| Detail: Simon Skroch
Simon Skroch b.10-28-1885
in Independence, Trempealeau Co.,
WI m.10-13-1914 in
Independence, Trempealeau Co.,
WI d.3-8-1969 in
Independence, Trempealeau Co., WI
From "History of Trempealeau County,"
compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, Chicago
and Winona, H.C. Cooper, Jr., CO., 1917, pages
574-5:
"Simon Skroch, a business man of
Independence, of which villiage his is now
postmaster, was born in Burnside Township,
Tremplealeau County, Wis,. Oct. 28, 1885.
His partensts were Frank and Agnes
(Sobota),<sic>Skroch . The father,
who was born in German Poland, came to America
in 1880, settling in Burnside Township, this
county, where he died in 1892 at the age of 58
years. His wife survived him a number of
years, dying in 1903 at the age of 52.
They had 10 children, of whom Simon was
the ninth in order of birth. He received
his education in the parochial school and the
Independence High School, graduating from the
latter in 1903. Simon Skroch in his
youth acquired a knowledge of farming, and
from 1904 to 1908 worked at that occupation
for his brother Michael. From 1910 to
1914 he earned a good living as a painter and
paper-hanger, follwing that occupation at
Independence. Dec. 22, 1913, he was
appointed postmaster at Independence by
President Wilson, and has since retained that
office. In politics he is a strong
Democrat. Aside from his immediate
occupation, he is a stockholder in the
Farmers' and Merchants' Bank of Independence.
He belongs to the Knights of Columbus in
Arcadia and is a member of the Catholic
Church. Oct. 13, 1914 he was united in
marriage with Lucy Zilla, of Indpendence, who
was born Dec. 11, 1892, daughter of John F.
and Agnes (Motszko) Zilla. her father,
who was a plumber by trade, died in 1907 at
the age of 39 years. her mother is still
living and resides in Independence, being now
44 years old. Mr. and Mrs. Skroch have
one child, Florence, who was born May 8,
1916."
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