Viola Ann Simrak, 87, formerly a resident of the Allouez neighborhood, died Tuesday, June 2, 2008, at St Mary's Medical Center in Duluth. Viola was born in Oliver on Sept 20, 1920, the daughter of Lottie (Cragin) and Frank Kervina. She married Frank J Simrak on Sept 30, 1938, in Duluth.
She was a nurse's aide at the former St Mary's Hospital in Superior before becoming a homemaker and raising her two daughters. She was a member of St Anthony's Catholic Church. Viola loved to visit with friends and family and play cribbage and bingo.
Viola was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Frank on March 15, 1975; a granddaughter, Denise Marie Schnabel; two sisters, Margie Cramer and Ethel Suikonen; and two brothers, Robert and Frank Kervina.
She is survived by her daughters, Gloria J (Jack) Schnabel, Yucaipa, CA, Debra J (Scott) Simrak, Duluth, MN; grandchildren, Craig Schnabel and Cheryl (Robert) Rowell, California, Jasmine (Joe) Lake, Illinois, and Mikhail Simrak, Duluth; great-grandchildren, Jesse, Brittney, Ryan and Joshua, of Calif, and Tony of Illinois; a brother, Raymond (Gloria) Kervina, Bloomington, MN; a sister, Gladys Timmer of Minneapolis; and many nieces and nephews.
Internment will be in Calvary Cemetery.
(Superior Telegram)
She was a nurse's aide at the former St Mary's Hospital in Superior before becoming a homemaker and raising her two daughters. She was a member of St Anthony's Catholic Church. Viola loved to visit with friends and family and play cribbage and bingo.
Viola was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Frank on March 15, 1975; a granddaughter, Denise Marie Schnabel; two sisters, Margie Cramer and Ethel Suikonen; and two brothers, Robert and Frank Kervina.
She is survived by her daughters, Gloria J (Jack) Schnabel, Yucaipa, CA, Debra J (Scott) Simrak, Duluth, MN; grandchildren, Craig Schnabel and Cheryl (Robert) Rowell, California, Jasmine (Joe) Lake, Illinois, and Mikhail Simrak, Duluth; great-grandchildren, Jesse, Brittney, Ryan and Joshua, of Calif, and Tony of Illinois; a brother, Raymond (Gloria) Kervina, Bloomington, MN; a sister, Gladys Timmer of Minneapolis; and many nieces and nephews.
Internment will be in Calvary Cemetery.
(Superior Telegram)
Viola Ann Simrak, 87, formerly a resident of the Allouez neighborhood, died Tuesday, June 2, 2008, at St Mary's Medical Center in Duluth. Viola was born in Oliver on Sept 20, 1920, the daughter of Lottie (Cragin) and Frank Kervina. She married Frank J Simrak on Sept 30, 1938, in Duluth.
She was a nurse's aide at the former St Mary's Hospital in Superior before becoming a homemaker and raising her two daughters. She was a member of St Anthony's Catholic Church. Viola loved to visit with friends and family and play cribbage and bingo.
Viola was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Frank on March 15, 1975; a granddaughter, Denise Marie Schnabel; two sisters, Margie Cramer and Ethel Suikonen; and two brothers, Robert and Frank Kervina.
She is survived by her daughters, Gloria J (Jack) Schnabel, Yucaipa, CA, Debra J (Scott) Simrak, Duluth, MN; grandchildren, Craig Schnabel and Cheryl (Robert) Rowell, California, Jasmine (Joe) Lake, Illinois, and Mikhail Simrak, Duluth; great-grandchildren, Jesse, Brittney, Ryan and Joshua, of Calif, and Tony of Illinois; a brother, Raymond (Gloria) Kervina, Bloomington, MN; a sister, Gladys Timmer of Minneapolis; and many nieces and nephews.
Internment will be in Calvary Cemetery.
(Superior Telegram)
She was a nurse's aide at the former St Mary's Hospital in Superior before becoming a homemaker and raising her two daughters. She was a member of St Anthony's Catholic Church. Viola loved to visit with friends and family and play cribbage and bingo.
Viola was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Frank on March 15, 1975; a granddaughter, Denise Marie Schnabel; two sisters, Margie Cramer and Ethel Suikonen; and two brothers, Robert and Frank Kervina.
She is survived by her daughters, Gloria J (Jack) Schnabel, Yucaipa, CA, Debra J (Scott) Simrak, Duluth, MN; grandchildren, Craig Schnabel and Cheryl (Robert) Rowell, California, Jasmine (Joe) Lake, Illinois, and Mikhail Simrak, Duluth; great-grandchildren, Jesse, Brittney, Ryan and Joshua, of Calif, and Tony of Illinois; a brother, Raymond (Gloria) Kervina, Bloomington, MN; a sister, Gladys Timmer of Minneapolis; and many nieces and nephews.
Internment will be in Calvary Cemetery.
(Superior Telegram)
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