Huron County MI Archives Obituaries.....Glaza, Walter J. March 21, 2009
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March 26, 2009 HURON DAILY TRIBUNE
Walter J.  Glaza
November 21, 1931 – March 21, 2009
Mr.  Walter J.  Glaza, 77, of Austin Township and Bad Axe passed away 
Saturday, March 21, 2009 at his residence of an apparent heart attack.   He 
was born November 21, 1931 in Harbor Beach to the late John and Gertrude 
(Peyerk) Glaza.   He married Delores Szymanski on May 9, 1954 at Immaculate 
Conception Catholic Church in Detroit.   Walter graduated from the Filmore 
Rural School.   He worked for and retired from Ford Motor Company.   He and 
his wife moved to the Ubly area in 1972.   He was a former member of the Thumb 
Rose Society.   He was a current parishioner at St.  John Catholic Church in 
Ubly.   Walter was a veteran of the Korean War and received a Purple Heart.   
He was a lifelong member of the Parisville VFW Post No.  5740.   He loved 
gardening, bird watching, antique cars, taking trips to the casinos and 
spending time with his grandchildren.

Walter is survived by his wife of 54 years, Delores, of Austin Township; one 
daughter, Sandra Grifka and her husband, Donald, of Bad Axe; two sons: Kenneth 
Glaza and his wife, Shirley, of Decker; Mark Glaza and his wife, Tammy, of 
Ubly; six grandchildren: Lisa Glaza and her special friend, Chad, Jason Glaza 
and his wife, Amber, Justin Grifka and his wife, Kayla, Lindsay and Chelsea 
Grifka, Jeffery Glaza and his special friend, Kristy; one great-granddaughter, 
Alyssa Rose Glaza; one brother, Roman Glaza and his wife, Lucille, of Ubly.  
He was preceded in death by four sisters: Grace Kosal and her husband, Leo, 
Susie Grifka and her husband, Art, Beatrice Sobczak and her husband, Leonard, 
Edna Fisher and her husband, Clements.

The funeral service will be at 8 p.m.  Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at the Zinger-
Smigielski Funeral Home in Ubly.  The Rev.  Joseph Griffin, pastor of St.  
John Catholic Church in Ubly, will officiate.  Private burial will be in the 
St.  John Cemetery at a later date.  Visitation will be from 2 to 9 p.m.  
Tuesday at Zinger-Smigielski Funeral Home in Ubly.   Memorials are requested 
to the Family Discretionary Fund.
Published March 26, 2009 HURON DAILY TRIBUNE


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