Obit: Briski, Mathew #2 (1878 - 1953)
Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Briski, Zagar, Vivoda, Malnar, Stimec, Gulczynski, Malasuk, Lendosky, Kesely, Gasparac

----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 06/11/1953

Briski, Mathew #2 (6 JAN 1878 - 3 JUN 1953)

Mathew Briski, 75, died at his home at Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.)died at 6:30 a.m. following a heart attack. Among his survivors are 14 children.

Funeral services were held Saturday at 9 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, the Rev. Edward Hartung officiating. Burial was made in the parish cemetery.

A native of Yugoslavia, Mr. Briski was born Jan. 6, 1878, and came to this country in 1901. He married Katherine Zagar on Feb. 2, 1902, then they moved to Chisholm, Minn., where they lived until 1918.

That year they moved to a farm near here, where they remained until November 1948, when they moved to Greenwood following his retirement.

He was a member of St. Mary’s Church, and the SNPJ Lodge 198 of Willard.

His wife and the following children survive: Mathew, Chicago; Anton and Mrs. Joseph (Julia) Vivoda, Berwyn, Ill.; Mrs. Matt (Mary) Malnar, Willard; Mrs. Matt (Elizabeth) Stimec, Cicero, Ill.; Albert and Mrs. Steven (Katherine) Gulczynski, Minneapolis; Mrs. Florian (Angeline) Gulczynski, Theodore, Frank, Robert and John of Greenwood; Mrs. Stanley (Rosa) Malasuk and Mrs. Stanley (Delores) Lendosky, Thorp.

Other survivors include 21 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Frances Kesely, Hibbing, Minn., and Mrs. Josephine Gasparac, Yugoslavia. Eleven brothers and sisters preceded him in death.