Obit: Urlaub, Josephine (1893 - 1967)

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

Surnames: Urlaub, Cicha, Drahota, Blair, Hlavka, Walters, Svetlik, Lukas, Hainz, Nelson

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 1/04/1968

Urlaub, Josephine (19 March 1893 - 29 December 1967)

Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine A. Urlaub, 74, of Neillsville, who died December 29, 1967, at her home, were held Tuesday morning from St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Neillsville. The Rev. George M. Nelson officiated. Burial was made in the parish cemetery.

Mrs. Urlaub was born March 19, 1893, in Prague, Czechoslovakia, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Anton Cicha. She was married June 1, 1918, in Superior to Joseph P. Urlaub, who preceded her in death.

She was a member of the Christian Mothers of St. Mary’s and St. Anthony’s Circle of the P. C. C. W. A rosary service was held Monday evening at the Georgas Funeral Home.

Mrs. Urlaub is survived by a daughter, Miss Lorraine Urlaub of Neillsville; and by a son, Joseph Urlaub of San Bernardino, Cal. Other survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Anna Drahota of Superior and Miss Emma Cicha of Prague, Czechoslovakia; by a brother, Carl Cicha, also of Prague; and by five grandchildren.

Pallbearers were: Eugene Walters, Jr., Tony Svetlik, Max Lukas, Francis Urlaub, Ed Hainz and LeRoy Drahota.

People from out-of-town here for the funeral were: Joseph Urlaub of San Bernardino, Cal.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blair of Superior; Mrs. Anna Drahota of Superior; LeRoy Drahota of Seattle, Wash.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Drahota of Superior; and Mrs. Frank Hlavka of Superior.