Surnames: Michonski, Gurkis

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 01/08/1942

Michonski, Frank (31 JUL 1861 - 4 JAN 1942)

Frank Michonski, 80, passed away at the Vinton Nursing home at Neillsville (Clark Co., Wis.) on Sunday, Jan. 4, 1942, of infirmities of old age. He suffered a stroke of paralysis two years ago from which he never fully recovered.

Mr. Michonski was born in Poland on July 31, 1861. He came to America forty-three eyars ago and up to 1939 operated a farm in the Town of Butler (Clark Co.).

He is survived by his widow, who is also at the Vinton Nursing Home, and one daughter, Mrs. Magdalene Gurkis.

Funeral services were conducted by Father F.A. Kulig at St. Hedwig’s Church on Tuesday morning, Jan. 6th, at ten o’clock with interment following in the parish cemetery.