This is a picture of the tombstone belonging to my great-grandfather Joseph Hanzel (1885-1930) in St. Stephens Cemetery. He was born in Muranska Huta, Slovakia and died in March of 1930 of TB. Even though he started in the mill - he ended up becoming an Insurance Agent for Metlife. In fact, he was on a road trip for the company in Chicago - when he fell ill and the doctor there told him to go home and get his affairs in order. He did just that and died at the family home on Stackhouse Street just days after. As did most families at the time - our family didn't even have the money to bury him. The Sokol paid all the expenses with enough leftover to help feed the family for a while.
Steep hill! I have lots of extended family members on my mom's side buried here. Love walking through & looking at all the familiar names from throughout the years.
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