Helen (Hemmersbach) Schwarz, 83, of Sparta, WI, passed away on Friday, January 4, 2008 at the Morrow Memorial Home in Sparta, WI.
Helen was born on October 8, 1924 to Louis and Louise (Kumm) Mashak in Town of Portland. February 16, 1944, Helen was united in holy matrimony to Lawrence Hemmersbach. Lawrence passed away in March of 1981.
On October 8, 1982, Helen married Leonhard Schwarz. Leonhard passed away in June of 2003.
After retiring from farming and selling the family farm, Helen and Lawrence moved to Sparta. Helen worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant and a transportation aide at the Morrow Memorial Home for 20 years.
Helen was well known for her kindness to everyone she met. Her gardening and baking skills were talents that everyone enjoyed-all will miss her strawberry jam, coffeecakes and poppy seed kolaches. After life on the farm on St. Mary's Ridge, Helen loved traveling. Trips fishing in Canada, traveling around the United States and also to Germany were some wonderful highlights of her life. Helen found the most peace and solace in nature, especially looking at the evening sky while roasting the perfect marshmallow.
She was involved in numerous church and social activities in and around the Sparta area. Helen was a charter member of the Marybelle homemakers and served as President, Vice President and Secretary; she was county treasurer for the Monroe County Extension Homemakers; President of the Christian Mothers Society; Vice President of the Sparta Women's Society; a member of the St. Mary's Ridge and St. Agnes Catholic Order of Foresters; Franciscan Skemp Auxiliary associate and the Morrow Home Auxiliary member.
Helen is survived by her daughters, Patricia (Richard) Leverentz of DeForest, WI, Mary (Gerald) Hundt of Roscoe, IL, Jean (Tom) Rachubinski of Boulder, CO and Joyce (John) Popple of Holmen, WI; grandchildren, Jennifer Rucks, Jaclyn Halverson, Gerald Hundt Jr., Monica Hundt, Brianna Popple and Chad Rachubinski, five great-grandchildren, two stepdaughters, Nanette Johnson of Shady Point, OK and Barb (Leo) Biba of Kure Beach, NC, step grandchildren, Lucienne Bray, Noelle Lee, Nicole Guida, Todd, Jay and Jacob Biba, Kim Stone and nine step great-grandchildren; a sister, Irene McKenna of Montgomery, AL and a brother, Ronald (Loretta) Mashak of La Crosse, WI; along with many nieces, nephews and friends.
Helen was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; a great-grandson, Gunnar Halverson; brothers, Robert and Alois Mashak; sisters, Lillian Antony, Theresa Friet and Della Bahr.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, January 8, 2008, 11:00 a.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sparta, WI. Helen's nephew and Godson, Father Richard Dickman will officiate with concelebrant Father James Leary O.F.M. Cap. Burial will be in St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, Sparta, WI. Family and friends are invited for visitation on Monday, January 7, 2008 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. with a 7:30 Rosary at the Torkelson Page-Smith Funeral Home in Sparta, WI. Visitation will also be held on Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service at St. Patrick's Church. On line condolences may be offered at www.torkelsonfuneralhome.com.
The family would like to thank the staff at MaryCrest Assisted Living, the Morrow Home and Franciscan Skemp Hospital-Sparta, for their wonderful care and support
Helen was born on October 8, 1924 to Louis and Louise (Kumm) Mashak in Town of Portland. February 16, 1944, Helen was united in holy matrimony to Lawrence Hemmersbach. Lawrence passed away in March of 1981.
On October 8, 1982, Helen married Leonhard Schwarz. Leonhard passed away in June of 2003.
After retiring from farming and selling the family farm, Helen and Lawrence moved to Sparta. Helen worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant and a transportation aide at the Morrow Memorial Home for 20 years.
Helen was well known for her kindness to everyone she met. Her gardening and baking skills were talents that everyone enjoyed-all will miss her strawberry jam, coffeecakes and poppy seed kolaches. After life on the farm on St. Mary's Ridge, Helen loved traveling. Trips fishing in Canada, traveling around the United States and also to Germany were some wonderful highlights of her life. Helen found the most peace and solace in nature, especially looking at the evening sky while roasting the perfect marshmallow.
She was involved in numerous church and social activities in and around the Sparta area. Helen was a charter member of the Marybelle homemakers and served as President, Vice President and Secretary; she was county treasurer for the Monroe County Extension Homemakers; President of the Christian Mothers Society; Vice President of the Sparta Women's Society; a member of the St. Mary's Ridge and St. Agnes Catholic Order of Foresters; Franciscan Skemp Auxiliary associate and the Morrow Home Auxiliary member.
Helen is survived by her daughters, Patricia (Richard) Leverentz of DeForest, WI, Mary (Gerald) Hundt of Roscoe, IL, Jean (Tom) Rachubinski of Boulder, CO and Joyce (John) Popple of Holmen, WI; grandchildren, Jennifer Rucks, Jaclyn Halverson, Gerald Hundt Jr., Monica Hundt, Brianna Popple and Chad Rachubinski, five great-grandchildren, two stepdaughters, Nanette Johnson of Shady Point, OK and Barb (Leo) Biba of Kure Beach, NC, step grandchildren, Lucienne Bray, Noelle Lee, Nicole Guida, Todd, Jay and Jacob Biba, Kim Stone and nine step great-grandchildren; a sister, Irene McKenna of Montgomery, AL and a brother, Ronald (Loretta) Mashak of La Crosse, WI; along with many nieces, nephews and friends.
Helen was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; a great-grandson, Gunnar Halverson; brothers, Robert and Alois Mashak; sisters, Lillian Antony, Theresa Friet and Della Bahr.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, January 8, 2008, 11:00 a.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sparta, WI. Helen's nephew and Godson, Father Richard Dickman will officiate with concelebrant Father James Leary O.F.M. Cap. Burial will be in St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, Sparta, WI. Family and friends are invited for visitation on Monday, January 7, 2008 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. with a 7:30 Rosary at the Torkelson Page-Smith Funeral Home in Sparta, WI. Visitation will also be held on Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service at St. Patrick's Church. On line condolences may be offered at www.torkelsonfuneralhome.com.
The family would like to thank the staff at MaryCrest Assisted Living, the Morrow Home and Franciscan Skemp Hospital-Sparta, for their wonderful care and support
Helen (Hemmersbach) Schwarz, 83, of Sparta, WI, passed away on Friday, January 4, 2008 at the Morrow Memorial Home in Sparta, WI.
Helen was born on October 8, 1924 to Louis and Louise (Kumm) Mashak in Town of Portland. February 16, 1944, Helen was united in holy matrimony to Lawrence Hemmersbach. Lawrence passed away in March of 1981.
On October 8, 1982, Helen married Leonhard Schwarz. Leonhard passed away in June of 2003.
After retiring from farming and selling the family farm, Helen and Lawrence moved to Sparta. Helen worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant and a transportation aide at the Morrow Memorial Home for 20 years.
Helen was well known for her kindness to everyone she met. Her gardening and baking skills were talents that everyone enjoyed-all will miss her strawberry jam, coffeecakes and poppy seed kolaches. After life on the farm on St. Mary's Ridge, Helen loved traveling. Trips fishing in Canada, traveling around the United States and also to Germany were some wonderful highlights of her life. Helen found the most peace and solace in nature, especially looking at the evening sky while roasting the perfect marshmallow.
She was involved in numerous church and social activities in and around the Sparta area. Helen was a charter member of the Marybelle homemakers and served as President, Vice President and Secretary; she was county treasurer for the Monroe County Extension Homemakers; President of the Christian Mothers Society; Vice President of the Sparta Women's Society; a member of the St. Mary's Ridge and St. Agnes Catholic Order of Foresters; Franciscan Skemp Auxiliary associate and the Morrow Home Auxiliary member.
Helen is survived by her daughters, Patricia (Richard) Leverentz of DeForest, WI, Mary (Gerald) Hundt of Roscoe, IL, Jean (Tom) Rachubinski of Boulder, CO and Joyce (John) Popple of Holmen, WI; grandchildren, Jennifer Rucks, Jaclyn Halverson, Gerald Hundt Jr., Monica Hundt, Brianna Popple and Chad Rachubinski, five great-grandchildren, two stepdaughters, Nanette Johnson of Shady Point, OK and Barb (Leo) Biba of Kure Beach, NC, step grandchildren, Lucienne Bray, Noelle Lee, Nicole Guida, Todd, Jay and Jacob Biba, Kim Stone and nine step great-grandchildren; a sister, Irene McKenna of Montgomery, AL and a brother, Ronald (Loretta) Mashak of La Crosse, WI; along with many nieces, nephews and friends.
Helen was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; a great-grandson, Gunnar Halverson; brothers, Robert and Alois Mashak; sisters, Lillian Antony, Theresa Friet and Della Bahr.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, January 8, 2008, 11:00 a.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sparta, WI. Helen's nephew and Godson, Father Richard Dickman will officiate with concelebrant Father James Leary O.F.M. Cap. Burial will be in St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, Sparta, WI. Family and friends are invited for visitation on Monday, January 7, 2008 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. with a 7:30 Rosary at the Torkelson Page-Smith Funeral Home in Sparta, WI. Visitation will also be held on Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service at St. Patrick's Church. On line condolences may be offered at www.torkelsonfuneralhome.com.
The family would like to thank the staff at MaryCrest Assisted Living, the Morrow Home and Franciscan Skemp Hospital-Sparta, for their wonderful care and support
Helen was born on October 8, 1924 to Louis and Louise (Kumm) Mashak in Town of Portland. February 16, 1944, Helen was united in holy matrimony to Lawrence Hemmersbach. Lawrence passed away in March of 1981.
On October 8, 1982, Helen married Leonhard Schwarz. Leonhard passed away in June of 2003.
After retiring from farming and selling the family farm, Helen and Lawrence moved to Sparta. Helen worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant and a transportation aide at the Morrow Memorial Home for 20 years.
Helen was well known for her kindness to everyone she met. Her gardening and baking skills were talents that everyone enjoyed-all will miss her strawberry jam, coffeecakes and poppy seed kolaches. After life on the farm on St. Mary's Ridge, Helen loved traveling. Trips fishing in Canada, traveling around the United States and also to Germany were some wonderful highlights of her life. Helen found the most peace and solace in nature, especially looking at the evening sky while roasting the perfect marshmallow.
She was involved in numerous church and social activities in and around the Sparta area. Helen was a charter member of the Marybelle homemakers and served as President, Vice President and Secretary; she was county treasurer for the Monroe County Extension Homemakers; President of the Christian Mothers Society; Vice President of the Sparta Women's Society; a member of the St. Mary's Ridge and St. Agnes Catholic Order of Foresters; Franciscan Skemp Auxiliary associate and the Morrow Home Auxiliary member.
Helen is survived by her daughters, Patricia (Richard) Leverentz of DeForest, WI, Mary (Gerald) Hundt of Roscoe, IL, Jean (Tom) Rachubinski of Boulder, CO and Joyce (John) Popple of Holmen, WI; grandchildren, Jennifer Rucks, Jaclyn Halverson, Gerald Hundt Jr., Monica Hundt, Brianna Popple and Chad Rachubinski, five great-grandchildren, two stepdaughters, Nanette Johnson of Shady Point, OK and Barb (Leo) Biba of Kure Beach, NC, step grandchildren, Lucienne Bray, Noelle Lee, Nicole Guida, Todd, Jay and Jacob Biba, Kim Stone and nine step great-grandchildren; a sister, Irene McKenna of Montgomery, AL and a brother, Ronald (Loretta) Mashak of La Crosse, WI; along with many nieces, nephews and friends.
Helen was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; a great-grandson, Gunnar Halverson; brothers, Robert and Alois Mashak; sisters, Lillian Antony, Theresa Friet and Della Bahr.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, January 8, 2008, 11:00 a.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sparta, WI. Helen's nephew and Godson, Father Richard Dickman will officiate with concelebrant Father James Leary O.F.M. Cap. Burial will be in St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, Sparta, WI. Family and friends are invited for visitation on Monday, January 7, 2008 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. with a 7:30 Rosary at the Torkelson Page-Smith Funeral Home in Sparta, WI. Visitation will also be held on Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service at St. Patrick's Church. On line condolences may be offered at www.torkelsonfuneralhome.com.
The family would like to thank the staff at MaryCrest Assisted Living, the Morrow Home and Franciscan Skemp Hospital-Sparta, for their wonderful care and support
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