The Mass of Christian Burial for Edward Dominick Semrad, age 79, will be at 11:00 A.M. Friday, July 31, 2009, at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, with Rev. Kevin Ratterman officiating.  Recitation of the Rosary will be at 7:00 PM Thursday evening at the Anderson-Burris Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Bison Cemetery.  

     Edward was born to Frank Vaclav and Frances (Krejci) Semrad on August 14, 1929 in Marshall, and died Tuesday, July 28, 2009, in Enid.

    He grew up in Marshall and graduated from Marshall High School.  On October 5, 1949, he married Gloria  “Doddie” McCreary at St. Camilius Church in Marshall.  They made their home in Thayer, Kansas, where he was a carpenter and farmed.  In 1957, they moved to Enid.  Ed worked as a carpenter for Munger/Emmons for two years.  He then was a self-employed  home builder until 2002.  He was a member of Enid Homebuilders Association, St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, and former member of Knights of Columbus.  He loved to fish and hunt.

     Ed is survived by his wife Gloria “Doddie”, of the home; four sons, Edward Lee Semrad and wife Sharon, Larry Semrad and wife Debbie, Gary Semrad and wife Sandy, all of Enid, and Lynn “Bud” Semrad and Cathy Ford, of Waukomis; eight grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; three brothers, Willie Semrad of Douglas, Emil Semrad of Thayer, KS, and Joe Semrad of Galesburg, KS; and one sister, Agnes Parker of Thayer, KS.

     He was preceded in death by his parents Frank and Francis Semrad; two sisters, Beatrice Schubert and Mary McCarthy; and five brothers, Adolph, Wence, Robert, George and Bernard Semrad.

     Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Our Daily Bread or Hospice Circle of Love.