Obit: Pospyhalla, Shirley (1935 - 2018)

Transcriber: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Borchardt, Brusky, Brzezinski, Conner, Ellenbecker, Heidmann, Kurtzweil, Perrodin, Pospyhalla, Sonnentag, Wirkus, Wisnewski

----Source: The Record-Review (Abbotsford, WI) 12/20/2018

Pospyhalla, Shirley (Sonnentag) (29 JAN 1935 - 17 DEC 2018)

Shirley Pospyhalla, 83, of Edgar, passed away Monday, Dec. 17, 2018.

She was born Jan. 29, 1935, to the late Harry and Odelia Sonnentag. She married Walter Pospyhalla on March 2, 1954, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Marathon. The couple lived on a dairy farm in Edgar until retirement. Her husband preceded her in death on Oct. 24, 2004.

Shirley was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Among her favorite pastimes, she enjoyed cooking, reading, watching football and baseball games and spending time with her children and grandchildren. She had a good sense of humor and enjoyed a good joke and telling stories. She will be greatly missed by her family.

Survivors include her children, Debra (Randy) Ellenbecker, Kaye (Steve) Conner, Shelley Pospyhalla, June Borchardt, Mike (Roxanne) Pospyhalla and Sonia (Jim) Heidmann; 15 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; her brother, Wallace (Lucille) Sonnentag; three sisters, Delores Brzezinski, Rita (Larry) Perrodin and Carol (Daniel) Brusky; brother-in-law, Lyle (Marge) Pospyhalla; sisters-in-law, Angie Kurtzweil and Grace (Richard) Wirkus.

Besides her husband and parents, Shirley was preceded in death by her grandson, Samuel Pospyhalla; son-in-law, Bruce Borchardt; brothers-in-law, Stanley Brzezinski, Edwin Kurtzweil and Bob Wisnewski; and sister-in-law, MaryLou Wisnewski. A private celebration of life will be held on a later date.