Maria "Mary" Strbac (Virovkic)

Maria "Mary" Strbac (Virovkic)
Also Known As:	"Mary Vejnovic", "Mary Strbac"
Birthdate:	November 08, 1895
Birthplace:	Virovitica, Croatia
Death:	March 17, 1966 (70) San Bernardino County Hospital, 780 East Gilbert Street, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States (Endometrial Carcinoma with Metastasis)
Place of Burial:	21300 Via Verde Drive, Covina, Los Angeles, California, United States
Immediate Family:	Daughter of Rocco Virovkic and Katarina Virovkic (Zabadlia) Wife of Jovo 'John' Vejnovich and Mile "Mike" Strbac Mother of Private; Private; Nikola "Nicolas" Strbac; Emil Michael Strbac; Kata "Catherine" Strbac and 5 others Sister of Matija Virovkic; N.N. Virovkic; N.N. Virovkic; Gazsatol Virovkic; N.N. Virovkic and 2 others
Occupation:	Restaurant Helper at Edwards Ranch Diner

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Last Updated:	April 28, 2022

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About Maria "Mary" Strbac (Virovkic)

Michael (52) and Mary's (43) sons, Vladimir (Val), George, Stanley and Paul are on the same 1940 census, numbers 41, 42, 43, 44. (Ages 17, 11, 5, and 3 years old. Emil was 22.)

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=94404954

Stories from my mother-- Mary used to play the violin at community festivals in her hometown in Croatia. Her father had a pottery factory and vineyard. He would take her with him to sell his wares in Hungary and elsewhere. She spoke several languages. The family home was so large that the Nazi's used it as a barracks during the war. The Danube flowed behind it, but it was little more than a brown, muddy stream at that point. Her mother had her educated at a European Cooking School. (I don't know which one.) As a wife and mother, she grew much of her own food, raised chickens (butchered them too), made noodles from scratch and took in boarders, so her family wasn't affected much by the Great Depression. In later years, after her husband passed and she was living in California (there were orange groves there back then), she made her living as a cook. She would often send gifts and care packages to family back in Croatia. I once saw a news article that had a photo of her with the other ladies of her local Red Cross in Wisconsin. The ladies were all dressed up in costumes of colonial American characters. I'll never forget it because she was wearing an outfit that reminded me of Paul Revere and I was surprised to see her dressed up in men's garb as well as proud of her involvement with the Red Cross. Looking back on it, I imagine she got involved because her son Emil was in the war. (WWII)

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Maria "Mary" Strbac (Virovkic)'s Timeline

1895	November 8, 1895	Birth of Maria "Mary" Strbac (Virovkic) Virovitica, Croatia
1916	December 18, 1916	Birth of Nikola "Nicolas" Strbac Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
1917	November 23, 1917	Birth of Emil Michael Strbac Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
1919	February 2, 1919	Birth of Kata "Catherine" Strbac Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
1922	July 18, 1922	Birth of Vladimir "Val" Strbac Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
1928	April 14, 1928	Birth of George Paul Strbac Silverdale, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
1935	February 28, 1935	Birth of Stanko "Stan" Strbac Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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