Obit: Koci, Julia (1908 - 1976)

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Surnames: KOCI KOHLNHOFER DISHAW OPERLE FICK BALLIS

----Source: Tribune-Record-Gleaner 2/25/1976

MRS. JULIA KOCI RITES SAID AT GREENWOOD

Mrs. Julia Koci, 67, Greenwood, Clark County, was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital following a heart attack on Feb. 20, 1976.

Mrs. Koci was born Feb. 26, 1908, at Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. She came to America in 1914 when she was 5. Her marriage to Frank Koci took place in 1930. They lived in Phillips, Wis. and Milwaukee until 1947, when they moved to rural Loyal and farmed and built what is now known as K-Korners tavern. In 1950, she moved to Greenwood. She worked as a bookkeeper at Clark Electric Cooperative from Oct. 16, 1954 to July 1971, when she retired. She received her education at South Milwaukee High School and graduated from Metropolitan Business College in Milwaukee.

Services were held on Feb. 23 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Greenwood with burial at St. Mary's Cemetery. Reverend Robert Houston officiated, with Rinka Funeral Home in charge of services.

Mrs. Koci was a member of St. Mary's Church, St. Ann's Society, Royal Neighbors and the Greenwood Auxiliary.

Her parents and one son are deceased. Surviving Mrs. Koci are one daughter, Mrs. Francis (Carolyn) Kohlnhofer, Route 2, Greenwood two sons, Robert, Bordeaux, France and James, Milwaukee, Wis. four sisters, Mrs. Lydia Dishaw, Oak Creek, Mrs. Larry (Ann) Operle, South Milwaukee, Mrs. Myron (Mary) Fick, South Milwaukee, and Mrs. David (Margaret) Ballis, South Milwaukee.

Pallbearers were Francis Brey, Clayton Kohlnhofer, John Speich, Adolph Wessel, Bernie Kitzhaber and Joe Herr.

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Obit: Koci, Julia #2 (1908 - 1976)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Koci. Kronpa, Kohlnhofer, Dishaw, Operle, Fick, Ballis, Brey, Speich, Wessel, Kitzhaber, Herr, Houston

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 2/26/1976

Koci, Julia (26 February 1908 – 13 February 1976)

Mrs. Julia Koci, 67, Greenwood was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital in Marshfield at 9:05 a.m. Friday. Death was attributed to a blood clot in her lung.

The former Julia Kronpa was born February 26, 1908, in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, and came to America when she was five years of age. She attended high school in South Milwaukee and graduated from Metropolitan Business College in Milwaukee.

After her marriage to Frank Koci in 1913, the couple lived in Phillips and Milwaukee. In 1947, they moved to rural Loyal, where they farmed and built what is now known as K-Corners Tavern.

In 1950 she moved to Greenwood and worked as a bookkeeper for Clark Electric Cooperative from 1954 until retirement in 1971.

Mrs. Koci was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, St. Ann’s Society and Royal Neighbors of America.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Francis (Carolyn) Kohlnhofer of Greenwood, two sons Robert of Bordeaux, France, and James of Milwaukee: four sisters, Mrs. Lydia Dishaw of Oak Creek, Mrs. Larry (Ann) Operle, Mrs. Myron (Mary) Fick and Mrs. David (Margaret) Ballis, all of South Milwaukee; and five grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday from St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Burial was made in the parish cemetery. The Rev. Robert Houston officiated.

Pallbearers were Francis Brey, Clayton Kohlnhofer, John Speich, Adolph Wessel, Bernard Kitzhaber and Joe Herr.