Bio: Kadonsky, Frank J.

Surnames: KADONSKY

----Source: ABBOTSFORD, WIS. CENTENNIAL BOOK - 1973

Kadonsky, Frank J.

Frank J. Kadonsky came to this area in 1877 with his family, at the age of six months, to homestead a farm northeast of Abbotsford, now known as the George Kadonsky farm.

He attended schools in the area and graduated from the Colby High School, The only high school in the area at the time. He taught rural schools for some years before going on to the University of Wisconsin, where he graduated in 1908.

He establish the Marathon County Agricultural School, which later became the Marathon County Normal, he helped organize the Farmers State Bank at Stetsonville. He was married in 1919 and settled on the north side of Abbotsford, later moving to a home just east of the grade school gym. This home was later moved north to its present location and owned by August Barnett.

Frank Kadonsky, who was employed by the Soo Line as a land development agent, is enjoying good health at the age of 95 and is a resident at St. Joseph’s Home in Kenosha. His wife died in 1938 and is buried in Abbotsford.

They had four children, Robert, John, Francis and Irene.

Frank's Father's Obituary