Obit: Basara, Emily (1919 - 1969)

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

Surnames: Basara, Plonka, Nowak, Pack, Werdermann, Kramer, Wroblewski, Novak, Dickenson, Pasek, Gruper, Jingle, Parker, Pittner, Jelinek, Bloczynski, Mohr, Votava, Faber, Sprague

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 9/18/1969

Basara, Emily (2 April 1919 - 11 September 1969)

Mrs. Emily (Edward) Basara, 50, of Chicago, Ill., died at Franklin Boulevard Hospital there Thursday, September 11. The body lay in state Sunday at the Georgas Funeral Home here, and funeral services were held there Monday at 1:30 p.m., with the Rev. D. Eugene Sprague, pastor of the Assembly of God Church, officiating. Burial was made in the Hatfield Cemetery (Jackson County).

Mrs. Basara was born April 2, 1919 to Thomas and Frances (Plonka) Nowak, in Jackson County. She received her education in the Hatfield School. As a young lady she went to Chicago, where she worked and lived most of her life. She was married to Edward Basara in that city on September 2, 1939. He survives.

Other survivors include: two daughters, Mrs. Tom (Sandra) Pack of Chicago and Mrs. Peter (Shirley) Werdermann of Wildwood, Ill.; two sisters, Mrs. Harry (Anna) Wroblewski of Chicago and Mrs. Milton (Lillian) Kramer of Skokie, Ill.; a brother, Rudolph Novak of Merrillan; and three grandchildren.

Pallbearers were: Erwin Gruper, Albert Mohr, Joe Pasek, John Dickenson, Klaus Werdermann and Richard Kramer. Mrs. Vivian Votava and Mrs. Norman Faber sang, “Sweet Bye and Bye” and “Amazing Grace,” with guitar accompaniment.

Those from out of town attending included Edward Basara, John Dickenson, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Novak and family, Mrs. John Pasek, Joe Pasek, Clara Pasek, Mrs. Frank Pollick, Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Gruper, Mrs. Walter Jingle, Sr., Walter Jingle, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Orville Parker, all of Merrillan; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Pack, Mrs. Anna Wroblewski, Mrs. Emma Werdermann, Klaus Werdermann, Richard Kramer, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kramer, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kramer and Kandice, and Mrs. Elmer Pittner of Chicago, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Werdermann of Wildwood, Ill.; Mrs. Lillian Kramer of Skokie, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Chester Novak of Marshfield; Mrs. Charles Jelinek and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Bloczynski of Black River Falls.