Obit: Ryniec, Helen Regina (1909 - 2007)
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Surnames: Ryniec, Kryanski, Kowieski, Skrzypek, Olson

----Sources: Marshfield News-Herald, January 26, 2007

Ryniec, Helen Regina (10 Jan. 1909 - 25 Jan. 2007)

Helen R. Ryniec

THORP -- Helen Regina Ryniec, age 97, of Thorp, died Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007, in Thorp.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 29, 2007, at the Thorp Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Withee.

Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Thorp Funeral Home.

She was born June 10, 1909, in the town of Withee to John and Julianna (Kryanski) Kowieski. She married Stanley Skrzypek on Oct. 6, 1934, at St. Hedwig's Catholic Church in Thorp. He preceded her in death in August 1943. She married Leo Ryniec on April 15, 1944, at St. Helen's Catholic Church, Chicago. They farmed north of Thorp from 1945 until their retirement in 1971. Leo passed away Feb. 1, 1973. Helen moved to Thorp and worked at the Thorpedo Restaurant for 15 years.

She is survived by her children, Dotty (Gerald) Olson of Indian Trail, N.C., Donald (Vicky) Ryniec of Janesville and David (Maureen) Ryniec of Arnold, Calif.; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and her brother, Michael Kowieski of Auburndale.