Obit: Kangas, Josephine Anna (1916 - 2000)

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Surnames: KANGAS STOKOSA FILIPIAK SZPARA ORIANS

----Source: STAR NEWS, Mar. 15, 2000

Josephine Kangas (1916 - 2000)

Former Lublin resident Josephine Anna Kangas, 84, Owen, died Sunday, March 12, at the Clark County Health Care Center in Owen, where she had resided since 1986.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 17 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Owen, with Rev. James Schaefer officiating. Burial will be at the Riverside Cemetery in Withee. Pallbearers will be Scott Kangas, Jay Kangas, Joe Stokosa, Louis Stokosa, Anthony Filipiak, and John Szpara.

Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. on Thursday, March 16, at Maurina Funeral Home in Owen, with a prayer service at 7 p.m.

The former Josephine Stokosa was born on February 13, 1916, at the Town of Roosevelt, to the late Joseph and Mary Ann (Hanula) Kangas. She received her education and lived most of her life in the Town of Roosevelt. She lived and worked in Chicago for a short time until returning home to care for her mother. She then continued to live on the home farm helping her father.

Her marriage to Jalmer Kangas, who died August 18, 1995, took place on September 28, 1940 at Withee. They lived in Withee a short time and then returned to farm in Lublin until 1965. She was employed at the former Havenet Nursing Home in Owen as a kitchen helper and cook. She retired in 1978.

She was a member of St. Stanislaus Church in Lublin. She enjoyed gardening, baking, and playing cards.

Survivors include one daughter, Karen Kangas, Stanley one son, Charles (Andrea), Owen one sister, Estelle Orians, Chicago, Ill. and two grandchildren.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Louie, Andrew, and Edward and four sisters, Henrietta, Pauline, Mary, and Isadora.