From the Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, Friday, January 13, 1967, page 3:
Area Couple Found Dead
The alertness of an Intelligencer carrier resulted in the discovery of the death of an area couple, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Poneta of Glen Carbon Crossing Road, Thursday.
A 9-year-old girl, Mary Scheibal, was delivering the Intelligencer to the Poneta residence, when she noticed back issues of the paper had piled up on a table on an enclosed porch.
Mary went home and told her father, Kenneth, that something may be wrong. Sheibal went to the Poneta home and found a television set on, but he received no answer to his knock. He notified Frank Poneta Jr., who found his parents dead later.
Sheibal had called an ambulance before the son had arrived, the sheriff's office reported. The sheriff's office received the call at 8:15 p.m. Thursday.
Deputy coroner Hays Mallory said the Ponetas died of natural causes, and he had no idea how long the couple had been dead. He has ordered in inquest.
Frank Poneta was 68 and his wife, Anna, 66, who was an invalid.
The bodies were taken to the Weber Funeral Home, Edwardsville.
Obituary from the Edwardsville Intelligencer, Friday, January 13, 1967, page 9:
Funeral Mass for Mrs. Anna Poneta, 66, and her husband, Frank A. Poneta, 68, will be Monday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Glen Carbon. The Rev. John Morris, pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in the Buck Road Cemetery.
Mr. Poneta, who was born Feb. 12, 1898 in Czechoslovakia, retired in 1959 from Armour & Company at the National Stock Yards where he had been employed 28 years.
Mrs. Poneta, daughter of the late Ben and Barbara Wolf Weiler, was born Aug. 15, 1900 at Glen Carbon. She and Mr. Poneta were married July 21, 1920.
A son, Frank B. Poneta, of Washington Park survives.
Mrs. Poneta is also survived by four brothers and five sisters, Mrs. Lil Hoerchler, Mrs. William (Isabel) Rasplica, Raymond, Kermit and Edward Weiler, all of Glen Carbon, Mrs. Charles (Hilda) Kovarik of Glen Crossing, Mrs. Bill (Catherine) Borchwardt of Edwardsville, Mrs. Louis (Linda) Ahlmeyer of Marine and George Weiler of Rockford.
Mr. Poneta is survived by two brothers, Anton of Glen Crossing and Joe of Maryville; and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Wand of St. Louis and Mrs. Agnes Lecompte of San Francisco, Calif. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Rose Poneta, and one sister.
The couple were members of St. Cecilia's Catholic Church.
Mr. Poneta was a member of the C.S.A. Lodge and Armour's Old Timers Club. He had also been a member of the Edwardsville Local of American Federation of Musicians since 1913.
Visitation will be at the Weber Funeral Home after 7 p.m. Saturday. The rosary will be recited Sunday night at 8 o'clock.
Pallbearers were Anthony Poneta, Oliver Poneta, Jay Wand, Tom Scheibal, Joe Wand, and L.D. O'Brien.
Area Couple Found Dead
The alertness of an Intelligencer carrier resulted in the discovery of the death of an area couple, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Poneta of Glen Carbon Crossing Road, Thursday.
A 9-year-old girl, Mary Scheibal, was delivering the Intelligencer to the Poneta residence, when she noticed back issues of the paper had piled up on a table on an enclosed porch.
Mary went home and told her father, Kenneth, that something may be wrong. Sheibal went to the Poneta home and found a television set on, but he received no answer to his knock. He notified Frank Poneta Jr., who found his parents dead later.
Sheibal had called an ambulance before the son had arrived, the sheriff's office reported. The sheriff's office received the call at 8:15 p.m. Thursday.
Deputy coroner Hays Mallory said the Ponetas died of natural causes, and he had no idea how long the couple had been dead. He has ordered in inquest.
Frank Poneta was 68 and his wife, Anna, 66, who was an invalid.
The bodies were taken to the Weber Funeral Home, Edwardsville.
Obituary from the Edwardsville Intelligencer, Friday, January 13, 1967, page 9:
Funeral Mass for Mrs. Anna Poneta, 66, and her husband, Frank A. Poneta, 68, will be Monday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Glen Carbon. The Rev. John Morris, pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in the Buck Road Cemetery.
Mr. Poneta, who was born Feb. 12, 1898 in Czechoslovakia, retired in 1959 from Armour & Company at the National Stock Yards where he had been employed 28 years.
Mrs. Poneta, daughter of the late Ben and Barbara Wolf Weiler, was born Aug. 15, 1900 at Glen Carbon. She and Mr. Poneta were married July 21, 1920.
A son, Frank B. Poneta, of Washington Park survives.
Mrs. Poneta is also survived by four brothers and five sisters, Mrs. Lil Hoerchler, Mrs. William (Isabel) Rasplica, Raymond, Kermit and Edward Weiler, all of Glen Carbon, Mrs. Charles (Hilda) Kovarik of Glen Crossing, Mrs. Bill (Catherine) Borchwardt of Edwardsville, Mrs. Louis (Linda) Ahlmeyer of Marine and George Weiler of Rockford.
Mr. Poneta is survived by two brothers, Anton of Glen Crossing and Joe of Maryville; and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Wand of St. Louis and Mrs. Agnes Lecompte of San Francisco, Calif. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Rose Poneta, and one sister.
The couple were members of St. Cecilia's Catholic Church.
Mr. Poneta was a member of the C.S.A. Lodge and Armour's Old Timers Club. He had also been a member of the Edwardsville Local of American Federation of Musicians since 1913.
Visitation will be at the Weber Funeral Home after 7 p.m. Saturday. The rosary will be recited Sunday night at 8 o'clock.
Pallbearers were Anthony Poneta, Oliver Poneta, Jay Wand, Tom Scheibal, Joe Wand, and L.D. O'Brien.
From the Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, Friday, January 13, 1967, page 3:
Area Couple Found Dead
The alertness of an Intelligencer carrier resulted in the discovery of the death of an area couple, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Poneta of Glen Carbon Crossing Road, Thursday.
A 9-year-old girl, Mary Scheibal, was delivering the Intelligencer to the Poneta residence, when she noticed back issues of the paper had piled up on a table on an enclosed porch.
Mary went home and told her father, Kenneth, that something may be wrong. Sheibal went to the Poneta home and found a television set on, but he received no answer to his knock. He notified Frank Poneta Jr., who found his parents dead later.
Sheibal had called an ambulance before the son had arrived, the sheriff's office reported. The sheriff's office received the call at 8:15 p.m. Thursday.
Deputy coroner Hays Mallory said the Ponetas died of natural causes, and he had no idea how long the couple had been dead. He has ordered in inquest.
Frank Poneta was 68 and his wife, Anna, 66, who was an invalid.
The bodies were taken to the Weber Funeral Home, Edwardsville.
Obituary from the Edwardsville Intelligencer, Friday, January 13, 1967, page 9:
Funeral Mass for Mrs. Anna Poneta, 66, and her husband, Frank A. Poneta, 68, will be Monday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Glen Carbon. The Rev. John Morris, pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in the Buck Road Cemetery.
Mr. Poneta, who was born Feb. 12, 1898 in Czechoslovakia, retired in 1959 from Armour & Company at the National Stock Yards where he had been employed 28 years.
Mrs. Poneta, daughter of the late Ben and Barbara Wolf Weiler, was born Aug. 15, 1900 at Glen Carbon. She and Mr. Poneta were married July 21, 1920.
A son, Frank B. Poneta, of Washington Park survives.
Mrs. Poneta is also survived by four brothers and five sisters, Mrs. Lil Hoerchler, Mrs. William (Isabel) Rasplica, Raymond, Kermit and Edward Weiler, all of Glen Carbon, Mrs. Charles (Hilda) Kovarik of Glen Crossing, Mrs. Bill (Catherine) Borchwardt of Edwardsville, Mrs. Louis (Linda) Ahlmeyer of Marine and George Weiler of Rockford.
Mr. Poneta is survived by two brothers, Anton of Glen Crossing and Joe of Maryville; and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Wand of St. Louis and Mrs. Agnes Lecompte of San Francisco, Calif. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Rose Poneta, and one sister.
The couple were members of St. Cecilia's Catholic Church.
Mr. Poneta was a member of the C.S.A. Lodge and Armour's Old Timers Club. He had also been a member of the Edwardsville Local of American Federation of Musicians since 1913.
Visitation will be at the Weber Funeral Home after 7 p.m. Saturday. The rosary will be recited Sunday night at 8 o'clock.
Pallbearers were Anthony Poneta, Oliver Poneta, Jay Wand, Tom Scheibal, Joe Wand, and L.D. O'Brien.
Area Couple Found Dead
The alertness of an Intelligencer carrier resulted in the discovery of the death of an area couple, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Poneta of Glen Carbon Crossing Road, Thursday.
A 9-year-old girl, Mary Scheibal, was delivering the Intelligencer to the Poneta residence, when she noticed back issues of the paper had piled up on a table on an enclosed porch.
Mary went home and told her father, Kenneth, that something may be wrong. Sheibal went to the Poneta home and found a television set on, but he received no answer to his knock. He notified Frank Poneta Jr., who found his parents dead later.
Sheibal had called an ambulance before the son had arrived, the sheriff's office reported. The sheriff's office received the call at 8:15 p.m. Thursday.
Deputy coroner Hays Mallory said the Ponetas died of natural causes, and he had no idea how long the couple had been dead. He has ordered in inquest.
Frank Poneta was 68 and his wife, Anna, 66, who was an invalid.
The bodies were taken to the Weber Funeral Home, Edwardsville.
Obituary from the Edwardsville Intelligencer, Friday, January 13, 1967, page 9:
Funeral Mass for Mrs. Anna Poneta, 66, and her husband, Frank A. Poneta, 68, will be Monday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Glen Carbon. The Rev. John Morris, pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in the Buck Road Cemetery.
Mr. Poneta, who was born Feb. 12, 1898 in Czechoslovakia, retired in 1959 from Armour & Company at the National Stock Yards where he had been employed 28 years.
Mrs. Poneta, daughter of the late Ben and Barbara Wolf Weiler, was born Aug. 15, 1900 at Glen Carbon. She and Mr. Poneta were married July 21, 1920.
A son, Frank B. Poneta, of Washington Park survives.
Mrs. Poneta is also survived by four brothers and five sisters, Mrs. Lil Hoerchler, Mrs. William (Isabel) Rasplica, Raymond, Kermit and Edward Weiler, all of Glen Carbon, Mrs. Charles (Hilda) Kovarik of Glen Crossing, Mrs. Bill (Catherine) Borchwardt of Edwardsville, Mrs. Louis (Linda) Ahlmeyer of Marine and George Weiler of Rockford.
Mr. Poneta is survived by two brothers, Anton of Glen Crossing and Joe of Maryville; and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Wand of St. Louis and Mrs. Agnes Lecompte of San Francisco, Calif. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Rose Poneta, and one sister.
The couple were members of St. Cecilia's Catholic Church.
Mr. Poneta was a member of the C.S.A. Lodge and Armour's Old Timers Club. He had also been a member of the Edwardsville Local of American Federation of Musicians since 1913.
Visitation will be at the Weber Funeral Home after 7 p.m. Saturday. The rosary will be recited Sunday night at 8 o'clock.
Pallbearers were Anthony Poneta, Oliver Poneta, Jay Wand, Tom Scheibal, Joe Wand, and L.D. O'Brien.
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