Obit: Jagodzinski, Clara M. (1896 – 1975)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Jagodzinski, Tellock, Miller, Buchholz, Makovec, Van Ruth, Huebner, Harnisch, Carlsen, Wolf, Haemer, Steffers, Knecht

---------Source: Owen Enterprise (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 03 Sep 1975

Jagodzinski, Clara M. (6 FEB 1896 – 29 AUG 1975)

Services for Mrs. Clara M. Jagodzinski, 79, of La Crosse, formerly of Owen (Clark Co., Wis.), were held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Kraut-Maurina Funeral Home in Owen. Mrs. Jagodzinski died at 3:15 p.m. Friday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield, where she had been admitted August 20.

Officiating was the Rev. Roger Tellock, pastor of St. Paul's American Lutheran Church in Curtiss. Burial was at Withee Riverside Cemetery.

The former Clara Miller was born February 6, 1896 at La Crosse. Her marriage on December 2, 1915 at La Crosse was to Paul Jagodzinski. He died December 8, 1967. The couple moved to Owen in 1920 and farmed in the Town of Green Grove (Clark Co.) until 1951 (? – the 1 was not clear, so maybe some other number). They then returned to La Crosse.

Survivors include two sons, Donald, Milwaukee, and Arnold, Owen; three daughters, Mrs. Leon (Marjorie) Buchholz, McFarland, Mrs. Joe (Emily) Makovec, Owen, and Mrs. Arthur (Lillian) Van Ruth, Wisconsin Rapids; two sisters, Mrs. Helen Huebner and Mrs. Anna Harnisch, both of La Crosse; 19 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband she was preceded in death by a daughter, Ruth, two sons, a sister, three brothers and two granddaughters.

Serving as pallbearers were Frank Makovec, Jim Carlsen, Ron Wolf, Carl Haemer, Bob Steffers, and Carl Knecht.