Obit: O’Konski, Donald L. #2 (1933 - 2007)
Contact:  Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: O’Konski, Zawacki, Warden, Stewart, Fraley, O’Conner

----Sources: Thorp Courier (Thorp, WI.) February 7, 2007

O’Konski, Donald L. (March 22, 1933 - January 31, 2007) Flag

Donald L. O’Konski, age 73, Owen, died Wednesday January 31, 2007 at his home.

Funeral services are at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, February 8, 2007 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Owen, Wis. Father Paul Gitter will officiate.

Visitation was at 10:00 a.m. until time of services at the church on Thursday. Maurina/Community Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Donald was born March 22, 1933 in rural Thorp to Harry and Della (Zawacki) O’Konski. He received his early education at Colby Bright School and Owen High School. After high school he entered the U.S. Army. He came home from the Army to farm on the family farm where he farmed for the last 53 years. He continued to help his nephew Steve O’Konski on the farm. He was a member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church.

He will be sadly missed by his family which included one sister, Cecila (Jack) Warden of San Juan Capistrano, CA and one brother Maurice O’Konski of Laguna Niguel, CA, and nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, Amy Stewart, Viola Fraley, and Mary Ann O’Conner, and one brother Edward O’Konski.