Obit: Ociecek, Katherine #3 (1887? - 1953)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Ocieciek, Eppers, Bratko, Kozencak, La Due, Grober

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 07 May 1953

Ociecek, Katherine (1887? - 4 MAY 1953)

Mrs. Katherine Ociecek, 68, passed away at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Chicago, on Monday, May 4, 1953 at 10:10 a.m. from a heart ailment. Mrs. Ocieciek was ill with a heart condition for the past two years, but had gone to Chicago for a visit at Christmas and planned on returning for Memorial Day.

She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Everett (Sally) Eppers, Loyal; Mrs. Albert (Mary) Bratko, Mrs. Walter (Stella) Kozencak, Chicago; Rose La Due, Eau Claire; and Mrs. George (Helen) Grober, Milwaukee; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Her husband passed away Aug. 24, 1948 and she was also preceded in death by a son.

A Solemn Requiem Mass will be sung at St. Hedwig's Catholic Church, Thorp, at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 7th, the Rev. Father Peikarski, pastor, as celebrant, Rev. John Novak, Junction City and Rev. Norbert King, Loyal, assisting. She will be laid to rest in the cemetery at Thorp.