Obit: Briski, Mildred E. (1925 - 1966)

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Surnames: Briski, Williams, Meyer, Kippenhan, Berthold, Bartelt

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.)   05/05/1966

Briski, Mildred E. (11 NOV 1925 - 21 APR 1966)

Mrs. Frank Briski, 40, of Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.) died unexpectedly Thursday, April 21, 1966, at 3:40 p.m. in St. Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield, where she was admitted that morning.

Mrs. Briski, the former Mildred Eva Williams, daughter of Rollin and Bessie Williams, was born Nov. 11, 1925, in the township of Reseburg.  She was married Feb. 10, 1945, to Frank Briski at Neillsville.  The Briski’s farmed in the Greenwood area, presently two miles west of her.

She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and its St. Ann’s Society.

Survivors are: her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Larry (Virginia) Meyer of Loyal, and Patricia, at home; two sons, Frank M. and William at home; a grandchild; her mother, Mrs. Bessie Williams of Marshfield; five sisters, Mrs. Alvin (Emma) Kippenhan and Mrs. Donald (Nettie) Berthold of Greenwood, Miss Della Williams of Cushing, Tex., Mrs. Dalton (Grace) Bartelt of LeMars, Iowa, Miss Hester Williams of Janesville; three brothers, Walter of Colorado Springs, Colo., Dewey of Thorp and Roy of Friendship.

Funeral services were held Monday at 9 a.m. from the Hill Funeral Home, and at 10 a.m. from St. Mary’s Catholic Church.  The Rev. Aloysius Baumann officiated.  Burial was made in St. Mary’s Cemetery.