----Source: MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD (Marshfield, Wis.) 05/01/2003

Staszcuk, Gertrude E. (7 NOV 1922 - 30 Apr 2003)

THORP - Gertrude Elizabeth Staszcuk, 80, of Thorp, Clark County, Wis. died April 30, 2003, at the Oakbrook Health and Rehabilitation.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Bernard's-St. Hedwig's Catholic Church.

Thorp Funeral Service is assisting the family with the arrangements.

Gertrude was born Nov. 7, 1922, in Thorp to Walter and Myrtle (Kubera) Badzinski. She was united in marriage to Stanley P. Staszcuk on June 21, 1941, at St. Hedwig's Catholic Church. The couple moved to the Chicago area where Gertrude was a homemaker and raised a family of four children. They moved to Eau Claire in 1963 and Gertrude returned to Thorp in 2001. Her husband, Stanley, died on March 31, 1983.

Survivors include her children, Ronald Staszcuk of Prince George, Va., Marcia (Philip) Spratt of Altoona, John (Judy) Staszcuk of Eau Claire and David (Lori) Staszcuk of Chippewa Falls; 10 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter; two sisters, Polly Szczech of Thorp and Val (Edmund) Krych of Minneapolis; and two brothers, Harry (Margaret) Badzinski and Alex Badzinski, both of Thorp.