WILLIAM A. STRACK

~Correction: Strack was married March 18, 1954; funeral mass was held Friday.

William Anthony Strack, 86, 211 Mason, died Wednesday, Sept. 14, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

He was born Aug. 24, 1908, at Jonesboro, Ark., son of Phillip and Caroline Weber Strack. On March 18, 1908, he married Edna Scherer.

A World War II Army veteran, Strack was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral. He worked as an engineer for a barge line on the Mississippi River for 16 years, and was also custodian five years at Southeast Missouri State University.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Mary Walker of Cape Girardeau; a stepdaughter, Shirley Cutright of Bethalto, Ill.; five brothers, Leo Strack of San Diego, Calif., Dennis Strack of Wisconsin, Al Strack of Berwyn, Ill., Ben Strack of St. Louis, John Strack of Elgin, Ill.; two sisters, Clara Isaac of Chaffee, Mary Jackson of Sikeston; three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. Parish prayers will be at 7.

Funeral mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Cathedral, with the Rev. Glenn Eftink officiating. Burial will be in Lightner Cemetery at Scott City.