Juan Dobal Zarza
A brick at the Saranac Laboratory has been dedicated in the name of Juan Dobal Zarza by his granddaughter, Mayra M. Prado
Born: October 21, 1893
Died: February 23, 1920
Married: Guillermina Bock Rojo
Children: Juan, Guillermina, Lidia
Juan Dobal Zarza was born in Havana, Cuba. He arrived from Cuba, age nineteen, accompanied by his mother, Edelmira Zarza de Dobal, on May 12, 1913 on the SS Seguranca which sailed from Havana on May 6, 1913. He cured for a time at the Rumenapp Cottage He was discharged from the sanatorium on June 5, 1914. He returned to Cuba and married Guillermina Bock Rojo. They had three children, Juan, Guillermina and Lidia. When he died at the age of 26 his children were 2 1/2, 1 1/2 and his wife was pregnant with their third child, Lidia.
