Obit: Grajek, Anna (1911 - 2008)

Poster: Robert Lipprandt

Email: bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Grajek, Kacher, Kaczmarek, Kwiatkowski, Pawlicki, Pfeiffer, Wellner

----Source: The Star News (Medford, Taylor Co., WI) Thursday, September 4, 2008, Online Edition

Grajek, Anna (June 6, 1911 - August 29, 2008)

Anna Grajek, 97, Lublin, died Friday, Aug. 29 at Our Lady Victory Hospital in Stanley. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Sept. 3 at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Lublin, with Father John Long officiating. Burial was at St. Stanislaus Catholic Cemetery.

The former Anna Kwiatkowski was born June 6, 1911 in Springfield, Ill. to the late Martin and Hedwig (Kaczmarek) Kwiatkowski.

As a young girl she moved to the Lublin area where she attended Clark School near Withee.

Following her education she lived and worked in Chicago, Ill. at a candy factory.

On September 21, 1930 at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Lublin, she married Anton Grajek, who preceded her in death on July 3, 1988. They farmed in the Lublin area, retiring in the late 1960s.

She was a member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church and its Altar and Rosary Society, and served as secretary and treasurer for many years. She also cooked for weddings and funerals. She enjoyed gardening, her flowers and trips out west.

Survivors include her children, Leonard of West Allis, Richard (Rosemarie) of Manitowoc and Carol Pawlicki of Thorp; 11 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by three sisters, Rose Wellner, Joanne Pfeiffer and Sophie Kacher; and a grandson, Douglas Pawlicki on January 7, 1990.

Thorp Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.