Obituary GEORGE POKORNY (Died August 30, 1972) Brown County, Wisconsin Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Ruth Pokorny, Rootie54@aol.com USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogy information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations." Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must contact the submitter or the listed USGenWeb archivist. ******** GEORGE POKORNY (Died August 30, 1972) George Pokorny, 56, Blake Rd., De Pere, died Wednesday afternoon of injuries received at work. The son of Louis Pokorny Sr. and the late Caroline Pokorny was born in North Dakota. He was a veteran of World War II and married Josephine Vincent 35 years ago. Mr. Pokorny was employed at Betten Processing Co. for the past six years. He is survived by his wife; five sons, George Jr., Rt. 2, West De Pere; David, Green Bay; Ralph and Paul, both of Appleton; John, at home; six daughters, Mrs. Leonard (Virginia) Coppersmith, West De Pere, Mrs. Arthur (Theresa) Johnson, Ashwaubenon; Mrs. Roger (Caroline) Coppersmith, Green Bay; Mrs. Manuel (Elaine) Harn, Junction City; Kathleen and Connie, both at home; 24 grandchildren; his father, Louis Sr., Green Bay; four brothers, James, Louis Jr., and Ben, all of Green Bay; John, Chicago, Ill.; one sister, Mrs. Francis (Mildred) Smith, Green Bay. In state at Malcore Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Friday, Prayer service 8 p.m. Friday, Funeral 11 a.m. Saturday, SS. Peter and Paul Church with the Rev. Earl Schuh officiating. Burial in Shrine of the Good Shepherd Mausoleum. Source: Green Bay Press Gazette Obituary.