Obit: Slowiak, Sally (1918 - 2005)

Contact:  Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Slowiak, Skwieralski, Blasczyk, Fitzsimmons

----Sources: Thorp Courier (Thorp, WI.) October 4, 2005

Slowiak, Sally (March 3, 1918 - April 23, 2005)

Sally Slowiak, age 87, lifelong Stanley area resident, passed away peacefully on April 23, 2005 at Our Lady of Victory Hospital, Stanley, WI.

A Christian Burial Mass was held on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. with Father Robert Nelson officiating. Burial followed in the St. Mary’s Czestochowa Cemetery, Town of Thorp, WI. Friends and family called on Tuesday evening from 4-8 p.m. at the Plombon Funeral Chapel, Stanley, WI with a 7:30 p.m. Rosary being recited.

Sally was born March 3, 1918 in Lexington Township, MN, the daughter of John and Mary (Skwieralski) Blasczyk. At a young age she and her family moved to the Town of Taft, Clark County, WI where she grew up and attended area rural schools. She was united in marriage to Alex Slowiak on May 28, 1938 at St. Mary’s Czestochowa Catholic Church in Junction, Town of Thorp. They lived and farmed in the Junction area until 1983 when they moved into Stanley and have resided there since. While on the farm she enjoyed raising her chickens and then later was an avid collector of chicken memorabilia. She also spent many hours embroidering dishtowels, tablecloths and quilt blocks for all of the family members. She was an active member of St. Mary’s Czestochowa Catholic Church and then later Holy Family Catholic Church and was a member of the PCCW, St. Jude’s Circle and the County Line Women’s Club.

She is survived by her children Paul (Barb) Slowiak of Chippewa Falls, WI, Mary (Clarence) Fitzsimmons of Stanley, WI, Don (Betty) Slowiak of Wood Dale, IL, Jerry (Pat) Slowiak of Thorp, WI, Ken (Barb) Slowiak, and Roger (Deb) Slowiak of Stanley, WI; 21 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren and daughter-in-law Kathy Slowiak of Eagle River, WI.

Sally was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Alex in 1988, on son, Tom Slowiak and 10 brothers and sisters.

In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorials be donated to the Boyd-Stanley Catholic Schools and the Stanley Historical Society.

Plombon Funeral Services assisted the family with arrangements.