Obit: Schwarze, Wanda (1934 - 2012)

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Surnames: Schwarze, Francel, Tomsich

----Source: The Loyal TRG (Loyal, Clark County, WI) 20 JUNE 2012

Schwarze, Wanda (25 JULY 1934-14 JUNE 2012)

Wanda M. Schwarze, 77, Spencer, died on Thursday, June 14, 2012, at Golden Living Center-Continental Manor, Abbotsford. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., on Monday, June 18, at Immanuel United Church of Christ, rural Greenwood. Rev. Mark Schwinn officiated. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Rick mSchwarze, Jeff Schwarze, Mary Kay Francel, Karen Fuesz, Larry Pakiz and John Francel.

Wanda M. francel was born on July 25, 1934, in Marshfield, the daughter of Frank and Frances (nee Tomsich) Francel. As a young girl, her family moved to Marshfield, where she was raised and received her education, graduating from Columbus High School in 1952. Wanda then moved to Milwaukee where she held various jobs over the next several years. She married Orville Schwarze on Feb. 27, 1960, at St. Rose rectory in Milwaukee. They moved to Westby for a few months and then to Waukon, Iowa, where she worked as a secretary for a law firm. In July 1963, they moved to Spencer, where she worked as a secretary for Pathfinder Homes. She was a member of Immanuel United Church of Christ and the Spencer Garden Club. She had many interests, but especially loved reading, crafts, music and decorating for the holidays.

She will be dearly missed by her husband, Orville, Spencer; one brother, Arthur (Carole) Francel, Stevens Point; three sisters, Jan (Jack) McHugh, Glendale, Bette (Kent Johnson) Francel, Bloomington, Minn., and Eileen (Larry) Anderson, Eden Prairie, Minn.; one sister-in-law, Kay Francel, Mount Prospect, Ill.; and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, James Francel.

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

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