Obit: Holub, Elsie (1919 - 2015)

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

Surnames: Holub, Stopa, Marek

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 7/15/2015

Holub, Elsie (7 August 1919 - 8 July 2015)

Elsie Holub, 95, of Neillsville died Wednesday, July 8, 2015, at the memorial medical Center in Neillsville.

Elsie Marek was born Aug. 7, 1919, in Hatfield, the daughter of James and Josephine (Stopa) Marek. She went to Clay School, just east of Hatfield. After finishing her education, she worked in Chicago as a nanny/housekeeper. She was united in marriage to Ervin Holub Aug. 12, 1940. They farmed in the Town of Levis. Elsie also worked for 20 years at the Winnebago Indian School in Neillsville as a houseparent, and she worked for many years at Nefco in Neillsville.

She is survived by a son, Harold (Arlene) Holub, of Black River Falls and many nieces, nephews, friends and other relatives.

She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; and two sisters, Josephine and Olga.

Private family services are being held.

Online condolences may be made at www.geschefh.com.  The Gesche Funeral Home is assisting Elsie’s family with funeral arrangements.