My mother was the third child (of six) and the second daughter born to Milton and Neoda (Gross) Cooper. She was born at home in the historic 1840 Cheney-Faulkner-Cooper home at 5810 S. Racine Avenue in New Berlin, WI. It was made a historic landmark in December 1997 and is the oldest frame house in Waukesha County.
Mom had pretty green eyes. She completed formal schooling in a one-room schoolhouse to the age of 16 (June 1950). Then she helped take care of the family farm (fruit orchard) and also, from 1951 to 1955, worked as a housekeeper for another family. In 1956 until her marriage, she did general factory work. She was raised in the Lutheran religion.
Millie Cooper, 20, met George Gadzalinski, 23, in May 1954 at the White Dove Cafe in Muskego and they became engaged on Feb. 14, 1955.
After converting from Lutheran to Catholicism, she married George R. Gadzalinski (b. 27 Aug 1930) on Oct. 6, 1956 at St. John Kanty Church in Milwaukee. She gave birth to eight children:
Linda Marie (b. July 1957)
Diane Frances (born prematurely in Apr. 1958; lived one day)
Ronald George (b. April 1959)
Susan Louise (b. May 1960)
Nancy Joann (b. May 1962)
Richard Michael (b. July 1963)
Janet Mary (b. August 1964)
Lorie Jean (b. July 1972)
In Dec. 1958, with a $1000 inheritance from the estate of her grandfather (Edward Gross), my parents put a down payment on a newly built house in a new subdivision at 3261 S. 98th Street, Milwaukee. This modest 3-bedroom ranch home, with a big (about 100 feet), shady hickory nut tree in the large backyard, is where their family was raised. It was a great suburban-like neighborhood to grow up in despite the house being small for the large family. A much needed fourth bedroom was built in the basement (for my brother and I) in 1973.
Postscipt: Sadly, the beautiful, memorable hickory tree was chopped down in 2012 by the current owner. I have such wonderful memories of sitting under this tree as a boy, reading or playing and of eating the delicious hickory nuts when they were ripe.
My mother packed many school lunches and prepared many meals in her lifetime. My recipe favorites of hers were potato pancakes (from her mother), savory beef stew, baked macaroni and cheese, chili (also passed down from her mother), a goulash variation, and, of course, her delicious blueberry torte pie and lime cherry/pineapple/pecan Jello mold dessert. Mom also enjoyed the tradition of baking Christmas cookies every year with us kids.
Mostly a full-time wife and mother, but she held several part-time jobs. In the 1960's and 70's my mother was a cashier (Sentry grocery; then Treasure Island Dept. store). She was a bartender at Burnham Bowl for a short time in the late 70's. In the 80's and 90's she earned extra money as a housekeeper in private homes.
Her interests included reading (mostly true-life crime), jigsaw puzzles, birds (her favorite was cardinals) and animals (especially dogs & cats), houseplants, astrology and country music (she became friends with some country radio station DJs). My mother also liked to collect records (mostly 45's but many LP albums as well) and had a large collection of music from the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s (rock & roll, country, soloists, etc). I enjoyed sitting at the record player as a boy and playing a lot of this music. Mom also enjoyed occasional trips to Nashville, TN and Branson, MO in the 1980s and 1990s. After Secretariat won the Triple Crown in 1973, mom became somewhat interested in horse racing. Occasionally she would go to Arlington Park in Arlington, IL (mostly with her brother Herb and/or her friend Wanda) to play the horses.
Mom also enjoyed live theater (the Fireside in Fort Atkinson was a favorite venue) and restaurant dining (her favorite entree was prime rib). She also liked the George Webb restaurant chain for their hamburgers (with fried onions), chicken soup and a good bowl of chili. My mom had a kind and generous heart but she was often outspoken, direct, critical, and sometimes even harsh with others. She was slow to forgive if she felt hurt by someone (this happened with her daughter-in-law Suzette and others).
My parents had their 25th wedding anniversary in Oct. 1981. She and my dad became grandparents to a twin boy and girl in Sept. 1983.
Widowed in June 1988, my mother moved into a tri-level condo on Nov. 30, 1995. It was sad to see our childhood sold after almost 37 years of ownership.
Because of health problems mom developed emphysema and she quit smoking in 1996. On May 29, 1999, mom moved to Oak Creek Estates Mobile Home Park at 2301 W. College Ave. in Oak Creek after she bought a very nice two bedroom double wide manufactured home there. She had a cat for a pet.
In 2000 (age 66), mom was told she had diabetes (insulin injections required). Then in March 2003, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer (detected too late). She had her left breast removed by surgery (May 2003) but the cancer spread. The chemo treatments went reasonably well at first but by Autumn 2004 her health was deteriorating. I got divorced in Sept. 2004 and, with no where else to go, moved in with my mother and was able to help her; something I am very thankful about. Her health abruptly got worse around Nov. 1, 2004 and she started to require home nursing care and then around-the-clock care. Mom's cancer spread to her liver and eventually her brain.
Mom loved her family dearly and especially loved Christmas when the whole family gathered together. Knowing her time left with us was growing short, we celebrated Christmas on Thanksgiving Day in 2004. The day after Thanksgiving (Nov. 26th), mom was transported to the caring Milwaukee Hospice Residence. She died there peacefully in the early morning hours of Thursday, Dec. 2nd (around 4:30am) at the age of 70. Everyone was able to see her in her bed one last time that morning before she went to the funeral home. I remember putting the radio on as I was driving home (I didn't go to work) and the first song I heard was "The Christmas Shoes" by NewSong. My emotions came to the surface and I had to stop the car because I broke down crying. Her funeral service and burial were held on Monday, Dec. 6th at St. Adalbert Catholic Cemetery. She was buried to the left of my dad's grave.
My mother was survived by her seven children, Linda Spear, Ronald, Susan (Rod) Bochek, Nancy Floyd, Rick (Diane), Janet (Frank Bekteshi) and Lorie. Also, She was grandma to 11 grandchildren (Ryan & Diane Spear; Nicole, Kevin, Brian & Sarah Gadzalinski; Renee, Jason, Joseph & Robyn Bochek; Carly Floyd). Also survived by her siblings: Herbert, Frances Wettengel, Ronald, Glenn (Karen), and Nancy (Curt) Johnstone. She was a loving aunt to many nieces and nephews. Survived also by her best friend Wanda Pulvermacher,
Note: Her first great-grandchild, Jin Holland, was born after her death in July 2005.
Note: youngest daughter, Lorie Gadzalinski, became a mother of four children (three girls and a boy) that were born between 2008 and 2011. Sadly, these are grandchildren mom will never know but I get comfort with the feeling that she watches over all of us from Heaven.
Mom had pretty green eyes. She completed formal schooling in a one-room schoolhouse to the age of 16 (June 1950). Then she helped take care of the family farm (fruit orchard) and also, from 1951 to 1955, worked as a housekeeper for another family. In 1956 until her marriage, she did general factory work. She was raised in the Lutheran religion.
Millie Cooper, 20, met George Gadzalinski, 23, in May 1954 at the White Dove Cafe in Muskego and they became engaged on Feb. 14, 1955.
After converting from Lutheran to Catholicism, she married George R. Gadzalinski (b. 27 Aug 1930) on Oct. 6, 1956 at St. John Kanty Church in Milwaukee. She gave birth to eight children:
Linda Marie (b. July 1957)
Diane Frances (born prematurely in Apr. 1958; lived one day)
Ronald George (b. April 1959)
Susan Louise (b. May 1960)
Nancy Joann (b. May 1962)
Richard Michael (b. July 1963)
Janet Mary (b. August 1964)
Lorie Jean (b. July 1972)
In Dec. 1958, with a $1000 inheritance from the estate of her grandfather (Edward Gross), my parents put a down payment on a newly built house in a new subdivision at 3261 S. 98th Street, Milwaukee. This modest 3-bedroom ranch home, with a big (about 100 feet), shady hickory nut tree in the large backyard, is where their family was raised. It was a great suburban-like neighborhood to grow up in despite the house being small for the large family. A much needed fourth bedroom was built in the basement (for my brother and I) in 1973.
Postscipt: Sadly, the beautiful, memorable hickory tree was chopped down in 2012 by the current owner. I have such wonderful memories of sitting under this tree as a boy, reading or playing and of eating the delicious hickory nuts when they were ripe.
My mother packed many school lunches and prepared many meals in her lifetime. My recipe favorites of hers were potato pancakes (from her mother), savory beef stew, baked macaroni and cheese, chili (also passed down from her mother), a goulash variation, and, of course, her delicious blueberry torte pie and lime cherry/pineapple/pecan Jello mold dessert. Mom also enjoyed the tradition of baking Christmas cookies every year with us kids.
Mostly a full-time wife and mother, but she held several part-time jobs. In the 1960's and 70's my mother was a cashier (Sentry grocery; then Treasure Island Dept. store). She was a bartender at Burnham Bowl for a short time in the late 70's. In the 80's and 90's she earned extra money as a housekeeper in private homes.
Her interests included reading (mostly true-life crime), jigsaw puzzles, birds (her favorite was cardinals) and animals (especially dogs & cats), houseplants, astrology and country music (she became friends with some country radio station DJs). My mother also liked to collect records (mostly 45's but many LP albums as well) and had a large collection of music from the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s (rock & roll, country, soloists, etc). I enjoyed sitting at the record player as a boy and playing a lot of this music. Mom also enjoyed occasional trips to Nashville, TN and Branson, MO in the 1980s and 1990s. After Secretariat won the Triple Crown in 1973, mom became somewhat interested in horse racing. Occasionally she would go to Arlington Park in Arlington, IL (mostly with her brother Herb and/or her friend Wanda) to play the horses.
Mom also enjoyed live theater (the Fireside in Fort Atkinson was a favorite venue) and restaurant dining (her favorite entree was prime rib). She also liked the George Webb restaurant chain for their hamburgers (with fried onions), chicken soup and a good bowl of chili. My mom had a kind and generous heart but she was often outspoken, direct, critical, and sometimes even harsh with others. She was slow to forgive if she felt hurt by someone (this happened with her daughter-in-law Suzette and others).
My parents had their 25th wedding anniversary in Oct. 1981. She and my dad became grandparents to a twin boy and girl in Sept. 1983.
Widowed in June 1988, my mother moved into a tri-level condo on Nov. 30, 1995. It was sad to see our childhood sold after almost 37 years of ownership.
Because of health problems mom developed emphysema and she quit smoking in 1996. On May 29, 1999, mom moved to Oak Creek Estates Mobile Home Park at 2301 W. College Ave. in Oak Creek after she bought a very nice two bedroom double wide manufactured home there. She had a cat for a pet.
In 2000 (age 66), mom was told she had diabetes (insulin injections required). Then in March 2003, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer (detected too late). She had her left breast removed by surgery (May 2003) but the cancer spread. The chemo treatments went reasonably well at first but by Autumn 2004 her health was deteriorating. I got divorced in Sept. 2004 and, with no where else to go, moved in with my mother and was able to help her; something I am very thankful about. Her health abruptly got worse around Nov. 1, 2004 and she started to require home nursing care and then around-the-clock care. Mom's cancer spread to her liver and eventually her brain.
Mom loved her family dearly and especially loved Christmas when the whole family gathered together. Knowing her time left with us was growing short, we celebrated Christmas on Thanksgiving Day in 2004. The day after Thanksgiving (Nov. 26th), mom was transported to the caring Milwaukee Hospice Residence. She died there peacefully in the early morning hours of Thursday, Dec. 2nd (around 4:30am) at the age of 70. Everyone was able to see her in her bed one last time that morning before she went to the funeral home. I remember putting the radio on as I was driving home (I didn't go to work) and the first song I heard was "The Christmas Shoes" by NewSong. My emotions came to the surface and I had to stop the car because I broke down crying. Her funeral service and burial were held on Monday, Dec. 6th at St. Adalbert Catholic Cemetery. She was buried to the left of my dad's grave.
My mother was survived by her seven children, Linda Spear, Ronald, Susan (Rod) Bochek, Nancy Floyd, Rick (Diane), Janet (Frank Bekteshi) and Lorie. Also, She was grandma to 11 grandchildren (Ryan & Diane Spear; Nicole, Kevin, Brian & Sarah Gadzalinski; Renee, Jason, Joseph & Robyn Bochek; Carly Floyd). Also survived by her siblings: Herbert, Frances Wettengel, Ronald, Glenn (Karen), and Nancy (Curt) Johnstone. She was a loving aunt to many nieces and nephews. Survived also by her best friend Wanda Pulvermacher,
Note: Her first great-grandchild, Jin Holland, was born after her death in July 2005.
Note: youngest daughter, Lorie Gadzalinski, became a mother of four children (three girls and a boy) that were born between 2008 and 2011. Sadly, these are grandchildren mom will never know but I get comfort with the feeling that she watches over all of us from Heaven.
My mother was the third child (of six) and the second daughter born to Milton and Neoda (Gross) Cooper. She was born at home in the historic 1840 Cheney-Faulkner-Cooper home at 5810 S. Racine Avenue in New Berlin, WI. It was made a historic landmark in December 1997 and is the oldest frame house in Waukesha County.
Mom had pretty green eyes. She completed formal schooling in a one-room schoolhouse to the age of 16 (June 1950). Then she helped take care of the family farm (fruit orchard) and also, from 1951 to 1955, worked as a housekeeper for another family. In 1956 until her marriage, she did general factory work. She was raised in the Lutheran religion.
Millie Cooper, 20, met George Gadzalinski, 23, in May 1954 at the White Dove Cafe in Muskego and they became engaged on Feb. 14, 1955.
After converting from Lutheran to Catholicism, she married George R. Gadzalinski (b. 27 Aug 1930) on Oct. 6, 1956 at St. John Kanty Church in Milwaukee. She gave birth to eight children:
Linda Marie (b. July 1957)
Diane Frances (born prematurely in Apr. 1958; lived one day)
Ronald George (b. April 1959)
Susan Louise (b. May 1960)
Nancy Joann (b. May 1962)
Richard Michael (b. July 1963)
Janet Mary (b. August 1964)
Lorie Jean (b. July 1972)
In Dec. 1958, with a $1000 inheritance from the estate of her grandfather (Edward Gross), my parents put a down payment on a newly built house in a new subdivision at 3261 S. 98th Street, Milwaukee. This modest 3-bedroom ranch home, with a big (about 100 feet), shady hickory nut tree in the large backyard, is where their family was raised. It was a great suburban-like neighborhood to grow up in despite the house being small for the large family. A much needed fourth bedroom was built in the basement (for my brother and I) in 1973.
Postscipt: Sadly, the beautiful, memorable hickory tree was chopped down in 2012 by the current owner. I have such wonderful memories of sitting under this tree as a boy, reading or playing and of eating the delicious hickory nuts when they were ripe.
My mother packed many school lunches and prepared many meals in her lifetime. My recipe favorites of hers were potato pancakes (from her mother), savory beef stew, baked macaroni and cheese, chili (also passed down from her mother), a goulash variation, and, of course, her delicious blueberry torte pie and lime cherry/pineapple/pecan Jello mold dessert. Mom also enjoyed the tradition of baking Christmas cookies every year with us kids.
Mostly a full-time wife and mother, but she held several part-time jobs. In the 1960's and 70's my mother was a cashier (Sentry grocery; then Treasure Island Dept. store). She was a bartender at Burnham Bowl for a short time in the late 70's. In the 80's and 90's she earned extra money as a housekeeper in private homes.
Her interests included reading (mostly true-life crime), jigsaw puzzles, birds (her favorite was cardinals) and animals (especially dogs & cats), houseplants, astrology and country music (she became friends with some country radio station DJs). My mother also liked to collect records (mostly 45's but many LP albums as well) and had a large collection of music from the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s (rock & roll, country, soloists, etc). I enjoyed sitting at the record player as a boy and playing a lot of this music. Mom also enjoyed occasional trips to Nashville, TN and Branson, MO in the 1980s and 1990s. After Secretariat won the Triple Crown in 1973, mom became somewhat interested in horse racing. Occasionally she would go to Arlington Park in Arlington, IL (mostly with her brother Herb and/or her friend Wanda) to play the horses.
Mom also enjoyed live theater (the Fireside in Fort Atkinson was a favorite venue) and restaurant dining (her favorite entree was prime rib). She also liked the George Webb restaurant chain for their hamburgers (with fried onions), chicken soup and a good bowl of chili. My mom had a kind and generous heart but she was often outspoken, direct, critical, and sometimes even harsh with others. She was slow to forgive if she felt hurt by someone (this happened with her daughter-in-law Suzette and others).
My parents had their 25th wedding anniversary in Oct. 1981. She and my dad became grandparents to a twin boy and girl in Sept. 1983.
Widowed in June 1988, my mother moved into a tri-level condo on Nov. 30, 1995. It was sad to see our childhood sold after almost 37 years of ownership.
Because of health problems mom developed emphysema and she quit smoking in 1996. On May 29, 1999, mom moved to Oak Creek Estates Mobile Home Park at 2301 W. College Ave. in Oak Creek after she bought a very nice two bedroom double wide manufactured home there. She had a cat for a pet.
In 2000 (age 66), mom was told she had diabetes (insulin injections required). Then in March 2003, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer (detected too late). She had her left breast removed by surgery (May 2003) but the cancer spread. The chemo treatments went reasonably well at first but by Autumn 2004 her health was deteriorating. I got divorced in Sept. 2004 and, with no where else to go, moved in with my mother and was able to help her; something I am very thankful about. Her health abruptly got worse around Nov. 1, 2004 and she started to require home nursing care and then around-the-clock care. Mom's cancer spread to her liver and eventually her brain.
Mom loved her family dearly and especially loved Christmas when the whole family gathered together. Knowing her time left with us was growing short, we celebrated Christmas on Thanksgiving Day in 2004. The day after Thanksgiving (Nov. 26th), mom was transported to the caring Milwaukee Hospice Residence. She died there peacefully in the early morning hours of Thursday, Dec. 2nd (around 4:30am) at the age of 70. Everyone was able to see her in her bed one last time that morning before she went to the funeral home. I remember putting the radio on as I was driving home (I didn't go to work) and the first song I heard was "The Christmas Shoes" by NewSong. My emotions came to the surface and I had to stop the car because I broke down crying. Her funeral service and burial were held on Monday, Dec. 6th at St. Adalbert Catholic Cemetery. She was buried to the left of my dad's grave.
My mother was survived by her seven children, Linda Spear, Ronald, Susan (Rod) Bochek, Nancy Floyd, Rick (Diane), Janet (Frank Bekteshi) and Lorie. Also, She was grandma to 11 grandchildren (Ryan & Diane Spear; Nicole, Kevin, Brian & Sarah Gadzalinski; Renee, Jason, Joseph & Robyn Bochek; Carly Floyd). Also survived by her siblings: Herbert, Frances Wettengel, Ronald, Glenn (Karen), and Nancy (Curt) Johnstone. She was a loving aunt to many nieces and nephews. Survived also by her best friend Wanda Pulvermacher,
Note: Her first great-grandchild, Jin Holland, was born after her death in July 2005.
Note: youngest daughter, Lorie Gadzalinski, became a mother of four children (three girls and a boy) that were born between 2008 and 2011. Sadly, these are grandchildren mom will never know but I get comfort with the feeling that she watches over all of us from Heaven.
Mom had pretty green eyes. She completed formal schooling in a one-room schoolhouse to the age of 16 (June 1950). Then she helped take care of the family farm (fruit orchard) and also, from 1951 to 1955, worked as a housekeeper for another family. In 1956 until her marriage, she did general factory work. She was raised in the Lutheran religion.
Millie Cooper, 20, met George Gadzalinski, 23, in May 1954 at the White Dove Cafe in Muskego and they became engaged on Feb. 14, 1955.
After converting from Lutheran to Catholicism, she married George R. Gadzalinski (b. 27 Aug 1930) on Oct. 6, 1956 at St. John Kanty Church in Milwaukee. She gave birth to eight children:
Linda Marie (b. July 1957)
Diane Frances (born prematurely in Apr. 1958; lived one day)
Ronald George (b. April 1959)
Susan Louise (b. May 1960)
Nancy Joann (b. May 1962)
Richard Michael (b. July 1963)
Janet Mary (b. August 1964)
Lorie Jean (b. July 1972)
In Dec. 1958, with a $1000 inheritance from the estate of her grandfather (Edward Gross), my parents put a down payment on a newly built house in a new subdivision at 3261 S. 98th Street, Milwaukee. This modest 3-bedroom ranch home, with a big (about 100 feet), shady hickory nut tree in the large backyard, is where their family was raised. It was a great suburban-like neighborhood to grow up in despite the house being small for the large family. A much needed fourth bedroom was built in the basement (for my brother and I) in 1973.
Postscipt: Sadly, the beautiful, memorable hickory tree was chopped down in 2012 by the current owner. I have such wonderful memories of sitting under this tree as a boy, reading or playing and of eating the delicious hickory nuts when they were ripe.
My mother packed many school lunches and prepared many meals in her lifetime. My recipe favorites of hers were potato pancakes (from her mother), savory beef stew, baked macaroni and cheese, chili (also passed down from her mother), a goulash variation, and, of course, her delicious blueberry torte pie and lime cherry/pineapple/pecan Jello mold dessert. Mom also enjoyed the tradition of baking Christmas cookies every year with us kids.
Mostly a full-time wife and mother, but she held several part-time jobs. In the 1960's and 70's my mother was a cashier (Sentry grocery; then Treasure Island Dept. store). She was a bartender at Burnham Bowl for a short time in the late 70's. In the 80's and 90's she earned extra money as a housekeeper in private homes.
Her interests included reading (mostly true-life crime), jigsaw puzzles, birds (her favorite was cardinals) and animals (especially dogs & cats), houseplants, astrology and country music (she became friends with some country radio station DJs). My mother also liked to collect records (mostly 45's but many LP albums as well) and had a large collection of music from the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s (rock & roll, country, soloists, etc). I enjoyed sitting at the record player as a boy and playing a lot of this music. Mom also enjoyed occasional trips to Nashville, TN and Branson, MO in the 1980s and 1990s. After Secretariat won the Triple Crown in 1973, mom became somewhat interested in horse racing. Occasionally she would go to Arlington Park in Arlington, IL (mostly with her brother Herb and/or her friend Wanda) to play the horses.
Mom also enjoyed live theater (the Fireside in Fort Atkinson was a favorite venue) and restaurant dining (her favorite entree was prime rib). She also liked the George Webb restaurant chain for their hamburgers (with fried onions), chicken soup and a good bowl of chili. My mom had a kind and generous heart but she was often outspoken, direct, critical, and sometimes even harsh with others. She was slow to forgive if she felt hurt by someone (this happened with her daughter-in-law Suzette and others).
My parents had their 25th wedding anniversary in Oct. 1981. She and my dad became grandparents to a twin boy and girl in Sept. 1983.
Widowed in June 1988, my mother moved into a tri-level condo on Nov. 30, 1995. It was sad to see our childhood sold after almost 37 years of ownership.
Because of health problems mom developed emphysema and she quit smoking in 1996. On May 29, 1999, mom moved to Oak Creek Estates Mobile Home Park at 2301 W. College Ave. in Oak Creek after she bought a very nice two bedroom double wide manufactured home there. She had a cat for a pet.
In 2000 (age 66), mom was told she had diabetes (insulin injections required). Then in March 2003, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer (detected too late). She had her left breast removed by surgery (May 2003) but the cancer spread. The chemo treatments went reasonably well at first but by Autumn 2004 her health was deteriorating. I got divorced in Sept. 2004 and, with no where else to go, moved in with my mother and was able to help her; something I am very thankful about. Her health abruptly got worse around Nov. 1, 2004 and she started to require home nursing care and then around-the-clock care. Mom's cancer spread to her liver and eventually her brain.
Mom loved her family dearly and especially loved Christmas when the whole family gathered together. Knowing her time left with us was growing short, we celebrated Christmas on Thanksgiving Day in 2004. The day after Thanksgiving (Nov. 26th), mom was transported to the caring Milwaukee Hospice Residence. She died there peacefully in the early morning hours of Thursday, Dec. 2nd (around 4:30am) at the age of 70. Everyone was able to see her in her bed one last time that morning before she went to the funeral home. I remember putting the radio on as I was driving home (I didn't go to work) and the first song I heard was "The Christmas Shoes" by NewSong. My emotions came to the surface and I had to stop the car because I broke down crying. Her funeral service and burial were held on Monday, Dec. 6th at St. Adalbert Catholic Cemetery. She was buried to the left of my dad's grave.
My mother was survived by her seven children, Linda Spear, Ronald, Susan (Rod) Bochek, Nancy Floyd, Rick (Diane), Janet (Frank Bekteshi) and Lorie. Also, She was grandma to 11 grandchildren (Ryan & Diane Spear; Nicole, Kevin, Brian & Sarah Gadzalinski; Renee, Jason, Joseph & Robyn Bochek; Carly Floyd). Also survived by her siblings: Herbert, Frances Wettengel, Ronald, Glenn (Karen), and Nancy (Curt) Johnstone. She was a loving aunt to many nieces and nephews. Survived also by her best friend Wanda Pulvermacher,
Note: Her first great-grandchild, Jin Holland, was born after her death in July 2005.
Note: youngest daughter, Lorie Gadzalinski, became a mother of four children (three girls and a boy) that were born between 2008 and 2011. Sadly, these are grandchildren mom will never know but I get comfort with the feeling that she watches over all of us from Heaven.
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