Obit: Sladek, Lorraine “Sue”
Caroline (1935 - 2022)
Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail:
dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Sladek, Kreitlow, Grubofski, Silcox, Campbell, Cheramy, Bekken, Dahlby,
Knox, Baldauf, Wettstein, Flewellen, Brue, Grap, Drackley
----Source: Gesche Funeral Home (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 6/15/2022
Sladek, Lorraine “Sue” Caroline (10 April 1935 – 11 June 2022)
Lorraine (Sue) Caroline Sladek, 87 of McFarland formerly a long-time resident of
Granton, died on Saturday, June 11, 2022, at UW Health University Hospital,
Madison.
Sue was born in rural Pittsville, on April 10, 1935, to Otto and Mary (Kreitlow)
Grubofski. She was their first daughter and was part of a large family which
included 12 siblings.
She was united in marriage to Donald Sladek on October 1, 1955, in Pittsville.
After her marriage, Sue worked as a Nurse’s Aide at the Marshfield Clinic while
working on their family farm in Granton and raising three children. She also did
seasonal work for Figi’s in Marshfield.
She enjoyed watching and cheering on the Packers, listening to Country & Western
music and Polka dancing at the Silver Dome Ballroom in Neillsville. While on the
farm, she enjoyed growing vegetables in her large garden. After living on the
farm for over 40 years, she and Don sold the farm and moved across the road.
They enjoyed their rural surroundings, their grandchildren and visiting their
daughter in Alabama. A few years after Don’s death, she moved to McFarland to be
closer to her son.
She is survived by her sons, Donald (Renee) Sladek of Marshfield, Dan (Kathy)
Sladek of McFarland; grandchildren, Wendy (Ryan) Silcox, Jamie (Tom) Campbell,
Rebecca Sladek, Lauren (Kyle) Cheramy, Colin (Marissa Bekken) Sladek;
great-grandchildren, Jayson Dahlby, Chloe Knox, Tyler Baldauf, Bailee Wettstein,
Preston and Everly Cheramy.
She is also survived by her siblings: Carl Grubofski of Belvidere, IL, Fred
Grubofski of Pittsville, Richard Grubofski of Marshfield, Otto (Mary) Grubofski
of Wisconsin Rapids, Larry Grubofski of Wisconsin Rapids, John Grubofski of
Marshfield, Ida Flewellen of Marshfield, and Laura Brue of Loyal. She is further
survived by sister-in-law Mildred Grap of Neillsville and many nieces and
nephews.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Donald, daughter
Dawn, grandson Keith, sister Bertha Drackley, brothers: Otto Jr., Clarence,
Wallace Grubofski; brothers-in-law: Leo Flewellen, Dexter Brue, Richard Drackley,
Frederick Grap.
A private graveside service will be held at the Neillsville City Cemetery.
Online Condolences may be made at
www.geschefh.com. The Gesche Funeral Home is assisting Sue’s family
with funeral arrangements.
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