Obit: Prasnicki, Martin A. (1925 - 2016)

Transcriber: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Anderson, Boone, Dailey, Davis, Dylo, Gallett, Gwiazdon, Nelson, Perlock, Piwoni, Prasnicki, Raju, Sromek

----Source: The Star News (Medford, WI) 12/31/2016

Prasnicki, Martin A. (3 DEC 1925 - 28 DEC 2016)

Martin A. Prasnicki, 91, of Gilman, died at home on Dec. 28, 2016 under the care of Hope Hospice.

A funeral mass was held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017 at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Gilman with Father Madanu Lourdu Raju officiating. Burial followed in the Parish Cemetery.

Visitation was held on Monday, Jan. 2 from 5-7 p.m. at the Gilman Funeral Home with a 7 p.m. Parish Rosary and on Tuesday morning at church one hour prior to services.

He was born on Dec. 3, 1925 in Kane, Penn., the son of the late Alois and Agnes (Trulik) Prasnicki. The family moved to Wisconsin in March of 1926 and settled in Gilman. Martin attended Gilman public schools.

He enlisted in the US Navy in November of 1943. Martin did his boot camp in Idaho, then gunnery school in San Diego, Calif. for five weeks. Martin was then assigned as an armed guard on the Merchant Marine ship SS Flying Mist as a 20MM gunner which transported cargo and ammunitions to different islands in the Pacific Ocean (seven trips). He ended his service as a dispatcher in the motor pool at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Martin was discharged on May 6, 1946 with the rank of Coxswain.

On June 4, 1946 he came home to Gilman and bought a farm two weeks later. Martin worked on the farm that he loved until 2013, after which time he moved to the Village of Gilman. Martin not only farmed but also owned and operated a school bus for 37 years in the Gilman School District.

Martin married Margie Piwoni on July 10, 1948 at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Gilman. She preceded him in death due to an automobile accident on Dec. 2, 1967.

Martin married Loretta Sromek on Feb. 7, 1976 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Cleveland, Ohio.

Martin is survived by his wife, Loretta of Gilman; five children, Gary Prasnicki and Susan Dailey both of Rochester, Minn., Lorie (Jimmy) Gwiazdon and Cheryl (Randy) Boone both of Eau Claire and Mary (Steve) Davis of Richmond, Ky.; four grandchildren, Colin (Christa Anderson) and Caylee Boone, Ryan (Katrina Nelson) Gwiazdon and Savannah Davis; and two brothers, Henry (Dorothy) Prasnicki of Big Stone Lake, S.D. and Phillip Prasnicki of Gilman.

In addition to his parents, Martin is preceded in death by his first wife, Margie; one grandchild, baby Alexandra Davis; and nine siblings, Steve, Veronica, Mary, Agnes, John, Michael, Barbara Perlock, Rose Gallett and Anne Dylo.