Obit: Staniec, Helen Catherine (1913 - 2007)

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Surnames: Staniec, Zawacki, Jarocki, Wiles, Dallas, Soper

----Sources: Marshfield News-Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) Aug 2, 2007

Helen C. Staniec (22 FEB 1913 - 30 JUL 2007)

THORP -- Helen Catherine Staniec, 94, of Thorp, died Monday, July 30, 2007, at Oakbrook Health and Rehabilitation in Thorp.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 3, at St. Mary's Polish National Catholic Church in Lublin. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery.

Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Friday at the Thorp Funeral Home.

Helen was born Feb. 22, 1913, in the town of Withee to Andrew and Philomena (Zawacki) Jarocki. She was united in marriage to Walter Staniec on Oct. 2, 1935, at St. Mary's Polish National Catholic Church in Lublin. They farmed in the town of Withee until retiring in 1973. Walter preceded her in death Oct. 26, 1990.

She is survived by her children, Marianne (Jerry) Wiles of Watertown, S.D., Betty (Jim) Dallas of Thorp, and Walter Jr. (Mary Ann) Staniec of Ham Lake, Minn.; 11 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren; and her sister, Frances (Frank) Soper of Withee.