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Stanley Matt Verbick, 87, of Babbitt, dies

Stanley Matt Verbick, 87, of Babbitt, died Monday, October 4, 2004. He was 
born Nov. 22, 1916 in Virginia to Matt and Mary (Tanko) Verbick and 
attended schools there. He was married on Oct. 12, 1940, to Mary Bonovich 
in Grand Rapids. 

Stan worked as a heavy equipment mechanic at mines in Babbitt and Marble 
and also at foreign jobs in Greenland, Africa and Canada. He was very 
talented musically, playing the acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, 
accordian, organ and harmonica. He taught his children to play the guitar. 
He entertained at many senior citizen homes all over the range with his 
friend, Gerri. Stan was a member of St. Pius X Catholic Church, Veterans 
of Foreign Wars Post No. 1539 and American Legion Post No. 535 in Babbitt 
and a past commander of the VFW post in Marble. He served in the U.S. Army 
during World War II in Germany. 

Stan is survived by his sons, Stan (Kathy) Verbick of Babbitt and Bruce 
(Lynn) Verbick of Duluth; three grandsons, Steve of Chisholm, Tom (Cheryl) 
of Gilbert, and Ryan of Duluth; great-grandson, Travis of Gilbert; 
sisters, Delores Kepp of Rochester, Alga Foss of Grand Rapids and Jean 
Verbick of Chicago; special friend, Gerri Mealy of Babbitt and numerous 
nieces and nephews. 

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Mary on November 8, 
1991; sisters, Rose Kishel, Frances Scott, Marie Williams and Angela 
Verbick; and his brother, Frank.

Family services provided by Kerntz Brothers, a Bauman Family Funeral Home 
in Ely. To leave an online memorial to Stan, go to 
www.baumanfuneralhome.com.