Obit: Fortuna, Mary #2 (1874 - 1964)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Fortuna, Kershisnik, Slemec, Savage, Nikolai

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) December 10, 1964

Fortuna, Mary (15 August 1874 - 2 December 1964)

Mrs. Mary Fortuna, 90, of Trevor and formerly of Willard, died at her home Wednesday.

Funeral services were held at 9 a.m. Monay from the Hill Funeral Home at Greenwood and at 10 a.m. from Holy Family Catholic Church in Willard. The Rev. Wm. Nikolai officiated and burial was made in Holy Family Cemetery.

The former Mary Kershisnik was born August 15, 1874, in Yugoslavia.  In 1901 she married Anton Fortuna in Rock Springs, Wyo.  Mr. Fortuna died in February, 1928.

Coming from Wyoming in 1911, they settled in Willard on the farm now occupied by their son, Louis. Mrs. Fortuna made her home there until 1949 then lived for a few years in Neillsville, Willard and Greenwood, moving to Trevor six years ago.

Survivors include four daughters, Miss Agnes Fortuna of Trevor, Mr. Joseph (Frances) Slemec of Owen, Mrs. Andrew (Mary) Savage of Chicago, and Mrs. John (Ann) Fortuna of Rock Springs, Wyo.; three sons, Anton of North Lake, Ill., John of Trevor and Louis of Willard; 17 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.