Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Sodja, Peter 1926 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Hanson ihansonb@fmtc.com March 21, 2006, 5:26 pm The Payette Independent 5-27-1926 The Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, May 27, 1926 Obituary Peter Sodja was born in Austria on June 20, 1866 and died at his home after a long illness on May 20, 1926. He came to the United States when he was 17 years of age. On July 26, 1891, he was united in marriage with Miss Barbara Zagar of Butte, Montana. To this union 12 children were born, nine of whom are still living and who were at his bedside during the last weeks of his long illness. They are Mrs. H. Van Valkenberg of New Plymouth, Peter Sodja of Butte, Montana; Joe Sodja of Portland, Oregon; Rudolph, Frank, Edward, William, Rose and Jane, all of Payette. His wife died the 6th of December, 1922. Funeral services were held from the Catholic church in Payette on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock conducted by the Rev. Father Ryan, of Weiser. Interment in Riverside cemetery. The sympathy of the entire community goes out in the bereaved children. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/payette/obits/s/sodja1976nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/idfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb