St. John Catholic Church (of Bomarton)
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Established in 1908, when services and Masses were held in Mary's Creek Schoolhouse or in home of Matt Marak. First Church edifice was built 1909, with John Cocek, Marak, Leopold Skrehot, and Alois Sykora, trustees. Father Paul Mosler was installed as first pastor in 1910. Brick church was built in 1936.
(1970)
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