Obit: Woskie, Roger W. (1887 -1942)

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Surnames: Woskie, Johnson, Scott

----Source: Spencer Record, Spencer, Wis.) 03/12/1942

Woskie, Roger W. (04/05/1887 - 03/06/1942)


R.W. WOSKIE DIES AT COLBY LAST FRIDAY
Well Known Theatre Man and Clark County Supervisor Passes Away Very Suddenly at Colby Home.

Roger W. Woskie, aged 54, a well known theatre man of Colby, and Clark county supervisor from the second ward of Colby, died suddenly at 11:30 o’clock last Friday morning at his home of a heart attack. He was reported in good health until Friday morning, when he awoke and complained of feeling ill.

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the Lulloff Funeral Home in Colby, the Mason lodge in charge. The body was then taken to Winona, Minn., where burial was made Tuesday afternoon.

Roger W. Woskie was born in Winona, Minn., May 4, 1887, and was married to Miss Gertrude Johnson on April 3, 1909, in Chicago. They lived in Chicago until five years ago when they moved to Colby and he began to operate the Colby Theatre. His wife and a sister, Mrs. Mabel Scott of Two Harbors, Minn., survive him.