Obit: Berez, Maria (1918 - 2018)

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

Surnames: Berez, Ruchliada, Nos, Dodge, Gorst, Labansky, Clark, Luhman, Schulz, Reissing

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 1/17/2018

Berez, Maria (21 March 1918 – 14 January 2018)

Maria Berez of Granton, WI, died Sunday, January 14, 2018, at the Marshfield Medical Center. She was 99.

Maria Berez of Granton, WI, Sunday, January 14, 2018, at the Marshfield Medical Center. She was 99.
Maria Nos was born March 21, 1918, to Sawka and Oksana (Ruchliada) Nos in Ukraine.

She married John Berez on October 14, 1942, in Ukraine. John and Maria immigrated to the United States in 1949, landing at Ellis Island, and eventually settling in Chicago. In 1954, they purchased a farm in the Town of Lynn, and they were dairy farmers until their retirement in the late 1980s.

They helped establish the Ukranian Orthodox Church in Granton, WI, and were devoted members of the church.

Maria was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She loved to cook, and garden.

She is survived, by three daughters: Helen (the late Paul) Dodge of Menomonie, WI, Julie (Greg) Gorst of Granton, WI, and Gina (Tom) Labansky of Elroy, WI; seven grandchildren: Jennifer Clark, John Luhman, James Dodge, Andrea Schulz, Andrew Schulz, Jason Gorst, and Ashley Reissing; and 13 great-grandchildren: Samantha, Adam, Brittney, Ryan, Aryas, Anya, Nicholas, Vincent, Arianna, Anthony, Jack, Isabelle, and Louella.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Sawka and Oksana Nos; her husband, John; two brothers; and her daughter, Valerie Schulz.

The funeral service will be held at 1:30 P.M. Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, at the Gesche Funeral home, Neillsville. Visitation will be from 12:00 p.jm. until the time of Funeral Wednesday at the funeral home.

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