Matt Vomastic

Waukechon Settler Died in Green Bay, Shawano County Journal, Thursday, November 23, 1922

Matt Vomastic, an old settler of the Town of Waukechon, died last week Monday at a hospital in Green Bay. He had a strangulated hernia. After a consultation of physicians, it was decided to try the only possible thing, an operation to remove the obstruction. He was, therefore, taken to Green Bay, but he died even before the anesthetic was given. He was nearly 81 years old.

He was born in Bohemia (1842), and grew up to manhood there. He was married in Bohemia, and the oldest son, John, was born there (12/18/1864). When Mr. Vomastic was 28, the young couple came with their baby to America. They lived for two years in Manitowoc, and then came to Shawano County and directly onto the farm in Waukechon where the Vomastic’s have lived for the past 50 years.

In his earlier years, Mr. Vomastic was a member of the town board, and for many years he was treasurer of his school district. He lived a most honorable life, and his life has been a blessing to his neighborhood.

The funeral was held Thursday afternoon in the Waukechon church (St. Wenceslaus). The flower bearers were a Miss Pleshek and a Miss Tomashek. The pallbearers were: Joe Bohr, John Kusta, Joe Tomashek, John Tomashek, Joe Kugel, and Frank Nimitz. The relatives present from other towns were Mrs. Wm. Guyer of Bessemer, Mich.; and Miss Katherine and Miss Emma Vomastic of Kenosha.

Mrs. Vomastic, before her marriage was Miss Josephine Pribble. The children born to the couple are: John, who lives on the Waukechon farm; Frank, who lives in Alberta, Canada; Annie Bowman, of Marquette, Mich.; Emma McMahon of Chicago; Frances of Milwaukee; Rosie Hampton of Detroit; James J. of Waukechon, with whom the father lived in his later years. All of the children except the ones from Canada and the one from Detroit, were present at the funeral.