Mrs. Edith Clark Shoblaska, 90, of 828 North 8th Street, Manitowoc, died Sunday morning, Feb. 12, at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. Paul United Methodist Church. The Rev. Glen J. Siferd will officiate with burial at Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Mrs. Shoblaska was born August 12, 1893, at Brillion, Wisconsin, daughter of the late Job and Eliza Andrews Clark. She moved to Manitowoc as a child and was educated in Manitowoc. She graduated from old Washington High School in 1912. Mrs. Shoblaska attended Northwestern University at Evanston, Ill., graduating in 1915. From 1915 to 1917 she joined the Red Path Chatauqua, a theatrical lyceum touring group. She married Frank H. Shoblaska on January 25, 1928, at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death August 23, 1936. Mrs. Shoblaska is remembered for her lifelong contribution to the church and dramatic talent of the church and the community. She was a charter member and first president of the Church Women United. She was spirtual life secretary of the United Methodist Women for many years. She was also church lay member to the Wisconsin Conference for the United Methodist Church, former choir services and memorial director for St. Paul United Methodist Church, Manitowoc. She was an alumni of Northwestern University and a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, Manitowoc.
Survivors include a son and a daughter-in-law, Clark and Rita Shoblaska of Two Rivers; a daughter and a son-in-law, Cynthia and Norman Fesing of Chilton, Wis.; five grandchildren, Jennifer McWilliams, Jessica Olson, Jeffrey Kotche, Shane Shoblaska and Shana Shoblaska; a great grandaugher, Nissa McWilliams, nices (sic), nephews and other cousins also survived. She was preceded in death by a sister, Lillian Fishbeck, and four brothers, Thomas Clark, Dr. William Clark, George Clark and Dale Clark.
Friends may call at Urbanek and Schlei Pfeffer and Reinbold Funeral Home, Manitowoc, 9th Street Chapel, from 6 o'clock to 9 o'clock this Monday evening, until 11 a.m. on Tuesday, and at the church from 1 p.m. until the hour of service. A memorial fund has been established in her name.
Herald Times Reporter, February 13, 1984 P. 3
Mrs. Edith Clark Shoblaska, 90, of 828 North 8th Street, Manitowoc, died Sunday morning, Feb. 12, at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. Paul United Methodist Church. The Rev. Glen J. Siferd will officiate with burial at Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Mrs. Shoblaska was born August 12, 1893, at Brillion, Wisconsin, daughter of the late Job and Eliza Andrews Clark. She moved to Manitowoc as a child and was educated in Manitowoc. She graduated from old Washington High School in 1912. Mrs. Shoblaska attended Northwestern University at Evanston, Ill., graduating in 1915. From 1915 to 1917 she joined the Red Path Chatauqua, a theatrical lyceum touring group. She married Frank H. Shoblaska on January 25, 1928, at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death August 23, 1936. Mrs. Shoblaska is remembered for her lifelong contribution to the church and dramatic talent of the church and the community. She was a charter member and first president of the Church Women United. She was spirtual life secretary of the United Methodist Women for many years. She was also church lay member to the Wisconsin Conference for the United Methodist Church, former choir services and memorial director for St. Paul United Methodist Church, Manitowoc. She was an alumni of Northwestern University and a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, Manitowoc.
Survivors include a son and a daughter-in-law, Clark and Rita Shoblaska of Two Rivers; a daughter and a son-in-law, Cynthia and Norman Fesing of Chilton, Wis.; five grandchildren, Jennifer McWilliams, Jessica Olson, Jeffrey Kotche, Shane Shoblaska and Shana Shoblaska; a great grandaugher, Nissa McWilliams, nices (sic), nephews and other cousins also survived. She was preceded in death by a sister, Lillian Fishbeck, and four brothers, Thomas Clark, Dr. William Clark, George Clark and Dale Clark.
Friends may call at Urbanek and Schlei Pfeffer and Reinbold Funeral Home, Manitowoc, 9th Street Chapel, from 6 o'clock to 9 o'clock this Monday evening, until 11 a.m. on Tuesday, and at the church from 1 p.m. until the hour of service. A memorial fund has been established in her name.
Herald Times Reporter, February 13, 1984 P. 3
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