Son of William Smercina
Married Justina Roy June 3, 1873 Madison County, IL.
They divorced around 1904.
From the Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, Thursday, January 30, 1908, page 1:
A pathetic occurrence, in which Madison county people figured, was noted last evening by the St. Louis Times, which said that shortly before their appearance on the stage at the South Side Self-Culture Hall, 1921 South Ninth street, Tuesday night, Misses Rose and Gertrude Smercina, 1135 South Ninth street, received word from Highland, Ill., that their father lay dead of pneumonia. William Smercina died at the St. Joseph Hospital, Highland, at 6:30 o'clock. When word came over the long distance telephone at 8 o'clock the sisters were dressed for the evening's entertainment. They decided not to disappoint their friends and disrupt the program by abandoning themselves to tears which were welling to their eyes. Otto F. Leffler, the president of the association, was the only one informed of the death. He asked the sisters not to appear, but they insisted on playing the parts assigned to them. A roar of laughter greeted each bright line which Miss Rose, as one of the rich daughters of "The Fortune Hunter," had to speak. The act was a great success. Miss Gertrude Smercina recited part of "The Revolutionary Rising," and in describing the woes of the colonists she wept real tears. The hall echoed with applause. Near the end of a long program Mr. Leffler informed the audience, in a speech dealing with the purposes and progress of the association, of the bereavement which had befallen two of their entertainers. The body of William Smercina will be buried in SS. Peter and Paul's cemetery in Collinsville, Thursday. He was 60 years old. Two other daughters, Matilda and Marguerite, live in St. Louis. Leo, a son, is in school at Glencoe.
Married Justina Roy June 3, 1873 Madison County, IL.
They divorced around 1904.
From the Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, Thursday, January 30, 1908, page 1:
A pathetic occurrence, in which Madison county people figured, was noted last evening by the St. Louis Times, which said that shortly before their appearance on the stage at the South Side Self-Culture Hall, 1921 South Ninth street, Tuesday night, Misses Rose and Gertrude Smercina, 1135 South Ninth street, received word from Highland, Ill., that their father lay dead of pneumonia. William Smercina died at the St. Joseph Hospital, Highland, at 6:30 o'clock. When word came over the long distance telephone at 8 o'clock the sisters were dressed for the evening's entertainment. They decided not to disappoint their friends and disrupt the program by abandoning themselves to tears which were welling to their eyes. Otto F. Leffler, the president of the association, was the only one informed of the death. He asked the sisters not to appear, but they insisted on playing the parts assigned to them. A roar of laughter greeted each bright line which Miss Rose, as one of the rich daughters of "The Fortune Hunter," had to speak. The act was a great success. Miss Gertrude Smercina recited part of "The Revolutionary Rising," and in describing the woes of the colonists she wept real tears. The hall echoed with applause. Near the end of a long program Mr. Leffler informed the audience, in a speech dealing with the purposes and progress of the association, of the bereavement which had befallen two of their entertainers. The body of William Smercina will be buried in SS. Peter and Paul's cemetery in Collinsville, Thursday. He was 60 years old. Two other daughters, Matilda and Marguerite, live in St. Louis. Leo, a son, is in school at Glencoe.
Son of William Smercina
Married Justina Roy June 3, 1873 Madison County, IL.
They divorced around 1904.
From the Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, Thursday, January 30, 1908, page 1:
A pathetic occurrence, in which Madison county people figured, was noted last evening by the St. Louis Times, which said that shortly before their appearance on the stage at the South Side Self-Culture Hall, 1921 South Ninth street, Tuesday night, Misses Rose and Gertrude Smercina, 1135 South Ninth street, received word from Highland, Ill., that their father lay dead of pneumonia. William Smercina died at the St. Joseph Hospital, Highland, at 6:30 o'clock. When word came over the long distance telephone at 8 o'clock the sisters were dressed for the evening's entertainment. They decided not to disappoint their friends and disrupt the program by abandoning themselves to tears which were welling to their eyes. Otto F. Leffler, the president of the association, was the only one informed of the death. He asked the sisters not to appear, but they insisted on playing the parts assigned to them. A roar of laughter greeted each bright line which Miss Rose, as one of the rich daughters of "The Fortune Hunter," had to speak. The act was a great success. Miss Gertrude Smercina recited part of "The Revolutionary Rising," and in describing the woes of the colonists she wept real tears. The hall echoed with applause. Near the end of a long program Mr. Leffler informed the audience, in a speech dealing with the purposes and progress of the association, of the bereavement which had befallen two of their entertainers. The body of William Smercina will be buried in SS. Peter and Paul's cemetery in Collinsville, Thursday. He was 60 years old. Two other daughters, Matilda and Marguerite, live in St. Louis. Leo, a son, is in school at Glencoe.
Married Justina Roy June 3, 1873 Madison County, IL.
They divorced around 1904.
From the Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, Thursday, January 30, 1908, page 1:
A pathetic occurrence, in which Madison county people figured, was noted last evening by the St. Louis Times, which said that shortly before their appearance on the stage at the South Side Self-Culture Hall, 1921 South Ninth street, Tuesday night, Misses Rose and Gertrude Smercina, 1135 South Ninth street, received word from Highland, Ill., that their father lay dead of pneumonia. William Smercina died at the St. Joseph Hospital, Highland, at 6:30 o'clock. When word came over the long distance telephone at 8 o'clock the sisters were dressed for the evening's entertainment. They decided not to disappoint their friends and disrupt the program by abandoning themselves to tears which were welling to their eyes. Otto F. Leffler, the president of the association, was the only one informed of the death. He asked the sisters not to appear, but they insisted on playing the parts assigned to them. A roar of laughter greeted each bright line which Miss Rose, as one of the rich daughters of "The Fortune Hunter," had to speak. The act was a great success. Miss Gertrude Smercina recited part of "The Revolutionary Rising," and in describing the woes of the colonists she wept real tears. The hall echoed with applause. Near the end of a long program Mr. Leffler informed the audience, in a speech dealing with the purposes and progress of the association, of the bereavement which had befallen two of their entertainers. The body of William Smercina will be buried in SS. Peter and Paul's cemetery in Collinsville, Thursday. He was 60 years old. Two other daughters, Matilda and Marguerite, live in St. Louis. Leo, a son, is in school at Glencoe.
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