c 161st Society for attending her funeral and paying their last respects to her in such a beautiful poem. Into that number even the heaven was listening. I also thank all the relatives who came to see her off to her motherland and those who carried her coffin for not sparing the few hours they had to work. Their names are as follows: Jozef Fedorcak, Martin Basista, Jan Pavuk, Juraj Stanislav, Stefan Lipka and Jozef Kece. Her remains were buried for eternal rest in the cemetery of Kalvaria. May she rest in holy repose, and may the gracious God send her sorrowful mother, three brothers and three sisters in her arms. She was born in Seacavnik, Spain 28 years ago and came to America 12 years ago and was only in our town until her illness.

With a greeting to all.

Stefan Rakocy, her cousin.

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