Obit: Broda, Anna (1892 - 1962)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Broda, Kopeck, Hmielak

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 02/22/1962

Broda, Anna (15 NOV 1892 - 15 FEB 1962)

Mrs. Anna Broda, 69 of Thorp (Clark Co., Wis.), passed away at the Chippewa Falls Hospital on Thursday, Feb. 15th, 1962 of natural causes.

The former Anna Kopeck was born in Poland on Nov. 15, 1892. She was united in marriage to John Broda in 1919, who preceded her in death in Dec. 1946.

She resided in the Town of Reseburg for many years on a farm.

Surviving her are three sons, John and Edward Broda of Chicago, and Thomas Broda of Thorp, one brother, Stanley Kopeck of Detroit, Mich., one sister, Mrs. Mary Hmielak of Thorp and two grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted by Father Masalewicz at the Thorp Funeral Home Chapel on Monday, Feb. 19th and burial was made in St. Hedwig’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were Peter Wnek, Frank Wnek, Eugene Kurzawski, Edmund Gregoszewski, John Hmielak and Thomas Polnaszek.

Out of town persons attending the funeral were Mike Brya of Minneapolis, Helen Krodl and son Frank of Green Bay, Stanley Kopeck of Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. John Broda, Edward Broda, Mrs. Harry Heller, Ed Bohoby, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kurzowski, Ray Martin, Mrs. Florence Wodarski and Esther Wilson of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gregoszewski of Chippewa Falls.