Obit: Osolkowski, Kathryn (1879 - 1957)

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Email: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Osolkowski, Warkentien, Bednarek

----Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 02/21/1957

Osolkowski, Kathryn (15 OCT 1879 - 18 FEB 1957)

Mrs. Kathryn Osolkowski passed away Feb. 18, 1957 at Victory Memorial Hospital, Stanley.  She had suffered a stroke 14 days previously and gone into a coma from which she never recovered.

Kathryn Osolkowski was born in Posen, Poland on Oct. 15, 1879.  She came to the United States in 1906.  In 1908 she was married to Albert Osolkowski at Hurley, Wis.  They came to this area, settling in the town of Holway, Taylor Co., on a farm in 1912.

Her husband passed away Nov. 28, 1947.  One son, Roman, passed away in infancy, and a son, Stanley, passed away in 1941 at the age of 21.

She is survived by her son Frank Osolkowski fo the town of Holway; a daughter, Mrs. C. (Mary) Warkentien of Milwaukee, a daughter, Mrs. Barney (Josephine) Bednarek of Portage, a son Joe of Milwaukee; 11 grandchildren and 1 great-granddaughter.

Services were held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church of Holway on Thursday, Feb. 21, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon with Father Webber of Stetsonville officiating.  A Rosary services was held Wednesday evening at the Hoeper and Kraut Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were Ignatz Nowak, Joe Kowalewski, Vendell Karaba, Chas. Rahn, George Hamm, and Jack Purgett.  Interment was made in the St. Mary’s Cemetery.