Obit: Potaczek, Mary (1917 – 1970)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Potaczek, Conway, Kovcic, Andlovic, Finke, Jansky, Wright, Johnson

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 07 Jan 1971

Potaczek, Mary (16 MAY 1917 – 31 DEC 1970)

Mrs. Mary Josephine Potaczek, 53, of Ogema, Wisconsin, formerly of Thorp (Clark Co., Wis.), passed away Thursday, December 31, 1970, at Memorial Hospital, Medford, where she had been taken several hours before due to an apparent heart attack.

Funeral service were held on Monday, January 6th, 11:00 a.m. from St. Theresa's Catholic Church at Westboro. Father Conway officiated, with burial being made in Mount Olive Cemetery. Westboro.

Mary Kovcic was born at Chicago on May 16, 1017. She was united in marriage to Sylvester Potaczek on February 23, 1941 at Chicago. She lived in Chicago until 1943, when they moved to a farm in the Thorp area. In 1965 they then moved to Ogema.

Surviving, besides her husband, are: one son, Walter, of Hilbert, Wisconsin; one grandchild; one brother, George Andlovic of Broadhead; four sisters, (Elaine) Mrs. Edward Finke of Rockford, Ill., (Pauline) Mrs. John Jansky of Lake Geneva, (Irene) Mrs. William Wright of Oregon, Illinois, (Marjorie) Mrs. Fred Johnson of Prospect Heights, Illinois.