Merle Allen Prascak, 60, LaPorte, died at 9:45 a.m. Friday (Sept. 26, 2003) at Carroll Woods Health and Rehabilitation Center, Michigan City.
A private family service will be held. Cremation has taken place.
Mr. Prascak was born Sept. 11, 1943, in Rensselaer, Ind., to Michael and Martha (Halstead) Prascak Sr. On April 1, 1999, he married Barbara Janke Newman, who survives.
Survivors also include one son, Merle (Amanda) Prascak Jr., Rockford, Ill.; one granddaughter, Zoe Eula Prascak; two sisters, Beverly (Greg) Szybala, LaPorte, and Tandra (David) Robinson, Valparaiso; and two brothers, Michael Prascak Jr., LaPorte, and John (Jo Ann) Prascak, Charlotte, N.C.
Mr. Prascak was a U.S. Army veteran, serving as a sharpshooter during the Vietnam War.
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