OBITUARY: Ernest B. Smolik, Mitchell County, Iowa




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[ Mason City Globe Gazette Online Obituaries ]
Monday, June 7, 1999


                          ERNEST B. SMOLIK

OSAGE - Ernest B. Smolik, 90, died Sunday (June 6, 1999) at the Mitchell
County Regional Health Center.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Champion Funeral Home.




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[ Mason City Globe Gazette Online Obituaries ]
Tuesday, June 8, 1999


                           ERNEST B. SMOLIK

OSAGE - Ernest B. Smolik, 90, of Osage, died Sunday (June 6, 1999) at the
Mitchell County Regional Health Center, Osage.

Ernest was born Dec. 13, 1908, in Brainard, Neb., the son of Frank and Anna
(Cejka) Smolik. He graduated from Cresco High School where he participated
in wrestling. After high school, he worked for a construction company and
then farmed with his brothers, Ed and Ray. He also worked for Pioneer Seed
Co., and in 1935, he became the first Pioneer Seed Corn dealer in Mitchell
County. In 1942, he came a partner in the Orchard Elevator and was sole
owner from 1948 until he retired.

He was on the Board of Directors of the Iowa Grain and Feed Association for
two terms and participated in civic affairs by serving on the Mitchell
County School Board and serving as Orchard mayor and council person for
many years.

Ernest married Velva Wright of Little Cedar on May 1, 1937, at the Little
Brown Church, in Nashua. They lived in the Orchard and Osage area all of
their married lives.

For many years, he played softball, bowled and golfed. He also enjoyed
fishing and gardening. He was a 50 year member of the Osage Masonic Lodge
102 A.F. & A.M. Memorials may be directed to the Orchard American Legion
Post 641 at P. O. Box 65, Orchard, Iowa 50460.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 10, at the
Champion Funeral Home, Osage, with the Rev. Arthur J. Hill officiating
and Masonic Rites by the Osage Masonic Lodge 102 A.F. & A.M. Interment
will be in the Osage Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Champion Funeral Home,
Osage, with the family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Visitation will
continue on Thursday until time of services.

He is survived by one son, Gary Smolik and his wife, Margaret, of Orchard;
four grandchildren, Sister Katherine Smolik, OSB of Clyde, Mo.; Frank Smolik
and his wife, Becky, of Mason City; Mark Smolik, of Orchard; and Michael
Smolik and his wife, Jennifer, of Colorado Springs, Colo.; three brothers,
Edward Smolik and Ray Smolik, both of Osage; and Duane Smolik, of San Jose,
Calif.; two sisters, Lydia Deal, of Boone, Iowa and Helen Lund, of Bellevue,
Iowa; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Velva; two sisters, Adeline Michels
and Libby Smolik; a brother, George Smolik; and his parents.





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