Obit: Fraid, Elizabeth M. "Betty" (1932 – 2017)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Fraid, Brice, Staut, Friedman, Lindner, Volovsek, Sladich, Lohrman, Jeras, Flis

Source: Tribune/Record/Gleaner (Abbotsford, WI) – 19 Jul 2017

Fraid, Elizabeth M. "Betty" (21 NOV 1932 – 14 JUL 2017)

Elizabeth M. “Betty” Fraid, 84, West Allis, formerly of Willard, passed away on Friday, July 14, 2017, at Matthew’s Senior Living in Saint Francis. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., on Wednesday, July 19, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Willard. Rev. Steve Brice officiated. Burial followed in Holy Family Catholic Cemetery. Pallbearers were Vic Staut, Mike Friedman, Ron Volovsek, Greg Lindner, La Verne Volovsek and Frank Sladich.

Elizabeth Marie Volovsek was born on Nov. 21, 1932, on a farm four miles west of Greenwood, the daughter of Frank Sr. and Anna (nee Flis) Volovsek. She was raised on the family farm in Willard, and received her education in the Willard area, graduating from Greenwood High School in 1950. After completing her education, Betty moved to West Allis and went to work for Allis Chalmers as a secretary. It was there that she met her future husband, Joseph W. Fraid Jr. They were united in marriage on Sept. 25, 1954, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Willard. They spent many weekends at her husband’s home farm in Daggett, Mich., at her parents’ home farm in Willard, and at the Volovsek cabin on Mead Lake helping her aging parents. She continued to work for Allis Chalmers, which later became the Siemens Corp., until retiring in 1982. After retiring, Betty used her secretarial skills and spent many months authoring and organizing a comprehensive booklet of the Volovsek family genealogy for her large, extended family. Betty also loved her flowers, and every year her backyard was the envy of the neighborhood. She continued to live in her beloved West Allis home until medical issues forced her to move into assisted living.

She is survived by one brother, Tony Volovsek, of Kamiah, Idaho, and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Betty was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Joe, on Oct. 2, 2001; six brothers: Frank Jr., William, Joe, Al, Stanley and John Volovsek; and four sisters: Elizabeth (in infancy), Anna Lohrman, Mary Staut and Margaret Jeras.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.cuddiefh.com. 

Cuddie Funeral Home, Greenwood, assisted the family with arrangements.