Updated July-2018:
Note: The Lacina ancestral village in Europe has been found.
Albert Lacina Sr's younger brother, Louis Lacina Sr. of Flint, MI [MEMORIAL ID 116505158], completed a United States World War I Draft Registration Card in which he lists his birthplace as the town of Sázava,(Czech pronunciation: [sazava], German: [Sasau], which is a town and municipality located in today's Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Located about 30 minutes southeast of beautiful Prague. Today, the Czech Republic includes the historical territories of Bohemia, Moravia, and Czech Silesia. The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast.
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Obituary: Albert Lacina (Sr) Rites Tuesday- Funeral services for Albert Lacina, 80, of 1022 Beehler, will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Paul Catholic Church with burial in St. Paul Cemetery.
He died Saturday at Pleasant View Hospital after being in failing health for several years. He had been in the hospital three weeks. The body will rest at the Knapp and Smith funeral Home, where Rosary will be recited at 7:40 p.m. today. Born in Bohemia, a province of Czechoslovakia, Jan. 10, 1878, he attended schools in Europe. After coming to the United States in 1907/8 he lived in Flint until coming to Owosso in 1909. In that year, he married Francis Shada at St. Paul Catholic Church.
Mr. Lacina was a member of the Catholic Workman Lodge at St. Joseph Church. He worked at a carpenter.
Survivors include eight daughters, Mrs. Mary Dennis of Burton, Mrs. Frances McKone, and Mrs. Helen Stone of Perry, Mrs. Anna Smalley and Mrs. Agnes Cerveny of Owosso, Mrs. Sophie Walser of Oakley, Mrs. Blanche Monce of Lansing, and Sister Alice Marie of Chicago; two sons, John of Owosso and Robert of Ovid; a brother, Lewis of Flint; 43 grand-children and four great-grandchildren.
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An excerpt from a write-up about his daughter Sister Alice Marie:
The Lacina family lived outside of Owosso in the country; and, although they were all baptized Catholic, they did not go to church because of the distance. They had no car, the father of the family had not learned to drive, and there were no means of getting to church other than walking.
Albert Lacina was born in Bohemia. His schooling included learning several languages, including English, which he spoke well. As a very young man he joined the army and became a cook. He and his brother immigrated to the United States in 1900. After his arrival in the United States, Albert looked up friends as they arrived and taught them to speak English.
The brothers settled in Flint, Michigan, but in 1909 Albert moved to Owosso where he met and married Frances Sheda. She was also from Europe, born in Moravia. Albert became a carpenter and managed to support his large family. Moravia is a historical country now within the Czech Republic and one of the historical Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Czech Silesia.
The parents did not speak Bohemian in the home. Their father had taught their mother to speak English, and English was the language of their home. "When we had company, they spoke in their original language so we wouldn't know what they were saying."
In 1934 the family moved into the city of Owosso, and the remaining Lacina children attended public schools until 1940.
more at:
Copy and past the following link into your browser to view a wonderful family letter written about sister Alice Marie Lacina:
http://adriandominicans.org/Portals/1/Pdf/inmemoriam/2014/Lacina-Sister%20Alice%20Marie.pdf

Albert's Father: John Lacina
Albert's Mother: Rogalie, Rosicke, Rosia ?
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Author: dpw