Obit: Bzowy, Sophie (1895 - 1961)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Bzowy, Posda, Huczko, Block, Maki, Visek, Voelvel

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 03/16/1961

Bzowy, Sophie (4 APR 1895 - 12 MAR 1961)

Mrs. Mike Bzowy, 65, of rural route 2, passed away at St. Joseph’s Hospital at 11:00 p.m., Monday, March 12, 1961, after being hospitalized two days.

Sophie Posda was born April 4, 1895 in Chicago, Ill.  She came to Stanley, the Junction area, with her parents, Martin and Frances Posda in 1901.  She married Mike Bzowy in 1915 at Junction.  They have since resided in that area.

Funeral services will be held at St. Mary’s National Catholic Church, Lublin on Friday, March 17.  Rev. Martin Wachna will officiate at the ten a.m. service, with burial in the parish cemetery.

Surviving are: her husband Mike, five sons, Mike Jr., Walter, Edward, Tony and Henry, all of Chicago; six daughters, Mrs. Helen Buzko, Mrs. Frances Block, Mrs. Rose Maki, Mrs. Agnes Visek, and Elsie, all of Chicago, and Mrs. Emily Voelvel, Los Angeles, Calif.; one brother, Geo. Posda, Stanley; twenty-three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.