Obit: Celar, Marian (1891 - 1988)

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

Surnames: Celar, Zavrl, Barr, Kern, Denk, Sorenson

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 6/09/1988

Celar, Marian (5 March 1891 – 28 May 1988)

Marian Celar, 97, formerly of Greenwood, died Sunday, May 28, at Neillsville Memorial Home, where she had been a resident for the past five years. She was born March 5, 1891, in Yugoslavia to Frank and Frances Zavrl and attended school there. On May 10, 1911, she married Lawrence Celar in Chicago. He died in 1961. She lived in Chicago for many years before moving to Willard to farm in the Town of Hendren. She was a member of the SNPJ Slovenian Lodge.

Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Fred (Bernice) Barr of Greenwood; two sons, William and Frank both of Neillsville; a sister, Mrs. Anna Kern of Chicago; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two sons and nine brothers.

Services were held Wednesday, June 1, at Rinka Funeral Home in Greenwood. The Rev. Richard Sorenson of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church of Greenwood officiated. Burial was made in Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers were Larry, Tom, Todd, and Jamie Barr and Jason and Steven Denk.