Advertisement

Anna <I>Terch</I> Skwor

Advertisement

Anna Terch Skwor

Birth
Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
10 Apr 1954 (aged 81)
Bessemer, Gogebic County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Bessemer, Gogebic County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
View Source
Mrs. A. Skwor Dies At Son's Home.
BESSEMER--Mrs. Adolph Skwor, 81, early pioneer resident, died Sturday at 4:30 p.m. at the home of her son and daughter in law, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Skwor, with whom she lived for the past five weeks.

Mrs. Skwor suffered a stroke five weeks ago, and although she was physically invalided as the result, she was mentally keen and alert to the time of her sudden death on Saturday.

Mrs. Skwor was born Anna Terch, on July 13, 1872 at Appleton, Wis. She came to Bessemer among the early pioneers in 1887, to help her uncle, Frank Schlais, who established one of the first boarding houses here in his building, later known as Adolph Johnson's First and Last Chance, on the Old County Road.

Later Mrs. Skwor worked for Mittenthal, who operated a clothing store in the building now occupied by Bob's Cafe, which was erected by Mittenthal.

Coming to Bessemer at the age of 15 years, Mrs. Skwor was greatly impressed by the activities of growth and development of the new community and was an authority on its early history. She recalled that, when she arrived the city was moving the cemetery from the court house site to its present Hillcrest location, to clear the area for the court house construction. Through the years she was active in the work of the growing community.

On October 30, 1892, she was married, at her home in Medford, Wis., to Adolph Skwor, who came here in 1888 from Meribel, Wis.

Mrs. Skwor was a member of the St. Sebastian Church and was active in the Ladies Guild and other organizations. She was also a member of the Bohemian Fraternal Organization.

Mrs. Skwor was predominantly a homemaker. After rrearing three children, to adulthood, she reared six grandchildren.

She is survived by one son, Raymond, Bessemer; seven grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; one brother, Peter Terch, Virginia, Minn.; four sisters, Mrs. John Prince, Virginia, Minn.; Mrs. Ed Marcoe, Pocatella, Idaho; Mrs. J. A. Fifer, Vale, Ore.; and Mrs. Rose Eaton, Lakeworth, Fla.

She was preceded in death by her husband in December 1952; by one son Louis, who died in 1921 as the result of injuries sustained in World War I; and by one daughter Mrs. Arthur Johnson, who died in 1932.

Funeral services will be solemnized at the St. Sebastian Church Wednesday at 9 a.m. Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. The remains are at the J. J. Frick Funeral Home which will open Tuesday afternoon. Rosary devo-.....

NOTE: I obtained this obituary from Newspaperarchive.com and the rest of the obituary was cut off after the devo-.

Ironwood Daily Globe Monday 12 Apr 1954
Mrs. A. Skwor Dies At Son's Home.
BESSEMER--Mrs. Adolph Skwor, 81, early pioneer resident, died Sturday at 4:30 p.m. at the home of her son and daughter in law, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Skwor, with whom she lived for the past five weeks.

Mrs. Skwor suffered a stroke five weeks ago, and although she was physically invalided as the result, she was mentally keen and alert to the time of her sudden death on Saturday.

Mrs. Skwor was born Anna Terch, on July 13, 1872 at Appleton, Wis. She came to Bessemer among the early pioneers in 1887, to help her uncle, Frank Schlais, who established one of the first boarding houses here in his building, later known as Adolph Johnson's First and Last Chance, on the Old County Road.

Later Mrs. Skwor worked for Mittenthal, who operated a clothing store in the building now occupied by Bob's Cafe, which was erected by Mittenthal.

Coming to Bessemer at the age of 15 years, Mrs. Skwor was greatly impressed by the activities of growth and development of the new community and was an authority on its early history. She recalled that, when she arrived the city was moving the cemetery from the court house site to its present Hillcrest location, to clear the area for the court house construction. Through the years she was active in the work of the growing community.

On October 30, 1892, she was married, at her home in Medford, Wis., to Adolph Skwor, who came here in 1888 from Meribel, Wis.

Mrs. Skwor was a member of the St. Sebastian Church and was active in the Ladies Guild and other organizations. She was also a member of the Bohemian Fraternal Organization.

Mrs. Skwor was predominantly a homemaker. After rrearing three children, to adulthood, she reared six grandchildren.

She is survived by one son, Raymond, Bessemer; seven grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; one brother, Peter Terch, Virginia, Minn.; four sisters, Mrs. John Prince, Virginia, Minn.; Mrs. Ed Marcoe, Pocatella, Idaho; Mrs. J. A. Fifer, Vale, Ore.; and Mrs. Rose Eaton, Lakeworth, Fla.

She was preceded in death by her husband in December 1952; by one son Louis, who died in 1921 as the result of injuries sustained in World War I; and by one daughter Mrs. Arthur Johnson, who died in 1932.

Funeral services will be solemnized at the St. Sebastian Church Wednesday at 9 a.m. Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. The remains are at the J. J. Frick Funeral Home which will open Tuesday afternoon. Rosary devo-.....

NOTE: I obtained this obituary from Newspaperarchive.com and the rest of the obituary was cut off after the devo-.

Ironwood Daily Globe Monday 12 Apr 1954


Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement

See more Skwor or Terch memorials in:

Flower Delivery Sponsor and Remove Ads

Advertisement