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The Passing Of A Local Food Legend

Visitation is today and the funeral is tomorrow for John Sobeck. He may not be a household name, but his product has made it into many homes.
Mr. Sobeck was the founder of the Chicken Shack restaurants.

He opened his first Chicken Shack store in Royal Oak in 1956. He and his wife Iola took the broasted chicken process and added their own methods, perfecting it into their popular product, which has expanded to 20 area stores.

The family says Mr. Sobeck died of cancer. He was 92.
Monday, August 15
Visitation: 2-8 p.m. with a prayer service at 7 p.m.
A.J. Desmond and Sons Funeral Home
32515 Woodward Ave.
Royal Oak 48073

Tuesday, August 16
Funeral: National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica
2100 Twelve Mile Rd.
Royal Oak, MI 48073
Lying in State in St.Therese Chapel at Mass at 10:30 a.m.