Obit: Wucki, Mary (1886 - 1953)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Wucki, Davis, Fox, Kaczor, Leketas  
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) September 10, 1953  
 

Wucki, Mary (26 November 1886 - 3 September 1953)  
 

Mrs. Mary Wucki, 66, of Forest Park, Ill., died Thursday evening, September 3, at an Oak Park, Ill. hospital.  She had been ill for three years. 
 

Funeral services were conducted September 8 at 9 a.m. from St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Fr. Peter Leketas being the officiating clergyman.  Burial was in the Neillsville City Cemetery. 
 

Mrs. Wucki was born November 26, 1886, in Poland.  When 17 years old she came to this country and made her home in Chicago, where she worked until she married Alphons Wucki on January 17, 1909.  They remained in Chicago until 1917, when they moved to a farm in the Town of Washburn.  In 1941 they bought a small farm on the outskirts of Neillsville, where she lived until about two and one-half years ago.  At this time she went to live with her daughters in Chicago. 
 

She is survived by the following children: John Wucki, Leo Wucki and Frank Wucki, all of Chicago; Mrs. Gordon (Jean) Davis, Forest Park, Ill.; Mrs. James (Frances) Fox of Forest Park, Ill.; twelve grandchildren also survive. 
 

Her husband preceded her in death in 1947 as did three brothers and two sisters.  She leaves one sister, Mrs. John (Carol) Kaczor of Neillsville. 
 

A general rosary was said Monday evening at 8 p.m. at the Bergemann Funeral Home.