In public affairs, in farm, church and community activities, the name Blaska is one of the most distinguished in this area. The man who gave it its prominence died Sunday. He was John M. Blaska, who for many years operated a farm near Marshall. It would be difficult to say whether John Blaska was better known for his activity in public affairs or as a farm leader. For 20 years he was chairman of the town of Sun Prairie. For 10 years of that period he was chairman of the Highway Committee of the Dane County Board. In 1948 he was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly where he made an outstanding record in the one term he served. As a farm leader, he was known statewide. He served as president and a director of the Daiiryland Co-operative at Juneau, an outstanding dairy farmer co-op. He was active in the Farm Burea but he never allowed the policies of the top leadership to sway him from his progressive views on farm problems. Mr. Blaska leaves behind him a family of outstanding citizens, who carry on in the tradition he established. He was proud of them, as they are of him. The sympathy of this area where Mr. Blaska was so well known, goes out to them.

In public affairs, in farm, church and community activities, the name Blaska is one of the most distinguished in this area. The man who gave it its prominence died Sunday. He was John M. Blaska, who for many years operated a farm near Marshall. It would be difficult to say whether John Blaska was better known for his activity in public affairs or as a farm leader. For 20 years he was chairman of the town of Sun Prairie. For 10 years of that period he was chairman of the Highway Committee of the Dane County Board. In 1948 he was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly where he made an outstanding record in the one term he served. As a farm leader, he was known statewide. He served as president and a director of the Daiiryland Co-operative at Juneau, an outstanding dairy farmer co-op. He was active in the Farm Burea but he never allowed the policies of the top leadership to sway him from his progressive views on farm problems. Mr. Blaska leaves behind him a family of outstanding citizens, who carry on in the tradition he established. He was proud of them, as they are of him. The sympathy of this area where Mr. Blaska was so well known, goes out to them.