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Henry Joseph Smaistrla Sr.

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Henry Joseph Smaistrla Sr.

Birth
Hillje, Wharton County, Texas, USA
Death
3 Apr 2006 (aged 89)
Hillje, Wharton County, Texas, USA
Burial
El Campo, Wharton County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Henry Joseph Smaistrla Sr. was born 30 October 1916 in Hillje, Wharton County, Texas, the son of Adolf J. Smaistrla and Rosie Dybala Smaistrla.

He married Marie Agnes Wiesner, the daughter of Frank Martin Wiesner and Agnes Dornak Wiesner, on 19 July 1937 at St. John's Catholic Church in Taiton, Texas.
They were the parents of 5 children.
Sadly, only their first child, John Henry, lived to adulthood.
They had 4 more children, who all died shortly after birth:
Ronald Fredrick "Ronnie" Smaistrla - born and died on 26 June 1945.
Rodrick "Rickie" Smaistrla - born and died on 1 January 1947.
Twins: Henry J. Smaistrla Jr. and Marie P. Smaistrla - born and died on 5 August 1948.

Henry was a farmer, then a mechanic for the remainder of his life.
After his retirement, he yearly helped with the rice harvests of his wife's nephews, Victor and John Wiesner.

Henry Joseph Smaistrla Sr. died on 3 April 2006 in Hillje, Texas at the age of 89.

~ by Linda Wiesner, niece of his wife Marie Agnes "Mary" Wiesner Smaistrla.
Henry Joseph Smaistrla Sr. was born 30 October 1916 in Hillje, Wharton County, Texas, the son of Adolf J. Smaistrla and Rosie Dybala Smaistrla.

He married Marie Agnes Wiesner, the daughter of Frank Martin Wiesner and Agnes Dornak Wiesner, on 19 July 1937 at St. John's Catholic Church in Taiton, Texas.
They were the parents of 5 children.
Sadly, only their first child, John Henry, lived to adulthood.
They had 4 more children, who all died shortly after birth:
Ronald Fredrick "Ronnie" Smaistrla - born and died on 26 June 1945.
Rodrick "Rickie" Smaistrla - born and died on 1 January 1947.
Twins: Henry J. Smaistrla Jr. and Marie P. Smaistrla - born and died on 5 August 1948.

Henry was a farmer, then a mechanic for the remainder of his life.
After his retirement, he yearly helped with the rice harvests of his wife's nephews, Victor and John Wiesner.

Henry Joseph Smaistrla Sr. died on 3 April 2006 in Hillje, Texas at the age of 89.

~ by Linda Wiesner, niece of his wife Marie Agnes "Mary" Wiesner Smaistrla.


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