Surnames: Potocnik, Anderson, Kowalski, Paulsen, Bilhacz, Pfalzgraft, Lane, Lewandowski

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Thu, May 19, 2005

Potocnik, Hattie A. (14 Oct. 1920 - 18 May 2005)

OWEN - Hattie A. Potocnik, 84, of Owen died Thursday, May 18, 2005, at Colonial Center in Colby.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 21, 2005, at Nazareth Lutheran Church in Withee.

Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at Maurina Funeral Home in Owen and from 12:30 p.m. until service time Saturday at the church.

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Fri, May 20, 2005

Hattie A. Potocnik

OWEN -Hattie A. Potocnik, 84, of Owen passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2005, at Colonial Center in Colby.

Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 21, 2005, at Nazareth Lutheran Church in Withee. Pastor Bryan Anderson will officiate.

Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Withee. Pallbearers will be Eddie Potocnik, Jerry Potocnik, Gloria Potocnik, Dennis Potocnik, Mike Kowalski and Elliott Paulsen.

Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Maurina Funeral Home in Owen and from 12:30 p.m. until service time Saturday at the church.

Hattie was born Oct. 14, 1920, in rural Lublin to Michael and Tillie (Bilhacz) Kowalski. She grew up on the Kowalski farm and attended school and church in Lublin. She met Rudy Potocnik and they were married June 17, 1939, in Neillsville. They settled down on the Potocnik family farm, where they farmed for 45 years before moving to Owen in 1991. If we remember Hattie, we remember her for her love of dancing. The polka was her favorite. She loved her Polish polka music and dancing. It made her come alive like nothing else could. She loved her family, liked gardening and was a great cook. She also loved making ceramic decorations and working at her church. She was a volunteer at the Clark County Health Care Center. She was a member of Nazareth Lutheran Church.

Hattie is survived by her children, Judith (James) Pfalzgraf of Thorp and Gary (Bertha) Potocnik of Owen; six grandchildren, Kristin Pfalzgraf (Roger) Paul, Jaime Pfalzgraf, Drew Potocnik, Shane Potocnik, Brittanna Potocnik and Shannon Potocnik; one stepgrandson, Mitchell Lane; one sister, Mary Lewandowski of Cary, Ill.; and two brothers, Frank (Darlene) Kowalski of Withee and Felix (Edna) Kowalski of Lansing, Ill.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Rudy on June 5, 1994; and two brothers, Joseph and John Kowalski.