Obit: Konwinski, Peter (1889 – 1967)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Konwinski, Banarck, Koepl, Dircks, Gasda, Holewinski, Kurek

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 11 May 1967

Konwinski, Peter (20 APR 1889 – 5 MAY 1967)

Peter Konwinski, 78, of 231 E. First Ave, Stanley, died Friday night.

Funeral services were held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at St. Anne's Catholic Church in Stanley, the Rev. Edmund Cramer officiating. Burialw as in St. Mary's Cemetery.

Born in Nebraska April 20, 1889, he married Veronica Banarck, Sept. 30, 1913. The couple farmed at Fullerton, Neb. Before moving to Thorp (Clark Co., Wis.), where they farmed for 39 years. Mr. and Mrs. Konwinski retired in 1960 and moved to Stanley.

Surviving are his wife; four sons, Raymond and Edward, Chippewa Falls, Chester, Necedah; and Virgil, Withee; four daughters, Mrs. Francis Koepl and Mrs. Harlyn Dircks, both of Stanley; and Mrs. Charles Gasda, Chicago, and Mrs. John Holewinski, Thorp; six brothers, Thomas, John, Henry and Joseph, Silver Creek, Neb., and Frank and Stanley, Columbus, Neb.; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Kurek and Miss Stella, both of Silver Creek, Neb.; and 29 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.