Obit: Debevec, Agnes Elizabeth "Aggie" #2 (1929 - 2012)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Debevec, Jazdouskas, Klapatauskas, Coleman, Fischer, Dulinsky, Vallone, Podobnik, Gregorich, Wind, Bauer, Christianson, Dunn, Follmar

----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark Co., WI.) 4/4 /2012

Debevec, Agnes Elizabeth "Aggie" (11 January 1929 - 29 March 2012)

Agnes E. "Aggie" Debevec, age 83, of Greenwood, died on Thursday, March 29, 2012, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at Holy Family Catholic Church, in Willard.  Rev. Joseph Follmar officiated and burial followed in Holy Family Catholic Cemetery.  The Pallbearers were Luke Bauer, Mindy Bauer, Craig Debevec, Jesse Coleman, Jeff Christianson, Ann Christianson and Christopher Dunn.  Visitation was held at Cuddie Funeral Home, in Greenwood, on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., with a 7 p.m. rosary service, and at the church on Wednesday, from 10 a.m. until time of service.

Agnes Elizabeth Klapatauskas was born on January 11, 1929, in Thorp, WI, the daughter of Michael and Katherine (Jazdouskas) Klapatauskas.  She was raised on the family farm, received her education at Butler School and graduated from Greenwood High School in 1947.  She was united in marriage to Frank C. Debevec on January 10, 1948, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Willard.  They lived and raised their family in Willard.  Agnes worked several jobs throughout her married life, including, Barr’s Minkery, Grabara’s Bakery in Greenwood, Wedges Creek Research Lab south of Willard, and was a CNA at the Clark County Health Care Center, in Owen. Her husband Frank died on March 16, 1998. Aggie continued to live in Willard until moving to Greenwood in 2006.

She was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and was very active in the PCCW and was a key organizer of the church’s annual bazaar; and a member of the Willard Social Club. Aggie had many interests, but especially loved to cook; volunteering for just about anything, playing pinochle, bowling, working jigsaw puzzles and driving.

She will be dearly missed by her three children: Patricia (Cal) Coleman of Cottage Grove, MN, William (Linda) Debevec of Neillsville, Alan (Karol) Debevec of Greenwood; five grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; one sister, mary Fischer of Chicago, IL; one brother, Julius Klapatauskas of Thorp, WI; two sisters-in-law: Lorraine Klapatauskas of Marshfield, and Margie Klapatauskas of Withee; one brother-in-law, Ray (Laverne) Debevec of Pasco, WA; several nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. 

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Frank; one son, Randy, in 1952; six sisters: Ann Klapatauskas, Estelle Dulinsky, Frances Vallone, Martha Podobnik, Katherine Gregorich, and Josephine Wind; and two brothers: Charles and Michael Klapatauskas.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.cuddiefh.com. 

Cuddie Funeral Home, of Greenwood, assisted the family with arrangements.