Surnames: Blaschka, Luright, Guetschow, Heise

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 10/16/1947

Blaschka, Helen (31 Oct. 1903 - 6 Oct. 1947)

Mrs. Elmer Blaschka died at 4:30 p.m. Monday, October 6th, at the age of 43 years at the Winona, Minn., General Hospital after an illness of several days. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Thursday, October 9th, at the Lima Catholic church, Rev. Francis Luright officiating and internment was made in the Lewistos Catholic cemetery.

The deceased was born in School Hill, Wis., October 31, 1903, and had been a resident of the Wyattville community for the past five years.

Survivors are her husband; two sons, Wilbur and Nyle, and a daughter, Shirley, at home; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Guetschow of Colby, Wis.; two brothers, Norman, Colby, and Lester of Stevens Point, Wis., and one sister, Mrs. Bert Heise of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Guetschow of Colby were at the bedside of the deceased on Monday, October 6th.

*** Note: Mrs. Blaschka’s first name is from the Minnesota Death Index, 1908 - 2002.